9 new sound libraries Asbjoern Andersen


This week on A Sound Effect, we have a wide variety of sounds for your films, games, animations, and commercials. From creative design of post-apocalyptic action, painful tinnitus, magic spells, tonal whooshes, and inspired vacuums to source material of newborn babies, motorcycle rallies, and inland ports, we have lots of exciting new libraries for you to check out. Happy listening!
This Library Sucks
 
'This Library Sucks' by The Sound Pack Tree may have a cheeky title, but it will certainly make you look at your vacuum differently! This collection shows the surprising range of this household appliance, giving you not a typical "on/off/running" library, but instead complex, textured sounds that will grasp your imagination. With sounds of whistling suction, swirling passbys, flapping wind, ghostly howls, and more, this library begs to have its creativity shine on your timeline. Give the demo a listen and be delighted!
 
Magic Spells, Buffs and Attacks
 
  • The Magic Spells, Buffs and Attacks library contains 507 total spell sounds. Each spell type has been thoughtfully named and crafted into multiple variations making them extremely flexible and easy to use. This library will work great for MMOs, RPGs and other fantasy style games. Of course, it will be great for film or any other form of media also! Many of these sounds are also well suited for Sci-Fi or Futuristic applications.

    Bonus Reaktor Ensemble:

    As if the sounds alone weren’t enough, we’re also including a special bonus in the form of a Native Instruments Reaktor Ensemble. We call it “The Mage”.. it is designed to allow you to take spell types, mash them together and create endless new iterations of material!

'Magic Spells, Buffs and Attacks' by Sound Spark LLC is a collection of 507 fantasy sounds for your MMOs, RPGs, MMORPGs - what have you! With sounds that cover a wide variety of magic, you will have source material to create elemental, arcane, melee, and spiritual spells. Plus, it's all included in "The Mage" Reaktor Ensemble! For lots of mythical blasts, combustions, orbs, powerups, and more, this one will get you on your way.
 
Sounds of Sturgis Motorcycle SFX
 
  • HARLEYS… All the makes & models in one place! Sounds of Sturgis Motorcycle SFX pack features 130 sound effects of Harley V-Twin Motorcycles at the world-famous 75th annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.  Over 700,000 bikers gathered in the town of Sturgis, SD and we were there to record the thundering sounds of thousands of motorcycles…From single bikes rev’ing up to huge packs of bikers riding by.

    If you’re looking for the huge Harley sound, this is a must-have.

    All sounds were recorded at 96k/24 bit with multiple microphones.  Embedded with metadata (Soundminer, Broadcast Wav)

    Library highlights:

    • Large biker groups riding by
    • Big and loud American muscle bikes cranking their engines
    • Harleys showing off their huge fat sound
    • Bike approaches and ride-offs
    • Individual bike sounds

'Sounds of Sturgis Motorcycle SFX' by Rick Allen Creative introduces you to the powerful growling motorcycles that were recorded during the world-famous 75th Annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. This massive gathering in South Dakota attracted 700,000 bikers who strutted every cubic centimeter, cylinder, and stroke of their engines. In this library you will hear 130 sounds from varying perspectives of these beefy V-twins as they start up, idle, pass by, and of course, rev! For a great collection of Steeds, Victories, and lots of Harleys, look no further.
 
Zwoosh
 
  • Whoosh Sound Effects Zwoosh Play Track 327 sounds included $14.40

    327 swooshes, designed for video transitions, Sci-Fi and game effects. Carefully designed swooshes, synthesised from metal, water and wind source material.

    Many of these effects have differently panned versions, depending on the requirements of the picture.

    All sounds were designed at 24-bit / 96kHz, with embedded meta data.

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'Zwoosh' by 3MAZE is a unique collection of 327 tonal whooshes and passbys. These sounds come from organic sources, like metal, water, and wind, and they've been synthesized into all sorts of textures. You can hear short buzzes, interesting creatures, alien swooshes, and other glitchy, glowing and bubbly characteristics. If you need movements that stick out and leave an impression, give this one a listen.
 
Ukrainian Ambiances
 
  • World Sounds Ukrainian Ambiances Play Track 54 sounds included, 141 mins total $60

    A collection of ambiances and street sounds recorded in ukraine between 2015-2018. With these recordings I tried to grasp the unique character of Ukraine. The distinct traffic sounds, the wonderful nature and the lively language.

    You will find recordings of airport and train station with p.a announcements, street sounds with Russian walla and voices, quiet residential ambiances, Ukrainian village ambiances, supermarkets and markets, schoolyard, school corridor, parade, street traffic, trains, conversations in Russian, prayers, street player talking, pedestrian areas, and more.

'Ukrainian Ambiances' by Rei Elbaz takes you to all across central Ukraine to feature a language-focused ambient library. From indoor areas like train stations and Catholic churches to outdoor schoolyards and parks, you will hear interactions that create both walla and close-up conversations in charming Ukrainian. You will also receive sounds of traffic and nature, and the recordings last from less than a minute to over 9 minutes. To take your audience on a trip from Kiev to Odessa, this one should do!
 
Hybrid Trailer
 
  • Use caution friend. You are now entering a sub atomic superhero war zone. Hybrid Trailer – AAA Game & Movie Trailer Sound Effects Library is the all-new action-packed, adrenaline spiking collection of game and movie trailer style sounds that will tip the scales to give your production an unfair advantage in the ears of your listeners.

    Packed with post-apocalyptic, Tokyo city cinematic sound effects to thrill your audience, Hybrid Trailer includes futuristic heavy bass cinematics, hardcore risers, and hits, earth-shattering trailer impacts, sinister BRAAAMS, and screechers. This wide-ranging collection will outfit almost any genre game or movie trailer, and sweeten any action scene or superhero musical theme.

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'Hybrid Trailer' by Epic Stock Media is an emotive sound library born out a love for a cinematic genre. This library takes you to post-apocalyptic Tokyo with dramatic sounds to shape your sci-fi action scenes, mysterious trailers, and augural storytelling. With thrilling bass, deep rippling BRAAHMs, unyielding risers and hits, and massive impacts, you will have the tools to quickly take your soundscape to the next level. Whether you're designing the next superhero blockbuster or a thoughtful but action-filled neo-noir, check this one out.
 
Babies
 
  • Human Sound Effects Babies Play Track 66+ sounds included, 11+ mins total $19

    Be gentle with these babies, they’re mine. Recorded from when they were 2 weeks old and 3-6 months old. Plenty of cute and cuddly coo’s, baby talk, breaths, efforts, sighs, yawns, coughs, snorts and crying.

    Lots of subtle sounds for when you just need a bit of presence from that baby onscreen.

'Babies' by Big Room Sound Inc. gets you the sounds that make some of us want to say "your turn". In this library, you get the sounds of infants from 2 weeks to 6 months ago as they coo, sigh, yawn, snort, babble, cough, and yes, cry. These sounds are up-close and low-noise, giving you a wide variety of very usable sounds for your films, animations, commercials, games - basically any time you need the unbearably cute prattle of a newborn. For a solid collection of baby sounds, be ready to "aw!".
 
Inland Port
 
  • Environments & Ambiences Inland Port Play Track 42+ sounds included, 104 mins total $26

    Inland Port is an authentic collection of industrial port recordings, focused on the distinct sounds of giant cranes, alarms, trucks, and the ambience of the container terminal. These were captured at Duisburg, Germany, the largest inland port in Europe, which is normally closed to the public.

    Taken in wintertime, these recordings are nearly bird-free. Using Schoeps MK4/MK8 MS microphones and paired with a Sound Devices 702 recorder, the files are also embedded with detailed Soundminer Metadata.

    Featured sounds:
    Container crane, container terminal ambiences, crane alarms, container impacts, reach stackers, straddle carrier, trucks, cargo trains, shipyard ambiences, distant terminal atmosphere & more

'Inland Port' by Tone Glow Libraries takes you to an industrial port to give you immersive sounds of cranes, trucks, stackers, alarms, and more. Captured in the largest inland port in Europe, this exclusive, permission-granted collection was recorded in the German wintertime to give you bird-free industrial ambiences for your scenes. Plus, you get detailed metadata that indicate the machinery involved, their actions, and sometimes distances and perspectives. For over 100 minutes of port and shipyard ambiences, this one should last you!
 
Tinnitus Designed
 
  • Human Sound Effects Tinnitus Designed Play Track 25 sounds included, 11 mins total $20

    ‘Tinnitus Designed’ is a collection of 25 sounds to replicate the noises of tinnitus. The library is a realistic approach at creating some of the sounds experienced by people with tinnitus.

    Suitable for post-production sound designers.

    Please note that my sound libraries do not go on sale (this is so prices are fair all year round), and they are sold exclusively on asoundeffect. :-)

'Tinnitus Designed' by Alexander Gastrell gets you creatively designed experiences of a condition that many of us fear or take action to reduce. With 25 renditions of tinnitus, you will hear a variety of tones and hisses meant to embody its feeling with clever convolution reverb, frequency filtering, and evolving design. Each sounds lasts around half a minute to give you plenty of time to get the point across or to be used in other ways. Whether you want it known your character fired a weapon without hearing protection or you're looking to add some tension to your scene, check this one out.
   

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    Animal Hyperrealism Vol IV is a sound library containing animal vocalisations, from real to designed creatures totaling more than 2000 individual sounds in 294 files. The sounds were recorded in zoos, and wildlife centers.

    The asset list includes but is not limited to: hippos, hyenas, vultures, dwarf mongooses, elephants, African cranes, parrots, tigers, pigmy hippos, rhea ostriches, brown bears, pheasants, wildebeests, African wild dogs and many more. The content has been recorded at 192KHz with a Sanken CO100K, an Avisoft CMPA and a Sennheiser 8050 for center plus two Sennheiser MKH8040 for stereo image.

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    Mattia Cellotto’s extraordinary sound libraries are some of the most popular releases in independent sound effects – and here’s your chance to get them all at a nice discount. Here’s what’s you get:

    NEW: ANIMAL HYPERREALISM IV contains animal vocalisations – from hippos, hyenas, vultures, dwarf mongooses, elephants, African cranes, parrots, tigers, pigmy hippos, rhea ostriches, to brown bears, pheasants, wildebeests, African wild dogs and many more. Features 2000 individual sounds in 294 files.
     

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    METAMORPHOSIS is a huge collection of recorded source, synthesized material and hybrid sounds – more than 2300 sounds total.
     

    GLACIER ICE is a library containing over 300 high quality sounds of ice cracking, breaking, shattering in various sizes of blocks – recorded entirely in the Italian Alps over the course of two winters.
     

    POLARITY delivers more than 950 sounds of electricity, science and technology – captured in several locations around the world, from electricity museums to science labs.
     

    ULTRASONIC DRY ICE is a library containing over 600 sounds themed metal resonances, scrapes and all sorts of weird.
     

    ROCKS MOMENTUM gets you more than 1100 sounds of rocks, bricks, wood logs, stones, impacting on different surfaces, rolling, being scraped one against the other and so on. The library was recorded in the Italian alps, and in Inverness, Scotland.
     

    WATER VOLUMES delivers you over 300 sounds of natural hot-springs, bubbles, and liquids of various densities boiling under the effect of dry ice.
     

    METAL GROANS AND SLAMS is a library for which metal was kicked, hammered, bowed and… induced to vibrate through feedback loops?! The collection features 346 unique sounds recorded through field trips in US, UK and Italy.
     

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    Car crashes, explosions, crumbling buildings, earthquakes, ripping earth and metal, to debris, and more.


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Latest sound effects libraries:
 
  • All files are recorded 32bit, 192 kHz, with RØDE NTG1, Line Audio Omni1 and FEL Clippy XLR EM272 microphones, Sound Devices MixPre-6 II & Zoom F3 recorders. Library contains wav files of driving, foley, mechanical and electrical sounds. It is only available in UCS.

  • PLANES & HELICOPTERS contains flybys, takeoffs, and landings of 13 aircraft models and 5 helicopter models, including small and medium-range passenger planes, private jets, tiny planes and firefighting aircraft. Recorded as close as possible to the aircraft, in airports. You’ll find turbojet, turboprop, and propeller-powered aircrafts. You’ll also find military and civilian helicopters sound effects.
    The sounds can be used for a realistic purpose but you can design spaceships or futuristic vehicles.

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  • Car Sound Effects Lada Riva 1980 compact car Play Track 218 sounds included, 51 mins total $65

    All files are recorded 32bit, 192 kHz, with RØDE NTG1, Line Audio Omni1 and FEL Clippy XLR EM272 microphones, Sound Devices MixPre-6 II recorder. Library contains wav files of driving, interior and exterior foley, mechanical and electrical sounds. It is only available in UCS.

  • Electricity Sound Effects Fridge Hums Complete Bundle Play Track 60 sounds included, 130 mins total $24

    A comprehensive fridge hum library with 60 sounds / 2+ hours of hums, buzzes, beeps, industrial room tones, clicks, drips and more

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  • Helicopter Sound Effects CH-47 Chinook Helicopter Play Track 40 sounds included, 46 mins total $80

    This library delivers the raw power of this legendary military transport helicopter. Originally recorded for the acclaimed Netflix series Money Heist: Part 5, this library captures every rotor, engine, and maneuver with pristine detail and fidelity—now available for your own productions.

    From the thunderous rotor blades slicing through the air, to the deep roar of its twin turbines, and the massive fly-bys that shake the ground, this collection delivers 46 minutes of sounds from one of the most iconic helicopters in history.

    Recorded using a multi-mic setup, every nuance has been preserved – from the hurricane-like rotor wash to the natural echoes bouncing across the runway and hangars. This library is a perfect fit for war films, military documentaries, AAA video games, or any production in need of authentic and cinematic helicopter power.

    What’s inside:

    • APU start ups, takeoffs, landings, and hovering sequences.
    • Close and medium imposing fly-bys
    • Interior and Exterior perspectives
    • Fully edited and UCS-compliant metadata for fast and easy search

    With CH-47 CHINOOK, you’ll have a rock-solid, versatile, and epic sound resource at your fingertips – ready to take your projects to the next level.

    Note: The SoundCloud demo contains radio communiactions and some cockpit switches. These are not included.

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