14 new sound libraries Asbjoern Andersen


It’s time for another sound effects recap, and this week we have 14 new libraries for your listening (and designing) pleasure. You can find seasonal sounds of pumpkin destruction, dark industrial impacts, creepy crows, ghostly vocals, EMF recordings, and atmospheric drones for your unsettling projects. We also have sounds of Japanese forests, distant trains, bouncing balls, clicks and switches, planetary destruction, rusty antiques, and lots of crossbow action. We’ve also included our just-published video highlight. Happy listening!
Video highlight:

 



Scary paranormal sounds, dark soundscapes, crows, bows & more:


In this highlight: ParanormalIndustrial TerrorCrowsPumpkin GoreBows & Crossbows
 

New sound effects – highlights:


Industrial Terror

'Industrial Terror' by PM:SFX is a collection of dark, distorted, rumbling, ear-piercing, evolving industrial impacts and whooshes that are designed to unsettle.
 
  • INDUSTRIAL TERROR is a collection of dark, distorted, rumbling, ear-piercing, evolving industrial impacts and whooshes, designed to unsettle.

    Collection consists of 108 designed sound effects and 102 source field recordings.

    Unique processing of organic field recordings makes it sound rooted in reality and fits perfectly into horror genre.
    Ready to be used on their own or as a part of a more complex sound design.

    RECORDED WITH: Sound Devices MixPre 6 + Senhheiser MKH8060 + DPA 4060
    CREATED AND EDITED WITH: Pro Tools, Live 10, Reaktor, EOS2, Discord4

Forest - Summer Edition

'Forest - Summer Edition' by Anti-Node Design delivers nature sounds and ambiances captured in different forests of Central Japan, from the Kanto region.
 
  • FOREST summer edition of Japan is nature sounds and ambiances captured in different forests of Central Japan, from the Kanto region.

    This library contains recordings of deep forest ambiances and direct close cicadas & birds and creeks, streams, and waterfalls in a Japanese forest.

    All of these nature ambiances are recorded using different microphone set-ups. Ortf stereo set-up and xy & ortf combination set bring variations to stereo images from the locations.

    Recorded @ 24bit 96kHz / ORTF, XY and carefully edited.

Distant Trains

'Distant Trains' by Detunized delivers multi-channel recordings of freight, commuter and passenger trains, plus single locomotives, passing in distances of 300 meters to 1.5 kilometers away.
 
  • Distant Trains Sound Library delivers impressive multi-channel recordings of trains that pass by in a distance of at least 300 meters up to 1.5 kilometres.

    Included are pass bys of freight, commuter and passenger trains plus single locomotives.
    In order to capture the impressive walls of sound caused by passing trains an arrangement of 6 microphones was used. This setup encompasses stereo-pairs of MKH3040-MS, MKH8090-ORTF and MKH8040-WideAB. All pairs are recorded to separate files that are now available as time-aligned Reaper sets.
    Each recording session took place at nights so that it was possible to capture extremely long approaches and tails that fade out to natural and calm night ambience without any disturbance by road traffic or other unwanted noises.

Ball Bounces

'Ball Bounces' by TheWorkRoom Audio Post gets you clean sounds of balls bouncing off different surfaces, inside and outside. Features a soccer ball/football, yoga ball, beach ball, tennis ball & kid's ball.
 
  • Introducing our “Bouncing Balls” sound effects library. Dive into an assortment of bouncing balls bouncing across various surfaces both indoors and outdoors.

    Our library features an eclectic mix, including the soft thud of a toddler’s play ball to the distinct bounce of a yoga ball. Whether you’re scoring sound for an energetic sports scene or looking for that whimsical touch to enhance your project. Ball types included: soccer ball, football, yoga ball, beach ball, tennis ball, kids ball.

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Pumpkin Gore

'Pumpkin Gore' by Textures Sound has 750 MB of LR and MS recordings of pumpkin flesh and slime being scraped, hit, torn, ripped, carved, and more.
 
  • Gore Sound Effects Pumpkin Gore Play Track 12+ sounds included, 6 mins total $5

    Our ​Gore library​ was​ ​recorded ​in ​the ​​weeks​ ​preceding ​Halloween ​2017. We decided ​to ​have​ ​some fun​ ​because​ ​we ​generally​ ​only​ ​have ​access​ ​to ​​pumpkins​ ​this​ ​time ​​of​ ​year​ ​and​ ​thought​ ​why​ ​not​ ​create something ​​fun​ ​for​ ​us,​ ​and ​​our​ ​friends​ ​and ​colleagues​ ​to ​use. Please ​enjoy​ ​the ​use​ ​of ​these​ ​recording​ ​in all​ ​your​ ​spooky​ ​movies​ ​and ​sound design.

    Provided ​are 750 MB of ​LR ​and ​MS Recordings. ​​​LR ​is​ ​decoded ​from​ ​the​ ​MS​ ​and​ ​has the​ ​approximate ​stereo ​​width ​as​ ​an ​​XY ​recording.​​ ​On ​​the ​MS ​tracks​ ​the mid ​mic​ is​ ​on ​the ​left ​and ​the ​​side ​mic​ on ​​the ​​right.

    The ​​LR ​​can ​be ​encoded ​back​ ​into ​MS​ ​or​ ​if ​panned ​center, ​​cancels​ ​out ​the side​ ​mics​ ​to just ​play​ ​the ​mid ​mic. ​Alternately​ ​in ​​the ​provided ​MS ​​file, ​the right ​​side ​channel ​​can ​be dropped ​​so ​you ​can ​​use ​the ​mono ​​center. The ​2 ​​files​ ​are ​​mastered ​​the ​​same. Occasionally ​​the ​​levels​ ​vary​ ​on ​the ​MS track​ ​as​ ​these ​are ​the ​levels​ ​set ​to ​​keep ​the ​the tracks​ ​phase ​coherent. ​All tracks​ ​are ​​edited ​to ​be ​M&E ​​friendly, ​and ​monitored ​through ​a ​​phase ​scope to ​again, ​​keep ​the​ ​tracks​ ​phase ​coherent.

    All ​recordings​ ​were ​recorded ​In ​a​ ​foley​ ​studio ​at ​192kHz​ ​with ​​a ​Fostex​ ​FR-2 recorder, ​Project ​​Studio ​​C4 ​mic, ​and ​​Ambient ​Emesser​ ​ATE-208 bi-directional ​​mic​ ​and ​​mastered ​​in ​Pro ​​Tools.

    All ​recordings​ ​are ​recorded ​​in ​​Toronto, ​​Ontario ​Canada, ​​by​ ​Ryan ​​Macneill and ​Steven ​​Ejbick​ ​of ​​Textures​ ​Sound.

Endless Drones

'Endless Drones' by Sound Ex Machina is a set of 100 multi-layered atmospheres and mangled drone textures that will help you portray unsettling moods and ambiences.
 
Clicks

'Clicks' by Audio Shade is busting at the seams with a wide variety of buttons, switches, dials, pumps, and more from both near and distant perspectives.
 
  • Mechanical Sound Effects Clicks Play Track 3774 sounds included, 118 mins total $45

    Clicks is busting at the seams with a wide variety of buttons, switches, dials, pumps, and more. Whether you’re in need of realistic buttons for a dramatic movie scene, or designing mechanical sounds for the next AAA video game, these clicks are bound to have you covered. Both near and distant perspectives were captured for (nearly) all recordings in this library, which adds flexibility when matching these sound effects to picture.

    Some of the objects in this library include but are not limited to:

    • AK-47 Rifle
    • Apple Laptop
    • Boombox
    • Computer Mice (3 types)
    • Electric Blender
    • Electric Iron
    • Flashlight
    • Food Chopper
    • Guitar Amplifier
    • Lamp
    • Power Strip
    • PS4 Game Controller
    • Pen
    • Vinyl Player
    • Underwood Portable Typewriter From 1926
    • Old Door Knob Parts (Sweetener)
    • Kitchen Oven (Sweetener)
    • Much Much More!


    Audio Shade Presents 'Clicks'


Eradication_Small Pack

'Eradication_Small Pack' by MatiasMacSD is a small, exciting pack of 25 sounds of planetary destruction for big, energetic blasts in your sci-fi production.
 
Antiques

'Antiques' by SoundBits is a collection of creaky, rusty sounds of old items with lots of personality like mechanical cameras, over-jammed drawers, sewing machines, etc.
 
  • Foley Sound Effects Antiques Play Track 1500+ sounds included $33

    While straying through several antiques shops and flea markets I unveiled a lot of very interesting and organic sounds with character. Sounds that only prop up with plenty years of service can do.
    So this library is a versatile and composite collection of all those squeaky, creaky, rusty sounds with a lot of personality.

    Here you will find all the little vintage sonic gems.

    From mechanical cameras and rusty coffee mills, over-jammed drawers, doors and locks, to sewing machines, typewriters and malfunctioning projectors. You get over 1000+ready to use sounds. All painstakingly edited, cleaned and decently named for you.

    All source sounds were recorded with Sonosax SX-R4+ with a Sennheiser MKH8050+MKH30 M/S rig, a Sound Devices MixPre-6 + MKH8060 and a Sony PCM-D100. All sounds come with embedded Metadata.

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Electromagnetic Fields

'Electromagnetic Fields' by Textures Sound has EMF recordings captured from devices like TVs, MacBooks, printers, scanners, juicers, pencil sharpeners, camcorders, VCRs, and more!
 
  • In this collection you'll find EMF captured from devices like: phones, TVs, hard drives, Playstation 3s, MacBooks, printers, scanners, juicers, pencil sharpeners, frequency counters, digital sweep function generators, camcorders, VCRs, DVD players, DSLRs, network routers, mixing consoles, and MUCH MORE!

Crows

'Crows' by SonicSalute includes 30 stereo tracks of nothing but crow sound effects with single isolated close-up calls and ambient layers of flocks and nests.
 
  • Bird Sound Effects Crows Play Track 30+ sounds included $45

    The Crows library includes 30 stereo tracks of nothing but crow sound effects, perfect for single isolated effects, but also for ambience track layering.

    Every sound is recorded inside forests, and close to crows’ nests with younger birds being fed and calling out, and next to natural habitats where bigger flocks gather in trees. It also has a variety of up-close caw sounds from the only tame albino crow in Scandinavia, recorded in a bird’s zoo.

    The crow has quite a large vocabulary, and the classic calling usually is a little different from bird to bird. Some are more round when sounding out, while others are just plain hoarse and rusty-sounding.

    The library includes both untreated tracks, and noise reduction-processed tracks in two separate folders. Noise reduction-processed tracks have been cleaned up with a CEDAR NR system.

    Equipment used: Telinga Stereo Microphone and Flexible dish, and Sound devices 702 Recorder.

    All tracks are 96K/24 bit apx. 1 Gb big when unzipped. All meta data tagged.

Paranormal

'Paranormal' by Glitchedtones is a collection of eerie synthesized tones, ominous drones, abstract textures, and ghostly vocals ready for your horror projects.
 
Bows and Crossbows Source

'Bows and Crossbows Source' by Sonigon has 1,600+ files of bow sounds that can be used for Robin Hood scenarios, as well as creating slings, launchers, and other modern and medieval ranged weaponry.
 
  • BOWS & CROSSBOWS SOURCE has 1600+ high quality WAV files with all sorts of bow sounds, all withing reach using our metadata.

    This collection is the ideal tool kit for any Robin Hood esque scenario you might be working on. These sounds could also be used to design all sorts of slings, lauchers and other modern and medieval ranged weaponry. Sky’s the limit!

    Including sounds from arrow/quiver foley, string draw/release creak, cloth leather and weapon draw/sheath, crossbow metal mechanisms, arrow shooting, arrow swish passby.

Bows and Crossbows Designed

'Bows and Crossbows Designed' by Sonigon has you covered with all the twingy twangy arrowy goodness - mixed and mastered and ready to use immediately in any type of media production.
 
  • Are you in need for easy-to-use, ready to be implemented bow and crossbow sounds? Well look no further — BOWS & CROSSBOWS DESIGNED has you covered with all the twingy twangy arrowy goodness.

    All of the files are mixed and mastered and ready to use immediately in any type of media production. All sounds in this pack made with material in the source version of this library.

    Contains
    Arrow hit – flesh, ground, metal, wood
    Arrow passby
    Arrow quiver sheat & take
    Bow arrow load & unload
    Bow handling equip & unequip
    Bow shoot – big & small bow
    Bow string draw fast & slow
    Bow string release fast & slow
    Crossbow bolt load & unload
    Crossbow bolt draw
    Crossbow handling equip & unequip
    Crossbow shoot

 

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A Sound Effect gives you easy access to an absolutely huge sound effects catalog from a myriad of independent sound creators, all covered by one license agreement - a few highlights:

  • Cinematic & Trailer Sound Effects SpellBound Play Track 969 sounds included, 122 mins total $90

    SpellBound is premium sound effects library exploring the intersecting spaces of modern magic and science fiction energy. The result is a polished, designed, and inspiring set of cinematic magic sounds ready to bring new life to your film, game, and media projects. Brian Johnson, the creator of SpellBound and Slipstream is an award winning sound designer who after working in film, and television, has found his home designing sound for the biggest video game franchises in the world.

    SpellBound has 969 total sound effects
    Spells, explos, tails, whooshes, beds, impacts, drones, and more.

    Designed section – 202 designed multi-event show stopping full frequency sound effects.
    Elements section – 767 designed construction kit, layers, sweeteners, and single event effects.

    SpellBound can compliment your fx arsenal with traditional fantasy, modern magic, cinematic impacts, and even as an explosion sweetener. It can take over a fantasy trailer or a compliment a hybrid space magic video game.

    Thank you for licensing SpellBound. I hope it inspires you to create something exciting and magical.

    SpellBound Flyer

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  • 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

    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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  • Environments & Ambiences Suburban Russia Play Track 56 sounds included, 173 mins total $19

    What could be better than summertime in the country?

    Of course summertime in Russian village!

    Those sweet sounds of hammers, lawnmowers, dogs, neighbors activity, forests, fields, rain and, of course, lots of cicadas!

    This library contains authentic atmospheres of villages and small towns of suburban Moscow, as well as sounds of nature, roomtones and doors of the old Dacha from Soviet era.

    KEY POINTS:

    • Authentic atmospheres of dacha, forests, fields, streams, rains, streets of small towns, night and day suburban activity and roomtones!

    • An excellent addition to your library for film, TV and multimedia – Suburban Russia during summer and autumn time

    • Recorded with Mid-Side Sennheiser MKH8040/MKH30 combo

    • Sorted by location-type categories

    • All files have metadata included

Explore the full, unique collection here

Latest sound effects libraries:
 
  • Metal Sound Effects Military Truck Percussion Play Track 321 sounds included, 14 mins total $10

    A US Military Truck is transformed into a percussive instrument and hit with drum sticks and a variety of mallets ( gong, xylophone and timpani ) and sampled using contact microphones and geophones.

    A unique collection of 321 metallic percussive hits perfect for metal impact sound design and transient shaping.

    Type : Source Files / WAV Mono

    Normalised : -6 dbFS

    Grouped Files for Easy Reference Included

    Recorder : Sound Devices Mix Pre 10II

    Microphones : Stille & Klang Spot, LOM Geofon

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O805cKU_XrE

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  • 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.

  • Effective Trailer Booms Vol. 2 delivers the next level in cinematic low-end, featuring 232 brand-new one-shot sounds meticulously designed for cutting-edge trailers.

    Building on the original Vol. 1, this new collection is designed for cutting-edge trailers. It moves beyond simple impacts to focus on the deep sub-bass, tonal rumbles, and resonant elements that build anticipation. It’s the perfect tool for setting a dark, mysterious tone at the beginning of a trailer or providing that final, deep punctuation at the end.

    A boom isn’t just a hit, it’s the sound of intrigue. Effective Trailer Booms Vol. 2 delivers the next level in cinematic low-end, featuring 232 brand-new one-shot sounds meticulously designed for cutting-edge trailers.

    Building on the original Vol. 1, this new collection is designed for cutting-edge trailers. It moves beyond simple impacts to focus on the deep sub-bass, tonal rumbles, and resonant elements that build anticipation. It’s the perfect tool for setting a dark, mysterious tone at the beginning of a trailer or providing that final, deep punctuation at the end.

    Inside, you’ll find a massive library of deep tonal rumbles, powerful sub-bass swells, bone-chilling textures, dark resonant drones, and powerful cinematic punctuation, all designed to pull the audience in.

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  • Cinematic & Trailer Sound Effects SpellBound Play Track 969 sounds included, 122 mins total $90

    SpellBound is premium sound effects library exploring the intersecting spaces of modern magic and science fiction energy. The result is a polished, designed, and inspiring set of cinematic magic sounds ready to bring new life to your film, game, and media projects. Brian Johnson, the creator of SpellBound and Slipstream is an award winning sound designer who after working in film, and television, has found his home designing sound for the biggest video game franchises in the world.

    SpellBound has 969 total sound effects
    Spells, explos, tails, whooshes, beds, impacts, drones, and more.

    Designed section – 202 designed multi-event show stopping full frequency sound effects.
    Elements section – 767 designed construction kit, layers, sweeteners, and single event effects.

    SpellBound can compliment your fx arsenal with traditional fantasy, modern magic, cinematic impacts, and even as an explosion sweetener. It can take over a fantasy trailer or a compliment a hybrid space magic video game.

    Thank you for licensing SpellBound. I hope it inspires you to create something exciting and magical.

    SpellBound Flyer

    28 %
    OFF
  • 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

    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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