9 new sound libraries Asbjoern Andersen

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This week on A Sound Effect, we have new libraries with the meticulous details you need fast. We have collections with disgusting gore, vinyl record pops and hisses, smooth futuristic aircraft, winter scenes in suburban neighborhoods, a heavy-duty excavator, and four experimental libraries with granular elements, synthetic convolution reverbs, drones inspired by climate change, and unique user interface elements. Whether you want your audience to wince, trip out, or suspend their disbelief, you’ll find what you need here. Happy listening!
Granular
 
  • Materials & Texture Sound Effects Granular Play Track 600+ sounds included $50

    GRANULAR is the ultimate source library for anyone looking to add compelling and distinctive granular textures into their sound design; it contains designed sounds, a large collection of processed sounds, and some additional raw recordings.
    This library is the culmination of many hours of exploration and experimentation in the area of granular sound processing, using a variety of plugins, audio tools, recording techniques and processes.
    GRANULAR features 395 24bit / 96kHz WAV files, each embedded with full metadata.

    UPDATE: Updated in 2024 with full UCS compliancy and Soundminer metadata, plus 200 brand new sounds in 35 new 24 bit / 96kHz WAV files.

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'Granular' by Barney Oram has 395 textures that come from experimental yet practical experience in exploring and applying sound. With an aesthetic that feels both synthetic and organic, you'll get sounds of alarms, UI blips, glitches, impacts, and loads of designed, processed, and raw textures. Plus, the metadata has been diligently written to be your guiding light in such an abstract world. From crackling plastic to buzzing power surges to glitchy hard drives, you'll find it here!
 
Residential Winter - Ambisonics
 
  • Ambisonic Sound Effects Residential Winter – Ambisonics Play Track 15 sounds included From: $25

    Following Residential Ambiences approach, RESIDENTIAL WINTER – Ambisonics brings you 15 ambisonic residential atmospheres recorded during different times of a day in winter: early morning, morning, afternoon, evening and night.

    In these recordings you will hear birds chirping, traffic, sirens wailing in distance, dogs barking, cats meowing and rooster calls. Recording done at night and in the early morning are very quite due to the absence of traffic.

    Recordings have been done with a Sennheiser Ambeo + Zoom F8. All files are in 96 kHz/24 bit and meta-tagged.

    About this library:

    This Ambisonics sound effects library contains the original recordings in A-Format (no processing whatsoever) and in B-format (AmbiX). By using Harpex, 5.1 (LRCLfeLsRs) and stereo (ORTF) mixdowns have been also added. Note that the Lfe channel is mute. It hasn’t been removed to follow the SMPTE  path order.

    The Ambisonics version contains all the formats. Stereo version only includes the stereo files.

    Soundcloud demo plays the stereo version.

    UCS Compatible Metadata embedded. Fields included CatID, Category, Subcategory, FX Name, Filename, Description, BWDescription, Library, RecType, Microphone, Designer, Manufacturer, Keywords.

     

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'Residential Winter Ambisonics' by GainWalkers has 15 ambisonic atmospheres from different times throughout a frosty day. These ambiences were recorded in a suburban area to give you sounds of small birds, barking neighborhood dogs, random roosters, lots of alley cats, and distant traffic and sirens. They are delivered in their unprocessed A-format, AmbiX B-format, and 5.1, plus there is an ORTF stereo version if you’d like to save a little money. If you need winter sounds from around the block, check this one out.
 
Harmonic Series Drones
 
  • Drones & Mood Sound Effects Harmonic Series Drones Play Track 48+ sounds included, 48 mins total $40

    • Harmonic Series Drones is an extension of several of my music compositions. Over the past few years, I’ve been very interested in data sonification, writing several pieces that turn real-time weather data into music. This library was created using a drone generator that turns weather data into sound. I built this drone generator for my piece Sitka for piano and seasonal electronics.

    • Instead of pulling weather data from Sitka, Alaska, as I did in the piece, I used 2016 daily temperature data from the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, a fragile place wrapped up in current political drama and now open to drilling. This library is a sonification of 2016 temperature data in ANWR. The highest global temperature on record was recorded in 2016 (2016 Global Climate Report). It is even worse in the Arctic where temperatures are warming at twice the rate of lower latitudes (2016 Arctic Report Card). With this library, you’ll be able to hear the warming, and I hope this library helps to draw attention to the rapidly changing environment of the Arctic.

    • Each of the forty-eight drones corresponds to the average temperature of a day in 2016, with twelve drones from each of the four seasons. The drones are built from pure tones made from tightly filtered pink noise. These pure tones are then stacked in harmonic series relationships. For instance, a winter drone might consist of the fundamental and four lowest partials. A summer drone could have the fundamental and partials seven, fourteen, and thirty-two.

    • The drones stand on their own without the story. If you never knew they started with weather data, you would still find a variety of pure, rich, microtonal drones with enough variety to fit the mood of any project.

    2% FOR THE ENVIRONMENT:
    • Two percent of the price of this library is donated to an environmental cause. I view it as an “artist royalty” for the planet!

    KEY FEATURES:
    • All files are sample seamless loops. So, there are no fade-ins and outs and the files are ready for looping in any DAW.
    • Consonant and dissonant drones
    • Simple and complex drones
    • Each of the 48 drones is between 1 and 1.5 minutes in duration
    • Non-periodic undulating drones
    • Each harmonic has a randomized gain, so the drones pulse non-periodically.
    • Drones were made from tightly filter pink noise, so drones have a small amount of soothing and airy pink noise.
    • Microtonal harmonic series relationships create beautiful beating between drone harmonics.
    • All drones have a fundamental of G1 (49Hz). Transpose them as needed to fit any project.
    • Partials are included in the metadata, for example, “fundamental_G1_harmonics_1_2_3_4_7_16”.
    DATA SONIFICATION:
    • Weather data included in the Soundminer Description and BWAV description fields.
    • Temperature data was translated as a combination of lowest harmonic, number of harmonics, and highest harmonic.
    • Generally, lower temperatures include bass harmonics and higher temperatures include treble harmonics. For example, the hottest day of the year only included harmonics 18 and 24.
    • Location: weather data is from the NOAA station at Helmut Mountain, Alaska in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

    FILE LIST & METADATA:
    • View in Browser or Download CSV

    GEAR USED:
    • Max/MSP 7
    REFERENCES:
    • Harmonic series artwork by Jason Charney: http://www.jasoncharney.com/
    • 2016 Arctic Report Card: http://arctic.noaa.gov/Report-Card/Report-Card-2016/ArtMID/5022/ArticleID/271/Surface-Air-Temperature
    • 2016 Global Climate Report: https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/global/201613
    • NOAA Weather Data: https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/
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’Harmonic Series Drones' is an unusual library from what we’ve come to expect from Thomas Rex Beverly, but once you hear the idea behind it, you’ll see why it’s not a surprise. Out of his interest in data sonification, Thomas Rex Beverly created a drone generator in Max/MSP that turns real-time weather data into sound and music. This library features this concept based on the temperatures recorded in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in 2016. Each of the 48 drones reflects a daily temperature from all four seasons - and the change we're seeing in that area.
 
Gore
 
  • Gore Sound Effects Gore Play Track 894+ sounds included $49

    Gore is just plain & simple great high quality bloody impacts, splatters, and weapons. You can't go wrong with this library, and it will be a work horse go to for many years! GORE features more than 875 files, 2.92 GB of 24bit/96khz .WAV files, all meticulously embedded with Soundminer and Basehead metadata. GORE was created in collaboration with Michael Leaning, a UK based Triple AAA video game sound designer.

    GORE includes the following:

    • 19 different weapon impacts, both dry and wet
    • Blood
    • Guts
    • Drips
    • Splatters
    • Head Explosions
    • Stabs
    • Extras
    • Source Recordings
    • Designed Files
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'Gore' is a massive library that features its every blood-soaked detail with flare. Would we expect anything less from SoundMorph? In collaboration with AAA sound designer Michael Leaning, this collection features 875 sounds of stabs, splatters, drips, falling guts, and head explosions. You also get the source recordings, designed sounds, and a whole lot of pointy weapon impacts! Whether you're working on the next Troma film or you need visceral effects for your fights sounds, this one will last you for projects to come.
 
Vinyl Record Noise
 
  • Hum, Buzz & Glitch Sound Effects Vinyl Record Noise Play Track 11 sounds included, 59 mins total $12

    Vinyl Record Noise is the first sound library from Oddball Audio. The library features eleven 10” blank records recorded from start to finish at 45rpm. The records were cut and pressed by Lathecuts in Arizona using a myriad of techniques to get the most surface noise, pops, crackles, and hiss for your sound design pleasure. In the cutting process they used four different lathes with varying noise floors and records made from many types of materials.

    The library is perfect for use in any project that may need vinyl records to give it that vintage feel! Additionally these samples are great to use in granular processing, music, or to add subtle layers to a burning fire.

    At a glance:

    • 11 .wav files
    • over 55 minutes of content
    • recorded on U-Turn Audio table through tube preamps and RME interface
    • 2.07 GB uncompressed size – 1.69 GB zip archive
    • recorded and presented as 24 bit/96 kHz stereo files
    • free lifetime updates
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'Vinyl Record Noise' is Oddball Audio’s first sound library, so let’s make them feel welcome! This library gets you nearly an hour of that classy analog media experience. Featuring a U-Turn Audio table, you can hear all the pops, crackles, and hisses from 11 blank 10” LPs captured from start to finish at 45rpm. These vinyl records were cut on four different lathes, giving you lots of variation, and you get free lifetime updates! If you need a clean capture of diamond on polyvinyl chloride, this is one to look into.
 
User Interface
 
’User Interface' by Glitchedtones takes a familiar Human-Computer Interaction concept and stretches it to unique territories. This library has 200 alerts, clicks, data processing, errors, swipes, notifications, and sounds to let you know access has been granted or that the system is starting up or shutting down. Each sound is ready to be dropped in, and of course they are created in Glitchedtones' distinctly glitchy style. If you are looking to tell your audience the result of their actions, why not do so with an intriguing edge?
 
Abstract Spaceships
 
  • Space Sound Effects Abstract Spaceships Play Track 840 sounds included $25

    This library brings you 840 meta-tagged sounds recorded and created at 96kHz/24-bit stereo that can be used to bring your spaceships to life. This includes 376 designed sounds with various flybys, lift-offs, and landings for large, medium and small spaceships, as well as the 464 ingredient sounds that were used to create them, allowing you to customize and tailor the sounds to fit your project.

    Note: The sounds in the audio sample have some panning and reverberation added; the sounds in the library itself are centered and entirely devoid of reverb.

    Also included in the “2018 InspectorJ Bundle” for 50% off!

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Abstract Spaceships by InspectorJ has sounds of modern flight designed to voice your futuristic vehicles. With 840 total sounds, you will get 464 elements of flybys, lift-offs, landings, and more from aircrafts large and small, as well as 376 designed sounds to give you a realistic feeling of ascending and descending. Altogether, you'll have sounds that are ready to be dropped on your timeline and the ingredients to make your own creations! For a flexible flight collection, give this one a listen.
 
The Excavator
 
  • Industrial Ambiences The Excavator Play Track 43 sounds included, 11 mins total $25

    ‘The Excavator’ by Cinematic Sound Design delivers a collection of recordings in pristine 24 Bit / 96 Khz. Captured using highest quality equipment providing a discrete signal path, such as Sound Devices 702 and a pair of Neumann KM 184, this collection features engine & bucket sounds from Neuson 3602 rd excavator, suitable for your car & construction games, visual projects etc.
    In total, you will get 43 field recording sounds totalling over 10 minutes of engine & bucket recordings, captured from different perspectives.
    Product Details:
    • 43 Field Recording sounds
    • Engine Sounds
    • Powering ups, pumping, speed ups, powering downs
    • Excavator bucket sounds
    • Shakings, digging, rattle

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'The Excavator' by Cinematic Sound Design features the heavy construction vehicle that always makes your kid want to stop and watch. With 43 high-quality recordings captured with two popular mics by Sound Devices and Neumann, you will hear sounds of the roaring engine as it powers up, pumps, speeds up, and powers down. You will also get the distinct sounds of the bucket as it shakes, digs, and rattles - all captured from various perspectives. Whether you need sounds for a scene or you’re creating a construction simulator, give this one a listen.
 
Impulse Exploration
 
  • Impulse Responses (IR) Impulse Exploration Play Track 64 sounds included $25

    Make room for our groundbreaking Impulse Responses library! Yes, we are serious, it’s the high quality collection of experimental convolution samples that could easily, if unchecked, contradict the laws of physics and nature. These impulses were recorded and deeply-processed to create reverb tails with unique characteristics as well as creative effects that are not accessible or easily simulated in any other way. Prepare yourself for an immersive experience of sonic trickery applied throughout the included material.

    We dive right into additive synthesis, to generate chord and tonal effects, then we throw away the rulebook for pitch-shifting and time-stretching, then we go even further with glitch-like effects; finally, we manipulated the timbres in combination with custom rhythmic-noise generation tools to create the extraterrestrial atmospheres that will let you turn any material into a completely unique experience.

    These samples, are designed to be user-friendly, no unwanted resonances; but in the hands of the professionals, these deep impulses can be the new edge for mixing and sound design. Creating Hollywood-style cinematic-effects, futuristic-glitches and ambience goodness, was never so easy. Just drag, drop and feel the air shake.

    Details:

    • 64 impulse response samples
    • 48khz / 24bit wav files
    • Compatible with any convolution-reverb software
    • WAV + ReFill version (for Propellerhead Reason 8.3+ with 64 Combinator & RV7000mk2 patches)
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'Impulse Exploration' by Navi Retlav Studio, Ltd is an experimental library that will sweeten your audio with interesting synthetic convolution reverb. These 64 IRs add tonal and timbre qualities, pitch-shifting and time-stretching effects, glitchy and rhythmic characteristics, and more. Plus, the WAV versions are compatible with any convolution reverb software, and a ReFill version is available. Whether you are creating an alien environment, a nightmarish world, or you want to subtly pique your audience’s interest, this is the one to hear!
   

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  • User Interface (UI) Sound Effects Motion Graphics Play Track 650+ sounds included $9

    Introducing MOTION GRAPHICS, a complete Motion Graphics sound effects library from SoundMorph!

    Motion Graphics focuses on all the elements you might need for sound design on a trailer, a cinematic scene or a visual that is heavy with motion graphics, whether it be abstract or straight forward, Motion Graphics has all the elements and textures you could think of. Motion Graphics are something all of us sound designers run into at one point or another, so this library is an excellent addition to your sound effects tool box.

    Motion Graphics was created by and in collaboration with sound designer Rostislav Trifonov (SoundMorph Elemental library contributor).

    Motion Graphics features 650 24bit/96 kHz .wav files, all meticulously embedded with Soundminer & Basehead metadata.

    The library features:

    • 450 + designed sound effects
    • 190 + source audio files
    • Whooshes
    • Impacts
    • Risers
    • Stingers
    • Low end and Sub Bass
    • Impulse Responses
    • Passbys
    • Textures – noise, grit, glitch
    • Ambiences
    • Buttons and Clicks
    • Mechanical Elements
    • Granular effects
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  • Featured Sound Creators Modular UI Play Track $9

    Modular UI is an advanced user interface library designed by world-renowned sound designer and musician Richard Devine.

    Designed and sourced entirely from Richard Devine’s personal and exclusive Eurorack modular synths and processors collection, the Modular UI soundpack combines the retro, clean sound of analog with the futuristic tech of the new wave of advanced analog and digital synthesis from modular synths, evoking flashbacks of iconic sound design heard in both classic and modern sci-fi films.

    The Modular UI soundpack gives you access to sounds created by one of the masters of modular synths and sound design, and is sourced from equipment that would take a lifetime to purchase and assemble, giving an incredible value to this soundpack both artistically and financially.

    Utilizing many Eurorack modules that have not yet been released to the public and containing samples equally suited to sound designers and electronic musicians alike, Modular UI is in a class by itself!

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  • Cinematic & Trailer Sound Effects Bloody Nightmare Play Track 550 sounds included $9

    Bloody Nightmare is a modern horror cinematic library aimed at the most cutting edge bone chilling productions out there.

    Whether you work in sound design, as a composer, trailer editor or as an electronic musician, Bloody Nightmare is a valuable new wave of Horror sounds that will surely cause visceral moments of terror and dread!

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    User Interface (UI) Sound Effects Motion Graphics Play Track 650+ sounds included $9

    Introducing MOTION GRAPHICS, a complete Motion Graphics sound effects library from SoundMorph!

    Motion Graphics focuses on all the elements you might need for sound design on a trailer, a cinematic scene or a visual that is heavy with motion graphics, whether it be abstract or straight forward, Motion Graphics has all the elements and textures you could think of. Motion Graphics are something all of us sound designers run into at one point or another, so this library is an excellent addition to your sound effects tool box.

    Motion Graphics was created by and in collaboration with sound designer Rostislav Trifonov (SoundMorph Elemental library contributor).

    Motion Graphics features 650 24bit/96 kHz .wav files, all meticulously embedded with Soundminer & Basehead metadata.

    The library features:

    • 450 + designed sound effects
    • 190 + source audio files
    • Whooshes
    • Impacts
    • Risers
    • Stingers
    • Low end and Sub Bass
    • Impulse Responses
    • Passbys
    • Textures – noise, grit, glitch
    • Ambiences
    • Buttons and Clicks
    • Mechanical Elements
    • Granular effects
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  • Featured Sound Creators Modular UI Play Track $9

    Modular UI is an advanced user interface library designed by world-renowned sound designer and musician Richard Devine.

    Designed and sourced entirely from Richard Devine’s personal and exclusive Eurorack modular synths and processors collection, the Modular UI soundpack combines the retro, clean sound of analog with the futuristic tech of the new wave of advanced analog and digital synthesis from modular synths, evoking flashbacks of iconic sound design heard in both classic and modern sci-fi films.

    The Modular UI soundpack gives you access to sounds created by one of the masters of modular synths and sound design, and is sourced from equipment that would take a lifetime to purchase and assemble, giving an incredible value to this soundpack both artistically and financially.

    Utilizing many Eurorack modules that have not yet been released to the public and containing samples equally suited to sound designers and electronic musicians alike, Modular UI is in a class by itself!

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  • Mattia Cellotto Animal Hyperrealism 2 Animal Sound Effects Library
    Mattia Cellotto Animal Hyperrealism 2 Animal Sound Effects Library
    Animal Sound Effects Collections Animal Hyperrealism Vol II Play Track 2000+ sounds included $180

    Animal Hyperrealism Vol II is a library containing sounds themed animal vocalisations, from real to designed creatures totaling more than 2000 individual sounds in 283 files.

    The sounds were partly recorded with animals trained for media production, partly recorded in zoos and wildlife centers. The asset list includes but is not limited to: amur leopards, bottlenose dolphins, californian sealions, pacific walruses, red ruffed lemurs, owls, parrots, dwarf little fruit bats, hamsters, guinea pigs and many more.

    The content has been recorded at 192KHz with a Sanken CO100K plus a Sennheiser 8050 for center image and a couple of Sennheiser MKH8040 for stereo image.
    A special section of the library features samples recorded at 384KHz. For these sounds an additional microphone was employed, specifically the CMPA by Avisoft-Bioacoustics which records up to 200 KHz. This microphone was actually used to record most of the library but the 384KHz format was preserved only where energy was found beyond 96KHz not to occupy unnecessary disk space.
    All files are delivered as stereo bounce of these for mics, though in some instances an additional couple of CO100K was added to the sides.
    The resulting ultrasonic spectrum is rich and allows for truly extreme manipulation of the content.

    Bonus: Two extra libraries included for free:
     This library also includes two additional releases from Mattia Cellotto - for free: Crunch Mode delivers 230 crunchy sounds made with a variety of vegetables, fresh bread, pizza crust and a selection of frozen goods. The Borax Experiment gets you 158 squishy, gory, slimy and gooey sounds.
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  • Game Audio Packs - Game Sound Effects Libraries Kawaii UI Bundle Play Track 1339+ sounds included $70

    Kawaii UI Bundle is the ultimate bundle for cute user interface sounds.
    In this Bundle you get both volumes of our Kawaii UI libraries.
    Kawaii UI + Kawaii UI 2

    These libraries provide an adorable blend of cute, satisfying interface sounds, crafted to enhance user experience and feedback.
    Bring your games and apps to life with the Kawaii UI Bundle.

    It’s ideal for creating joyful menus, delightful HUDs, playful navigation and notifications, engaging pop-ups, and expressive text.

    Kawaii UI Trailer
    Kawaii UI 2 Trailer

    What’s Inside?

    Designed

    The designed portion of Kawaii UI Bundle gives you a selection of ready to use OS sounds, various melodic and synth based sounds, button presses, cursors, notifications, swipes, errors, bootups, app opens, loading loops, etc. We’ve even included an adorable vocal alphabet for character text.

    Source

    The source recordings inside are a treasure trove of physical button presses, clicks, pops, taps, mouth sounds, toks, shakers, general synthesised UI sounds, FM bells and telemetry style sounds.. Kawaii UI Bundle provides you with the essential building blocks to craft your own distinctive designs.  Combining these elements gives sound designers a robust sonic palette to create new UI sounds.

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  • Footsteps Sound Effects Footsteps Vegetation Play Track 582+ sounds included $59

    Vegetation Footsteps is a detailed collection of footwear and movement variations recorded on dry leaves and forest floor textures. Featuring walk, run, sprint, scuff, pivot, and single step actions, this library captures the nuanced crunch and rustle of layered vegetation underfoot. With performances in sport shoes, sandals, leather shoes, high heels, and barefoot, each sound is designed for realistic character movement across natural environments. Ideal for games, film, and animation, Vegetation Footsteps offers clean, focused assets for building immersive terrain interaction.

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  • Foley Sound Effects Potion Sound Effects Play Track 135 sounds included $19.99

    A collection of 135 potion sound effects.

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  • Game Audio Packs - Game Sound Effects Libraries Power Up Sound Effects Play Track 140 sounds included $29.99

    A collection of 140 individual power up ability sound effects.

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  • Foley Sound Effects Bowling Sound Effects Play Track 103 sounds included $19.99

    A collection of 103 bowling sound effects.

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