New Sound Effects: Lonely Crows, Distant Trains, Paranormal Activity, Rusty Antiques, And More!

Posted October 2, 2018 by Adriane Kuzminski in New sound effects libraries

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: Paranormal • Industrial Terror • Crows • Pumpkin Gore • Bows & 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.

Horror Sound Effects Industrial Terror Play Track 210 sounds included $24.99

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

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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.

Nature & Countryside Ambiences FOREST Summer Edition Play Track 110+ sounds included $75.60

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.

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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.

Train Sound Effects Distant Trains, triple-stereo Play Track 68 sounds included, 200 mins total $80

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.

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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.

Foley Sound Effects Ball Bounces Play Track 534 sounds included $20

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.

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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!
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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.

Destruction & Impact Sounds Eradication_Small Pack Play Track 25 sounds included, 6 mins total $15

“Eradication” is an exciting small pack of 25 Planet Explosions.
If your project needs the sounds of destruction of planets, moons or the sun this unique library of big and energetic blasts can be a great tool for your next Sci-fi production.

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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!

Hum, Buzz & Glitch Sound Effects Electromagnetic Fields Play Track 140+ sounds included, 195 mins total $35

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!

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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.

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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.

Cold Weapon Sound Effects Bows and Crossbows Source Play Track 1616 sounds included $60

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.

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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.

Cold Weapon Sound Effects Bows and Crossbows Designed Play Track 188 sounds included $40

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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Game Audio Packs - Game Sound Effects Libraries Spells Variations Vol 4 Play Track 255 sounds included $10.20

Spell Variations Vol. 4 marks the grand finale of our magical sound series, delivering a diverse and powerful collection of spell effects. Inside, you’ll find summonings, blood spells, petrifications, healing spells, dark incantations, and much more!

This volume includes 255 high-quality sound effects, organized into 27 distinct spell types, each with multiple variations (3 to 17) to ensure no spell sounds the same, even when reused across your project.

Each spell type is carefully named and sorted into individual folders, giving you intuitive navigation and maximum flexibility for magical scenes, game effects, or cinematic transitions.

Recorded, edited, and mastered in 192 kHz / 24-bit, these sounds deliver exceptional clarity and full adaptability for pitching, layering, or creative processing.

A must-have library for professional sound designers seeking drag-and-drop magical sounds for video games, trailers, animations, or any audiovisual production.

More about the pack
– Intuitive file naming
– All you’ll ever need regarding magical sounds [Use them again & again
Use the sound effects over and over, in any of your projects or productions, forever without any additional fees or royalties. Use the SFX in your game, in your trailer, in a Kickstarter campaign, wherever you need to, as much as you want to.
– Totally mono compatibility
– All sounds have several variations.
– Use your imagination and feel free to use any sound for a creature other than the one described, remember that the world of sound is totally subjective.
– For any questions or problems: khronstudio@gmail.com

Features
– 255 spell sounds
– Number of Audio Waves: 255
– Format: 192KHz / 24 bits
– Win/Mac: Yes
– Minutes of audio provided: 19:21

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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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Creature Sound Effects Zombie Hordes – The Complete Horde Construction Kit Play Track 400 sounds included, 208 mins total From: $249

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Zombie Hordes is a massive sound library designed to bring overwhelming waves of the undead to your projects. Built by the creature vocalization experts at The Monster Factory, this collection captures every terrifying groan, scream, and snarl with cinematic precision.

Whether you’re working on a video game, film, or TV project, this library gives you the power to create hordes ranging from a handful of zombies to hundreds moving as one.

Key Features:

• 8 expert creature performers (4 male, 4 female)
• 4 distinct zombie vocal archetypes covering every style, from slow shamblers to frenzied infected
• 5 unique horde behaviors: Idle, Detection, Excited, Biting, Chewing
• Pre-designed hordes of 25, 50, 100, 250, and 500 zombies — drop-in ready for instant use
• Long and short audio loops for endless customization
• Recorded with 3× Sanken CO-100K microphones for full spectrum detail
• Rich UCS metadata embedded for easy search and workflow integration

Designed for Professionals:

• Game Developers – Build dynamic, reactive zombie hordes in real time.
• Sound Designers – Clean, well-organized files that drop straight into your DAW.
• Film & TV – Add terrifying authenticity to your horror sequences.

Expert Vocal Performances:

The undead come alive thanks to The Monster Factory’s trained vocal stunt performers, specialists in safe and sustainable extreme vocal effects. Every groan, shriek, and howl was performed naturally — no digital tricks, just raw vocal power.

Our team has already delivered undead chaos for Fortnite: The Walking Dead Experience, Baldur’s Gate 3, Dead by Daylight, and more. Now, that same expertise is available to you.

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Bring the power of the production floor into your projects with this collection of authentic manufacturing ambience recordings. Captured in a working factory environment, this sound library delivers the raw industrial character of machinery, workspaces, and the constant rhythm of automated production.

Inside, you’ll find 51 high-quality audio files featuring factory-wide ambiences and individual machine operations. From the steady hum of automated equipment to the layered mechanical textures of an active industrial space, these sounds provide the perfect backdrop for film, TV, games, and immersive sound design.
- 51 files of authentic factory recordings
- Total duration: 41 minutes, 34 seconds
- Format: WAV, 48kHz / 24-bit
- Content: Factory ambiences & automatic machine operations
Whether you’re building realistic industrial environments, enhancing documentary soundscapes, or layering mechanical textures into your designs, this pack gives you a versatile toolkit of rich, authentic factory atmospheres.
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