New Sound Effects: Great Lakes Ambiences, Apocalyptic Textures, Cats, Elevators, And More!

Posted January 28, 2019 by Adriane Kuzminski in New sound effects libraries

This week on A Sound Effect, we have peaceful ambiences and exciting, dynamic elements for your projects.

Take a trip to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula along the Great Lakes to hear beautiful cranes and loons, coniferous winds, and summer cicadas. You can also fly 4,400 miles west to the city of Venice to hear pleasant church bells and bustling ports.

Also, take a listen to the sounds of massive braams, blaring alarms, expressive cats, smooth elevators, magical shimmers, apocalyptic textures, and cars as they fly by after a rainstorm. Happy listening!

Video Highlight: Sounds of massive braahms, delightful crane calls, tires on wet asphalt, apocalyptic textures, and smooth elevators

Sounds of massive braams, cranes, wet traffic, apocalyptic textures & elevators:

Featured: Drops ‘n’ Braams • Great Lakes: Sandhill Cranes • Cars In Motion – Wet Asphalt • Digital Dust • Lifts & Elevators

Drops 'n' Braams

'Drops 'n' Braams' by SampleTraxx gets you massive stingers, deep impacts, trailer and score elements, morphing bass, transitions, whooshes, and much more.

Cinematic & Trailer Sound Effects Drops ‘n’ Braams Play Track 137 sounds included $19

Drops ‘n’ Braams brings to the table 137 new sounds of hybrid cinematic Braams and Drops to boost your production with time-bending elements and sonic manipulation brought to the max. The SFX library is produced from scratch by Alessandro Romeo, owner and lead sound designer at SampleTraxx.

With Drops ’n’ Braams you can create massive stingers, deep impacts, trailer and score elements, morphing bass, transition woosh and much more.

A great addition for trailer cue creators, score composers and cutting-edge electronic music producers.

The library includes:
• 86 Braams _ Design, Elephant, Granular, Larsen, Raw, Textures
• 51 Hi Tech Drops/Downers/Sting/Power Down

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Great Lakes: Active Nature

'Great Lakes: Active Nature' by Thomas Rex Beverly delivers lively nature ambiences from the Great Lakes region of the United States with energetic wildlife and wind.

Nature & Countryside Ambiences Great Lakes: Active Nature Play Track 35+ sounds included, 104 mins total $65

• In Great Lakes: Active Nature, get a collection of energetic ambiences from some of the largest freshwater lakes in the world. Hear the calming hiss of aspen leaves fluttering and the piercing call of summer cicadas. Hear the long slow flaps of huge wings as Trumpeter Swans struggle to take flight and deep thunk as Belted Kingfishers plunge head first into the water in search of dinner.
• This library offers you an extensive collection of ambiances brimming with wildlife from the pristine lakes of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Hear the lively energy of summers near the Great Lakes of North America.

2% FOR THE ENVIRONMENT & CARBON NEUTRAL:
• Two percent of the price of this library is donated to an environmental cause, as an “artist royalty” for the planet!
• Carbon offset credits were purchased to offset my field recording travel for this library.

KEY FEATURES:
• Active nature ambiences from Great Lakes region of the United States
• All active nature tracks have energetic wildlife and wind
• Trumpeter Swan takeoffs and honks
• Belted Kingfisher hunting dives
• Canadian Geese fly bys
• Common Loon – wail and tremolo calls
• Regal Raven calls deep in the forest
• Nasal Blue Jays bickering in the treetops
• Cicadas, crickets, and ultrasonic insects
• All recordings are from lake edges and surrounding forests.
• This is not a water library, it focuses on ambiences with wildlife (mostly large waterbirds) and wind.

TEXT MARKERS:
• Named markers are included in each file to help find interesting events in an otherwise uniform waveform.
• Markers are included in the Soundminer and BWAV description fields starting with the prefix “Marker Text”.

FILE LIST & METADATA:
• View larger version or Download CSV

MORE INFO:
• Read 40+ testimonials for Thomas Rex Beverly Audio
• Read my Field Recording Mastering Rules and learn more about how these recordings were mastered.
• Browse the Library Info Master List to compare specs on all my libraries.
• Browse the Metadata Master List to search my entire catalog.
• MD5 and SHA 256 Checksums are included for each zip file in my catalog. Use these hashes to check the integrity of your downloaded files.

GEAR USED:
• Sennheiser 8040s in ORTF
• Sennheiser MKH50 and 30 in MS
• Sound Devices 702
• Rycote ORTF Blimp
• Rycote MS Blimp

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Magic: Organic Twinkles & Shimmers

'Magic: Organic Twinkles & Shimmers' is the debut release from Unheard Sounds, and it gets you an extensive collection of organic, unprocessed props and textures ready to give you a raw, wondrous sound.

Magic & Fantasy Sound Effects MAGIC: Organic Twinkles & Shimmers Play Track 87+ sounds included, 36 mins total $69

Unheard Sounds releases their first sound pack titled ‘MAGIC: Organic Twinkles and Shimmers’!

This extensive library of organic, unprocessed, ‘magic-sounding’ props and textures can be a go-to for any sound design that needs some raw, magical character to it!
Beautiful, unique materials on mobiles, interesting whooshes, bowed cymbals with vibrating textures… and all recorded with a Sennheiser 8040ST pair and a Sanken CO-100K for pristine quality! See sound list below for details.

Get a taste of our product by listening to the design demo (which exclusively uses sounds from the pack) and by watching the trailer here:

Includes Various Organic Source Such As:
• Rain Stick Performances (Some Movement with Less Pebbles and Glass Debris)
• Bowed Cymbal Performances (Some with Glass Rattling on Cymbal, Some with Muted Crown or Side for Unique Character)
• Garden Cultivator (Movement, Hits & Ring-outs)
• Sea Glass Shards (Mobile Movement)
• Obsidian Needles (Large and Small Mobile Movement)
• Whooshes and Twirl Movement (With Violin Bow and Various Gauge Guitar Strings)
• Weaponry (Slides and Scrapes)

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Cars in Motion: Wet Asphalt

'Cars in Motion: Wet Asphalt' by Soundholder is a go-to library for any scene with vehicles driving on snowy or wet roads with slush passes, wet asphalt passes, and ambient location recordings for a total of 150 minutes of recordings.

Car Sound Effects Cars In Motion – Wet Asphalt Play Track 126 sounds included, 150 mins total $30

Cars In Motion Wet Asphalt sound library is a go to pack for any scene with vehicles driving on snowy / wet roads – featuring a total of 126 files & 150 minutes of audio.

Inside you’ll find single sound effects with different passes on wet and snowy / slushy asphalt roads.

In addition to that there are stereo ambience recordings from different high speed roads with intense and low traffic recorded from normal perspective, and from the ground to capture more tyres friction sound.

Additionally there are recordings of the roads from car interior perspective. Most of the files are stereo recordings.

Sounds included:
• 55 files with slush passes
• 50 files with wet asphalt passes
• 21 files with ambient location recordings

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Great Lakes: Quiet Nature

'Great Lakes: Quiet Nature' by Thomas Rex Beverly gets you tranquil nature ambiences with sparse sounds of wildlife, wind, and water - from some of the largest freshwater lakes in the world.

Nature & Countryside Ambiences Great Lakes: Quiet Nature Play Track 31+ sounds included, 104 mins total $65

• In Great Lakes: Quiet Nature, get a collection of tranquil ambiences from some of the largest freshwater lakes in the world. Hear the soothing rush of coniferous wind as is sings across still water and delicate fluttering of deciduous foliage. Hear the lonesome hoots of Barred Owls as they sing their haunting nighttime song and Common Loons yodeling with endless echoes.
• This library offers you an extensive collection of ambiences with sparse flora and fauna from the pristine lakes of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Hear the majestic sparseness of summers near the Great Lakes of North America.

2% FOR THE ENVIRONMENT & CARBON NEUTRAL:
• Two percent of the price of this library is donated to an environmental cause, as an “artist royalty” for the planet!
• Carbon offset credits were purchased to offset my field recording travel for this library.

KEY FEATURES:
• Quiet Nature ambiences from Great Lakes region of the United States
• All quiet nature tracks have sparse wildlife, wind, and water
• Common Loon – wail calls
• Barred Owl – haunting hoots
• Distant Canadian Geese and Belted Kingfishers
• Soothing coniferous wind over still water
• Delicate fluttering of deciduous leaves
• One, 30-min extended ambience. This track is slit into four parts (without fades) so it can be pieced back together as needed.
• All recordings are from lake edges and surrounding forests.
• This is not a water library, it focuses on ambiences with wildlife (mostly large waterbirds) and wind.

TEXT MARKERS:
• Named markers are included in each file to help find interesting events in an otherwise uniform waveform.
• Markers are included in the Soundminer and BWAV description fields starting with the prefix “Marker Text”.

FILE LIST & METADATA:
• View larger version or Download CSV

MORE INFO:
• Read 40+ testimonials for Thomas Rex Beverly Audio
• Read my Field Recording Mastering Rules and learn more about how these recordings were mastered.
• Browse the Library Info Master List to compare specs on all my libraries.
• Browse the Metadata Master List to search my entire catalog.
• MD5 and SHA 256 Checksums are included for each zip file in my catalog. Use these hashes to check the integrity of your downloaded files.

GEAR USED:
• Sennheiser 8040s in ORTF
• Sennheiser MKH50 and 30 in MS
• Sound Devices 702
• Rycote ORTF Blimp
• Rycote MS Blimp

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Alarms & Warnings Designed

'Alarms & Warnings Designed' by Alexander Gastrell is a collection of 52 sci-fi alarm sounds with one-shot audio files that are ready for your samplers or backgrounds with 30-second loops. All sounds are dry and ready to be processed.

Mechanical Sound Effects Alarms & Warnings Designed Play Track 104 sounds included $25

‘Alarms & Warnings Designed’ is a collection of 52 alarm sounds suitable for the science fiction genre. This library includes ‘one-shot’ audio files that are ready to be placed in a sampler as well as 30 second loops of those same files. All sounds are ‘dry’ and ready to be processed.

This library goes well with ‘Fully Charged Vol.1’

Please note that my sound libraries do not go on sale (this is so prices are fair all year round), and they are sold exclusively on asoundeffect. :-)

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Lifts & Elevators

'Lifts & Elevators' by Edible Audio features unique creaks, groans, impacts and rattles as well as roomtones, buttons, doors opening and closing (from both interior and exterior perspectives), and doors in motion.

Mechanical Sound Effects Lifts & Elevators Play Track 223+ sounds included $60

The ‘Lifts and Elevators’ library contains a collection of sounds sourced from 19 different elevators. Each model bringing their own unique sonic qualities and character. From slick and smooth modern elevators to weathered old freight and goods lifts, these high-quality recordings have been carefully captured in:

• Hotels
• Offices
• Studios
• Flats/Apartments
• Schools/Universities
• Warehouses/Industrial Units

Each elevator has been recorded in motion, opening and closing its doors (manually and mechanically), producing metallic rattles, creaks, groans and more. Additionally, Button pressing, alarm bells, buzzers and stationary room tones, have been captured in crystal clear detail.

All sounds have been recorded in high-quality 24 bit, 96 kHz using Sound Devices recorders and Sennheiser MKH8040, MKH416 and MKH30 microphones. Each file has been also 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 stereo image whilst the ORTF provides a wider version.

“I love the variety of the elevators, they’re real, heavy and dirty and you can hear the grit and dust in the cogs. The reverberant buttons and room tones are super useful too’
Anna Bertmark – Sound Designer/Supervising Sound Editor

“fantastic stuff all around and definitely not only for literal elevator scenes, tons of interesting metal shakes, scrapes, squeaks and rumble, bravo!”
Michal Fojcik – Supervising Sound Editor/Re-recording Mixer

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Digital Dust

'Digital Dust' by SonicSalute features sounds that were granulated, stretched, pitched, and mangled in endless chains of plugins and hardware for different and almost apocalyptic kinds of rogue computer command sounds.

Sci-Fi Sound Effects Digital Dust Play Track 128+ sounds included $40

Digital Dust delivers 128 tracks of pure digital bit-crushing distortion, deep atmospheric drones, and ear-piercing interface sounds.
Digital Dust is not your usual clean and modern computer command sound effects library. All sounds have been designed from real world electrical or organic recorded sounds.

Granulated, stretched, pitched and mangled in endless chains of plugins and hardware, for very different and almost apocalyptic kinds of rogue computer command sounds. The samples can easily be stretched or processed even more, for even weirder sound fx.

The library contains:
26 Drones/atmospheric beds. All are minimum 1 minute long, and are easily loopable.
61 Glitchy, bitcrushing FX.
41 Otherworldly signal FX.

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Great Lakes: Sandhill Cranes

'Great Lakes: Sandhill Cranes' by Thomas Rex Beverly lets you hear the openness of still water, as well as the echoing calls of waterbirds like the alarming cries of an osprey and the prehistoric calls of Sandhill cranes.

Nature & Countryside Ambiences Great Lakes: Sandhill Cranes Play Track 18+ sounds included, 104 mins total $45

• In Great Lakes: Sandhill Cranes, get a collection of ambiences from some of the largest freshwater lakes in the world. Hear the calming openness of still water and the magical echoes of regal waterbirds. Hear the startled alarm cries of Ospreys and the prehistoric calls of Sandhill Cranes so visceral you’ll think pterodactyls are still alive.
• This library offers you an extensive collection of Sandhill Crane ambiences from the pristine lakes of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Hear these majestic birds and feel the power of their intense calls as they sing across the Great Lakes of North America.

2% FOR THE ENVIRONMENT & CARBON NEUTRAL:
• Two percent of the price of this library is donated to an environmental cause, as an “artist royalty” for the planet!
• Carbon offset credits were purchased to offset my field recording travel for this library.

KEY FEATURES:
• 18 clip of Sandhill Cranes
• Reverb tails on Crane calls as long as four seconds
• Stationary bugles
• Bugling and trumpeting in flight
• Close visceral perspectives
• Distant clips with immersive echoes
• Osprey – alarm calls
• Common Loon – tremolo and wail calls
• Soothing coniferous and deciduous wind
• This is not a parabolic dish library of close up and isolated Sandhill Cranes. It is an ambience library of Cranes within their natural habitat.
• All recordings are from lake edges and surrounding forests.
• This is not a water library, it focuses on ambiences with wildlife (mostly large waterbirds) and wind.

TEXT MARKERS:
• Named markers are included in each file to help find interesting events in an otherwise uniform waveform.
• Markers are included in the Soundminer and BWAV description fields starting with the prefix “Marker Text”.

FILE LIST & METADATA:
• View larger version or Download CSV

MORE INFO:
• Read 40+ testimonials for Thomas Rex Beverly Audio
• Read my Field Recording Mastering Rules and learn more about how these recordings were mastered.
• Browse the Library Info Master List to compare specs on all my libraries.
• Browse the Metadata Master List to search my entire catalog.
• MD5 and SHA 256 Checksums are included for each zip file in my catalog. Use these hashes to check the integrity of your downloaded files.

GEAR USED:
• Sennheiser 8040s in ORTF
• Sennheiser MKH50 and 30 in MS
• Sound Devices 702
• Rycote ORTF Blimp
• Rycote MS Blimp

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Cat - Meow Library

'Cat - Meow Library' by Soundholder features 130 files recorded with a Sennheiser 8040/Rode NTG3 and Sony PCM-D100. This small bundle contains different sound effects made by two very vocal cats.

Venice

'Venice' by Original Sounds is a rich collection of Italian ambiences captured in legendary Venice. The library features lots of pedestrian ambiences from the docks, piazzas, bridges, and more.

City Life Sound Effects Venice Play Track 27+ sounds included, 53 mins total $31.98

Get a rich collection of Italian ambiences captured in legendary Venice / Venezia. The library features lots of pedestrian ambiences

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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.

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