New Sound Effects: Motorcycles, Hits, Surround Ambiences, Crows, Rwanda And Kurdistan Atmospheres

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Posted February 14, 2016 by Asbjoern Andersen in New sound effects libraries

This week, six new libraries have been added to A Sound Effect. We have several ambiences, from aircraft and birds to Middle Eastern bazaars and African countrysides, crow recordings, as well as a distinct motorcycle and cinematic hits that will rock your production.

Immersive Surround FX

Environments & Ambiences Immersive Surround FX Sampler Play Track 40+ sounds included, 193 mins total $40

A pack of forty 5.1 high-definition surround effects with a L,R,C,LFe,Ls,Rs track layout.

Over two hours of Water, Crowds, Trains, Boats, Aircraft, Birds, Bees and Fireworks all in glorious surround, captured with high-end equipment at a range of locations.

Full Soundminer metadata embedded and a Excel spreadsheet included. Recording equipment includes Soundfield ST250 and ST450 microphones, DPA 5100 microphone, Metric Halo 2882 and ULN-8 interfaces and Sound Devices 788 & 744 recorders.

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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 1300

Motorcycle Sound Effects The Honda VTX 1300 Play Track 49+ sounds included, 45 mins total
Rated 5.00 out of 5
$20

Get the sounds of the the Honda VTX 1300 – a distinctive cruiser motorcycle.

Its 1300cc displacement is right in the sweet spot between the zippier 750 models and the massive 1800 road warriors. This particular one was equipped with a set of custom Vance and Hines Big Shots exhaust pipes early in its life, giving it a distinctive and throaty note that can be heard up and down the highway. The VTX line is also known for its distinctive transmission, which gives a meaty ‘clunk’ with every shift.

This library is a set of recordings that were made using a combination of onboard and exterior mics at a variety of useful speeds, as well as free running on the highway. Its a smaller set, but very distinctive and useful.

We recorded multiple channels on every movement:
• Onboards consisted of Line audio CM3, Crown PZM and Sanken COS11 mics
• A handheld MKH416 rig covered bys and exteriors

After a half day of recording we had material ranging from idles and slow starts to fast bys and highway runs.

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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.

Atmospheres of Rwanda

Environments & Ambiences Atmospheres of Rwanda Play Track 52+ sounds included, 140 mins total $40

Get the ambiences and atmospheres of Rwanda, Africa in this sound effects library recorded by Ana Monte. It features recordings from around the capital of Kigali, suburbs, markets, sewing shop, rooftop and roadside recordings, as well as countryside, forest and hillside recordings.

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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.

Atmospheres of Kurdistan

Environments & Ambiences Atmospheres of Kurdistan Play Track 20+ sounds included, 50 mins total $40

Get authentic ambiences from Kurdistan, Iraq – recorded by Ana Monte while shooting a documentary. It includes places such as the Erbil citadel, bazar, a Lalish village and temple, and more.

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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.

Urban Crows

Bird Sound Effects Urban Crows Play Track 31 sounds included, 90 mins total $25

Urban Crows is a library full of interesting sounds of single crows and swarms.

These proud birds deserve a lot more attention than they usually get. They are amazingly intelligent, social and by no means aggressive or monotonous when it comes to their communication capabilities.

The library evolved throughout winter 2015/16 and was taken from the attic of a house surrounded by trees were the crows frequently stayed overnight. So it was a great pleasure to record them arriving in the evenings as well as hearing them chatting during the dawn. They have a huge arsenal of clearly distinguishable single caws, funny sighs or nervous screams that often evolved to a huge cluster of noises that became stronger when the church bells began to ring and the sun came up.

All takes are recorded in Mid-Side stereo, with Sennheiser MKH-70 shotgun for a strong mid-signal and AKG-C394B for the ambience. The total playing time of the library is approx. 1h 30min.

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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.

Cinematic Hits & Transitions 2

Cinematic & Trailer Sound Effects Cinematic Hits & Transitions 2 Play Track 333 sounds included
Rated 5.00 out of 5
$45

SoundBits “Cinematic Hits & Transitions 2“ description:

The Cinematic Hits and Transitions 2 sound effects library from SoundBits delivers 222 cinematic, epic, heavy, impacts and hits – ranging from very deep, earthshaking hits, to brutally distorted and mangled impacts. Some are dry, some with extra huge reverbs, others get you an instant attack while some come with a build-up for that extra tension. Lots of starts and tails of the sounds can be combined with each other to give you even more.

But that’s not all. There are also 111 scary, haunting, unsettling and weird transitions and movements that instantly give you goosbumps and add that extra suspense for your productions. Lots of new sounds were recorded and got merged with existing SoundBits | Sound Effects. This fusion got mangled, crushed, edited and designed to create this cinematic experience.

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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.

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User Interface (UI) Sound Effects Interactive Play Track 3917 sounds included, 225 mins total $149.99

Introducing ‘INTERACTIVE’ by Rock The Speakerbox: Your ultimate organic Game UI Sound Design Toolkit. Elevate your UI sound design with a comprehensive sound effects library crafted to meet the exacting demands of modern game development. ‘INTERACTIVE’ is a massive toolset designed to empower you with a diverse range of components for creating immersive, dynamic and organic sounding UI.

Structured into three packages:

Construction Kit (3151 Sounds):
Unlock a world of possibilities with a massive set of generic components like clicks, whooshes, pops, and textures, alongside elaborate recordings for specific contextual needs such as coins, paper, medieval weapons and many more. Explore elemental textures like water, wood, stone, etc for added depth and a comprehensive arsenal of percussive and tonal instruments.

Building Blocks (606 Sounds):
Streamline your workflow with pre-designed sounds of basic UI components, including impacts, clicks, whooshes, specific contextual actions and textures (clattering coins, rustling paper, igniting fires, alchemical reactions, growing vegetation) plus tonal and musical feedback for different moods (positive, negative, rewarding, warning, triumphal, holy)

Designed (160 Sounds):
Choose from four sets of ready-to-use sounds tailored for the most common UI actions in different game styles (Casual, Dark, Medieval, Modern).

Each of the four sets gives you following UI sounds:
• Confirm
• Select
• Notification
• Purchase
• Open Menu
• Back/Close Menu
• Positive Light
• Positive Heavy
• Negative Light
• Negative Heavy

With 699 sound files, each offering more than 5 variations in average, ‘INTERACTIVE’ delivers a total of over 3900 sounds – ensuring that you’ll never run out of options to bring your creative vision to life. This library gives you everything you need to captivate your audience and create immersive UI soundscapes that truly resonate.

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Magic & Fantasy Sound Effects Anime Magical Girl Play Track 274 sounds included $59

Dive into the enchanting world of Anime Magical Girl with these 274 magical sound effects, experiencing the excitement of transforming into a dazzling, beautiful soldier!

Grab your magic wand and immerse yourself in solo or group henshin moments with sound effects ranging from shimmers, sparkles, and captivating melodies– even your enemies will pause in awe as you undergo your mesmerizing transformation.

Let the sound effects accompany you on a journey where every note is a musical and enchanting spell, and every beat is a step toward a universe filled with wonder!

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Drones & Mood Sound Effects Twisted Zither Play Track 310 sounds included $28
Twisted Zither introduces you to the haunting allure of the zither, a complete kit of sounds drawn from the resonant tones of this unique stringed instrument, characterised by its flat, wooden body and horizontal strings.

Twisted Zither features:
- A rich assortment of over 130 recorded gestures, textures, bows, sweeps, hits, and scrapes, providing a comprehensive toolkit for sound design.
- Over 50 ready to go custom-designed sounds, including haunting whooshes, atmospheric drones, and powerful impacts and stingers.
- 130 individually note samples spanning 2 octaves and 3 or more velocity ranges, perfect for creating your own melodic sample instruments or sound design.
All captured in stereo 24-bit, 96kHz resolution.

Don’t miss out on the opportunity to add an extra layer of haunt and horror to your projects with ‘Twisted Zither’. This is an excellent addition to your arsenal for horror and haunting sounds. With a diverse range of meticulously crafted gestures, textures, and custom-designed effects, this library is your key to creating spine-chilling atmospheres and immersive soundscapes.
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City Life Sound Effects Diffuse City Play Track 116+ sounds included, 752 mins total $75

Diffuse City is the unique urban ambience sound effects library you didn’t know you were missing. It captures the urban environment in its many forms – all based around the idea of diffuse ambience.

The Diffuse City library is purpose-built for the times an environment needs to be felt, but not be distracting.

Every track in Diffuse City was recorded with some sort of real life “filter” in mind; be it distance, elevation, time of day, physical material – Anything to provide the feeling of city life with out the specificity of many urban ambience libraries. No distracting close car pass-bys or people talking; only great natural ambience beds.

Diffuse City was recorded in big cities, suburbs, small towns, and rural settings over a span of two years. It was largely recorded over very late nights, when very few people we’re around. Occasionally, however, a car would pass by… a gun would go off… While these were edited out of the recordings, they are included as “extras” in the library. Perfect for adding some flavor to a moment that’s authentic to the environment it was recorded in.

Metadata – and markers:

In addition to thorough metadata, each ambience in Diffuse City is embedded with markers highlighting unique moments that aren’t easily visible in a waveform. Software like Soundminer v4.5 and Reaper can display these markers, making it easy to identify distinct sonic moments in an otherwise nondescript waveform.

Markers in Reaper

There are 10 areas of focus in Diffuse City:

Elevated City • Distant Highways • Underground City • Distant City • Under Bridges • City Rumble • Empty Parking Lots • Alleys • Industrial • Window Contacts

Hear examples and learn more about each one below

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Environments & Ambiences SEASIDE Play Track 16 sounds included, 50 mins total $16

Get the sounds of the sea – captured at different beaches along the Japan coast and the French Normandy coast. Recorded at the marina, pier, harbor, bridges and beaches, the SEASIDE library delivers around 50 minutes of waves, water, seagulls and more. All recordings are AB ORTF stereo, and there’s a mono center added in some cases to deliver a LCR format.

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Funny / Comedy / Cartoon Cartoon & Animation Vol 2 Play Track 121 sounds included $45

‘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.

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• 121 Designed Cartoon SFX
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• 100% Royalty-Free

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Foley Sound Effects Tool Bag Foley Play Track 17 sounds included $5

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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Destruction & Impact Sounds Wood Destruction Play Track 166 sounds included $29

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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 $15

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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