New Sound Effects: Race Cars, Retro 8-bit, Fighter Jets - And Tons Of Ambiences!

Posted August 13, 2017 by Asbjoern Andersen in New sound effects libraries

There’s been a tremendous number of great sound effects libraries released by the indie community recently – here’s a look at some of the latest ones: This time around, we have recordings from various suburban playgrounds and dog parks, busy university halls and quiet libraries, open car parks and underground garages, valleys and meadows of Central Europe, city streets at night, and museums and markets around Melbourne. We also have roaring jets, buzzing race cars, and charming 8-bit sound effects. Happy listening!

Sounds of Nature: WOODLANDS of Europe

Nature & Countryside Ambiences Sounds of Nature: Woodlands of Europe Play Track 20-60 sounds included, 270 mins total $69

In this library you will find quiet meadows, valleys, glades and open spots on hills in Central Europe. Everything sounds very airy and open and you can hear many different birds, grasshoppers, crickets, insects etc. All nature recordings are clear and completely free from external noise and other human disruptions. This is why this library will be especially useful for productions taking place in the past, like medieval and ancient times. As well as for historical and nature documentaries.

All of these nature ambiences are recorded using three different microphone set-ups. A Stereo set-up, a wide stereo set-up and a spaced omnis set-up, which also offers extended frequency response. This brings you 3 variations of each recording. Within these variations the differences are sometimes subtle and sometimes more extreme. These three perspectives can provide flexibility for crosscutting within scenes.

Get more than 4 hours of unique, royalty-free and especially high quality recordings with this library.

Recorded in 24 bit / 96 kHz. Accurately edited and mastered to sound as natural as possible. The average length of each file is between 3-5 minutes, so enough time to use in longer scenes without looping.

For more detailed descriptions about the ambiences in this collection see the metadata in our file lists or listen to the preview montage.

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'Sounds of Nature: WOODLANDS of Europe' by Fennec FX is a beautiful collection of quiet meadows, valleys, and glades in Central Europe. These incredibly calm ambiences capture bird choruses including crows and cuckoos and ambient insects like crickets, all without the disturbances of humans. The library includes 4 hours of these soundscapes from three different mic setups, plus it has the detailed metadata to lead you to the right sound. For peaceful, highly-useful nature ambiences, give this one a listen.

Parks

Environments & Ambiences Parks Play Track 32 sounds included, 160 mins total $30

This library is full of the sound of city and suburban parks.

You’ll hear relaxing and playful areas like botanical gardens, large and small dog parks, playgrounds, and skateparks, as well as tennis and soccer games. Each track is five minutes long, giving you plenty to work with! Whether you need the relaxing sounds of people enjoying a lazy Sunday or a more active scene with a inner city traffic and recreational sports, give this library a listen. 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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'Parks' by Niels Gabriels has 32 ambiences of various parks. You'll hear relaxing and playful areas like botanical gardens, large and small dog parks, playgrounds, and skateparks, as well as tennis and soccer games. Each track is five minutes long, giving you plenty to work with! Whether you need the relaxing sounds of people enjoying a lazy Sunday or a more active scene with a inner city traffic and recreational sports, give this library a listen.

Car Parks

City Life Sound Effects Car Parks Play Track 24 sounds included, 120 mins total $25

This library is filled with recordings of parking garages; underground, interior and exterior.

You’ll hear exterior parking lots next to shopping malls, echoey interior lots, and underground lots with their creepy ventilation and plumbing. In total, you’ll receive 24 recordings that are five minutes each, so there’s plenty to work with. Whether you have a horror game with an unknown creature behind that next car or an action film with a shootout in a parking garage, this library will have you covered. 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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'Car Parks' by Niels Gabriels gets you two hours of ambiences from various types of car parks. You'll hear exterior parking lots next to shopping malls, echoey interior lots, and underground lots with their creepy ventilation and plumbing. In total, you'll receive 24 recordings that are five minutes each. Whether you have a horror game with an unknown creature behind that next car or an action film with a shootout in a parking garage, this library will have you covered.

Retro 8 Bit Sounds

Game Audio Packs - Game Sound Effects Libraries Retro 8 Bit Sounds Play Track 1001 sounds included $12

Retro 8 Bit Sounds is a perfect collection of 1001 retro game sound effects. Whether you are making a 2D platformer, space shooter on any type of retro 8 bit themed project, these sounds will be very useful.

ALL sounds from Retro 8 Bit Sounds are already included in our complete sound package Pro Sound Collection, so if you need more sounds be sure to check it out before purchasing.

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'Retro 8 Bit Sounds' by Gamemaster Audio is a collection of 1001 video games sounds from the classic era. These wave-based sounds include the sonic symbols we've come to learn to decipher, like power ups, coin pickups, explosions, deaths, jumps, alarms, footsteps, falling, shooting, teleporting, and lots more. You even get a few musical tracks and stingers! Whether you're creating your own twist on Space Invaders or your character humorously gets transported into an 8-bit world, this library has all the bleeps and bloops you need.

Interior Ambiences: Tech. Building & Art Workshop

City Life Sound Effects Interior Ambiences: Tech. Building & Art Workshop Play Track 25 sounds included $54

Recorded at the Technical University of Denmark and at a big Art Workshop in Copenhagen – in collaboration with sound designer and field recordist Rune Palving. This collection of sounds captures the crowds, both loud and more quiet, and the different rooms, halls, and hallway tones that are speciel to such places.

The Technical University files are all surround files, recorded in double MS and mixed into 5.0 tracks. Recorded in very crowded places, like the dining area, and at the library, but also in more quiet places, like the auditorium wardrobes and in the rest rooms.
The sounds recorded at the art workshop, focus more on the rooms and reverberation found here. The sounds also include, artists working in their own shops, cleaning, writing and painting. All sounds in this collection are stereo.

The library includes:
15 surround tracks, 5.0, 96/24 ranging from a few minutes to +7 minutes long. 8.8 GB

10 stereo tracks, 96/24. From 3-10 minutes long. 2.1 GB

Equipment used: Sounddevices 702, 744, Mixpre, Sennheiser Mkh8040/Mkh30/Mkh8040

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'Interior Ambiences: Tech. Building & Art Workshop' by SonicSalute and field recordist Rune Palving gets you all the creaks, groans, and thick reverberations of university buildings. Recorded at the Technical University of Denmark, this library has 15 surround tracks and 10 stereo tracks of college crowds in hallways, dining areas, libraries, auditoriums, and more. It also includes sounds from an art workshop in Copenhagen where artists write, paint, and clean their shops. For a collection of unique surround room tones, look no further.

Race Cars

Car Sound Effects Race Cars Play Track 203 sounds included $57

A bundle of fierce race car field recordings during practicing, qualifying, racing and race car passes. Includes clips from Ferrari Challenge, NASCAR, IndyCar, and other races.

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'Race Cars' by Airborne Sound has all the vrooms you could hope for. This library, which was recorded at the Ferrari Challenge, NASCAR, IndyCar, and others, has sounds of race cars practicing, qualifying, and, of course, racing. It includes many perspectives, from near the track, close-ups in the pit stop, and far away ambiences, and captures plenty of pass-bys, backfires, revving, and more. If you need sounds from a day at the races, check this one out.

Attack Aircraft Maneuvers

Aircraft - Jet/Propeller Plane Sound Effects Attack Aircraft Maneuvers Play Track 118 sounds included $49

Attack Aircraft Maneuvers includes 118 fighter jet military aircraft including F-16C, F/A18C, CF18 Hornet, and CT-114 Tutors.

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'Attack Aircraft Maneuvers' by Airborne Sound is the pro library of fighter jets you've been looking for. This library has 118 sounds of military aircraft like the F-16C, F/A18C, CF18 Hornet, and CT-114 Tutors. These jets tear through the sky as they pass by, doing their climbs, curls, and dive bombs. You'll even get almost romantic metadata like 'CF-18 Hornet jet fighter passing by, breathy and sailing by in the distance' or 'F-16C Fighting Falcon fighter jet passing by to climb with a fiery crackle in the distance'. For a great collection of jets, check this one out.

Public Spaces

Environments & Ambiences Public Spaces Play Track 39+ sounds included, 195 mins total $30

This library is a collection of room tones from public areas in Melbourne. These atmospheric places include libraries, markets, concert halls, car parks, food courts, museums and more, with each track lasting five minutes long. Much of the metadata even lets you know from where the mic was recording, like the balcony, fruit and vegetable section, or near the elevators.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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'Public Spaces' by Niels Gabriels is a collection of room tones from public areas in Melbourne. These atmospheric places include libraries, markets, concert halls, car parks, food courts, museums and more, with each track lasting five minutes long. Much of the metadata even lets you know from where the mic was recording, like the balcony, fruit and vegetable section, or near the elevators. For a wide variety of interior ambiences, give this one a listen.

Streets at Night

Traffic Sound Effects Streets at Night Play Track 15+ sounds included, 75 mins total $25

This library is full of quiet night ambiences in a small city.

In this library, you’ll hear 75 minutes of atmospheres that include busy highways and far away sirens, quiet intersections as cars pass through, rooftop and bridge underpass ambiences, distant trains and bar crowds, and more. Each track is five minutes long, giving you plenty of loops points if need be. If you’re looking for that distinct tranquility you feel in the twilight hours of an urban area, check this one out. 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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'Streets at Night' by Niels Gabriels has lots of quiet night ambiences in a small city. In this library, you'll hear 75 minutes of atmospheres that include busy highways and far away sirens, quiet intersections as cars pass through, rooftop and bridge underpass ambiences, distant trains and bar crowds, and more. Each track is five minutes long, giving you plenty of loops points if need be. If you're looking for that distinct tranquility you feel in the twilight hours of an urban area, check this one out.

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Animal Sound Effects Forests and Mountains Play Track 96+ sounds included, 220 mins total $110

Forest and Mountains features nature and wildlife sounds from California, Washington, and Oregon. Included are a number of bird recordings and forest ambiences, along with some insects, winds, rivers, and rain.

These were recorded over the past three years in various forests, foothills, and mountain environments. A lot of these took place in or near Southern California’s Angeles Forest and San Gabriel Mountains, an area that spans 1200 Square Miles and varies vastly in terrain.

Also included are some sounds from Northern California, along with recordings from the Pacific Northwest.

The recording techniques for this varied as sometimes I went with the recorders running unattended to capture night, dawn and early morning. Other times I’d record while being close by.

Working as a Sound Effects Editor I’ve curated this collection with Editors in mind. Background Ambiences and Spotted FX can really bring a location to life and give it so much story and character and that was a lot of the inspiration behind putting this all together.

The Locations

California (61 Files) – This is where a majority of the sounds from this library were recorded and specifically Southern California. Variety of areas and different environments, mostly around Angeles Forest, from Lower Elevation Foothills to more rugged mid-elevation Mountain Canyons and then much Higher Elevation and more remote terrain. Also included are a few recordings from the Eastern Sierras and Northern California.

Washington (19 Files) – Southern WA in Gifford Pinchot Forest and various Northwest Forest areas near Puget Sound.

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The Birds

Prominent / Specific Birds (36) (Closer Mic Perspective and more detailed) (* denotes multiple versions)

Acorn Woodpecker, Barred Owl, Black-headed Grosbeak, California Towhee, *Canadian Geese, *Fox Sparrow, *Great Horned Owl, *House Wren, Northern Flicker, Oak Titmouse, Pacific Wren, Pileated Woodpecker, *Raven, Robin, *Song Sparrow, Spotted Towhee, Swainson’s Thrush

Other Birds Featured (17) (Mixed together from various perspectives, calm to busy depending on time of day, and then closer to more medium and distant sounds.)

Acorn Woodpecker, American Coot, California Quail, California Towhee, Cassin’s Finch, Fox Sparrow, Great Horned Owl, Hose Wren, Mallard, Mountain Chickadee, Northern Flicker, Nuttall’s Woodpecker, Oak Titmouse, Pied-billed Grebe, Common Poorwill, Raven, Red-tailed Hawk, Spotted Towhee, Steller’s Jay, Western Tanager, Western Wood-Pewee, White-breasted Nuthatch, Wilson’s Warbler, Wrentit, Yellow-throated Blackbird, Zone-tailed Hawk

General Forest (9) – A mix of some wildlife (Chipmunk, Deer, Bullfrogs), and more general lighter forest ambiences.
Insects (7) – Crickets from various perspectives and different forests along with some Grasshoppers.
Rain (4) Light to heavier in a canyon with dense vegetation, some with distant birds.
Rivers (5) Smaller detailed creeks to faster moving rivers.
Wind (11) A mix of calm to heavier with gusts, vegetation, and tree creaks.

Metadata
Detailed with descriptions and markers and photos to easily navigate and allow for options when searching. UCS was used to categorize and various bird species are identified. I’ve also labeled the metadata with what I consider Lower Elevation (up to 1500 feet), Middle Elevation (2000-5000 feet), and Higher Elevation (above 5000 feet). Included are the season of the year which was mostly Spring and Summer. Using Open-Tier in Soundminer you can use these to help get a bit more specific to particular environments.

The Gear

Sound Devices MixPre-3 & 6 | Zoom F3 & 6 | Sony PCM-D100

Mics

Sennheiser MKH 8020 | Sennheiser MKH 8040 |

Sennheiser MKH 30 | Clippy EM 272

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Hello Creators!

Here’s my new pack: “General UI Sounds“

I wanted to create a sound pack to cover different situations in an user interface.
I hope you enjoy implementing this sounds in your project!

Making-Off

All this sounds were originally recorded with a Zoom H6 (cardiod microphone), and were processed in Logic Pro X, mainly editing the recorded material but also I used the Logix Pro X sampler.

Some considerations

1. Keep in mind this sounds can be used in a variety of situations, I put a name to the SFX but this doesn’t mean it can’t be used in other contexts.

2. The sounds are in 44.1Khz/16 bit format. I have the original files at 96khz/24bit also, if you need this format, please contact me.

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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 also available in UCS.

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