Music Instruments Category Asbjoern Andersen


A Sound Effect has grown a lot over the past years, and today, we’re glad to let you know that we’re introducing a brand new Instruments category. This new category will give you access to a hand-picked selection of some of the finest instrument libraries & plugins available anywhere.

Browse the new instrument categories:

Check out the main Instruments category here, or explore the sub-categories below. We’ll be adding more great content over the coming days and weeks, so keep your eyes peeled:

Cinematic/Trailer • Ethno • Orchestra • Other Instruments • Presets • Sound Effects • Synth • Vocal

Latest releases in the Instruments category:

  • Introducing Devils Bane Trailer, a chilling symphony of horror encapsulated in 533 meticulously crafted sound files, ready to unleash terror upon your audience. Dive into a nightmare realm where every creak, whisper, and shriek is meticulously designed to send shivers down your spine.

    • 533 files
    • 3.5 GB of game audio assets
    • All in 96k 24bit .wav
    • Dark Horror Movie Trailer Sound Effects Library
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  • The physical version of Small Rantonen Kantele is one of the oldest, if not the oldest, still playable 5-string kanteles in the world, as it was made in 1770. The kantele was made famous by kantele player Antti Rantonen, who owned it and played it during his career.

    NOTE: FULL Kontakt 6.7.0 or higher required (NOT Kontakt Player)

    Kantele, also called kannel, is a traditional Finnish and Karelian plucked string instrument. Similar instruments include the Estonian kannel, Latvian kokles, Lithuanian kanklÄ—s, and Russian gusli.

    Main idea for the virtual kantele was to create an instrument you can play live, almost like a real kantele. We used pedals, velocity layers, and special keyswitches to create a playing experience closer to the real instrument. Strumming is a crucial part of playing the small kantele, so we kept that in the middle of the development from start to finish.

    Samples were recorded using different parts of the kantele, with resonance and without resonance, to give more options for the sound of the instrument. During the sampling the strings were tuned using a diatonic scale (CDEFG). With the virtual instrument it is possible to tune every string independently, so you can achieve the traditional D-tuning and many other tunings.

    We captured long, damped, and dead notes, and harmonics. In addition we recorded percussion with the strings and the body of the instrument. Many other delicious samples are also present, including the sounds of hand damping the strings!

    Below you can view the walkthrough video for the instrument.

  • The physical version of Large Rantonen Kantele is an old, large 30-string concert kantele made in 1902. The kantele was made famous by kantele player Antti Rantonen, who owned it and played it during his career.

    NOTE: FULL Kontakt 6.7.0 or higher required (NOT Kontakt Player)

    Kantele, also called kannel, is a traditional Finnish and Karelian plucked string instrument. Similar instruments include the Estonian kannel, Latvian kokles, Lithuanian kanklÄ—s, and Russian gusli.

    Main idea for the virtual kantele was to create an instrument you can play live, almost like a real kantele. As both hands are on the strings when playing a physical kantele, we used pedals, velocity layers, and special keyswitches to create a playing experience closer to the real instrument.

    We recorded long notes, damped notes, harmonics, and mallet hits. For the virtual instrument, we expanded these notes to cover the missing sharps and flats, and even more lower and higher notes. We also added a virtual damping board, two play modes, and a large number of options to help you to create your own sound and playing style.

    Below you can view the walkthrough video for the instrument.

  • Cinematic Horn – Over 100 plug-and-play cinematic horn braams and sting sound effects.

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  • The Cute Casual Game Music & SFX Pack offers a delightful collection of fun and friendly tunes specifically designed to add charm and whimsy to your casual game. This gem offers a total of 15 minutes of playful and enchanting themes in the form of ten loopable music tracks giving you the perfect creative setting for your ideas. Generate a light and happy ambience for puzzle games, card and board games and anything that’s casual and fun. Cuteness overload!

  • Casual Fun Music Pack is a great way to add a light, happy and energetic ambience to your game. Create an instant sense of fun, adventure and carefree joy with these happy, energetic, and loopable music tracks with their variations. Casual Fun Music Pack is ideal for cute fun and fast games, and is also a perfect companion for game trailers. Add a calypso-like bright and happy shine to your project with Casual Fun Music Pack. It’s packed with fun and smiles!

  • Empower Your Compositions with Authentic Medieval Phrases.
    [Note: This product requires a FULL version of Native Instruments’ KONTAKT or Steinbergs free HALion Sonic]

    Embark on a journey through time with the latest addition to the MEDIEVAL PHRASES series: FIDDLE & NYCKELHARPA. With the Fiddle, with its rich and expressive tones, coupled with the Nyckelharpa’s distinctive resonant strings, we invite you to capture the mood of medieval times. Composers and producers can now use dramatic live performances by outstanding performers or freely play their instruments with varied articulations.

    Imagine the bustling markets and vibrant festivals of late medieval Europe, where the rhythm and bounce of the Fiddle & Nyckelharpa set feet tapping and light the hearts of weary travelers. These instruments were the lifeblood of celebration, often heard at markets and taverns above the chatter of merchants and the laughter of children. Their history is woven through countless generations, where they not only provided entertainment but also served as a cultural heartbeat during times of both hardship and prosperity.

    MEDIEVAL PHRASES FIDDLE & NYCKLEHARPA carry within tales of the past, each string resonating with stories untold. The Fiddle’s bow dances across strings to produce a vibrant, rhythmic melody, while the Nyckelharpa’s keyed fiddle design adds an otherworldly depth. These sounds, once echoing through medieval tavern halls and open markets, are now crisply captured for the modern composer. With MEDIEVAL PHRASES, breathe new life into your medieval compositions, delivering an authentic experience that is both profound and exhilarating.

  • Bundles General Hospital Play Track 2000 sounds included, 900 mins total $249

    HAL has teamed up with sound designer Raphael Sohier to create the most comprehensive hospital sound effects library to date. General Hospital has 760 files and over 2000 sounds covering all aspects of the genre.

    This collection is the result of years of work and aims to set a new standard for a genre mostly neglected by independent sound libraries until now. Even old tropes need new sound ideas (no pun intended) and we think we have achieved exactly this with our library.

    HAL General Hospital | Trailer

    This is an All-in-One SFX library where you will find :

    Ambiences – Whether it is a busy corridor, a bursting waiting area or the strange calm of an ICU bedroom with all its machines, you will find it in here. We have recorded in various hospitals located in France – discernible speech was edited out so the recordings could cover a broader use.

    Medical Equipment – From the syncopated hissy sound of a ventilator to the disruptive power of a MRI machine or the strange hollow resonances of an hyperbaric chamber, we’ve recorded a large number of medical devices with multiple perspectives.

    Activities – What would be of a medical drama without the sound of hasty fooststeps down the hallway or of a gurney descending abruptly out of an ambulance ? Typical activities such as these were recorded on real locations for this collection.

    Foley – We have welcomed veteran foley artist Gilles Marsalet in order to cover some specifics such as surgical instruments and operating table gore which, to say the least, demands a certain finesse – the same delicacy that separates doctors from flesh-eating zombies.

    Sirens – Wailing, whoppers, piercers, buzzers, dual-tone…we’ve got them all. Getting in and out of a hospital in style is guaranteed.

    Beeps – These are perhaps the most iconic sounds related to this kind of environment. Our collection has beeps in all waveshapes and colors, recorded from real devices in pristine condition and designed for even more flexibility. Whether you are looking for realism or  you just want to enhance the drama, General Hospital has got you covered.

    Hospitals are often depicted in fiction because they are places inherently rich in conflict and human drama. They are the ideal setting for stories about struggle, sacrifice, strengthening of bonds, loss… As sound designers we try to enhance these feelings through the creation of dynamics and subtle sonic variations. General Hospital was crafted with this in mind and it offers a broad palette of sounds in order to give you as many options as possible while working on a scene.

  • HORIZON LEADS – Discover A New Sonic Dimension!

    Enter a realm where synthesizers meet Hollywood scoring aesthetics – HORIZON LEADS opens the door to a new sonic dimension for cinematic scoring. It is your gateway to a revolutionary cinematic scoring experience. Unleash the power of cinematic synth leads meticulously sampled and infused with the warmth of acoustic instruments. Crafted to perfection, these sounds carry a unique human and artistic touch, elevating your compositions to new heights and let them resonate with the essence of Hollywood.

    • HORIZON LEADS contains meticulously sampled synthesizer sounds treated like acoustic instruments
    • Hollywood scoring aesthetic for powerful cinematic synth leads
    • Sonuscore ensemble engine for pulsating rhythms and animated themes
    • Play complex patterns with simple chords
    • 80 freely playable synth instruments offering limitless creative possibilities
    • 150 customizable cinematic themes


    THIS IS THE CROSSGRADE VERSION IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE YOU ARE REQUIRED TO OWN ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
    • THE ORCHESTRA
    • THE ORCHESTRA COMPLETE
    • THE ORCHESTRA ESSENTIALS
    • HORNS OF HELL
    • STRINGS OF WINTER
    • WOODS OF THE WILD
    • ELYSION
    • DARK HORIZON

    FULL VERSION AVAILABLE HERE

  • HORIZON LEADS – Discover A New Sonic Dimension!

    Enter a realm where synthesizers meet Hollywood scoring aesthetics – HORIZON LEADS opens the door to a new sonic dimension for cinematic scoring. It is your gateway to a revolutionary cinematic scoring experience. Unleash the power of cinematic synth leads meticulously sampled and infused with the warmth of acoustic instruments. Crafted to perfection, these sounds carry a unique human and artistic touch, elevating your compositions to new heights and let them resonate with the essence of Hollywood.

    • HORIZON LEADS contains meticulously sampled synthesizer sounds treated like acoustic instruments
    • Hollywood scoring aesthetic for powerful cinematic synth leads
    • Sonuscore ensemble engine for pulsating rhythms and animated themes
    • Play complex patterns with simple chords
    • 80 freely playable synth instruments offering limitless creative possibilities
    • 150 customizable cinematic themes

  • Cinematic & Trailer Sound Effects Sinister Textures 3 Play Track 608 sounds included, 125 mins total $14

    We recorded these samples using Ed Devane’s Magnetic Piezo, the Korg CM 300 and the LOM Geofon. We recorded a variety of metal objects being hit with a variety of different items and then edited these sounds to create clock based tick/tocks

    Included:

    Single Hits
    Single Hits with Reverb
    Singles Hits Reversed
    Single Hits Reversed with Reverb
    Multi Hits (which is the Single Hit turned into a loop)
    Multi Hits with Reverb
    Multi Hits Reversed
    Multi Hits Reversed with Reverb

    We’ve given you the dry version to design your self or use the samples already pre drenched in the same reverb for consistency to use straight away in any project. You can mix the single hits to create unique tick/tock patterns as well. Not only are these great for clock based tick/tocks, but the single hits can also be used as percussion for compositions or to add to other layers to create impact hits.

    Sinister Textures 3 has been edited to allow a drop in ready and Royalty Free sample pack. These Samples can be used in a variety of projects from Sound Designing/Compositions for TV, Film, Documentaries and Video Games. UCS Compliant and Metadata is attached to the samples

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  • Ensembles of traditional Buddhist instruments and chanting, with throat singing.

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  • Metal Sound Effects MetalMotion Play Track 2000+ sounds included, 239 mins total $110

    MetalMotion is a sound design construction kit that contains four hours of moving metal mayhem: clicks and clanks, rolls and drags, wronks and squeals, scrapes and rattles, ranging from from tiny to monstrous. Nathan Moody’s unique performances with unusual combinations of props produce everything from Foley-like movements to intense groans and howls.

    Whether you’re covering a robot’s movements, sweetening weapon Foley, making crafting or pick-up sounds in a game, placing unusual layers beneath a kaiju’s roar, or crushing a submarine with undersea pressure, this collection covers the full range of subtle to raucous. Each file has many performance variations for creative choice and game audio asset creation.

    While there are some tasty impacts within, this library’s true focus is on characterful movements: handling, rummaging, opens, closes, ratchets, swirls, rolls, drags, drops, spins, rubs, zuzzes, and bows. Metal containers, filing cabinets, modern appliances, vintage (and very rusty) tools, cymbals, bells, grills, plates, bars, rods, and tubes, and many other props lent their voices to this collection.

    This UCS-compliant library was recorded with a combination of standard, contact, and ultrasonic-capable microphones through Millennia preamps. Sample rates vary based on the amount of ultrasonic content in each file. The audio files are mastered for realism, ready for extreme processing and pitch shifting of your own, but still useful in more grounded contexts.

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  • Ice Sound Effects Ultrasonic Dry Ice Play Track 635+ sounds included, 71 mins total $38.40

    Ultrasonic Dry Ice is a library containing over 600 sounds themed metal resonances, scrapes and all sorts of weird.
    All the content has been recorded at 192KHz with a Sanken CO100K, a couple of Sennheiser MKH8040 and a MKH416.
    The resulting ultrasonic spectrum is rich and allows for truly extreme manipulation of the content.

    Bonus: Two extra libraries included for free:
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  • Trench Rammers is a one-of-a-kind sound library, created by sound designer Barney Oram. It features recordings of two 20th century Trench Rammers, some of the last operating machines of their kind in the world. The library features 48 files in total, capturing the Trench Rammers using a variety of microphones and perspectives, supplied in 192kHz 24bit WAV file format.

    This library contains multiple recordings of two antique Trench Rammers, the Pegson ER5 and the Warsop Benjo, and also features additional recordings of four antique stationary engines, the Amanco Hired Man (1920s), the JAP 1947, the Lister D (1940s) and the Norman T3000.

    Recorded in Leeds, UK, this library features multi-mic coverage and a range of distance positions captured on all included source content. Microphones used include; Sanken, Sennheiser, Neumann and DPA, captured with Sound Devices and Tascam recorders.

    This library includes detailed SoundMiner metadata and utilizes the UCS system for ease of integration into your library.

    Behind the Scenes Video:


    Trench Rammer


  • The cozy natural rhythms of hums, scrapes, splashes and thuds soundtrack the pottery workshop where the earth meets art. Find the true sound of it with Vadi Sound Library.

     

    About Pottery Workshop

     

    84 sounds that are clean, subtle and capture pretty much every object and action of the magic of fire and earth.

    From the rhythmic hum of the spinning potter’s wheel, to the splash of water, the scrape of clay with the tools shaping and smoothing surfaces, listen up for the symphony of creation.

    You will hear the tapping and thud of ceramic pottery, wooden ribs, wire cutters, loop tools, and sponges, all kinds of rummage, and mud actions on the potter’s wheel. The clicking and whirring of mechanisms during firing cycles add a mechanical counterpoint to the workshop’s natural rhythms.

    You will get variations of sounds in different proximity, size, and style of action. This collection is handy due to the clarity and diversity of the raw sounds. They have both Foley and practical usability and room for further sound design.

    You will get intuitive, detailed naming, UCS compatibility and the usual Vadi Sound craft and attention to detail in 84 pristine sounds. Recorded in 24bit-96kHz.WAV format on our favorite Sennheiser MKH 8040 stereo pair and Zoom F6.

     

    Keywords

    Pottery, workshop, electric potter’s wheel, wheel, oven, heat gun, mud, clay, ceramic, glass, wooden, metal, cup, handle, push, pull, move, remove, shape, tap, shake, clank, level, lid, tool, organizer, toolbox, rummage, fiberboard, button, bucket, sponge, plate, Dremel.

     

    What else you may need

    You may also want to check out Drag & Slide for 477 sound files of dragging, sliding, scraping and friction sounds of different objects made of wood, plastic, metal on various surfaces. Our bestseller Crafting & Survival is another good choice to get access to 1000+ survival, gathering, movement and crafting sounds.

  • All files are recorded 32bit, 192 kHz, with Shure KSM 137, Line Audio Omni1, FEL Clippy XLR EM272, Sonorous Objects SO.3 and JrF C-Series Pro+ microphones, Sound Devices MixPre-6 II & Zoom F3 recorders. Library contains wav files of driving, interior and exterior foley, mechanical and electrical sounds. It is also available in UCS.

  • Introducing Devils Bane Trailer, a chilling symphony of horror encapsulated in 533 meticulously crafted sound files, ready to unleash terror upon your audience. Dive into a nightmare realm where every creak, whisper, and shriek is meticulously designed to send shivers down your spine.

    • 533 files
    • 3.5 GB of game audio assets
    • All in 96k 24bit .wav
    • Dark Horror Movie Trailer Sound Effects Library
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  • Birdsong from the countryside of the Swedish rural region of Värmland.


   

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