14 new sound libraries Asbjoern Andersen


This week on A Sound Effect, we have tons of new car sound effects for all the roaring engines, vehicular destruction, and whooshing pass-bys you need, plus more!

You can hear sounds of an FSO Polonez police car, an Opel Blitz truck, racing rally cars, Foley from 13 different cars and the flipping and rolling of destroyed vehicles, as well as sounds of a 1942 SKP m/42 armored personnel carrier and a Supermarine Spitfire.

You can also check out crowd sounds from an LA comedy club, a huge worldwide sampler pack, ambiences from the dark alleys of London, sonic weapons for NI Massive, a range of sci-fi sound effects, ’80s and ’90s landlines, and a collection of Surround ambiences from a remote area of the Congo Basin rain forest. Happy listening!

Car Destruction

'Car Destruction' by Pole Position Production contains chassis scrapes, dragging, flipping, road rail scratching, and multiple car destruction to include rolling down a slope, falling onto the ground, and impacting other cars.
 
  • The Car Destruction sound effects collection contains chassis scrapes, dragging, flipping, road rail scratching, multiple car chassis dropping takes include rolling down a slope, falling onto the ground, and impacting other cars.damaged engine idling and slow to fast driving with gearshifts, ramps, and steady RPMs from both onboard and exterior perspectives both on two cylinders and without oil and more.

African Jungle

'African Jungle' by Mindful Audio is a huge collection of unique Surround ambiences recorded in Central Africa's Congo Basin rain forests. These recordings take place at the height of the rainy season when birds are most vocal.
 
  • Nature & Countryside Ambiences African Jungle Play Track 80+ sounds included, 460 mins total From: $220

    African Jungle is a huge collection of unique ambiences recorded in Central Africa’s Congo Basin rainforests. To my knowledge, these are the first surround field recordings made in this area. Last year I spent a whole month off the grid, listening to and recording a variety of habitats at all times of day and night, at the height of the rainy season when birds are most vocal. It took me many days of travel to get to these places, from using trains, boats, cars and planes to hiking on foot in the jungle.

London Edge

'London Edge' by If a Tree Falls gets you sounds of London's far corners, featuring the darkest, dirtiest, dimly lit areas of the capital's streets in search of evocative and truly authentic sounds. This library is the result of a methodical and passionate search for moods, atmospheres and textures, inspired by beloved London dramas.
 
  • City Life Sound Effects London Edge Play Track 160+ sounds included, 260 mins total $66.67

    We’ve spent many hours exploring London’s far corners, seeking out the darkest, dirtiest, dimly lit areas of the capital’s streets in search of evocative and truly authentic sounds.

    On visiting a large range of locations across the city we embraced our surroundings to capture the city’s natural reverberation and unique sonic qualities.

    London Edge is the result of our methodical and passionate search for moods, atmospheres and textures, inspired by our favourite London dramas.

    The library contains a collection of recordings from/of:
    • Rooftops
    • Residential Streets
    • Housing Estates
    • Industrial Areas
    • Canal Footpath
    • Skylines
    • Sirens
    • Passenger Trains
    • Freight Trains
    • HVAC Units

    All sounds have been recorded in high-quality 24bit, 96kHz using Sound Devices recorders and Sennheiser MKH8040, MKH416, MKH30 and DPA4060 microphones. Each file has been tagged with detailed Soundminer metadata to speed up workflow and increase organisation.

    The majority of recordings contain both a stereo MS decoded and ORTF version. The midside has a narrower more focused stereo image whilst the ORTF provides a wider version.

Car Foley

'Car Foley' by Soundholder has Foley recordings of different actions performed inside 13 different cars. With 176 files and a length of 37 minutes, it covers actions like closing and opening doors, hoods and trunks, as well as sounds of interior buttons and switches, windows, sunroofs, seat belts, brakes, gear levers, handbrakes, horns and more.
 
  • Car Sound Effects Car Foley Play Track 200+ sounds included, 37 mins total $40

    The Car Foley sound effects library features foley recordings of different actions performed inside 13 different cars. It’s 176 files with a total length of 37 minutes, covering actions like closing and opening regular doors, slide doors, hoods, trunks, interior buttons and switches, windows, sunroofs, seatbelts, brakes, gear levers, handbrakes, horns and more.

    Inside you’ll find foley recorded in cars like:

    • Audi A4 Allroad
    • Audi A4 2.0 TDI Avant
    • BMW 114i E87
    • BMW 530D
    • BMW 420D Gran Coupe
    • BMW F12 640D Gran Coupe
    • Excavator MF 860
    • Jeep Grand Cherokee 4.7
    • Renault Kangoo
    • Renault Master 2.3
    • Renalt Master 2.8 different generation
    • Renault Master F3500
    • Volkswagen Golf II

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Foundation Series: Sci-Fi

'Foundation Series: Sci-Fi' by PMSFX is a collection of 164 carefully designed and rendered sci-fi sound effects with rich ambiences, weapons, mech footsteps, doors, UI/HUD SFX, pass-bys, robotic movements, transformations and more.
 
  • FOUNDATION SERIES:SCI-FI is a collection of 164 carefully designed and rendered sci-fi sound effects.

    FS SCI-FI is everything you need to start working on your new science fiction project.

    Seamlessly looping, rich ambiances, weapons, mech footsteps, doors, UI/HUD SFX, pass-bys, robotic movements, transformations and more.

    FS SCI-FI is a perfect collection for your next indie project. Created with indie gamedevs/anaimators/filmmakers in mind.

    Recently used on: Robot Will Protect You

    Download includes additional 44.1kHz 16Bit version for Unreal Engine.
    RECORDED WITH: PCM D100, NTG3
    CREATED WITH: Pro Tools, Live, Reaktor, Modular

Cinemassive

'Cinemassive' by SoundFxWizard is a library of 110 cinematic presets for NI Massive. All presets are meticulously crafted to provide a new sonic weapon for modern hybrid trailer music composers, cinematic composers, film music and sound designers.
 
  • Presets Cinemassive Play Track 110 sounds included $34.99

    CINEMASSIVE is a library of 110 cinematic presets for Ni Massive.

    All presets are meticulosly crafted to provide a new sonic weapon for modern hybrid trailer music composers, cinematic composers, film music and sound designers .

    Please note: Requires Native Instruments Massive – not included, but can be purchased separately here.

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Great sounds of rainforests, police cars, dark alleys in London, and sci-fi UI:


Featured: Cinemassive • African Jungle • FSO Polonez 1500 Police Car 1984 • London Edge • Foundation Series: SCI-FI

 

Opel Blitz 3600 1939

'Opel Blitz 3600 1939' by Pole Position Production includes 567 sound clips in over 32 GB of audio of a 1939 6-cylinder truck. This bundle has 19 synchronized takes of onboard and exterior perspectives with sounds of driving at fast, medium, and slow speeds, as well as sounds of the engine, exhaust, and flatbed. It also features recordings of approaches, departures, passes, steady RPMs, gearshifts, ramps, horns, and more.
 
WW Audio SFX Sampler Pack, Vol 2 - Crowds & Ambiences

'WW Audio SFX Sampler Pack, Vol 2 - Crowds & Ambiences' by WW Audio is the second in the sampler series and contains 70 professional random, sometimes eclectic sounds from around the world. It has calls for prayer in Marrakech, fireworks on a Spanish beach, ambiences from Jerusalem, sounds of go karts, ambiences from The Cheesecake Factory in Las Vegas, and more.
 
  • The second in a series of WW Audio SFX Sample Packs. This is Volume 2 – Crowds & Ambiences and contains 70 high quality, professional random, sometimes eclectic sound effects for your theatre or film projects.

    Recordings include;
    Marrakech skyline – calling for prayers, fireworks let off on a Spanish beach, the Church of the Nativity Bethlehem – the birthplace of Jesus, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre Jerusalem – the holy crucifixion site, Benidorm Old Town, Go Karting, The Cheesecake Factory – Las Vegas, The Ramblas – Barcelona, Dam Square – Amsterdam, Italian harbour, Leadenhall Market – London, Munich beer hall, London Aquatic Centre, The Old Town Square – Prague, British National Museum, Mersey ferry ambience, Ducks on a canal and much more.

    ​All files include Soundminer, ID3v2.3.0 and Riff Info metadata embedded into the files to make for easy searching in your database of choice.

SKP m/42 ACP 1942

'SKP m/42 ACP 1942' by Pole Position Production has 684 clips featuring sounds of a 1942 Swedish armoured personnel carrier and its Scania-Vabis 4-cylinder, 115 horsepower engine. The sound library includes 14 combined onboard and exterior perspectives of the interior, exhaust, and engine while traveling at various speeds, as well as pass-bys, starts, stops, departures, Foley, and more.
 
Surround At the Club 1 5.1+Stereo

'Surround At the Club 1 5.1+Stereo' by 2496 Sound Effects features 108 5.1 Surround crowd effects with a large selection of audience laughing and cheering. These were recorded at two premiere comedy club locations in Los Angeles with discrete Quad microphones from center of the crowd to create the widest possible sound.
 
  • Surround At the Club features 108 HD 24bit/48khz 5.1 Surround Sound Crowd Effects with a large selection of Audience laughing and cheering – recorded in 2 premiere comedy club locations in Los Angeles. Recorded with discrete Quad microphones, and mastered in 5.1 surround (L-C-R-Ls-Rr-Lf Embedded .WAV format). Recording locations are all from center of the crowd to create the widest possible sound. A stereo version of each cue is also included, as well as embedded metadata. All new, original recordings.

Telephones Vol. 1

'Telephones Vol. 1' by Debsound includes over 300 sounds of phones from the '80s and '90s, including 2 rotary dial phones and 7 push-button phones. Each sound is on a separate track, making this library easy to drag and drop on your timeline.
 
Rally Cars Vol.4

'Rally Cars Vol.4' by Debsound includes 123 sounds recorded at rally service areas and the race track. You'll get sounds of pass-bys, idles, revving, and many other car engine sounds on tracks lasting from 3 second to over 2 minutes.
 
FSO Polonez 1500 Police Car 1984

'FSO Polonez 1500 Police Car 1984' by Pole Position Production features 649 clips of this '80s Polish government vehicle. It includes 30 tandem takes from onboard and exterior perspectives with sounds of the car driving at various speeds, recordings of the engine and exhaust, Foley of the doors, horns, sirens and brakes, and more. Also included are ready-to-use designed mixes of the interior, engine, and exhaust perspectives.
 
Supermarine Spitfire MK IX 1943

'Supermarine Spitfire Mk Ix 1943' by Pole Position Production includes 280 clips of this 1943 British WWII aircraft and its 1,720 horsepower Rolls-Royce Merlin 66 V12 engine. You will hear 20 takes of static and flying takes, plus 6 onboard perspectives mounted in the cockpit, engine, and exhaust while flying at different speeds, taking off, landing, and taxing. Also included is a suite of performed effects of rudder and flap movement.
 
 

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  • Destruction & Impact Sounds Cataclysm Play Track 1482 sounds included $195

    Cataclysm is a vast collection of recorded, synthesized and designed sounds created to support important destructive moments and add a stronger sense of extreme consequence to any sound.

    The recorded section of library features elements such as flash powder explosions, propane cannon blasts and artillery cannons recorded in unique natural environments with violent transients and lush, long and varied tails. It also features falling trees, forge burners, large trebuchet wood groans, rock smashes as well as more ordinary items recorded and designed to feel like an over the top version of themselves such as vacuum cleaner suctions, metal vase holders, ground pounders and more.

    The synthesized section of the library features equally rich textures in the form of explosion sweeteners, other-worldly environmental reflections, scorching energy risers and more.

    Finally, recorded and synthesized content was employed to develop the designed section, where the hyperrealism of the recordings meets the clean yet aggressive textures of the synthesized section in catastrophic assets themed around the library’s title.

    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.
  • CINEMATIC METAL – TITAN pushes big screen sound design beyond its comfort zone. New and unheard HITS, BRAAMS, BOOMS, IMPACTS, STINGERS and much more await you in the comprehensive Construction Kit and devastating Designed edition. Get over 12GB worth of clean, dazzling sound effects – available as individual components as well as layered, processed and ready to use.

    The library is available in two versions & a special bundle:

    CINEMATIC METAL – TITAN CONSTRUCTION KIT

    CINEMATIC METAL – TITAN sounds massive from start to finish. This Construction Kit in particular starts off with an unusual amount of kick. While foley and other, more meticulous applications are certainly possible, the main purpose here is to bring out the big guns and stomp any hint of moderation into the ground.

    LOCK AND LOAD
    Supplement your designs with detailed, high-end metallic sounds. The Construction Kit allows you to build unique, multi-accent effects that not only impress in scale, but also in fidelity, rhythm and character. This library particularly shines in situations, where the visible picture doesn’t necessarily produce the envisioned sound, but warrants its own supernatural emphasis.


    Files: 700 • Sounds: 4200 • Size: 10.9 GB


    CINEMATIC METAL – TITAN DESIGNED:

    Optimized for trailers, action scenes, in-game cinematics and special effects, the Designed edition brings fresh and exciting sounds to the table.

    Discover the force of aggressive, low, soft, processed, clean and tonal HITS, BRAAMS, IMPACTS, SCREECHES, STINGERS and SLAMS.

    DARK AND POWERFUL
    Paint a sense of dread and awe – CINEMATIC METAL – TITAN Designed can evoke fear of the unknown but just as easily kick into rampage mode: Empowered, ready for battle and thirsty for revenge. Find your perfect blend of haunting thriller and jacked, gritty anti-hero.
    Files: 100 • Sounds: 400 • Size: 1.5 GB


    CINEMATIC METAL – TITAN BUNDLE:

    THE BUNDLE – The best of both worlds at a discounted price.
    The Bundle gives you the full sound design power as it contains both – the DESIGNED and the CONSTRUCTION KIT edition at a discounted price.


    Files: 800 • Sounds: 4600 • Size: 12.4 GB

    Included sounds – keywords:

    Braam, impact, rattle, squeak, rumble, clang, crunch, bell, groan, squeak, creak, cymbal, stinger, rusty, gate, container, flam, click, chain, dragging, thwack, bolt, door, train, metallic, iron, sliding, pole, oil drum, scrap, nail, gutter, break, steel, rim, scaffold, crowbar, swell, brass, hook, grate

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