New Sound Effects: Sci-fi Weapons, Vocalizations, Bullets, Barks - And Much More

Posted June 20, 2017 by Asbjoern Andersen in New sound effects libraries

This week on A Sound Effect, we have libraries that are life-savers for your games and films. With powerful sci-fi weapons, undead scenarios, vocalizations from four child and adult actresses, bullets and skateboards hitting just about every surface you can think of, and barks and whines from 14 dog breeds, you’ll find the tough-to-record libraries that you need fast. You’ll also hear sounds of household items and doors – and tense drones and ambiences that will bring a new edge to your soundscapes. With so many unique libraries released this week, you’re sure to find something you need.

Dogs

Dog Sound Effects Dogs Play Track 250+ sounds included $100

An epic collection of dog sounds, recorded in Ultra-HD 24bit 192k resolution. This library features a variety of vocal sounds from 14 trained animals. Included are barks, whines, yelps, growls, snarls, and sounds that can’t even be defined.

Breeds:
• Border Collie
• Boston Terrier
• Boxer
• Bulldog
• Collie
• Golden Retriever
• Greyhoud
• Labrador Mix
• Pug
• Sharpei
• Shizu
• Terrier
• Terrier Mix

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'Dogs' by Sound Effects Monkey is a collection of 14 breeds and their most recognizable vocalizations. You'll hear trained border collies, boxers, bulldogs, labs, retrievers, greyhounds, pugs, sharpeis, shizus, and terriers as they bark, whine, yelp, and growl. And these aren't just your boring, old stock barks - each dog has a personality of his own! Whether you need a specific breed for your protagonist's pet or you want your ambient barks to give a specific trait to your neighborhood, this impressive collection will do the job.

Sci-Fi Weapons (PSD)

Firearms Sound Effects Sci-Fi Weapons (Principle Sound) Play Track 2626 sounds included
Rated 5.00 out of 5
$50

The Sci-Fi Weapons library delivers more than 2600 futuristic weapon shots, charges, ricochets and other related sounds.

All of them were designed using exclusively recorded Foley sounds, synthetic layers, various sound manipulation and morphing techniques.

Single shots and automatic fire, reloading ammo, energy blasts, impacts and explosions, surface hits – it’s all there, ready to be used in your sci-fi projects!

Version 1.5 is out:
In v1.5 update we add 11 new weapons and two new reloads/ricochets packs. The total number of sounds in the library comes up to 2626.

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'Sci-Fi Weapons (PSD)' by Principle Sound Design has over 1,000 sounds of futuristic weapons for an expertly-designed library with all the 'oomph' and character you could hope for. With over 20 imagined weapons, you'll get lifelike single and automatic firing, blasts, and explosions that your audience will feel and remember. Plus you get impacts, ricochets, reloading, layers, and more. If you buy this library now, you'll get free updates for the sounds that'll be added to the library in the future, so take advantage of this super deal!

MicroTone: Doors

Door Sound Effects MicroTone: Doors Play Track 189 sounds included $19

The MicroTone: Doors library contains 189 everyday door open and closes at various distances and speeds.

Two interior doors, one plastic frame and one wood frame, recorded in mono at close, medium and distant perspectives. Performances range from slam, to normal close, to a soft push shut and finally partial closing.

Contains sounds which will work for all your household door effect cutting needs.
MicroTone is a series of smaller, less expensive libraries from Tone Manufacture for those times when you need a small injection of fresh sounds for a project and don’t have time to record your own.

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'MicroTone: Doors' by Tone Manufacture gives you nearly 200 variations of doors being opened and closed. Featuring two interior doors with plastic or wood frames, this library gives you a wide range of performances and perspectives to fit the precise motion of your doors. With detailed metadata, you'll easily find the slam of a distant front door, the soft partial shutting of a nearby bathroom door, etc., for a library that will hardly make a dent in your billing statement. If you need a variety of door sounds quickly, give this one a listen.

The House

Household Sound Effects The House Play Track 156+ sounds included, 61 mins total $8

Get the many sounds of a British house. Doors, windows, stairs, vacuum cleaner, cooking, bath, mowing the lawn, washing up and much more.

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'The House' by John Silke gets you sounds from a house that could be near Hyde Park or in the countrysides of Woolley. With over an hour of content, this library features sounds of basement pipes, bathroom fans and baths, alarms and creaky beds, garden gates, creaking floors and stairs, refrigerators and kettles, washing machines, and more for domestic sounds that will help you lay down your interior scenes quickly. For authentic household qualities you may not have known were different from your day-to-day experience, check out this library.

Female Vocal Elements

Human Sound Effects Female Vocal Elements Play Track 363 sounds included $30

A collection of short vocalizations from four females aged 10 to 30. Efforts, growls, laughs, cheers, hits, jeers, boos, raspberries, sneezes and more. All useful for video game, app or cartoon characters.

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'Female Vocal Elements' by John Silke gives you 363 sounds from four women and girls between the ages of 10 and 30. You'll hear cheers, cries, grunts, growls, jeers, cheers, sneezes, raspberries, boos, laughs, and interjections that will give you plenty of human sounds for your prototype RPG, cartoon characters, or even your mobile app's UI. If you're looking for a variety vocalizations and don't have time to coordinate with actors, give this demo a listen and see if it's right for you.

Skateboard

Sports Sound Effects Skateboard Play Track 90+ sounds included $50

A collection of real and gritty skateboard sounds. We recorded these sounds on the streets and not in the studio. Featuring various skateboard riding movement and trick sounds. These sounds are so real, you can hear the bearings squeak.

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You haven't heard the complex body of a skateboard until you've heard one recorded by Sound Effects Monkey. 'Skateboard' has over 90 sounds of skateboards as their owners do complicated tricks on cement, asphalt, stone walls, metal rails, wood curbs, and brick surfaces. You'll also hear each board's mechanical qualities and scenarios like bailing, mounting, jumping, and landing. This is a collection that not only takes a lot of coordination but also the talent who can perform the source material, so definitely check out this all-in-one library!

Infected Zone

Horror Sound Effects Infected Zone Play Track 200+ sounds included, 35 mins total $15

Get more than 200 zombie style sound effects (in 92 audio files) with Infected Zone.

You will find ambiences, drones, musical elements, cinematic impacts, zombie hordes, bites, bone breaks, zombies eating, intestine movements, blood drips, stabs, gunshots, machine guns, vocalizations and more.

These sounds are great for any kind of zombie/horror production (games, trailers, movies).

Don’t be afraid to enter the ‘INFECTED ZONE’

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'Infected Zone' by MatiasMacSD has over 200 sounds that are ready to transport your audience to a world where flesh-eating zombies could be around the corner at any moment. You'll hear creepy ambiences, tense drones, cinematic impacts, massive hordes, juicy bites and stabs, bones breaking, gunshots and machine guns, undead vocalizations, and much more recorded as high-quality files that can be stretched for the size of your monsters. For horror films and games, this wide-reaching collection will get your atmospheres well on their way.

Bullets

Firearms Sound Effects Bullets Play Track 600+ sounds included $75

A violent collection of bullet sounds, recorded and designed in HD 24-bit 96k resolution. These sounds are ready to make your project pop. Featuring bullet impacts on surfaces such as dirt, flesh, glass, car, wood, and metal. To help bring even more detail to your shootouts, we’ve also included a suite of whizby and incoming sounds.

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With 'Bullets' by Sound Effects Monkey, you can be sure your audience will be 'wowed' by every impact in your project. This huge collection has over 600 sounds of bullets piercing dirt, flesh, glass, car, wood, and metal, with all the flying debris that ensues. Each type of impact has 10-25 takes; plus the collection includes sounds of whizbys and incoming rounds. To give your shootouts a professional edge and distinct details, definitely give this one a listen.

Distorted Perception

Horror Sound Effects Distorted Perception Play Track 146 sounds included, 44 mins total $25

Need to create a tense atmosphere to induce madness, craziness and fear in your Horror or Sci-fi project? DISTORTED PERCEPTION is the library for you.

Abnormal melodies, strange sound movements, transitions and distorted cinematic impacts are some of the things you will find in this collection; sounds with a distorted, saturated and tense feeling to grab people’s attention and provoke fear, tension and suspense in them.

You can also use the sounds to enhance musical productions or create some nasty and crazy musical moments, thanks to a nice selection of percussive elements. The library contains two musical compositions using only the sounds in this library (using the percussive sounds with some of the atmospheres and transitions). Apart of being a great library for Horror or Sci-fi games and movies, this collection works well for trailers too.

Sounds included:
Atmospheric elements: Abnormal melodies, feedback and tense drones • Cinematic basses • Saturated bass drops • Distorted cinematic impacts • Sci-fi impacts • Sound movements • Noises • Percussive elements: Drum kicks, distorted drum kicks, hi-hats, snare drums, movements and sequences • Transitions

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If you need ambiences that will engulf your audiences in a twisted mesh of strange melodies, textures, and effects, then look no further than 'Distorted Perception' by MatiasMacSD. This collection has nearly 150 drones, sequences, transitions, impacts, bass drops, and more that will get your audience in the mood for stylish, modern horror scenes and sweat-inducing tension. If you're looking to build your horror climaxes with the subtle use of music, check out this demo.

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Popular sound effects this week:

Destruction & Impact Sounds Cataclysm Play Track 1482 sounds included
Rated 5.00 out of 5
$195

Cataclysm is a vast collection of recorded, synthesized and designed sounds created to support important destructive moments and add a stronger sense of extreme consequence to any sound.

The recorded section of library features elements such as flash powder explosions, propane cannon blasts and artillery cannons recorded in unique natural environments with violent transients and lush, long and varied tails. It also features falling trees, forge burners, large trebuchet wood groans, rock smashes as well as more ordinary items recorded and designed to feel like an over the top version of themselves such as vacuum cleaner suctions, metal vase holders, ground pounders and more.

The synthesized section of the library features equally rich textures in the form of explosion sweeteners, other-worldly environmental reflections, scorching energy risers and more.

Finally, recorded and synthesized content was employed to develop the designed section, where the hyperrealism of the recordings meets the clean yet aggressive textures of the synthesized section in catastrophic assets themed around the library’s title.

Bonus: Two extra libraries included for free: This library also includes two additional releases from Mattia Cellotto - for free: Crunch Mode delivers 230 crunchy sounds made with a variety of vegetables, fresh bread, pizza crust and a selection of frozen goods. The Borax Experiment gets you 158 squishy, gory, slimy and gooey sounds.

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Cinematic & Trailer Sound Effects Cinematic Metal – Titan Play Track 4600 sounds included From: $135

CINEMATIC METAL – TITAN pushes big screen sound design beyond its comfort zone. New and unheard HITS, BRAAMS, BOOMS, IMPACTS, STINGERS and much more await you in the comprehensive Construction Kit and devastating Designed edition. Get over 12GB worth of clean, dazzling sound effects – available as individual components as well as layered, processed and ready to use.

The library is available in two versions & a special bundle:

CINEMATIC METAL – TITAN CONSTRUCTION KIT
CINEMATIC METAL – TITAN sounds massive from start to finish. This Construction Kit in particular starts off with an unusual amount of kick. While foley and other, more meticulous applications are certainly possible, the main purpose here is to bring out the big guns and stomp any hint of moderation into the ground.

LOCK AND LOAD
Supplement your designs with detailed, high-end metallic sounds. The Construction Kit allows you to build unique, multi-accent effects that not only impress in scale, but also in fidelity, rhythm and character. This library particularly shines in situations, where the visible picture doesn’t necessarily produce the envisioned sound, but warrants its own supernatural emphasis.

Files: 700 • Sounds: 4200 • Size: 10.9 GB

CINEMATIC METAL – TITAN DESIGNED:
Optimized for trailers, action scenes, in-game cinematics and special effects, the Designed edition brings fresh and exciting sounds to the table.

Discover the force of aggressive, low, soft, processed, clean and tonal HITS, BRAAMS, IMPACTS, SCREECHES, STINGERS and SLAMS.

DARK AND POWERFUL
Paint a sense of dread and awe – CINEMATIC METAL – TITAN Designed can evoke fear of the unknown but just as easily kick into rampage mode: Empowered, ready for battle and thirsty for revenge. Find your perfect blend of haunting thriller and jacked, gritty anti-hero.
Files: 100 • Sounds: 400 • Size: 1.5 GB

CINEMATIC METAL – TITAN BUNDLE:
THE BUNDLE – The best of both worlds at a discounted price.
The Bundle gives you the full sound design power as it contains both – the DESIGNED and the CONSTRUCTION KIT edition at a discounted price.

Files: 800 • Sounds: 4600 • Size: 12.4 GB

Included sounds – keywords:
Braam, impact, rattle, squeak, rumble, clang, crunch, bell, groan, squeak, creak, cymbal, stinger, rusty, gate, container, flam, click, chain, dragging, thwack, bolt, door, train, metallic, iron, sliding, pole, oil drum, scrap, nail, gutter, break, steel, rim, scaffold, crowbar, swell, brass, hook, grate

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Destruction & Impact Sounds Cataclysm Play Track 1482 sounds included
Rated 5.00 out of 5
$195

Cataclysm is a vast collection of recorded, synthesized and designed sounds created to support important destructive moments and add a stronger sense of extreme consequence to any sound.

The recorded section of library features elements such as flash powder explosions, propane cannon blasts and artillery cannons recorded in unique natural environments with violent transients and lush, long and varied tails. It also features falling trees, forge burners, large trebuchet wood groans, rock smashes as well as more ordinary items recorded and designed to feel like an over the top version of themselves such as vacuum cleaner suctions, metal vase holders, ground pounders and more.

The synthesized section of the library features equally rich textures in the form of explosion sweeteners, other-worldly environmental reflections, scorching energy risers and more.

Finally, recorded and synthesized content was employed to develop the designed section, where the hyperrealism of the recordings meets the clean yet aggressive textures of the synthesized section in catastrophic assets themed around the library’s title.

Bonus: Two extra libraries included for free: This library also includes two additional releases from Mattia Cellotto - for free: Crunch Mode delivers 230 crunchy sounds made with a variety of vegetables, fresh bread, pizza crust and a selection of frozen goods. The Borax Experiment gets you 158 squishy, gory, slimy and gooey sounds.

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Cinematic & Trailer Sound Effects Cinematic Metal – Titan Play Track 4600 sounds included From: $135

CINEMATIC METAL – TITAN pushes big screen sound design beyond its comfort zone. New and unheard HITS, BRAAMS, BOOMS, IMPACTS, STINGERS and much more await you in the comprehensive Construction Kit and devastating Designed edition. Get over 12GB worth of clean, dazzling sound effects – available as individual components as well as layered, processed and ready to use.

The library is available in two versions & a special bundle:

CINEMATIC METAL – TITAN CONSTRUCTION KIT
CINEMATIC METAL – TITAN sounds massive from start to finish. This Construction Kit in particular starts off with an unusual amount of kick. While foley and other, more meticulous applications are certainly possible, the main purpose here is to bring out the big guns and stomp any hint of moderation into the ground.

LOCK AND LOAD
Supplement your designs with detailed, high-end metallic sounds. The Construction Kit allows you to build unique, multi-accent effects that not only impress in scale, but also in fidelity, rhythm and character. This library particularly shines in situations, where the visible picture doesn’t necessarily produce the envisioned sound, but warrants its own supernatural emphasis.

Files: 700 • Sounds: 4200 • Size: 10.9 GB

CINEMATIC METAL – TITAN DESIGNED:
Optimized for trailers, action scenes, in-game cinematics and special effects, the Designed edition brings fresh and exciting sounds to the table.

Discover the force of aggressive, low, soft, processed, clean and tonal HITS, BRAAMS, IMPACTS, SCREECHES, STINGERS and SLAMS.

DARK AND POWERFUL
Paint a sense of dread and awe – CINEMATIC METAL – TITAN Designed can evoke fear of the unknown but just as easily kick into rampage mode: Empowered, ready for battle and thirsty for revenge. Find your perfect blend of haunting thriller and jacked, gritty anti-hero.
Files: 100 • Sounds: 400 • Size: 1.5 GB

CINEMATIC METAL – TITAN BUNDLE:
THE BUNDLE – The best of both worlds at a discounted price.
The Bundle gives you the full sound design power as it contains both – the DESIGNED and the CONSTRUCTION KIT edition at a discounted price.

Files: 800 • Sounds: 4600 • Size: 12.4 GB

Included sounds – keywords:
Braam, impact, rattle, squeak, rumble, clang, crunch, bell, groan, squeak, creak, cymbal, stinger, rusty, gate, container, flam, click, chain, dragging, thwack, bolt, door, train, metallic, iron, sliding, pole, oil drum, scrap, nail, gutter, break, steel, rim, scaffold, crowbar, swell, brass, hook, grate

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Creature Sound Effects Friction Mallets_Pack 02 Play Track 1628+ sounds included $12

Friction Mallet_Pack 02 is a pack of friction and impact recordings using a Gongs Unlimited Birthday Party Silicone Rubber Friction Mallet against a plastic cookie container. The container is almost empty with only the leftover crumbs remaining.

Using this Friction Mallet gets you a fun combination of Groans, Guttural Buzz Vibrations, Tonal Rumbles, Impacts, Bounces, Tight and Loose Slides, Swipes, and wild Pitch Bends.

Packed in at 7.35GB, 1628 single triggered sounds totaling around 71 minutes to use as a creature, sound design, vehicle layer or any other layer you can think of!

These sound files were recorded at 32bit, 192kHz using the Sennheiser MKH8050, Sennheiser MKH30 and Sanken CO-100K microphones into a Sound Devices Mix Pre-10ii.
All are metadata tagged using the Universal Category System in Soundminer, and also searchable in Soundly, and Basehead.

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Cinematic & Trailer Sound Effects Moaning Metal Play Track 183 sounds included, 36 mins total $10

Moaning Metal features a unique collection of sounds captured using the LOM Geofon and other contact microphones. We recorded household and other metal items around the city to create an array of rich drones and eerie screeches.

These sounds are ideal for adding depth, tension, and unease to your projects, whether you’re layering audio or creating an intense atmosphere.

These sound effects have been carefully curated and edited, providing a ready-to-use and royalty-free sample pack.

These samples can be used for various applications, from sound design and compositions for TV, film, and documentaries to video game development.

They are UCS compliant, with the UCS-compliant document included in the download file.

Each sample comes with embedded metadata for easy organization.

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Aircraft - Jet/Propeller Plane Sound Effects Airbus A319 Jet Airliner Play Track 29 sounds included, 84 mins total $19
Let your listeners soar through the skies with sound effects of interior idling, taxiing, takeoff, flying, landing, and more from the Airbus A319.

Experience the sounds of one of the world’s most popular airliners with the Airbus A319 sound effects library. Perfect for film and television productions, this collection offers a variety of sounds, including takeoff, landing, taxiing, and in-flight audio, all without the presence of a crowd.

Captured by a real pilot from inside the cabin, the library spans 84 minutes of authentic flight sounds aboard a narrow-body, twin-engine Airbus A319. The recordings include every stage of the flight, organized in chronological order for easy navigation:
- Idling
- Taxiing away from gate
- Take off/taking off
- Flying – climbing
- Flying – cruising altitude
- Flying – descending and maneuvering
- Landing/touchdown/alight
- Taxiing to gate
- Mixed PA
The coach perspective is free from passenger speech, with only subtle movement noises and occasional attendant voices. Additional content includes PA announcement excerpts and a loop of flying at cruising altitude.
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Ambisonic Sound Effects Fireworks 360 Play Track 36 sounds included, 101 mins total $15

These sound effects were recorded during the New Year’s celebration in Germany, capturing the explosive energy of fireworks in open spaces and residential areas. This library includes a variety of firework sounds, from distant bursts and crackling fountains to intense, thunderous detonations.
These sounds are ideal for background use in your projects, whether you’re designing immersive celebrations, recreating festive atmospheres, or adding dynamic energy to dramatic scenes.
These sound effects have been carefully curated and edited, providing a ready-to-use and royalty-free sample pack.
These samples can be used for various applications, from sound design and compositions for TV, film, and documentaries to video game development and music creation.

They are UCS compliant, with the UCS-compliant document included in the download file.
Each sample comes with embedded metadata for easy organization.

Format:
• Ambisonic Files (AMBIX format, First Order Ambisonics)

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Electricity Sound Effects Super EMF Play Track 102 sounds included, 22 mins total $22.99
Intarsia Sound Collections presents SUPER EMF – an extensive and diverse selection of recordings using a variety of processing distortion and spread techniques to push these assets further than ever before.
Over 100 Project-Ready Assets and Sources

Designed and Source Recordings

Over 22 minutes of content

Universal Category System (UCS) Compliant

Deliverables of 192khz & 96khz, 24 bit, Stereo .wav files

Royalty-Free for Commercial Use

Embedded Metadata
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