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This week on A Sound Effect we have new libraries that feature tons of game sounds, textures, ambiences, and more. You will find a handy audio tool to help you create the perfect UI sounds, a collection of fantasy RPG sounds, lots of foley footsteps, plenty of booms and blasts from military weapons and vehicles, and rainy ambiences from the cozy indoors.

There are also experimental sounds of brushed and tapped metal/PVC pipes, resonating panels, otherworldly contact and hydrophone mic recordings, whizzing and zapping magnetic balls, and a library full of household objects and rural ambiences. If you need sounds that will make your audience wonder where they came from, there is plenty for you to explore this week.

Rain Indoor Ambiences
 
  • Rain Indoor Ambience sounds
    Rain Indoor Ambience sounds
    Environments & Ambiences Rain Indoor Ambiences Play Track 26+ sounds included, 96 mins total $26

    Get the sound of rain – recorded from an interior perspective.

    This library contains various types and intensities of rain, from soft dripping to downpour, and the files are long enough to cover the rainbursts from start to end. Most of the files are also easily loopable.

    Some of the sounds are recorded with closed windows for a realistic indoor perspective. In other takes a window is left ajar to enhance the sound of the rain outside and four files gives you an exterior perspective from a porch.

    Locations covered: two greenhouses, two cars, a privy, a shed, a boathouse, a variety of rooms and roof materials.

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'Rain Indoor Ambiences' by Borg Sound gives you 26 rainy ambiences from a variety of spaces. From drizzles to downpours, these sounds were captured inside porches, sheds, boathouses, a privy (or outhouse), bedrooms, cars, hallways, etc., for over an hour and a half of sounds that make you glad to be inside. It also includes rooms with the windows ajar, plus each sound lasts from 2 minutes to nearly 6 minutes. For plenty of rainy interiors, listen to this library.
 
Sonic Transmission
 
  • Materials & Texture Sound Effects Sonic Transmission Play Track 257+ sounds included $75

    Sonic Transmission is a unique collection of 257 sounds recorded and produced with high-quality equipment at 24 bit /96 Khz. Recorded in a 0 acoustic fields with a large range of piezo, contact, suction and hydrophone microphones, this sound library offer original audio textures ready to use or to design.

    Plenty of material has been recorded over many months to provide a wide range of variety, such as:-Metal: small to big, hollow to thin, resonating, heavy, soft
    -Plastic: hit, impact, scrape, squeak
    -Glass: brillant to low and deep, saturated, bouncing
    -Water: oxygen, bubbles and movements into resonant containers
    -Wood: low and long creaks, hit and movements
    -Servo motors: clean, low, accidented, revs
    -Spring: creaky and tonal
    -String: cello and bass
    -And much more

    This collection comes in two section:
    -Raw material: construction kit to create and design your own effects. Most of the sounds comes with many variations.
    -Designed: ready to use sound effects, tonal, scifi, bassy, whoosh, saturated, modulated, drone, impacts

    Recorded and edited in high resolution, these sounds are easy to pitch down and time stretch to create unique and surprising sounds. All Faunethic tracks include metadata tags filled with Soundminer.

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'Sonic Transmission' by Faunethic is a very interesting sound library that takes organic sounds and gives them life and personality. Using a variety of piezo, contact, suction and hydrophone mics, you will hear strange, detailed textures of metal, plastic, glass, water, wood, instruments and more. This is a library that will immerse your audience in a new world - and once you hear the demo, you will be transported to another world, too.
 
Magnetic Balls
 
'Magnetic Balls' by Arrowhead Audio SFX is exactly what the title says but with 283 sounds, you're bound to find the variety you need. It has sounds of magnetic balls whizzing, zapping, sparking, bouncing, chirping, and rattling, as well as different speeds, pitches, and perspectives. These high-quality sounds may also have interesting weapons and spells hidden inside them waiting to come out when manipulated. For a focused library that costs less than lunch, check this one out.
 
Tubular
 
  • Whoosh Sound Effects Tubular Play Track 365 sounds included, 62 mins total $20

    This library is the result of tinkering with shotgun mics recording inside of different tube structures. When our initial tests produced a wide range of sonic colors, we went all in.

    The tubes used include organic and man-made materials, some rigid, some flexible, some dense, some light, all with varying lengths, diameters, and thicknesses. They consist of bamboo, PVC, 2 variations of vinyl, thin plastic, copper, tin, rubber, dense foam, and a steel-coiled membrane. Each material has a different effect on the sounds passing through them. We generated turbulent drones, thick strikes, resonant scrapes, noisy bells, delicate debris, and more. The overarching characteristics are soft, insulated, and misty. Due to the behavior of the waves in the open tubes and the pickup pattern of the shotgun mics, there is a natural frequency modulation that gives the sound a slightly narrowed, hollow timbre. They work very well in simulated settings, enclosed spaces, and when there is a need to exaggerate the magnitude of tiny worlds. But they are equally as useful as raw design fodder, especially when a unique texture is needed.

    This is our first library created solely for the sake of experimentation, though based on the results, it may not be the last!

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Eiravaein Works has released another library, and this one features detailed stereo-image textures from various tubes. The peculiar sounds of 'Tubular' were captured in pipes made of PVC, plastic, copper, tin, rubber, foam, and steel, allowing each sound to feel enclosed and tactile as the tubes are struck, scraped, dragged, and brushed. It also has sounds of drones, blowing air, confined debris, and more for an experimental library that will not only add new perspectives to your project, it may even change how you approach your own sound design.
 
Galactic Assistant
 
  • Galactic Assistant UI Sound Design
    Galactic Assistant UI Sound Design
    User Interface (UI) Sound Effects Galactic Assistant $39

    Galactic Assistant is the first synthesizer software specifically made for creating hi-tech interface sounds. Developed for sound designers and musicians alike, it's the perfect companion for creating a new sonic universe. Use it to design your own hi-tech interface sounds or create glitch or highlights for your musical project.
    If you need even more interface sounds, Galactic Assistant is still included for free with our Users of Tomorrow soundpack, which contains over 1,800 different high-tech interface sounds, created by our sound design team using some of the most leading audio tools and software.

    Galactic Assistant is now for Reaktor, Max4Live, and Standalone – all three versions included here

    Features:

    • One tone generator
    • Two beep generators
    • One FM synth module
    • Save and recall presets
    • Randomized parameters
    • Record and export audio files within the synth while performing
    • Shift click on knobs & sliders to midi learn and control them
    • Compatible with Mac and PC (32 bit and 64 bit) Reaktor5.5 or higher, Max4Live, and Standalone

    System Requirements:

    An Intel® Mac with Mac OS X 10.7 (or later), OR a PC with Windows 7 (or later); Multicore processor; 2 GB RAM; 1024×768 display.
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'Galactic Assistant' is a handy synthesizer from SoundMorph that lets you create loads of high-tech user interface sounds. With one tone generator, two beep generators, an FM synth module, presets, randomized parameters, MIDI control, and the ability to export while you perform, this new tool is more than useful, it's also fun! Whether you're looking for a version for Reaktor or Max4Live, or a standalone version for Mac or PC, you'll find the bleep and bloops you need from this new synthesizer.
 
The Warfare Library
 
'The Warfare Library' by Pole Position Production features a three-day live-fire military exercise and the weapons and vehicles that were deployed. You'll hear sounds of 40mm cannons and machine guns firing 7.62mm rounds with several perspectives of up-close cracks and ricochets as well as long, distant tails as the blasts ring through the forests and fields. You'll even hear sounds of the vehicles with interior idling and exterior passbys. For over 12 GB of the 'big guns', check out this library.
 
RPG Magic
 
  • Magic & Fantasy Sound Effects RPG Magic Play Track 215 sounds included $49

    The RPG Magic library delivers a total of 215 ready-made unique magic sound effects suitable for Role-Playing Games, Battle Arena and more. The SFX comes in flexible layers for you to mix & match to create the most unique and fitting sound for your magic. Bring your magic sound design to the next level with this collection.

    Includes sounds such as:

    – 147 Spells (Buffs, Debuffs, Heals, Negative Spells, Neutral Spells, Positive Spells and Revives)
    – 54 Basic Attacks & Impacts (Magic Swooshes & Impacts Ranging from Small to Large)
    – 13 Misc (Boss Appear, Monster Dies, Skill Unlock, UIs, Teleport)

    Check out our blog if you are interested to know how and why we made this pack.

    [ Tutorial – How does it work? ]
    Read the blog post: https://wowsound.com/rpg-magic-pack-tutorial/

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'RPG Magic' by WOW Sound is a fantastical library full of the shimmering, glowing sounds you often hear in role-playing and battle arena games. With 215 designed sounds, it features spells that will defeat your enemies or save your teammates, attacks and impacts of all speeds and sizes, and sounds of teleporting, monsters, the user interface, and more. If you have a massive adventure that needs SFX quickly so you can test your server load, this library will not only get you started, it will also provide elements of fun and whimsy to your sound design.
 
Footstep and Foley Sounds
 
  • Footsteps Sound Effects Footstep and Foley Sounds Play Track 812 sounds included $10

    Footstep & Foley Sounds contains 511 high quality professionally recorded footstep sounds. Surfaces included: concrete, dirt, grass, gravel, metal, mud, water, wood, ice and snow. Plus 141 Foley sounds covering a variety of character movement sounds. A perfect addition to add realism to your footstep sounds.

    This pack also includes a variety of 160 bonus sounds effects from our full library Pro Sound Collection. ALL sounds from Footstep & Foley Sounds are included in Pro Sound Collection so if you need more sounds be sure to check it out before purchase.

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Gamemaster Audio has once again created a library that is a no-brainer for new game audio elements. 'Footstep and Foley Sounds' has 511 recordings of footsteps on a variety of surfaces like concrete, dirt, grass, gravel, metal, mud, water, wood, ice and snow. Plus, is has 141 sounds of foley that will add body to your footsteps with creaking leather, heavy military gear, swishing clothes, etc. For only $10, it's hard to pass up this collection - and if you're looking for more, check out their entire 'Pro Sound Collection'.
 
Vaeyan IV
 
  • Foley Sound Effects Vaeyan IV Play Track 1000+ sounds included, 122 mins total $23

    Vaeyan IV delivers a massive set of assorted sound design ingredients for your audio alchemy. It includes assets captured from natural ambiances, vehicles, tools, cameras, slingshots, scissors, clay whistles, flutes, ceramic jars, dumpsters, kitchen appliances, deconstructed fans, toys, doors, windows, vintage furniture, fountains, projectors, and even a slap bracelet. That’s right, a slap bracelet.

    As with Vaeyan I, II, and III, this is a huddling of field recordings and sound designs that do not quite form a library on their own. However, together they make up an audio FX treasure chest gleaming with gold and silver audio loot!

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'Vaeyan IV' and its Chinese-inspired cover image by Eiravaein Works is grab bag of rural and domestic textures with sounds ranging from appliances, tools, windows and furniture to cameras, slingshots, whistles, card games and roller skates to forest ambiences and kayaking. This collection has over 1,000 SFX and two hours of content, which will provide sounds that are often needed for your projects - and others that are not commonly found in other libraries. For a wide variety of textures, this is one to hear.
 
Vibration
 
  • Materials & Texture Sound Effects Vibration Play Track 96 sounds included $28

    Vibration is 40 minutes/676 MB of vibrating, rattling and resonating metal and plastic panels in 96 separate files – recorded in 24bit/96kHz using contact microphones. All files are UCS-compliant.

    This is a collection of sounds that rattle, clatter, vibrate, buzz, hum and oscillate. Think huge cargo vehicles, passenger ferries or mechanical installations with loose metal panels, resonating generators and such. The vibrating was done with a 100 watt tactile transducer (like a bass speaker with no cone) hooked up to an amplifier, and getting it’s signal from a modular synth. Frequencies from LFO’s and VCO’s were mixed, to get interesting vibrations in both sub-audio and audio range.

    Holding the transducer by hand allowed me to move it around and find the sweet spots on the various objects (a steel filing cabinet, a steel suitcase and a spring reverb tank come to mind). Depending on the amplitude of the input signal, different sounds would emerge from the same waveforms. Now and again, the transducer would get too hot to handle, and on one or two occasions, the thermo-relay on the amp would kick in. Excitement in the studio!

    You get:
    • Steel and plastic objects vibrating
    • Lots of seamless loops
    • Searchable file names
    • BWF Metadata embedded, with more included in CSV and ODS (OpenOffice) formats
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'Vibration' by hzandbits has what it says and a lot of it! With nearly 100 files and 40 minutes of content, this library features metal and plastic objects that buzz and resonate. With the distinct tones of a contact mic, this library captures vibrations from a 100-watt tactile transducer hooked up to an amplifier as it interacts with filing cabinets, a metal suitcase, a plastic printer and more. For loopable, consistent, yet organic hums and rattles that are perfect for horror games or sci-fi vehicle engines, give this library a listen.
   

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Popular sound effects this week:

 
  • 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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    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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  • Animal Sound Effects Collections Animal Hyperrealism Vol IV Play Track 2096 sounds included, 78 mins total $153
    ⏰ For a very limited time:
    Add this library to the cart and enter ah4launch in the cart coupon field – to sprinkle an extra launch discount, on top of the current discount!

    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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  • 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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  • Footsteps Sound Effects Footsteps Vegetation Play Track 582+ sounds included $59

    Vegetation Footsteps is a detailed collection of footwear and movement variations recorded on dry leaves and forest floor textures. Featuring walk, run, sprint, scuff, pivot, and single step actions, this library captures the nuanced crunch and rustle of layered vegetation underfoot. With performances in sport shoes, sandals, leather shoes, high heels, and barefoot, each sound is designed for realistic character movement across natural environments. Ideal for games, film, and animation, Vegetation Footsteps offers clean, focused assets for building immersive terrain interaction.

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  • Foley Sound Effects Potion Sound Effects Play Track 135 sounds included $19.99

    A collection of 135 potion sound effects.

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  • Game Audio Packs - Game Sound Effects Libraries Power Up Sound Effects Play Track 140 sounds included $29.99

    A collection of 140 individual power up ability sound effects.

    Add to cart
  • Foley Sound Effects Bowling Sound Effects Play Track 103 sounds included $19.99

    A collection of 103 bowling sound effects.

    Add to cart

   

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