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Pipe Noise & Flow is a sound effects library built around the hidden voices of pipe systems, large and small. Captured over several years across industrial plants, residential buildings, factories, sewers, underground tunnels, caves and public infrastructure, this collection brings together a wide range of sonically rich material.

You’ll hear water, gas, and air moving through pipes made of metal steel, copper, aluminium, plastic, glass, concrete, and stone. There are massive flows and subtle trickles, bursts of pressure, hollow resonances, eerie whistles, and the strange tonalities that emerge when systems crack, leak, or fail. Many recordings feature broken or deteriorating pipes, full of texture and unpredictability. While there is plenty of industrial and subterranean grit, you’ll also find more subtle sources like kitchen sinks, bathroom plumbing, and everyday interior systems; sounds that can lend realism or eeriness to intimate scenes.

This library is designed to be flexible and inspiring. Use it to create detailed ambiences for sci-fi, horror, and post-apocalyptic settings, to build layered mechanical textures for machines and user interfaces, or to design unique elements for hybrid weapons, alien devices, strange creatures or abandoned environments. Whether you need the realism of urban infrastructure or the surreal qualities of a forgotten machine, Pipe Noise & Flow offers an unexpected toolkit full of possibility.

What’s inside:

• Flowing water, rushing air, and gas movement through pipes
• Large industrial pipes, small tubing, and flexible hoses
• Pipes made of metal, iron, copper, aluminium, plastic, glass, concrete, and stone
• Broken, leaky, and deteriorating pipes with rich textures
• Interior plumbing: kitchen sinks, bathroom drains, home radiators
• High-pressure bursts, trickles, drips, and hissing valves
• Tonal and pitched pipe resonances, drones, and hums
• Mechanical rattles, clangs, gurgles, and thumps
• Subterranean ambiences and underground utility spaces
• Studio performances exploring controlled flow and resonance
• Eerie whistles and howling vents for otherworldly design
• Abstract textures and tonalities ideal for creature sound design
• Inspiring source material for sci-fi, horror, fantasy, and surreal soundscapes
• Useful elements for user interface design, machine textures, and hybrid weapons
• Ready-to-layer assets for creating atmospheres, backgrounds, and special effects