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This week on A Sound Effect, we have 11 new libraries with all the elements you need to give your projects character and detail. We have libraries with punches and groans, foley from a Jeep Wrangler, trains from the UK, futuristic UI sounds, a calm English thunderstorm, and a varied collection of domestic SFX. We also have ambiences from empty schools, European mountain ranges, New Zealand wildernesses, German restaurants, and American supermarkets. Happy listening!
Learning Space
 
  • Roomtones Learning Space Play Track 23 sounds included, 69 mins total $20

    Learning Space is the go-to collection for clean and constant school environment room tones and ambiences

    Learning Space has over 1 hour / 2.2 GB worth of material that covers a whole large air-conditioned modern school building and also a small air-conditionless old abandoned school building. The length of the room tones are around 3 minutes and all the room tones are calibrated to -30 LUFS.

    The whole library was recorded with a custom designed very low self-noise (4.5 dB) ORTF rig that gives you only the noise of the room and minimal noise from the recording equipment itself.

    The variety in the sounds of the room tones gives you a great palette to experiment with various sound design tools so you can create e.g. spaceship ambiences, drones and otherworldly textures.

    You get the sounds in two formats: 96 kHz, 24 bit and in 44.1 KHz, 16 bit, for more convenient ways of utilizing the sounds in games and other media.

    Room tones / locations:

    Abandoned School Hallway • Abandoned School Kitchen • Abandoned School Large Classroom • Abandoned School Small Classroom • Boiler Room • Cleaning Closet • Gym Hall • Hallway • Kitchen • Large Classroom • Lobby • Locker Room • Small Classroom • Small Gym Storage Room • Small Storage Room • Teacher Lounge Toilet • Teacher Lounge • Toilet • Vestibule

'Learning Space' by Pasi Pitkänen is a collection of undisturbed ambiences from a school building. With over an hour of room tones, it has sounds from air conditioned classrooms, the gym, hallways, cleaning closets, restrooms, storage rooms, the boiler room, an abandoned building, and more. Each recording lasts around 3 minutes and has very low self-noise, making this a flexible library for your interiors. If you need room tones with character and depth, give this one a listen.
 
Sounds of Nature: MOUNTAINS of Europe
 
  • Mountains of Europe features nature sounds and ambiences, captured in different mountain forests and areas of Central Europe at different times of day. All ambiences are very quiet and serene and recorded at high altitude.

    Mostly the birds are at distance and you can also find some tracks with only wind blowing through the trees and rustling leaves. Sometimes a buzzard circles around in the sky or a raven flies by. You really get the sensation of being in a rough and remote mountain landscape, the ultimate ‘in the middle of nowhere’ feeling.
    All nature recordings are clear and completely free from external noise and other human disruptions, which is why this library will be especially useful for productions taking place in medieval times and nature documentaries. The average length of each file is between 3-5 minutes, so enough time to use in longer scenes without looping.

    All of these nature ambiences are recorded using three different microphone set-ups. A Stereo set-up. A wide stereo set-up. And a spaced omnis set-up, which also offers extended frequency response. This brings you 3 variations of each recording. Within these variations the differences are sometimes subtle and sometimes more extreme. These three perspectives can provide flexibility for crosscutting within scenes.

    Get approximately 4 hours of unique, royalty-free and especially high quality recordings with this library. Recorded in 24 bit / 96 kHz. Accurately edited and mastered to sound as natural as possible. For more detailed descriptions about the ambiences in this collection see the metadata in our file lists or listen to the preview montage.

'Sounds of Nature: MOUNTAINS of Europe' by FENNEC FX has hours of lush, beautiful mountain ambiences from Central European ranges. Recorded at various times of the day, these soundscapes capture bird choruses, rustling forest leaves and pines, frogs and jumping fish in a lake, small streams, and more. Each area was recorded with three different mic setups, giving you a variation of perspectives and crosscutting flexibility. Let this library take you to its remote locations and make you feel like humankind is far, far away.
 
Sounds of Nature: NORTHLAND New Zealand
 
  • This is a small collection of nature sounds and ambiences, captured at the coast of Northland, New Zealand. You can hear many different birds, including the Tui, Bellbird and Barbary Dove.You can also find tracks with lots of very loud and noisy Chorus cicadas. As well as more quiet crickets at night.

    All nature recordings are clear and completely free from external noise and other human disruptions, which is why this library will be especially useful for productions taking place in medieval times and nature documentaries.The average length of each file is between 3-5 minutes, so enough time to use in longer scenes without looping. All of these nature ambiences are recorded using three different microphone set-ups. A Stereo set-up. A wide stereo set-up. And a spaced omnis set-up, which also offers extended frequency response. This brings you 3 variations of each recording. Within these variations the differences are sometimes subtle and sometimes more extreme. These three perspectives can provide flexibility for crosscutting within scenes.

    Get more than 2 hours of unique, royalty-free and especially high quality recordings with this library.

    Recorded in 24 bit / 96 kHz. Accurately edited and mastered to sound as natural as possible. The average length of each file is between 3-5 minutes, so enough time to use in longer scenes without looping.

    For more detailed descriptions about the ambiences in this collection see the metadata in our file lists or listen to the preview montage.

     

'Sounds of Nature: NORTHLAND New Zealand' by FENNEC FX gets you the sounds of some of the most interesting birds on the planet. With calls of Tuis, Bellbirds, and Barbary Doves, you'll hear these distinct calls from the Shaky Isles. Also included are hisses of cicadas and crickets during different parts of the day, and as usual, these recordings by FENNEC FX last from 3-5 minutes and were recorded with three different mic setups. For beautiful ambiences that only exist in the Southern Hemisphere, this library is worth every modest dollar.
 
The Future is Now
 
  • The Future is Now is the second interface sound library from Sound Response and with this release we bring you even more futuristic, hi-tech audio goodness for your next project, with more sound FX categories to choose from! Expand your sci-fi sound collection with 700 high quality interface sound effects, including vast selection of different confirms, denials, neutral beeps, bleeps and buttons, subtle sweeps, organic clicks, and more! Perfect for video games, movies, trailers, videos, mobile apps, and many other applications!

    Features UI Sounds in 7 different categories:
    1: Neutral
    2: Confirms
    3: Denied
    4: Data Processing
    5: Subtle
    6: Typing Text
    7: Organic Clicks

    The Future Is Now soundpack contains 695MB of high definition 24bit/96khz sounds, embedded with metadata to speed up your workflow.

    If you like the sound of The Future is Now sound library be sure to check out the most massive and the most diverse interface sound library from Sound Response to this date – Binary Code 3 – Interface Multiverse! The third Binary Code installment features whopping 1300 (2.3GB) professionally designed, brand new HUD & UI sound effects separated into 10 different categories and it contains everything from neutral beeps & buttons, confirmed (access granted) and negative (access denied) UI sounds, sophisticated holograms & subtle transitions, various glitches, typing sounds, and much more!

'The Future is Now' by Sound Response is a user interface SFX library for your hi-tech computers and vehicles. With 700 sounds, you'll get bleeps and bloops of confirmations, denied access, beeps, clicks, sweeps, typing feedback, and data processing. All the effects maintain a consistent tone palette, making their implementation as easy as a drag and drop. If these notifications are the norm in your environment and you need even more, be sure to check out Sound Response's other sci-fi UI collection Binary Code.
 
Jeep Wrangler Foley
 
  • ‘Jeep Wrangler Foley’ by Badlands Sound features 190+ non-engine sounds perfect for your film and video game projects in high-quality 96k / 24 bit. This library includes levers, buttons, doors, and much more.

    All these sounds come from a 2004 TJ Jeep Wrangler.

Maybe you have all the engine sounds you want, but what about the mechanisms you need for a fleshed out car experience? 'Jeep Wrangler Foley' by Badlands Sound has you covered with over 190 non-engine SFX from the 2004 TJ model. This library includes foley from the dashboard buttons, door handles and locks, windows and windshield wipers, blinkers, headlight control, key ignition, horn, and more! If you need the interior mechanisms of a vehicle, check this one out.
 
VARIETY01
 
  • Bundles VARIETY01 Play Track 475+ sounds included $25

    VARIETY01 | A grab-bag of useful, professional sound effects.

    From stimulating room sweeteners and essential domestic doors, to overhead aircraft and residential environment elements, this collection has been crafted to bolster the most used areas of your library.

    These recordings have been gathered throughout the UK and focus on modern-day domestic sounds and rural/suburban environment elements.

    All sounds are royalty free and equipped with comprehensive Soundminer metadata for rapid access.

'VARIETY01' by noisecreations is an assortment of high-quality SFX that are often used in film and television. You'll get hundreds of sounds that range from interior effects from doors, fans, and telephones to glass and metal impacts to residential, nature, and rain ambiences. You'll also get other various recordings like compressed air, construction work, switches, latches, creaking stairway steps... you name it! If you need a variety of sounds to get your scenes running, give this one a listen.
 
Restaurant Ambiences
 
  • “Restaurant Ambiences” is the first package of a series of libraries that include ambiences from different places in restaurants. Most of this pack was stealth-recorded.
    Here you will find atmospheres recorded during trips in Bulgaria and Germany, so you may find Bulgarian or German speech. This package includes a variety of ambiences, which are recorded at different times of the day and at various places in restaurants.

    You will find noisy crowds in the restaurant’s garden during dinner, a typical atmosphere of a large German restaurant (beer house), a small café, a kitchen in a small restaurant (during lunch preparation), kitchen room tones, warehouses, etc.

    Gear used: Neumann KM184 stereo set in ORTF and XY Configuration, Zoom H6, Zoom H4. All files are meta-tagged in Soundminer

'Restaurant Ambiences' by West Wolf is a collection of room tones from dining areas all over Bulgaria and Germany. In this library you'll hear over 70 minutes of crowd ambiences from a biergarten, bierhaus, café, and wedding reception, as well as quiet room tones in a catering room, kitchen, and warehouse. The walla also ranges from nearly indistinguishable as a European language to the more distinct German tone. For a pack of crowd sounds and interior hums that will barely make a dent in your wallet, check this one out!
 
Punch and Combat Sounds
 
  • Punch and Combat Sounds is the perfect collection of ready to use combat sounds. The package contains a total of 720 sound effects.

    Including:
    • 68  Punch (including some kick) Sounds
    • 198 Foley
    • 395 Male Voice Screams, Grunts, Groans, etc.
    • 59  Whoosh Sounds

    See the full sound list below for more details.

    ALL sounds from Punch and Combat Sounds are already included in our complete sound package Pro Sound Collection, so if you need more sounds be sure to check it out before purchasing.

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'Punch and Combat Sounds' by Gamemaster Audio gets you thick, juicy punches and beefy male groans for your fight scenes. With 720 sounds, you'll receive 68 punches and kicks, roughly 400 manly grunts, groans and screams, 59 whooshes, and nearly 200 foley SFX of clothing, leather, military gear, jumping, interactions with objects, and more. As always, this library is also included in the Pro Sound Collection, so give them both a listen.
 
Rolling Thunder
 
  • Environments & Ambiences Rolling Thunder Play Track 1 sounds included, 11 mins total $13.50

    This clean, stereo nature recording beautifully captures the tranquility of a typical British summer thunderstorm from the moment the birds stop singing as the first spots of rain roll in, to their re-emergence as the storm passes.

    Recorded in the heart of rural Norfolk, England.

    Features:

    • No sudden crashes: Ideal for relaxation and sleep aid.
    • Eleven minutes of pure natural ambience with no disturbance from passing traffic or other artificial disturbances.
    • A complete recording capturing the storm before the rain approaches, through until the rain eases after the storm.
'Rolling Thunder' by Infrastructure Recordings is a relaxing 11-minutes from a summer thunderstorm in Norfolk, England. From start to finish, it takes you through the life of a storm, from the hushed bird choruses and first drops of rain to the rumbles of thunder as the storm comes and goes. There are no loud crashes or annoyances of traffic, just a happy, little thunderstorm that stops by to say hi. Whether you need the soft rain and rumbles for a scene or peaceful affirmations, here's one to listen to.
 
Mixed Traffic: Trains at Speed Volume 1
 
  • A collection of high-quality stereo audio recordings capturing trains at speed in the United Kingdom.

    Features:

    • Lineside recordings of both freight and passenger trains in operation on the main line.
    • Station arrivals and departures recorded from the station platform.
    • Sounds of the typical automated crossing barriers in operation at level crossings throughout the UK.
    • Incorporated metadata included within the sound files shows the direction and microphone position helping you align the perfect audio for your video clips.
'Mixed Traffic: Trains at Speed Volume 1' by Infrastructure Recordings transports you to the side of English railroad tracks for clean, close-up sounds of freight and passenger trains. These recordings capture trains arriving and leaving the station, the alarm of an automated crossing barrier, and of course fast locomotive passbys that whoosh with every railroad car. The library also has metadata that includes the train's direction and microphone positioning for easy finding. For a collection of rumbles for a great price, check this one out.
 
The Supermarket
 
  • City Life Sound Effects The Supermarket Play Track 13 sounds included, 12 mins total $5

    Experience the hustle and bustle of the Grocery Store with our Supermarket Ambience Pack! Delve into over 12 minutes of captivating shopping ambience and immerse yourself in the vivid sounds of the bustling aisles. This pack features 13 high-definition sound clips and an immersive audio impulse response, all stealth-recorded with high-quality equipment. With 96 kHz, 24-bit mono and stereo WAV files, this pack is a must-have for sound designers seeking to elevate their projects with authentic, high-fidelity supermarket ambience.

'The Supermarket' by UberDuo is a pack of ambiences and impulse responses that will remind your audience they need to pick up milk on their way home. This library has 12 minutes of walla from inside a grocery store, which includes scanning beeps and conversations from the checkout line, children talking while their parents shop, recordings from the frozen food section, and more. You'll also get an impulse response to pull your soundscape together in an uncanny way. If your scene takes place in a supermarket, this will have you covered.
   

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  • Introducing MOTION GRAPHICS, a complete Motion Graphics sound effects library from SoundMorph!

    Motion Graphics focuses on all the elements you might need for sound design on a trailer, a cinematic scene or a visual that is heavy with motion graphics, whether it be abstract or straight forward, Motion Graphics has all the elements and textures you could think of. Motion Graphics are something all of us sound designers run into at one point or another, so this library is an excellent addition to your sound effects tool box.

    Motion Graphics was created by and in collaboration with sound designer Rostislav Trifonov (SoundMorph Elemental library contributor).

    Motion Graphics features 650 24bit/96 kHz .wav files, all meticulously embedded with Soundminer & Basehead metadata.

    The library features:

    • 450 + designed sound effects
    • 190 + source audio files
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    • Impacts
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    • Stingers
    • Low end and Sub Bass
    • Impulse Responses
    • Passbys
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    • Granular effects
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  • Modular UI is an advanced user interface library designed by world-renowned sound designer and musician Richard Devine.

    Designed and sourced entirely from Richard Devine’s personal and exclusive Eurorack modular synths and processors collection, the Modular UI soundpack combines the retro, clean sound of analog with the futuristic tech of the new wave of advanced analog and digital synthesis from modular synths, evoking flashbacks of iconic sound design heard in both classic and modern sci-fi films.

    The Modular UI soundpack gives you access to sounds created by one of the masters of modular synths and sound design, and is sourced from equipment that would take a lifetime to purchase and assemble, giving an incredible value to this soundpack both artistically and financially.

    Utilizing many Eurorack modules that have not yet been released to the public and containing samples equally suited to sound designers and electronic musicians alike, Modular UI is in a class by itself!

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    Whether you work in sound design, as a composer, trailer editor or as an electronic musician, Bloody Nightmare is a valuable new wave of Horror sounds that will surely cause visceral moments of terror and dread!

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  • Introducing MOTION GRAPHICS, a complete Motion Graphics sound effects library from SoundMorph!

    Motion Graphics focuses on all the elements you might need for sound design on a trailer, a cinematic scene or a visual that is heavy with motion graphics, whether it be abstract or straight forward, Motion Graphics has all the elements and textures you could think of. Motion Graphics are something all of us sound designers run into at one point or another, so this library is an excellent addition to your sound effects tool box.

    Motion Graphics was created by and in collaboration with sound designer Rostislav Trifonov (SoundMorph Elemental library contributor).

    Motion Graphics features 650 24bit/96 kHz .wav files, all meticulously embedded with Soundminer & Basehead metadata.

    The library features:

    • 450 + designed sound effects
    • 190 + source audio files
    • Whooshes
    • Impacts
    • Risers
    • Stingers
    • Low end and Sub Bass
    • Impulse Responses
    • Passbys
    • Textures – noise, grit, glitch
    • Ambiences
    • Buttons and Clicks
    • Mechanical Elements
    • Granular effects
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  • Modular UI is an advanced user interface library designed by world-renowned sound designer and musician Richard Devine.

    Designed and sourced entirely from Richard Devine’s personal and exclusive Eurorack modular synths and processors collection, the Modular UI soundpack combines the retro, clean sound of analog with the futuristic tech of the new wave of advanced analog and digital synthesis from modular synths, evoking flashbacks of iconic sound design heard in both classic and modern sci-fi films.

    The Modular UI soundpack gives you access to sounds created by one of the masters of modular synths and sound design, and is sourced from equipment that would take a lifetime to purchase and assemble, giving an incredible value to this soundpack both artistically and financially.

    Utilizing many Eurorack modules that have not yet been released to the public and containing samples equally suited to sound designers and electronic musicians alike, Modular UI is in a class by itself!

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    Animal Hyperrealism Vol IV is a sound library containing animal vocalisations, from real to designed creatures totaling more than 2000 individual sounds in 294 files. The sounds were recorded in zoos, and wildlife centers.

    The asset list includes but is not limited to: hippos, hyenas, vultures, dwarf mongooses, elephants, African cranes, parrots, tigers, pigmy hippos, rhea ostriches, brown bears, pheasants, wildebeests, African wild dogs and many more. The content has been recorded at 192KHz with a Sanken CO100K, an Avisoft CMPA and a Sennheiser 8050 for center plus two Sennheiser MKH8040 for stereo image.

    The resulting ultrasonic spectrum is rich and allows for truly extreme manipulation of the content.

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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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