This week on A Sound Effect, we have new libraries that will demand professionalism in your sound design. We have two new interesting IR libraries, hard-hitting braams, suspenseful stutters, heavy cargo trucks, useful curtains and blinds, cheerful puzzle game sounds, quiet winter countrysides, and a fire library that will have you pressing ‘Add to Cart’ on reflex. Happy listening!
'Cargo Trucks' by Mindful Audio features heavy vehicles like the one in this first installment: a Mercedes-Benz dump truck. With over a half hour of recordings, you’ll hear on-board multi-channel recordings of this lorry hauling tarmac and other materials from European quarries into the countryside with all the starts, stops, idling, and driving in between. Plus, you’ll get free updates as more sounds are added to the library! For 12-liter V6 diesel action and future updates from a passionate sound designer, check this one out.
'Puzzle Game' by Epic Stock Media is an all-in-one collection of the bright, cheery sounds that help make puzzle games so addicting. With 562 sounds, you'll get all the elements you need from bubbly notifications to organic UI blips to clean movements and happy inventory sounds. These sounds come in a ready-to-be-implemented 44.1kHz version and a high-quality 96kHz version, allowing you to modify them to your needs. If you're working on a merry little brain-twister, you're sure to find what you need here.
'Impulse Fractalism' by Navi Retlav Studio, Ltd is a collection of impulse responses that will glue your music and sound together with lush, rhythmic reverb. Using the artistic potential of fractal mathematics, this library has 64 IRs that will help your ambiences and tracks evolve with symmetrical repetition. Since they are WAV files, they will work with any WAV-based convolution reverb; plus, there’s a ReFill version ready to give your synths a new life. For a collection of fresh, modern IRs, give the demo a listen.
Do the epic, nearly deafening soundtracks of Christopher Nolan’s films take your breath away? Then 'BRAAAM Strike' by Epic Stock Media might help you give your audience a similar sense of glee. Inspired by blockbusters like Inception and A Dark Knight, this collection of 100 braams will give your project a deep, almost foghorn-like boom that instantly adds suspense and excitement. Whether you use them exuberantly in a trailer or for a subtle thrill in the mix, give this one a listen.
'Stutter Matter' by SampleTraxx gets you those rippling, hi-tech sounds that put your audience on edge. With over 180 sounds, you'll get mangled impacts and whooshes with glitchy pass-bys, distorted screams, sudden stops, reversed stutters, and more that will throw you off your feet. Plus, you'll get unprocessed stutter elements to let you twist them however you want. If you're looking for some brutal effects your scenes, check this one out.
'Curtains & Blinds' by TheWorkRoom Audio Post has sounds of household objects that you might forget about until you need them! With 419 sounds, you'll hear the curtains and blinds of various materials - wood and metal blinds, thick curtains, etc. - being opened and closed. You'll also get a variety of movements and the window dressings were were mounted in ways to give you a diverse but highly usable collection. If you need sounds to block out the sun, look no further.
'Designed Fire' by Gregor Quendel is a popular new library that lets you stay safe and keep your eyebrows. With 225 ambiences, swooshes, whooshes, textures, drones, and more, you will get immersive AAA-level fire sounds that will demand the quality of other assets match their professionalism. It's no surprise this library has jumped to the top of the popularity list this month! Just as one reviewer said, 'If you need to portray flames in rather dynamic detail, you’ll appreciate having this in your library.'
'Countryside Winter – Ambisonics' by GainWalkers has wide-open soundscapes from peaceful winter days in Sierra Morena, Andalusia in Spain. You will hear sounds of sparrows, doves, woodpeckers, roosters, and more captured throughout all times of the day, and the metadata gives you details to help you find the right ambience fast. Plus, you can get the library in an array of formats from A- and B-Format to 5.1 to ORTF stereo. For over an hour of beautiful soundscapes that will make you want to enjoy the area's temperate climate yourself, give this one a listen.
'Impulse Cabinetism' by Navi Retlav Studio, Ltd gets you the electric guitar and bass effects you've always wanted. This collection of 64 precise cabinet tones were reconstructed through the impulse responses of their favorite gear and mathematically colored with their equally favorite dynamic, condenser, and ribbon microphones. Since they work with any convolution reverb plug-in, you can add these effects to your creative sound design, too. But of course, it all comes down to your ears, so give the demo a listen!
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