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This week on A Sound Effect, we have libraries that are as interesting as they are useful. If you’re looking for game audio, we have three new collections that feature retro 8-bit sounds, sandbox crafting foley and effects, and adventurous fantasy RPG elements. We also have unique impulse responses and cinematic guitars that will take your audience for a loop. And if you’re looking for something more true to life, we have libraries that feature geysers, dump trucks, Italian atmospheres, and a stockpile of residential and urban ambiences that will likely find themselves on your DAW’s timeline for years to come. Enjoy!

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Builder Game
 
  • Game Audio Packs Builder Game Play Track 632 sounds included, 9 mins total $49

    Welcome to this sonic tribute to the world of builder games. Take this tidy sound pack on a fun, cartoon adventure and you’ll be backpacking with 625+ game inspired sounds and effects that your audience/users will love, enjoy and thank you for.

    Your pack is complete with bubbly items and collects, designed cute UI, cartoon creatures, door opens, closes in many styles like treasure chests, apothecary cabinets, wooden and more.

    It also includes liquid elixir potions, drinks and bubble pops, explosions, fireworks for maximum celebration and epic-ness in your game – torches, fire starters, digging, mining, magic twinkles and poofs, unlocks, enchants, buffs, Bows, footsteps and more! Don’t forget the Material Break, and Tool section.

    Inspired by the sounds of the popular game Minecraft, Builder Game’s Tool and Material break section gives you the essentials for breaking a variety of materials, building supplies for crafting your sandbox world to perfection.

'Builder Game' by Epic Stock Media gets you an all-in-one library focused on this addicting game genre. With over 625 sounds, you'll have the components to put some sonic magic in your sandbox world. With sounds of torches, fire starters, digging and mining, tools, materials, and footsteps, your game will have satisfying audio for all your gameplay elements. You'll also hear snappy user interface sounds, cute creatures, pops and explosions, twinkles, buffs, and much more! For a library with charm and personality, definitely give this one a listen.
 
Italy – Sicilian Ambients
 
  • Environments & Ambiences Italy – Sicilian Ambients Play Track 36+ sounds included, 287 mins total $36

    Get almost 5 hours of sounds of Sicily, Italy – captured at various locations during different times of the day. The library features sounds of both empty and crowded streets. Mornings and nights sounded different from siesta time, that’s why I’ve recorded streets during all those times.

    Another location was a fish market recorded in the morning, during most intense moments.

    Other files covers the traffic on the streets full of honking scooters, barking dogs and just cars passing by.

    In addition to the recordings from Trapani, you’ll find sound of the airports, not only in Italy but also in Poland, which contains both Polish and Italian walla.

    Walla sounds varies from ones with a lot of people talking from different directions, to more narrow ones, with small groups speaking from one place. Most of the recordings are not that easy to distinguish, but there are also files where you can hear very clearly every word.

    Italy – Sicilian Ambients features 36 WAV files, recorded with two 8040s plugged into Sound Devices 702 and Sony PCM-M10 portable recorder. The total length of the files is 321 minutes.

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'Italy – Sicilian Ambients' by Soundholder is a collection of ambiences from Trapani with the romantic elements you've come to expect from movies or perhaps your own holidays. Featuring over 5 hours of recordings, you'll hear busy fish markets, honking scooters, seaside birds, uppity chickens, ringing church bells, barking dogs, and Italian walla that ranges from unintelligible to almost eavesdropping. To help you find a fitting atmosphere, the city was also captured at day and night. For sounds of a beautiful city, you won't find a more bella collezione.
 
Dumpster Truck / Skiploader
 
  • Dumpster Truck (Skiploader) delivers the sounds of a DAF CF 75.310 mid-size truck that delivers open steel containers. They are mostly used to collect debris, junk or discarded furnishings. Once these containers filled up, the truck picks them up again to bring them to the suburban garbage dump.

    The library delivers 103 files in 5 categories:
    Container Handling, Driving Activities, Engine, Foley and Props, Underneath Truck
    This includes sounds of container dumps, noises from load chains and their locking mechanisms as well as sound from the truck itself (interior, door slaps, air pressure system, wheel noises, 7.5l 310hp diesel engine, exhaust and much more).

When you buy a library from Detunized, you get the chance to listen to the world from the perspective of Stephan Marche. In his newest library, 'Dumpster Truck / Skiploader', you will hear over 100 sounds of a dump truck from all sorts of interesting angles. You'll hear the vehicle's hydraulic pump as it lifts and dumps steel containers from the inside and outside, and you'll also hear sounds of the engine revving, foley of the doors, horns, windows and ignition, rattling load chains and carabiner hooks, and even sounds from underneath the dump truck. This library will make you look at dump trucks in a new way.
 
Game Jingles & 8-bit SFX
 
'Game Jingles & 8-bit SFX' by WOW Sound gives you retro-inspired sound effects for a video game aesthetic that never seems to lose its charm. With over 170 sounds, you'll get user interface sounds like clicks, confirmations, errors, notifications, and alarms all with their shiny, chip-tune sounds. You'll also get lots of arcade-inspired jingles that will reward your players or tell them to try again. Whether you're in the prototyping phase or looking for final tracks, check this one out.
 
Collected Ambiences
 
  • Each SFX library in the “Collected Ambiences” series features 33 Stereo Ambiences from many different locations.
    The series includes ambiences such as Public Spaces, Roomtones, Drones, Forests, City, Train, Bus ride, Rain and many (many!) more.

    Collected Ambiences highlights:

    Vol 1: Airplane Landing/Take Off, Backyards, City, Car Wash, Residential Area, Construction Site, Birds, Fireworks, Crowd, Train, Roomtone and more. 33 files, 3.85 GB, 111 Minutes

    Vol 2: Car Wash, Chop Shop, Backyard, City, Residential Area, Fireworks, Construction Site, Supermarket, Train, Roomtone and more. 33 files, 3.58 GB, 103 Minutes

    Vol 3: City, Birds, Crows, Pedestrian Area, Residential Area, Bus, Roomtone, Village Fair, Weekly Market, Roomtone and more. 33 files, 3.45 GB, 100 Minutes

    Vol 4: City, Traffic, Birds, Funfair, Pedestrian Area, Residential Area, Bus, Roomtone, Shopping Mall, Train, Roomtone, Drone and more. 33 files, 4,69 GB, 136 Minutes

    Vol 5: City, Park, Train Station, Plaza, Birds, Crows, Pedestrian Area, Residential Area, Bus, Roomtone, Village Fair, Weekly Market, Roomtone and more. 33 files, 4.66 GB, 135 Minutes

    Vol 6: Public Spaces, Roomtones, Forests, City, Small Towns, Country Side, Rain and more. 33 files, 4.65 GB, 134 Minutes

    Vol 7: City, countryside, creek, forest, park, open-air bath, small town, water park and more. 33 files, 4.9 GB, 147 Minutes

    Vol 8: Public Spaces, Roomtones, Public Bath, City, Busride, Farm and more. 33 files, 5.14 GB, 148 Minutes

    Vol 9: Public Spaces, Industrial, Animal Shelter, Factory, Mall Food Courts, City, Park, Schoolyard and more. 33 files, 4.62 GB, 129 Minutes

    Vol 10: Public Spaces, Gym, Train Interiors, Fireworks, Public Bath, , City, Train, Busride, Rain and Wind, Wind and many more. 50 files, 8.94 GB, 248 Minutes

    Vol 11: Beach, Public Space, City, Rain, Wind, Weekly Market, Bistro and many more. 33 Files, 4.93 GB, 122 Minutes

    Vol 12: Countryside, Heavy Duty Gardening, Riverside, Rain, Zeppelin, Garden, Trainstations, and more. 33 Files, 6.37 GB, 180 Minutes

    Vol 13: Countryside, Heavy Duty Gardening, Riverside, Rain, Zeppelin, Garden, Trainstations, and more. 50 Files, 9.88 GB, 275 Minutes

    Vol 14:Harvester Cabin, Home Improvement, Busy Exhibition Hallway, Kids Crowds, Farm, Coutryside, and more. 33 Files, 5.76 GB, 160 Minutes

    All recorded with Sound Devices 744T, Sonosax SX-R4+, Sound Devices MixPre-6, Sennheiser MKH-8040 ORTF, Sennheiser MK-30 + MKH-8050 (MS), Beyerdynamic MC930 ORTF, RODE NT4 or Sony PCM-D100. All files were cleaned, edited and most of the files loop seamlessly.

    Please check the Content Lists below for each library to see what the full list of ambiences in each library.

    If you buy all 14 Libraries together in the “Collected Ambiences – Bundle”, you land some great savings compared to the individual collection prices.

    Get the “Just Ambiences | Construction Sites” Library for free by purchasing the “Collected Ambiences – Bundle”

'Collected Ambiences' by SoundBits now contains 10 volumes of sound effects from all over city and suburban areas. Each library features 33 stereo ambiences from places like train stations, supermarkets, construction sites, fairs, plazas, forests, school yards, gyms, food courts, shopping malls, farms, and much more! You'll even hear airplanes landing and taking off, fireworks, drones, traffic, creeks, and wind for those extra elements you need. For over 16 hours of ambiences, this collection will give you plenty to work with.
 
AXmos_Cinematic Guitars
 
  • Need to create suspense, tension and movement in your production? AXmos Cinematic Guitars is great for you.

    Atmospheric elements, crazy chords, impacts, movements, reverses, soundscapes, distorted melodies, musical sound design and transitions are some of the things you will find in this collection, produced using a stratocaster type electric guitar. For that reason the sounds have a deep and musical feeling with such versatility that you can use them as effects or to enhance musical productions, generate a sound design musical moment and even compose tracks.

    Apart of being a great library for Horror or Sci-fi games and movies, this collection is great for trailers too.

    Sounds included:

    Atmospheric elements (designed, distortion, high, low and tremolo) • Chords (evocative chords, dark arpeggios and fantasy) • Impacts • Melodies • Movements • Pads • Reverses • Soundscapes (surreal and tension) • Transitions

'AXmos_Cinematic Guitars' by MatiasMacSD is a unique library that will make you say, 'This is what I was looking for!' You'll hear electric guitars wail straight into your subconscious with chilling chords, impacts, distorted melodies, transitions, and different effects. With 150 files and over an hour of content, this collection is ready to put an interesting edge on your horror and sci-fi projects and trailers. Give the demo a listen to be taken to a dark, new world.
 
Impulse
 
  • Impulse is a collection of “designed” impulse responses to expand your design palate, featuring a wide variety of metallic, wooden, glass, and icy reverbs, as well as some delays and effects. The IR included in this collection are unique “spaces” to help you take your sound design to different realms and planes of being. Why settle for just practical, real-world spaces, when you can explore the blurred lines between reality and fiction? Film, tv, and internet productions are exploring realms between conscious reality and the unknown – this library seeks to help you on those journeys.

    Whether you’re looking for metallic, wooden, glassy, icy or even watery spaces – look no further. There are small, claustrophobic, metallic spaces; huge, thunderous spaces fit for a Greek god; icy castles only Superman could live in; strange delays that will have you bouncing around the room in a straight jacket; and crazy effects that will make you question your sanity.

    The included track list gives short descriptions to help you find something to suite your needs. For example “Short Verb – Box Trap” is described as “Like you’re in a very reverberant, but small, bassy, wooden box.”

    Impulse responses included:
    • Short Reverbs
    • Medium Reverbs
    • Long Reverbs
    • Delays/Echoes
    • Effects

'Impulse' by Soundopolis is a collection of impulse responses that will take your sound design out of this world. With short, medium and long reverbs, as well as delays and echoes, you can transport your audience to strange new places like the inside of an armory, a fantastical ice castle, or a 'cavern of whispers'. You'll also get lengthy abstract IRs like 'Daemons Breath' and 'Poseidons Fury' and delays and effects with textures of metal, wood, glass, and ice. If you're still not sure if it's right for you, check out the very informative demo!
 
Fantasy Game
 
  • Game Audio Packs Fantasy Game Play Track 517 sounds included, 14 mins total $44

    More than 500 sound effects inspired by hit computer games like World of Warcraft, and Diablo. Tell your story, equip your quest and outfit the adventures in your fantasy world with imaginative and immersive sounds, effects and creative crafted audio. Fantasy Game empowers today’s game developers, audio remixers, sound designers engineers, DJs and even game oriented modern podcasters with an ultra exciting collection of designed sounds derived from stunning 192k source recordings.

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Perhaps you're not making a retro game or a sandbox builder, but something with a little more plot and lore? 'Fantasy Game' by Epic Stock Media could be what you're seeking. With over 500 sounds inspired by games like World of Warcraft and Diablo, this library has magic, weapons, UI sounds, fire, foley, footsteps, growls and grunts, crafting sounds, and more. Plus, it has several takes of each sound, and it may even help you find SFX you hadn't thought of yet! For an immersive and adventurous library that will get your RPG well on its way, check out this library.
 
Volcanic Geyser
 
  • Water & Ocean Sounds Volcanic Geyser Play Track 21+ sounds included, 25 mins total $25

    Faunethic's Volcanic Geyser sound library is a unique collection of 21 sounds from the bowels of the earth. Steaming, splashing and muddy textures, these sounds has been recorded at San Pedro de Atacama, in northern Chile. The third most important geothermal spot on earth, San Pedro de Atacama is located between 4500 to 5200 meters above sea level offering a wide and beautiful sonic diversity to its visitors.

    This collection provides authentic sound recordings, captured with high-quality equipment: DPA, Neumann and 4minX. All Faunethic tracks includes metadata carefully edited with Soundminer. All these sounds are delivered at 24/96Khz .wav files. This collection come in easily downloadable zip file.

The sound designers at Faunethic have found yet another treasure in their world-wide travels - this time in San Pedro de Atacama in northern Chile. 'Volcanic Geyser' captures the steaming, muddy goodness that spouts from these natural wonders. With 21 sounds ranging from 20 seconds to two and a half minutes, you'll hear the geysers' spurts, bubbles, burps, and eruptions for a library that could voice your monsters, creepy ambiences - or simply your documentary on geysers. Whether you need realistic splatters or SFX with a strange familiarity, this library will make your design memorable.
   

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Popular sound effects this week:

 
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    CRAFTED BY INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS
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    Introducing the Ultimate Sound FX Bundle – your all-in-one solution to level up your audio game! Say goodbye to wasting countless hours searching for the perfect sound effects, and hello to a seamless editing process that enhances your creativity.

    This bundle includes sound effects from different genres and subjects, so you’ll have everything you need right at your fingertips. Whether you’re working on a film, game, podcast, or music project, this bundle has got you covered.

    With the Ultimate Sound FX Bundle, you can speed up your workflow and take your creativity to new heights. Imagine having access to a vast library of high-quality sound effects that perfectly match your project’s needs, all in one place. No more time wasted on sifting through endless sound effect libraries – this bundle has it all.

    Don’t let sound effects be a pain point in your creative process any longer. Invest in the Ultimate Sound FX Bundle today and experience a smoother, more efficient workflow that unleashes your full creative potential.

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  • Over 375 sounds of creaking materials, including breaking cables, ropes under tension and about to split, wires and strings under stress, metal friction causing tension. Recorded with a combination of Sanken CO100K and Nevaton microphones for full frequency sound content. Saved as 192KHz these files allow for high resolution editing. Useful for impact sounds in cinema, games or documentary, but also for cartoon sounds or even creature sounds as many of the recordings contain vowel-like screeching and scraping.

    Imagine a scene where a rope is about to break over an edge, an object being torn by a huge cable, a wooden structure about to collapse under stress and so on… Our brain is triggered by those rattling sounds or spine-breaking cracks coming from little fibers being split apart, parts of the structure creaking, wires scraping over edges…

    These sounds can be perceived as delicate but have a great psychological impact as we interpret these and know what is about to happen. So suspense is built with both background and close-up sounds. Useful when building tension, when creating a sense of upcoming climax, these sonic elements will work out to amplify the details that are often important but not always visible for the eye.

    All the source material and recording are acoustic, there are no digital effects applied. This guarantees natural organic harmonics, even way beyond our hearing. Pitching down the 192 KHz files will let you discover another collection of sounds!

    You can find the following libraries in this collection >

    Push & Pull, Heavy Weight, Acoustic Low Frequency Movements
    Push Pull Heavy Weight

    Screeching, Squeaking, Scraping Old Objects
    Screeching, Squeaking, Scraping Old Objects

  • The Rummage & Loot Sound Effects library contains 203 sound effects for looting and searching for items.

    Instances include:

    Search Backpack/Inventory
    Search through Drawers/Cupboards
    Search Trash/Rubbish Bins
    Search through Bushes/Foliage
    Search Toolbox/Metal Items
    Search Wallet/Coin Pile
    Search Corpses

    Other case uses include:

    Equip Clothing or Gear
    Inventory Sounds
    Item Collect/Pickup
    Handling various objects/items

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  • COMPATIBLE WITH ANY VIDEO SOFTWARE
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    100% ROYALTY FREE

    Introducing the Ultimate Sound FX Bundle – your all-in-one solution to level up your audio game! Say goodbye to wasting countless hours searching for the perfect sound effects, and hello to a seamless editing process that enhances your creativity.

    This bundle includes sound effects from different genres and subjects, so you’ll have everything you need right at your fingertips. Whether you’re working on a film, game, podcast, or music project, this bundle has got you covered.

    With the Ultimate Sound FX Bundle, you can speed up your workflow and take your creativity to new heights. Imagine having access to a vast library of high-quality sound effects that perfectly match your project’s needs, all in one place. No more time wasted on sifting through endless sound effect libraries – this bundle has it all.

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  • All files are recorded 32bit, 192 kHz, with Shure KSM137, 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 also available in UCS.


    Recording John Deere 1065 1981 combine harvester


  • Game Audio Packs 8-Bit Legend Play Track 543 sounds included $50

    Awaken sound designer, your 8-Bit Legend is about to begin! 8-Bit Legend is a heroic SFX library of retro sounds made using the Gameboy’s sound chip. After countless battles, and leveling up we captured the nostalgic sounds of the 8-bit era.

    In a quest to compile the ultimate 8-bit SFX library we traveled back in time to study the scrolls of sound from the legendary Sonic Sages.

    Though filled with trials and tribulations we returned to the present with our spoils, a treasure trove of recorded sounds compiled into the epic tome: 8-Bit Legend!

Explore the full, unique collection here

Latest sound effects libraries:
 
  • ‘Cartoon & Animation Vol 2’ by Cinematic Sound Design delivers the ultimate sound effects library tailored for your comedic creations, cartoons, games, and music productions. Dive into a realm of whimsical wonders with this curated collection of handcrafted sound effects, featuring an array of delightful cartoon pops, boings, jumps, crashes, impacts and a lot more.
    Crafted and captured using top-of-the-line outboard equipment including the ‘Sound Devices 702’ field recorder and Neumann KM184 microphones, each sound is processed through an Apogee Symphony AD/DA for unparalleled clarity, depth, and impact. Discover an array of truly unique SFX meticulously crafted to infuse your projects with personality and charm with a selection of zany boings, energetic jumps, clumsy falls, quirky snaps, lively runs and playful mallets.

    Product Details:

    • 121 Designed Cartoon SFX
    • 24-Bit/96kHz
    • 100% Royalty-Free

  • Unleash the full potential of your audio production with the Tool Bag Foley Sound Effects Library. Meticulously recorded with precision, this library offers an expansive collection of sounds straight from the tool shed. Whether you’re in film, television, game development, or theatre, these sounds will enhance your soundscapes and bring your scenes to life.

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  • CRRRACK!!!

    Introducing “Wood Destruction” – a powerful sound library that brings the raw and intense sounds of wood breaking to your audio projects. This collection is designed to provide sound designers, filmmakers, and video professionals with an extensive range of wood destruction sounds. From small wooden objects to massive structures, every breaking sound is meticulously captured to deliver a sense of power and scale.

    The sounds in “Wood Destruction” are presented in a clean and isolated format, allowing for seamless integration into your projects without the need for extensive editing. Each sound is carefully labeled and categorized, making it easy to find the perfect wood destruction sound for your specific scene or sequence.

    From explosive demolition scenes to suspenseful moments of destruction, this library will be your ultimate resource for authentic and impactful wood destruction sound effects.

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  • Environments & Ambiences Natural Water Streams Play Track 10 sounds included, 30 mins total $18

    This meticulously crafted sound effects library is an essential tool for professionals in film, game development, and audio production who seek authentic and high-quality water soundscapes.

    Recorded using high-quality equipment such as Zoom H4N, H1, and H6, these sounds offer unparalleled clarity and realism. Whether you’re creating serene nature scenes or designing complex audio environments, ‘Natural Water Streams’ provides a versatile range of water sound effects.

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  • Industrial Ambiences Wind Turbines Inner Sounds Play Track 45 sounds included, 144 mins total $20

    Wind turbine rotations and motor movements recorded subterraneously, through wire fences, metal steps and the body of the turbine.

     The results are a selection of metallic movements, evolving eerie soundscapes, atmospheric hums, whines.

     Excellent design source and sound morphing material, eerie atmospheres and dystopian environments.

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

    Number of Sounds : 45

    Number of Files : 45      

    Total Audio Time : 2 hours  22 minutes  18  secs  ( 142 minutes 18 seconds)

    Type : WAV Stereo

    Sample Rate / Bit Rate : 192 kHz / 24 Bit

    Mastered : No

    Normalised : No

    Size : 9.92 Gb

    Metadata : Files are stamped with detailed UCS compliant metadata in Soundminer

    Documentation Included : Copyright, EULA, Images, Metadata (exported in multiple formats)

    License : A Sound Effect EULA / Terms and Conditions https://www.asoundeffect.com/license-agreement/

    Recorders : Zoom F3 and Sound Devices Mix Pre 10 II

    Microphones :  LOM Geofon, Stille and Klang small spots, Sennheiser 8040’s and 8050

    Microphone Configuration : Magnetic, Spike, Contact. ORTF and Centre Mic

    KEYWORDS : Wind Turbine , Back, Wire Fence, Metal Steps, Underground, Rotate, Inner, Motor, Vibrate, Whirr, Bass, Hum, Whine, Pulse, Atonal, Disharmonious, Breeze

    FXNAME :  Abandoned Environment, Deserted Environment, Design Source, Dystopian, Eerie Atmosphere, Post Apocalypse, Sound Morph, Uninhabited, Wind Turbine


   

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