New Sound Effects: Ambiences Of Oceania, Protests, Trains, Shores & Parks + Hot Coffee, Fire, And Burnouts

Posted May 1, 2017 by Asbjoern Andersen in New sound effects libraries

A ton of new libraries have been added to A Sound Effect, and if you’re looking for more ambisonic sound libraries, we have you covered! In this recap, you can hear immersive ambiences of Inauguration Day protests in Philadelphia, New Zealand farm life, Californian parks and beaches, ski mountains and Northern shores, urban and small city traffic, and passing freight trains. You’ll also hear the harsh skids of flashy drivers, the hissing and whistling of coffee and tea brewing, and the creaks and hums of worn-out objects. With all these new libraries and new sound effects creators, there are plenty of objects and perspectives for you to hear.

The Burning House Library

Fire Sound Effects The Burning House Library Play Track 20 sounds included, 107 mins total $49

Recording of a wooden summer cottage burning down to the ground. Interior and exterior perspective.

Includes fire sound effects and burning sounds of an inferno, complete with crackling and sizzling sounds.

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The recordists at Pole Position Production seized the chance to record a cottage as it burned to the ground, from the inside and out! In an upcoming post, they will share their experiences recording 'The Burning House Library' with how they got involved with the structure's demise and their rig setup, but right now you can hear various intensities of burning, crackling, and debris from exterior perspectives in this library, as well as the frightening interior perspective of fire spreading throughout the building. For blazing sounds that will be hard to find anywhere else, check this library out.

Philadelphia Crowds and Protest Chants

Thomas Rex Beverly captured American history through the passionate chants of those expressing their beliefs. 'Philadelphia Crowds and Protest Chants' features three political protests that took place around the Phillie area just after the 2016 US election. While many chants relate to current events and political figures, such as 'Hey, Ho, Donald Trump has got to go!' and 'No hate, no fear, refugees are welcome here!', it also has choruses of 'Shut it down!' and 'This is what democracy looks like!'. Whether your piece is about US politics or you need the fervent sounds of protest, this is a library like no other!

Skids & Screeches Tarmac Library

Car Sound Effects Skids & Screeches Tarmac Library Play Track 212+ sounds included $199

Who doesn't love the sounds of speed? In this library, you'll hear the fast, harsh sounds of a drift car skidding on tarmac. The library contains skidding with engine running, skidding with engine switching off, skidding on wet tarmac, roll bys on wet and dry tarmac, spinning in circles, rolling with flat tire and much more. Both onboard and exterior perspectives are covered, and several microphones were positioned at each wheel, inside the car, and along the skidding path.

Some additional material is included, such as a supercharged Chevy -57 burnout, handbrake skids from a Skoda, and more.

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Pole Position Production has another fun and risky library to capture with sounds of vehicles as they shred their tires across the pavement. 'Skids & Screeches Tarmac Library' has sounds of skids, screeches, spins, burnouts, and drifts on wet and dry tarmac for tons a variations that will fit your chase scenes, races, and even maybe the voices of your mythical beasts. You'll also hear onboard and exterior perspectives as well as driving on a flat tire. Pole Position Production has shown they know vehicle recording, so give this specialized library a listen!

The Snow

Ambisonic Sound Effects The Snow Play Track 25+ sounds included, 192 mins total $79

From the snow-covered slopes of Mammoth mountain, to the ice-filled shores of Duluth, Minnesota, this library brings together some terrific subzero sounds for your next snow-themed project. With ski and snowboard bys, chairlifts, cold winds, and even melting icicles, this is surely a collection you don't want to miss. Recorded with the stunning Sennheiser Ambeo microphone, each ambience is delivered in both AmbiX and FuMa formats, as well as Stereo, 5.1, and 7.1.

What’s more- a 360 video reference is provided to offer a fully immersive image of the sound effect being captured!

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'The Snow' by VSCRL FX features wintery sounds from the ridges of California's Mammoth Mountain to the icy shores of Duluth, Minnesota. In this ambisonic library you can hear chilly atmospheres as shards of ice are gently pushed onto rocky Lake Superior shores or as cold winds rush through pine trees and fields. You can also hear ambiences of people racing down Mammoth on skis and sleds, as well as walla from the ski lifts. If you need surround and ambisonic recordings of winter activities, listen to (or watch!) this library's demo.

VSCRL Volume I

Environments & Ambiences VSCRL Volume I Play Track 150+ sounds included $275

We're proud to offer our inaugural bundle package, which includes the first four VSCRL libraries- The Park, The Road, The Snow, and The Beach. This collection comes at an incredible deal, and is the ultimate showcase of the immersive and VISCERAL quality of our ambisonics.

Recorded with the stunning Sennheiser Ambeo microphone, each ambience is delivered in both AmbiX and FuMa formats, as well as Stereo, 5.1, and 7.1.

What’s more- a 360 video reference is provided to offer a fully immersive image of the sound effect being captured!

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If you can't decide which library to purchase from new seller VSCRL FX, then why not buy them all for a great deal? 'VSCRL Volume I' is a bundle of their first four libraries, The Park, The Road, The Snow, and The Beach, for a collection of ambisonic sound libraries that will put you right in the middle of their wide open soundscapes. You'll get ambiences of icy shores, sandy beaches, LA traffic, peaceful parks, basketball games, skateparks, and more from all over Southern and Northern California, and even Northern Minnesota. If you need a variety of ambisonic ambiences and you don't know where to start, this is the perfect collection!

Freight Trains – Vol. 2 Binaural Recordings

Train Sound Effects Freight Trains – Vol. 2 Binaural Recordings Play Track 10 sounds included, 35 mins total $30

Old and new types of freight trains recorded with a high quality binaural dummy head. All tracks are recorded up close to capture all the characteristics of each freight train.

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'Freight Trains – Vol. 2 Binaural Recordings' by Kevin Durr is a quick collection of over a half hour of freight train rumbles, and it gives you lots of bang for your buck. These immersive, binaural recordings capture every creak and boom from these monsters as they roll by, making this a great pack for not only picture synced sound design but also ambiences, drones, and impacts for trailers and experimental sounds. Plus, you'll get blasting horns and dinging traffic bells from before the train arrives. For a small but mighty library of train sounds, this is one to consider.

The Home Barista

Household Sound Effects The Home Barista Play Track 90+ sounds included $25

Enhance your sound design repertoire with the Home Barista prop set, offering 90 high definition sound clips capturing the essence of crafting your favorite hot beverage. Immerse your audience with the authentic sounds of an automatic drip coffee maker, espresso machine, french press, pump thermos, coffee grinder, tea kettle, and all the accompanying elements for preparing coffee and tea. These 96 kHz, 24-bit mono and stereo WAV files come complete with comprehensive file lists and broadcast WAV compliant metadata, ensuring seamless integration into your soundscapes and elevating the auditory experience for your audience.

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'The Home Barista' by UberDuo focuses on one of our favorite morning rituals. This up-close, clean collection features the entire coffee-making process with sounds of scooping and grinding beans, brewing the cup of joe with an automatic drip, French press, or espresso machine, and adding the drink to a thermos or cup. It includes sounds of making tea, too, with the whistling of a kettle, filling a ceramic or metal pot, and scooping in sugar. Whether you have a scene in a coffee shop or you are looking for some new sounds to manipulate, these effects will make you think you can smell those beans and frothy milk.

Old Stuff

Materials & Texture Sound Effects Old Stuff Play Track 237 sounds included $30

OLD STUFF is a collection of old and worn sounds that will help you define the mood of a scene or can be used for any kind of sound design process. The library includes hums, buzzes, whirs, creaks, squeals from many different sources: doorknobs, doors, elevators, fridges, freezers, speakers, toilets, fans, and heaters. A peculiar garage soundscape is also included. Most of the sounds included are used on a daily basis.

All these different nuances and hues make this library a worthwhile tool for both film and game sound designers.

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GainWalkers has packaged a household sound collection with a twist: they're all from 'Old Stuff'. In this library you'll hear sounds that will flesh out your environment and make it feel like a living area like creaking doors, old computers, garage fans, pull chain toilets, refrigerators and freezers, elevators, sewing machines, speaker hums, and more. Plus, most sounds have several variations, making it a great library for interactive use, too. If you need a collection of ambiences that surround us every day, this is one to check out.

New Zealand – North Island Ambience

World Sounds New Zealand – North Island Ambience Play Track 53+ sounds included, 130 mins total $50

Get the sounds of incredible New Zealand with this new library: I went down to New Zealand to visit a relative and record and experience the north island. It was an unforgettable trip. I rented a car, stayed on a farm, and explored as much as I could of the island.

I recorded everything from cities to beaches to forests and farms and beyond! I even hopped on a 8 person plane to the Great Barrier Island off the coast of New Zealand to capture sounds.

BONUS – I traveled to Sydney, Australia for a week and recorded ambience and walla along the way. This is all included in the library!

New Zealand library highlights:
• New Zealand North Island crickets, bugs, birds, cows, winds, streams, rivers, beaches, rain and city ambience
• BONUS – Sydney, Australia ambience and walla
• 3.8 GB, 120+ mins, 50+ files
• New Zealand – Stereo 96Khz, 24bit
• Australia – Stereo 48Khz, 24bit
• Metadata included for programs like Soundminer

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'New Zealand – North Island Ambience' by The Sound Keeper gives you atmospheres from an envious exploration of New Zealand. Featuring areas like Taupo, Waitomo, Manawatu, Auckland, Great Barrier Island, and more, these beautiful soundscapes capture the island's distinct birds, wild forests, domestic cows, crickets, and streams for a collection that drips with tranquility. It even includes ambiences captured during another jealousy-inducing week-long vacation in Sydney. Whether you're looking for the feel of NZ or another reason to take a trip there yourself, give this library a listen.

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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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Cinematic & Trailer Sound Effects CIRCUS Horror Strings Play Track 180 sounds included $7.80

Strident and Demonic

Expand the timbre of your horror violins and cellos with CIRCUS, a sinister sample pack featuring 180 WAV sounds of screeching or high-pitched string noises, perfect for horror music and dark sound design.

Creative Tension

This collection offers a curated selection of screeches, high-tension tremolo, heavy jeté strokes, dark demonic textures, finger patterns, chaotic string elements, clock loops and bow accents.

Haunting and Experimental

Create haunting atmospheres, perfect for horror, thriller or experimental soundtracks. Every element has been designed to unsettle and disturb, blurring the line between music and noise.

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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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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.

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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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Gore Sound Effects Forged In Fury Vol 2 Play Track 586 sounds included $9.35

Forged in Fury Vol. 2 – Modular Weapon Sound Design Kit

Forged in Fury Vol. 2 continues the philosophy of providing fully modular sounds, allowing you to design and customize your weapon audio exactly as you need. Each element is carefully edited and organized into categories such as whooshes, retractions, impacts, blood, and more, giving you total control to adapt and layer sounds to your project.

This volume includes 586 individual sounds at 192 kHz / 24-bit quality, ready to use as-is or to combine and shape into something entirely new.

🎧 Featured Content:

– Greatsword (123 sounds)
Heavy metallic textures with more weight, blood, and impact than a standard sword.

– Iron Staff (74 sounds)
Inspired by the legendary staffs of Shaolin monks, offering solid strikes and metallic resonances

– Karambit Knife (252 sounds)
Fast, sharp, and deadly. Featuring rapid spins, swift cuts, and an ever-present sense of danger.

– Nunchakus (137 sounds)
Dynamic and versatile, infused with the spirit of classic martial arts films. Includes wooden hits, chain rattles, and fast whooshes.

🔑 Key Feature:
As in the first volume, each sound is delivered in editable layers (e.g., whoosh + impact + blood). Want a greatsword strike without blood? Just combine whoosh + hit and you’re set. You can even swap layers across different weapons to create entirely new variations.

🎚️ Studio-Grade Quality:
Recorded at 192 kHz / 24-32 bits and delivered at 192 kHz / 24 bits, ensuring outstanding fidelity. Perfect for pitching, distortion, and heavy processing without losing clarity.

👉 Forged in Fury Vol. 2 is not just a sound library, it’s a true creation kit, giving you the freedom to craft weapons and scenes with maximum flexibility and realism.

More about the pack
– Intuitive file naming
– Everything you need for a Greatsword, Iron Staff, Karambit Knife, or Nunchucks.
– Use the sound effects over and over again, in any of your projects or productions, forever, with no additional fees or royalties. Use the sound effects in your game, your trailer, a Kickstarter campaign, wherever you need them, as many times as you want.
– Fully mono support
– All sounds have several variations.
– Unleash your imagination and feel free to use any sound for something other than what is described; remember that the world of sound is entirely subjective.
– For any questions or problems: khronstudio@gmail.com

Features
– 586 sounds
– Format: 192KHz / 24 bits
– Do Sound FX loop: No
– Win/Mac: Yes
– Minutes of audio provided: 06 minutes and 02 seconds

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Mechanical Sound Effects Vintage Clock Play Track 38 sounds included $6.99
This is a varied collection of sounds recorded from a vintage mechanical clock dating back to 1934. Includes chiming sounds and multiple perspectives of ticking.

Features:
- Over 30 audio files
- 96kHz 24 bit WAV format
- Metadata tagged (UCS compliant)
- Available for commercial or non-commercial use, with no attribution required
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Car Sound Effects Lexus RC-F Play Track 15 sounds included $10

A comprehensive mini-library collection of Lexus RC-F recordings capturing the raw power – from subtle idles to roaring accelerations and high-speed passes. This is not a large library, but a focused collection of exterior sounds.
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Foley Sound Effects Zastava 645 Zeta 1988 truck Play Track 140 sounds included, 52 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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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

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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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