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 $149

    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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Popular sound effects this week:

 
  • Hum, Buzz & Glitch Sound Effects Audio For Testing Play Track 137 sounds included $1

    Audio files for testing speakers and sound systems. These include Noises (Brown, White, Pink, Black/Silence), DTMF, Panning (50%, 100% Left, Right, Centre), Sines (20Hz-20KHz), Oscillator Sweeps (1-24000Hz)

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  • Monster Sound Effects
    Monster Sound Effects
    Creature Sound Effects Monsters Play Track 789 sounds included $59

    Ever wondered how to get the creatures, beasts and monsters in your project as badass and nasty as possible?

    This collection is filled with high-quality sound effects that let your clients tremble in their seats. The curated package comes with everything you need: Vocals like attacks, breaths, threats, alerts, idle sounds, die screams and foley sounds such as bodyfalls, steps and movement.

    With this set of handpicked sounds you have the world of cinematic creature sound design at your fingertips.

     

    The Library includes:

    Beast, Coloss, Dwarf, Fishman, Gnome, Golem, Hellhound, Imp, Insect, Kraken, Minotaur, Ogre, Orc, Reptile, Witch, Wraith, Yeti, Zombie, Attack, Breath, Death, Idle, Step, Threaten, Voice, Foley

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    Foley Sound Effects Grenade Foley Play Track 1374 sounds included $15

    A focused collection of grenade foley, captured with precision using replica units. This library provides the essential, clean sounds of tactical handling, interaction, and impacts.

    Recorded at 96kHz/24-bit across various surfaces including steel plates, carpet, wood floorings, soil, and grass, this library offers variation for different environments. The recordings feature grenade shakes, surface impacts and rolls, pin pulls, spoon lever ejections, spoon drops, and tactical gear foley, all captured with Lewitt LCT 540 S and Shure SM7B.

    This is a practical toolkit for sound designers working in film, games, and other media, providing a tonal and versatile foundation for building realistic military action.

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  • Car Sound Effects Toyota MR2 1984 sports car Play Track 228 sounds included, 44 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 also available in UCS.

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  • Animal Sound Effects Collections Botswana Play Track 49+ sounds included, 136 mins total From: $60

    Botswana Faunethic sound library is a unique collection of 49 sounds recorded through several national parks of the country (Okavango, Chobe,…). All these sounds has been recorded and produced with high quality equipment in multichannel.

    This collection offers a wide diversity of soundscapes and animals sounds such as:

    -Bush, savanna and forest soundscapes.
    -Hippopotamus grunt and vocals.
    -Elephants vocals, showering and drinking.
    -Zebras and impalas fighting.
    -Lion chasing an elephant during one night.
    -Birds and insects at different perspectives.
    -Villages

    If you want to hear more about this field recording trip, feel free to check this post.
    The multichannel version contains 40 tracks in native 4.0 and 9 tracks recorded in stereo only.

    This library provides authentic and interesting sounds, recorded with DPA, MBHO and Neumann mics powered by an Aeta 4minX.
    All Faunethic tracks includes metadata carefully edited, compatible with Soundminer, Soundly and Basehead.

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  • Bundles Quietsub FX Complete Bundle Play Track 15055 sounds included $379

    Quietsub FX Complete Bundle

    Quietsub FX is a library of 15,055 sound effects at 24 bit 96,000 BWF. The library is organized into a number of collections related to specific categories, and a large miscellaneous category. The library was recorded to be as comprehensive as possible with an emphasis on quality and choice for users.

    The Complete Bundle includes the following parts:

    Quietsub FX gives you a wide ranging library of sound effects. Production of the library focused on creating high quality and choice for users, which ultimately is what creators want. This package is ideal for film, video, radio, podcast, and wherever sound effects are used.

    All files include metadata.

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  • Travel & Transportation Quietsub FX Transportation Play Track 1321 sounds included $59

    Quietsub FX Transportation

    An extensive collection of 1,321 Transportation sounds. If it has means of movement to carry people or goods, whether by engine or human propulsion, you’ll likely find it here.

    This collection comes in two parts. The transportation portion, and Transit Chimes.

    Transit Chimes: Transit Chimes are the sounds you hear all the time on public transportation. Dings, dongs, attention getters. This collection of 70 sound effects gives everything you need to satisfy your craving for these noises. Use them in your productions, or start your own transit system.

    Transportation: People are always going somewhere. And they sure make lots of noise doing it. Just about anything that moves people or freight can be found here.

    Recording for this category is outside the studio affair. A tremendous amount of time driving and walking around, as well as planting yourself in strategic locations where vehicles do their thing.

    • Cars general
    • Classic cars
    • Sports cars
    • Boats
    • Aircraft
    • Bicycles
    • Buses
    • Motorcycles
    • Trucks general
    • Garbage Truck
    • Highway and street backgrounds
    • Traffic sounds

    This extensive collection touches all the bases.

    Files are 24-96000 BWF with metadata.

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  • Whoosh Sound Effects Quietsub FX Video Transition Sound Effects Play Track 128 sounds included $25

    Quietsub FX Video Transition Sound Effects

    A great collection of 128 Video Transition Sound Effects. These are designed to be used at video edit points to add impact.

    Video Editors will enjoy these video transition effects. In recent years, sound effects began appearing in videos to accompany the actual visual edit. This was the inspiration for creating this collection.

    There’s no better way to add depth to video edits than with short sounds and ramps. These work great with short video breakup visuals and flashes.

    This collection is made up of various wipes and transitions.

    Cut away. Chop, Hack etc. These sounds will make those video transitions more interesting.

    Files are 24-96000 BWF with metadata.

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  • Sci-Fi Sound Effects Quietsub FX Sci-Fi Sounds Play Track 192 sounds included $25

    Quietsub FX Sci-Fi Sounds

    A collection of 192 Sci-Fi Sounds.

    There’s lots of science fiction out there, but still no little green men. Possibly that’s what makes sci-fi so popular. The dream of something you think may exist, but cannot be proven. Sci-Fi, of course, has its own sounds. In this collection of 183 sound effects, you will find most of what you will need to outfit your next spacecraft.

    Included in this collection:

    • Alien interiors
    • Blasters
    • Backgrounds
    • Space ship sounds

    Files are 24-96000 BWF with metadata.

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  • Materials & Texture Sound Effects Quietsub FX Mechanical Parts Play Track 159 sounds included $39

    Quietsub FX Mechanical Parts

    A collection of 159 mechanical sounds made by small motors. This is the result of a massive editing job involving small metal and plastic parts, and any other item made by humans and others.

    Stuff that clicks, winds, and moves by itself.

    This collection covers the world of small mechanics. Sounds in this collection include:

    • Clicking
    • Cranking
    • Metal levers
    • Metal movement
    • Winding
    • Running
    • Slowing
    • Squeaking

    You can get all wound up with this kind of thing. Something for any mechanical mind.

    Files are 24-96000 BWF with metadata.

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