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This week on A Sound Effect, we have ambiences and weather effects from chilly Finland, rainy Oregon, bustling Melbourne, and places not of this world. You can hear urban rain in London, chirping meadows and windy forests in the Pacific Northwest, urban soundscapes from one of Australia’s favorite cities, and designed ambiences for extraterrestrial locations. You can also hear sounds of snow and ice impacts, clever drones created from glass and metal, smoldering lava, and lots of kitchen sounds. Happy listening!
Urban Rain
 
  • Weather Sound Effects Urban Rain Play Track 50 sounds included, 200 mins total $35

    Urban Rain is a sound library that delivers 50 city rain sounds recorded in 96 kHz/24 bit, with Soundminer and BWAV embedded metadata. The library contains various types of rain at different intensities, from very light to downpour. Several thunder claps and rumbles are present as well. Locations are as follows: a terrace, a balcony, a backyard, several streets, a rooftop, a garage, inside a car, a loft (from inside), Chelsea FC Stadium and two patios (interior). All files have been recorded at night so human activity is minimum, although you will hear a tiny bit of traffic rumble in the background.

    The library also includes 8 Ambisonics files (B-Format, both in FuMa and ambiX, along with a downmix in stereo) and other sounds related to water in the citylife, such as pipes, a drain and a gutter, which are loopable. By using the free SoundField SurroundZone 2 plugin you can convert the B-format files into your preferred format (stereo, 5.0, 5.1, 7.1).

    Descriptive markers have been added to several files to highlight interesting events in an otherwise featureless waveform. These markers can be read in programs such as Izotope RX, Reaper, and Soundminer. The markers are also included as .txt files in separate folder.

    The total length of the library is 200 minutes.

    Gear used: Zoom F8, Sennheiser Ambeo, Sony D100.

    UCS compliant metadata. Fields included CatID, Category, Subcategory, FX Name, Filename, Description, BWDescription, Library, RecType, RecMedium, Microphone, Designer, Manufacturer, Keywords.

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'Urban Rain' by GainWalkers is a collection of rain ambiences from various living areas. With 50 recordings ranging from less than a minute to over 18 minutes, you'll hear pouring rain, rushing water, and thunderclaps from a terrace, balcony, apartment room, stadium, alleyway, and more. Each ambience was recorded at night, so distractions are at a minimum, and they all come in Ambisonics and stereo formats! For over 200 minutes of rain for your sheltered areas, check this one out.
 
Essential Kitchen
 
  • Household Sound Effects Essential Kitchen Play Track 400+ sounds included $19

    This sound effects library encompasses basics kitchen elements, objects and actions

    Recorded in their original settings: the kitchen

    What’s inside:

    • Veggies chopping, slicing, manipulating
    • various appliances such as microwave, oven, fridge, toaster
    • pan and pots actions and frying sizzle
    • various container manipulations, open and close
    • water, juice, wine, utensils, dishes, cereals grains, paper, cardboard, plastic

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'Essential Kitchen' by Articulated Sounds features the various items and appliances that surround you while you're making a meal. Whether your character is chopping up veggies, preparing breakfast, or celebrating Stir-Friday, this library has the clean, closely-recorded sounds for your scene. All together you get over 400 sounds of meal preparation with sounds of pots, pans, bottles, microwaves, toasters, ovens, veggies, eggs, and more!
 
Lava from the Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii
 
There are few natural occurrences that are cooler than lava (petrified trees, natural pillars, and the Northern Lights are in the running), but did you know the sound of lava is just as cool? 'Lava from the Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii' by Discover Oregon gets you 15 minutes of molten rock recordings from the world's most active volcano. You can hear it slowly burn like a campfire with low pops and snaps that sound almost frozen. Whether you're going for Nat Geo accuracy or you want ASMR-like crackling, give this demo a listen.
 
Glass & Metal Clouds
 
  • Drones & Mood Sound Effects Glass & Metal Clouds Play Track 262 sounds included $20

    Glass and Metal Clouds are the result of experimenting with the tonal and noise elements of a glass or metal impact via granular processing. Various household objects were struck and recorded, ranging from metal shovels, desk legs and brass ornaments to glass and crystal objects – basically anything that would ring after it was struck.

    The recordings were then sent through ‘Clouds’ and processed with gentle, chaotic modulation by a combination of sloth chaos modules and standard cyclic modulation resulting in drones that gently sweep between musical tonal sounds and the random noise produced by the strike and are ever evolving; some more than others.

    Sometimes some surprising sounds came out of the drones and I let them run, some were kept quite constant with only a subtle amount of modulation so there is a lot of variation in the pack.
    The sounds came from my need as a sound designer to embed strange mood, emotion and feeling of uncertainty into everyday ambience.

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'Glass & Metal Clouds' by MWFX is a collection of shining, gentle atmospheres that were created with cyclic modulation and granular processing. Using the tones and noises from glass and metal impacts, this library gives you breath-taking washes that can add fantasy, unease, and spiritual repetition to anywhere you see fit. With over 260 evolving drones that last from 2 to 7 minutes, you'll get not only interesting sounds but also a look at the exquisite taste and vision of the sound designer.
 
Snow & Ice
 
  • Materials & Texture Sound Effects Snow & Ice Play Track 1700+ sounds included, 90 mins total $30

    Snow & Ice is an extensive collection of various ice and snow sounds recorded in quiet rural locations in Northern Finland between 2015-2017. The library contains 1700+ sounds / 2.9 GB worth of material recorded and mastered in 96KHz 24bit quality, so they are more than ready for pitch shifting and other heavy audio processing.

    Among the biggest highlights of this library are the industry’s first glassy yet heavier sounding ice lantern breaks which will definitely be useful in adding unique twist to your material sound design. The library also comes with a huge variety of snow and ice debris sounds, snow block breaks and even footsteps on frozen snow and ice debris.

    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.

    FOOTSTEPS:

    Frozen Snow Packed Run • Frozen Snow Packed Scuffs • Frozen Snow Packed Stomps • Frozen Snow Packed Walk • Frozen Snow Road Walk • Frozen Snow Run • Frozen Snow Walk • Frozen Wood Terrace Walk • Frozen Ice Shard Debris Scuffs • Frozen Ice Shard Debris Stomps • Frozen Ice Shard Debris Walk

    ICE:

    Ice Debris Fall • Ice Debris Rattle Continuous Loop • Ice Debris Rattle Heavy • Ice Debris Rattle Light • Ice Debris Smash To Ground Heavy • Ice Debris Smash To Ground Light • Ice Lantern Collision • Ice Lantern Large Break Smash • Ice Lantern Small Break Smash • Ice Shard Break Smash • Ice Shard Crack Snap • Ice Shard Small Group Rattle • Ice Shard Small Hit Collision Rattle • Ice Shard Small Rattle

    SNOW / MISC:

    Snow Block Large Collision • Snow Block Large Hit Collision • Snow Block Large Hit Rattle Scrape • Snow Block Large Smash Break • Snow Block Medium Hit Collision • Snow Block Medium Hit Rattle Scrape • Snow Block Medium Move Friction Loop Fast • Snow Block Medium Short Friction • Snow Block Small Collision • Snow Block Small Group Rattle • Snow Block Small Hit Collision • Snow Block Small Hit Rattle Scrape • Snow Block Small Large Fall On Snow • Snow Block Small Move Friction Loop Fast • Snow Block Small Move Friction Loop Slow • Snow Block Small Short Friction • Snow Block Small Smash Break • Snow Block Small Smash Ground • Snow Crack Snap • Snow Debris Rattle • Snow Ice Shard Small Crush • Snow Pressure Squeeze Crunch • Snowfall On Cardboard Light • Snowfall On Plastic Bag Light • Snowpusher Move • Wood Block Hit Snow • Wood Log Hit Snow • Metal Shovel Snow Debris Dig

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'Snow & Ice' by Pasi Pitkänen takes you to quiet Northern Finland for clean sounds of icy destruction. With over 1,700 sounds, this library has shattering ice, scraping blocks, packed snow, shard debris, snowfall, footsteps, and more! It even has the sounds of ice lanterns being broken and delicate snowfall, plus these high-quality sounds are begging to be pitch-bent for your avalanches and magical winter powers. If your project takes place on a frozen tundra, look no further.
 
Winds and Storms
 
  • Nature & Countryside Ambiences Winds and Storms Play Track 17 sounds included, 36 mins total $49

    A larger focus on wind – with trees, brush, crickets, and other sounds often included. There are also plain wind sounds recorded on exceptionally quiet wilderness winter nights that can be layered over most every project for several minutes or longer. Additionally includes some branches breaking in high winds and rain patter.

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'Winds and Storms' by Discover Oregon is a collection of 17 recordings of rushing wind and gentle rain in the deserts and forests of Oregon. These sounds are low-key and highly useful with sounds of thunder, tree frogs, a monsoon, snapping branches, and more. You also get lots of rain falling on metal roofs and rocks, and roaring gusts through snowy and wet forests. If you need sounds of wet weather and winter nights, check this one out.
 
Planets
 
  • Environments & Ambiences Planets (EA) Play Track 20 sounds included, 100 mins total $25

    This sound library delivers 20 unique ambiences  suited for space, planets or anything else science fiction. Each sound is 5 minutes in length giving you plenty of range to choose from. Featuring many different kinds of ambiences, ranging from calm winds to busy rain forests this library will be a great addition to any extra terrestrial atmosphere edit.All sounds were recorded using the Sound Devices Mix Pre 6 and a stereo pair of Sennheiser MKH 8020s.

    Visit edible-audio.com for behind the scenes photos, contact information, sound library updates and exclusive deals.

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Holst may have used our galaxy for inspiration, but Niels Gabriels decided to go extragalactic. With ambiences designed for twenty different planets, 'Planets' gets you heavy atmospheres, alien lifeforms, calm soundscapes, and more. Each ambience is 5 minutes long for a total of 100 minutes that will inspire the sci-fi celestial bodies in your project. Whether you need subtle, eerie drones or the rumblings of life, give this one a listen.
 
Melbourne CBD
 
  • City Life Sound Effects Melbourne CBD Play Track 37 sounds included, 185 mins total $35

    Melbourne, Australia is home to some very unique sounds and ambiences which can be found within this library. Recorded during the day this library features all the major train stations, streets and locations as well as plenty of side streets, alleyways and general traffic. All sounds were recorded using the Sound Devices Mix Pre 6 and a stereo pair of Sennheiser MKH 8020s.

    Visit edible-audio.com for behind the scenes photos, contact information, sound library updates and exclusive deals.

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'Melbourne CBD' by Niels Gabriels gets you the city sounds from Victoria's capital. With over 3 hours of recordings, you'll hear sounds from Central Station, Chinatown, Swanston Street, Side Street, and other streets and stations, with bustling pedestrians, city traffic, and urban birds. Each ambience is exactly 5 minutes and labeled with its location in its metadata. If you're looking for distinctly Australian city sounds, this should have you covered.
 
Oregon Forest Meadow Birds
 
  • Nature & Countryside Ambiences Oregon Forest Meadow Birds Play Track 24 sounds included, 69 mins total $49

    Wind, birds, the occasional chattering squirrel and more. A focus on daytime, with some sections covering the entire progression of first light through late morning in ever louder bird sounds. A variety of thrushes, jays, woodpeckers, etc in isolated clips and long ambiances of minutes or more.

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'Oregon Forest Meadow Birds' by Discover Oregon has the beautiful, peaceful soundscapes from serene secret spots in Oregon. With over an hour of ambiences, you'll hear morning bird choruses, frozen winds, forest streams, and even a chattering squirrel. These sounds will quickly transport your audience to a pristine, idyllic meadow with no cares in the world. Whether you need specific bird calls or open forest ambiences, this one has them.
   

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  • User Interface (UI) Sound Effects Motion Graphics Play Track 650+ sounds included $9

    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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  • Featured Sound Creators Modular UI Play Track $9

    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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  • Cinematic & Trailer Sound Effects Bloody Nightmare Play Track 550 sounds included $9

    Bloody Nightmare is a modern horror cinematic library aimed at the most cutting edge bone chilling productions out there.

    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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A Sound Effect gives you easy access to an absolutely huge sound effects catalog from a myriad of independent sound creators, all covered by one license agreement - a few highlights:

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    Cinematic & Trailer Sound Effects SpellBound Play Track 969 sounds included, 122 mins total $90

    SpellBound is premium sound effects library exploring the intersecting spaces of modern magic and science fiction energy. The result is a polished, designed, and inspiring set of cinematic magic sounds ready to bring new life to your film, game, and media projects. Brian Johnson, the creator of SpellBound and Slipstream is an award winning sound designer who after working in film, and television, has found his home designing sound for the biggest video game franchises in the world.

    SpellBound has 969 total sound effects
    Spells, explos, tails, whooshes, beds, impacts, drones, and more.

    Designed section – 202 designed multi-event show stopping full frequency sound effects.
    Elements section – 767 designed construction kit, layers, sweeteners, and single event effects.

    SpellBound can compliment your fx arsenal with traditional fantasy, modern magic, cinematic impacts, and even as an explosion sweetener. It can take over a fantasy trailer or a compliment a hybrid space magic video game.

    Thank you for licensing SpellBound. I hope it inspires you to create something exciting and magical.

    SpellBound Flyer

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  • Game Audio Packs - Game Sound Effects Libraries Kawaii UI Bundle Play Track 1339+ sounds included $70

    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

    What’s Inside?

    Designed

    The designed portion of Kawaii UI Bundle gives you a selection of ready to use OS sounds, various melodic and synth based sounds, button presses, cursors, notifications, swipes, errors, bootups, app opens, loading loops, etc. We’ve even included an adorable vocal alphabet for character text.

    Source

    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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  • Environments & Ambiences Suburban Russia Play Track 56 sounds included, 173 mins total $19

    What could be better than summertime in the country?

    Of course summertime in Russian village!

    Those sweet sounds of hammers, lawnmowers, dogs, neighbors activity, forests, fields, rain and, of course, lots of cicadas!

    This library contains authentic atmospheres of villages and small towns of suburban Moscow, as well as sounds of nature, roomtones and doors of the old Dacha from Soviet era.

    KEY POINTS:

    • Authentic atmospheres of dacha, forests, fields, streams, rains, streets of small towns, night and day suburban activity and roomtones!

    • An excellent addition to your library for film, TV and multimedia – Suburban Russia during summer and autumn time

    • Recorded with Mid-Side Sennheiser MKH8040/MKH30 combo

    • Sorted by location-type categories

    • All files have metadata included

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  • Metal Sound Effects Military Truck Percussion Play Track 321 sounds included, 14 mins total $10

    A US Military Truck is transformed into a percussive instrument and hit with drum sticks and a variety of mallets ( gong, xylophone and timpani ) and sampled using contact microphones and geophones.

    A unique collection of 321 metallic percussive hits perfect for metal impact sound design and transient shaping.

    Type : Source Files / WAV Mono

    Normalised : -6 dbFS

    Grouped Files for Easy Reference Included

    Recorder : Sound Devices Mix Pre 10II

    Microphones : Stille & Klang Spot, LOM Geofon

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O805cKU_XrE

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  • Car Sound Effects Fiat 850 Sport Coupe 1968 sports car Play Track 175 sounds included, 46 mins total $65

    All files are recorded 32bit, 192 kHz, with RØDE NTG1, 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 only available in UCS.

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  • Cinematic & Trailer Sound Effects Effective Trailer Booms Vol. 2 Play Track 232 sounds included, 59 mins total $29.99

    Effective Trailer Booms Vol. 2 delivers the next level in cinematic low-end, featuring 232 brand-new one-shot sounds meticulously designed for cutting-edge trailers.

    Building on the original Vol. 1, this new collection is designed for cutting-edge trailers. It moves beyond simple impacts to focus on the deep sub-bass, tonal rumbles, and resonant elements that build anticipation. It’s the perfect tool for setting a dark, mysterious tone at the beginning of a trailer or providing that final, deep punctuation at the end.

    A boom isn’t just a hit, it’s the sound of intrigue. Effective Trailer Booms Vol. 2 delivers the next level in cinematic low-end, featuring 232 brand-new one-shot sounds meticulously designed for cutting-edge trailers.

    Building on the original Vol. 1, this new collection is designed for cutting-edge trailers. It moves beyond simple impacts to focus on the deep sub-bass, tonal rumbles, and resonant elements that build anticipation. It’s the perfect tool for setting a dark, mysterious tone at the beginning of a trailer or providing that final, deep punctuation at the end.

    Inside, you’ll find a massive library of deep tonal rumbles, powerful sub-bass swells, bone-chilling textures, dark resonant drones, and powerful cinematic punctuation, all designed to pull the audience in.

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  • Cinematic & Trailer Sound Effects SpellBound Play Track 969 sounds included, 122 mins total $90

    SpellBound is premium sound effects library exploring the intersecting spaces of modern magic and science fiction energy. The result is a polished, designed, and inspiring set of cinematic magic sounds ready to bring new life to your film, game, and media projects. Brian Johnson, the creator of SpellBound and Slipstream is an award winning sound designer who after working in film, and television, has found his home designing sound for the biggest video game franchises in the world.

    SpellBound has 969 total sound effects
    Spells, explos, tails, whooshes, beds, impacts, drones, and more.

    Designed section – 202 designed multi-event show stopping full frequency sound effects.
    Elements section – 767 designed construction kit, layers, sweeteners, and single event effects.

    SpellBound can compliment your fx arsenal with traditional fantasy, modern magic, cinematic impacts, and even as an explosion sweetener. It can take over a fantasy trailer or a compliment a hybrid space magic video game.

    Thank you for licensing SpellBound. I hope it inspires you to create something exciting and magical.

    SpellBound Flyer

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  • Game Audio Packs - Game Sound Effects Libraries Kawaii UI Bundle Play Track 1339+ sounds included $70

    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

    What’s Inside?

    Designed

    The designed portion of Kawaii UI Bundle gives you a selection of ready to use OS sounds, various melodic and synth based sounds, button presses, cursors, notifications, swipes, errors, bootups, app opens, loading loops, etc. We’ve even included an adorable vocal alphabet for character text.

    Source

    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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