New sound effects: Motorcycles, hits, surround ambiences, crows, Rwanda and Kurdistan atmospheres

This library by John Leonard contains over two hours of 5.1 high-def surround effects that include bees, birds, aircraft, trains, vehicles, boats, shores, crowds and fireworks. If you are looking for an broad selection of surround ambiences, this is the one to get.

The Honda VTX is like the tenor sax of the motorcycles. It has the chunky timbre of a road king, but with more bravado and warmth. The team at echo | collective recorded this beast with onboard and exterior mics at different speeds to create a strong collection of passbys, idles, slow starts and highway travel.

While filming a documentary in Rwanda, Ana Monte captured these 53 beautiful ambiences. Listen to the pleasant sing-songiness of the Kinyarwanda language trickling around the suburbs and markets of Kigali as well as the peaceful forest and hillside ambiences marked by birds and cicadas.

This ambient library was also recorded by Ana Monte while filming a documentary in Kurdistan. It contains 50 minutes of ambiences around the citadel to include busy bazaars, prayers from loudspeakers, temple atmospheres, sounds from the Lalish village, and large water birds that have migrated from the shoreline.

Recordist Stephan Marche captured more than 1.5 hours of sounds of single crows and swarms. They were recorded both evenings and mornings, as they were going about their crowy business in a group of trees - and the library features some fine of their advanced communication abilities.

SoundBits' second edition of this library is now available on A Sound Effect, so you can find that perfect hard-hitting cinematic impact. This library contains deep, haunting punches with massive and complex reverb, as well as swift distorted attacks, punches that build with tension, and transitions that whisk you away in anxiety.