New Sound Effects: Thunderstorms, Factories, House Foley, Crazy Glitches + A Worldwide Collection Of Ambiences

Posted November 6, 2016 by Asbjoern Andersen in New sound effects libraries

This week you will find sounds from the open fields of the Southwestern US to the bustling streets of Kyoto. You can listen to massive thunderstorms that rattle the vast mountains and valleys of rural west Texas or hear the pedestrian sounds of suburban Japan.

You can also check out a collection of house foley and massive machine noises from rock processing plants, plus you can enjoy a large assortment of ambiences from the tourist spots of urban Las Vegas and London to quiet Greek beaches and magical Bavarian lakes.

But if you’re really just feeling like something synthetic, check out a powerful bundle of glitches, hums and noises that will bring an instant edge to your design.

Cement Factory

Industrial Ambiences Cement Factory Play Track 78 sounds included $25

The Cement Factory sound effects pack was recorded in a giant cement processing and rock crushing factory. It features perfectly looping ambiences that'll be sure to set a dark, industrial mood on anything that it's used on. Recorded with a Oktava MK 012 in MS Configuration.

The pack was recorded inside, outside and around various large machinery which gives you a lot of options when designing sounds with this pack. The sounds are also characteristically tonal and drone based and the ambiences are uninterrupted.

Includes sounds such as:

• Conveyor Belt Midrange Rattle (1 loop)
• Drone Bass (4 loops)
• Drone Bright (6 loops)
• Drone High Mid (2 loops)
• Drone Low Mid & Machine Clanking in Background (2 loops)
• Drone Midrange (19 loops)
• Drone Engine (8 loops)
• Drone Machines (14 loops)
• Rattle (4 loops)

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'Cement Factory' by Double Trouble Audio is a collection of massive construction ambiences from a rock-crushing factory. In this library you will find organic drones from these huge machines and the wide range of frequencies they express. Some build in pressure until they explode, while others squeak and rattle to show the inner workings of the machines. The rest feature the pouring and pulverizing of stones - and don't worry, with metadata tags like 'bright', 'rattle' and 'bass', you will find the tone you want quickly. For the heavy ambiences of factory work, check out 'Cement Factory'.

Are You Picking Up What I'm Putting Down

Foley Sound Effects Are You Picking Up What I’m Putting Down Play Track 72 sounds included, 41 mins total $35

This library is all about picking stuff up and putting it down, whilst you rub your beard, pop pills and type with your toes. It's a collection of foley sounds that we always seem to need, but often can't find. Each track includes multiple movements of the object in question. The recordings are mono and unprocessed, so they sound natural and can be easily placed in your stereo field.

All tracks recorded with a Sennheiser 416 microphone, through a Buzz Audio – Elixer preamp.

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'Are You Picking Up What I'm Putting Down' by Smackheads has sounds of human interaction with all sorts of objects. In this library you will find over 40 minutes of sounds ranging from scratching a bushy beard to typing on a keyboard to moving plastic bottles and shot glasses on all sorts of surfaces. Sounds range from a few seconds to over two minutes and provide you multiple takes of this close-up foley. For an assortment of household sounds that will fit your sound design needs, don't miss 'Are You Picking Up What I'm Putting Down'.

High Desert Thunderstorms

Weather Sound Effects High Desert Thunderstorms Play Track 124+ sounds included, 137 mins total From: $45

High Desert Thunderstorms has the vast, beautiful crackling of Southwestern summer thunderstorms. These powerful storms travel for miles in all directions with rumbles that feel physically and emotionally immersive. Plus, you receive many types of Texan storms with rainstorms, dry thunder, echoing thunderclaps, and much more. If you need storm ambiences that ripple across barren valleys, listen to High Desert Thunderstorms.

2% for the Planet:
Two percent of the price of this library is donated to an environmental cause. I view it as an “artist royalty” for the planet!
Key Features:

• Hand-picked sounds from over 20 summer thunderstorms
• Three-part library: Dry Thunder, Wet Thunder, and Rain and Thunderstorm Ambiences
• Thunder echoing in mountain valleys
• Unraveling explosions as close as 2,000 feet
• Sub-bass growls as far away as 20 miles
• Approaching and fading storm cells
• Descriptors: close, distant, rippling, rolling, growling, rumbling, unraveling, sonic boom, Zeus, and sub-bass
• multiple microphone perspectives for a variety of stereo images and uses
• Location: Near Marfa, Texas, summer 2016, mountain valley at an altitude of 6,000 ft.
• 95% Bird Free
• Library can be purchased in parts or as a bundle to save 20%

Dry Thunder 1:
• Specs: 690 MB – 192 kHz / 24-bit WAV – 26 stereo files, 26+ sounds – MS recordings decoded and library does not include the RAW MS files
• Duration: Approx. 10 min total
• Isolated rain-free thunderclaps from nearby supercells
• Thunder with wind in summer grass
• Clips ranging from 7 to 44 seconds

Dry Thunder 2:
• New Content – Available 10/03/2019
• Isolated rain-free thunderclaps from nearby supercells
• 15 dry thunder clips
• Long rippling booms
• Unraveling echoes bouncing between mountains
• MKH8040 – ORTF recordings

Wet Thunder:
• Specs: 2.37 GB – 192 kHz / 24-bit WAV – 67 stereo files, 67+ sounds – MS recordings decoded and library does not include the RAW MS files
• Duration: Approx. 34 min total
• Isolated thunderclaps with rain
• Heavy, medium, and light rain
• Clips ranging from 10 to 64 seconds

Rain and Thunderstorm Ambiences:
• Specs: 6.47 GB – 192 kHz / 24-bit WAV – 31 stereo files, 31+ sounds – MS recordings decoded and library does not include the RAW MS files
• Duration: Approx. 93 min total
• Dry and Wet thunderstorm ambiences, including thunderclaps
• Heavy, medium, and light rain without thunder
• Metal rooftops, storm drains, small hail stones
• Clips ranging from 1 to 20 minutes

High Desert Thunderstorm – Full Library:
• Specs: 9.54 GB – 192 kHz / 24-bit WAV – 124 stereo files, 124+ sounds – MS recordings decoded and library does not include the RAW MS files
• Duration: Approx. 137 min total
• All Dry Thunder, Wet Thunder, and Rain and Thunderstorm Ambiences included

File List & Metadata:
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Gear Used:
Sennheiser MKH 50/30 MS pair
MS recordings decoded
Sennheiser MKH8040s in ORTF
DPA 4060 A/B pair
Sound Devices 702

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'High Desert Thunderstorms' by Thomas Rex Beverly has the vast, beautiful crackling of Southwestern summer thunderstorms. These powerful storms travel for miles in all directions with rumbles that feel physically and emotionally immersive. Plus, you receive many types of Texan storms with rainstorms, dry thunder, echoing thunderclaps, hail, and much more. If you need storm ambiences that ripple across barren valleys, listen to 'High Desert Thunderstorms'.

Abstract Bundle

Hum, Buzz & Glitch Sound Effects Abstract Bundle Play Track 456 sounds included $7.99

In this bundle you will receive three libraries full of dark, glitchy and ambient textures. 'Glitch & Noise' brings abstract and interesting tones to your sound palette. 'Twelve Tones' has detailed industrial hums for your spaceship interiors. 'Sphere' has dark atmospheres made from bowing a metal bin, which were then processed and mangled using Twisted Tools Slayer. Whether your project is a sci-fi soundscape or a shredded atmosphere, this bundle has something for everyone.

Glitch & Noise:
• 97 Glitch & Noise single sounds
• 13 Texture loops
• 35 UI clicks
• 17 Impact sounds
• 53 Musical loops (at 120 bpm)
• 48 KHz, 24 bit
• Embedded metadata

Twelve Tones:
• Twelve 96 kHz, 24-bit tones.
• Two minutes each with 9 second bleed.
• 851 MB (uncompressed).
• Embedded metadata.
• Description for each file inside the excel spread sheet.

SPHERE:
• 230 sound effects.
• 126 designed sound effects. With reverb, fast delay and tremolo/stutter.
• 124 twisted (original recordings mixed and played forwards and backwards) source files.
• Embedded metadata.
• Recorded and designed at 48 kHz and 24 bit.

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'Abstract Bundle' by Antisample will shred, creep and ring through your soundscape for a steal of a price at $9.99. In this bundle, you receive three textural libraries with sounds from a bowed metal can that produces creepy, cinematic hums, glitchy impacts that will make your UI pop, and industrial ambiences full of organic noises, creaks and hums. And did we mention it's only $9.99? With over 450 sounds, you won't find a more detailed and flexible library bundle than 'Abstract Bundle'.

Turning Japanese

World Sounds Turning Japanese Play Track 37+ sounds included $30

This library contains an eclectic collection of sounds sourced on a recent trip to Japan. It's an auditory sampler of the beauty and stillness as well as the chaos and busyness of Japan, from elevator rides to fish markets, temples, busy streets and mountain streams.

All tracks were record with a stereo pair of Sennheiser MKH 8040's and a Sound Devices 633.

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'Turning Japanese' by Smackheads gives you the peacefully busy sounds of suburban Kyoto and Tokyo. This library includes their street sounds of construction and traffic, urban nature with hungry birds and garden streams, and pedestrian crossings and fish markets. You will also find ambiences of mountain streams and temples to add some zen to your collection. Whether you're looking for sounds for your anime or peaceful borough soundscapes, here's 'Turning Japanese'.

101 Ambiences

City Life Sound Effects 101 Ambiences Play Track 101 sounds included, 384 mins total $50

This library gets you atmospheric ambiences from all over the world; from the UK, Greece, Spain, Morocco to Germany and America – and includes cities like Jerusalem, Las Vegas and many more. The recordings have been captured on land, at sea and in the air – and with over 6 hours of ambiences in total, 101 Ambiences offers a wealth of material for your projects.

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With '101 Ambiences' by WW Audio, you already know how many sounds you get, but what sort of ambiences are they? These are rich, detailed sounds from all around the world, including countries like Greece, the UK, Germany, Israel, the USA, and Morocco. This library runs the gamut of human experiences with rural horse rides, the touristy Las Vegas Strip, suburban playgrounds, busy London, and much more. It also includes sounds of beaches and jungles, as well as rain and thunder. If you need sounds of human and nature to start your ambient sound effects collection, '101 Ambiences' should be your first purchase.

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Cinematic & Trailer Sound Effects Anime Epic Combat Play Track 390 sounds included $99

390 Anime Epic Combat Sound Effects! This sound effect album is excellent for Anime-inspired games, Japanese fighting video games, and more! This collection of 390 sounds features a wide range of combat impacts, skills, and whooshes. In addition, we also designed many booms, drop bass, distortion, risers, and stingers to intensify the epicness and brutality of any combat moves! So supercharge your fight scenes and embark on an action-packed adventure now!

What’s inside the pack?
Combat Hits (106)
Combat Skills (24)
Combat Stun (11)
Combat Epic (126)
Designed Boom, Drop Bass, Distortion, Risers, and Stingers (95)
Misc and Mutation (14)
Whooshes (14)

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Wild Animals Sound Effects Wolves & Coyotes Play Track 150+ sounds included $50

This collection features 150 wolf and coyote sound effects. This library includes howls, roars, barks and more from single and multiple coyotes and wolves.

These sounds have been handpicked from the Sound Ideas General HD collections, Series 6000, Series 1000, Just Birds & Animals and Wild World of Animals libraries, as well as the Digiffects Library and the Hollywood Edge Animal Trax, The Edge 1 & 2, Premiere Edition and Animal Planet libraries.

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Door Sound Effects Gateway – Part 1, 2 & 3 Play Track 600-3200 sounds included From: $30

Tired of those same old door knobs and hinge squeaks that you hear in every single game, film and TV show? Well, Gateway aims to remedy that issue while providing you with a brand new palette of sounds.

Gateway comes packed with doors, doors and more doors! Low end, high end, slow horror creaks and squeaks, huge slams and impacts, tiny compartment doors.

The Gateway family now includes the just-released Gateway Part 3, with more than 1400 new sounds.

Doors, gates, overhead rollups, cabinets, closets, drawers, garage doors, fireplaces, sheds, you name it!

Latches and knobs, wrought iron and chain link! Metal, wood, glass and MORE! All of these doors were acoustically captured in the real world. You won’t find anything synthesized here!

Did we mention doors? Yeah, Gateway has those too.

Gateway Part 1 features 675 files, 1200+ sounds

Gateway Part 2 features 365 files, 600+ sounds

Gateway Part 3 features 772 files, 1400+ sounds

The Gateway 1-3 Bundle features 1812 files, 3200+ sounds

Special offer:Do you already have Gateway Part 1 or 2? Send a message here for a special upgrade offer for part 3.

Choose your preferred version below – or land some great savings by getting all three in one handy package!

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Hum, Buzz & Glitch Sound Effects Raw Buffers Play Track 14 sounds included, 23 mins total $25

RAW BUFFERS – a Discman glitch library.
Abrasive glitch clicks, scrambles, tones and bursts.

Harvesting the glitches from short-circuiting the “electronic skip protection” chip on a late 90’s Discman player.
Connecting the legs of this chip mangles and scrambles the buffer data, resulting in abrasive digital clicks, stutters, tones and bursts.

23 minutes (1.6GB) of 192kHz/24 bit recordings
UCS compliant and with relevant metadata.

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Fire Sound Effects Fiery Movements Play Track 297 sounds included $19.99
96KHZ 24BIT • 547MB • 297 FILES • UCS

Fiery Movements is a high-quality, new PMSFX library built for creators who need fire to move fast, slow, eruptive, or scorched into the air. Crafted for modern cinematic sound design, this collection delivers an arsenal of over 297 meticulously designed fire-based motion effects, from aggressive whooshes and trails to bursting impacts.

What sets this collection apart is its origin: over 90% of the fire movement sounds were synthesized in Bitwig Studio’s GRID, where analog-style synthesis, FM, distortion, and spectral shaping were combined with macro-modulated dynamics and convolution layering. The result? Fire that doesn’t just sound real – it sounds scorching hot!

Perfect for sound designers working on:
- Trailers
- Fire magic
- Explosive transitions and cinematic sequences
From fast-passing flame whips and pressure-heavy blasts to longer, smoky, and textured burn trails — this pack offers a versatile range of fire movement textures ready for layering or as stand-alone assets.

DESIGNED IN: Bitwig
EDITED AND MASTERED WITH: Bitwig, Pro Tools
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Destruction & Impact Sounds Cracks Play Track 800+ sounds included, 200 mins total
Rated 5.00 out of 5
$43

CRACKS is a large exploration of different cracking sound sources – cracking, crunching, breaking and creaking.
I have recorded a number of different materials, designed and processed to create some more aggressive, powerful and ready-to-use destruction sounds.
Bread, Cardboard, Celery, Ceramic, Chips, Glass, Ice, Icy vegetables, Leather, Paper, Pasta, Plastic, Polystyrene, Rocks, Snow, Wood.
The library contains over 444 sound files – around 2,5 hours of sounds included in total.
Originally recorded at 192 kHz with two Sennheiser MKH8040 and a Sound devices 702.

Each sound file has been carefully named and tagged for easy search in Soundminer and is Universal Category System (UCS) compliant.

(see the full track list below).

Update 3 – New sounds added to the library:
Cracks has been updated with 71 new recordings, and completely renamed and tagged in UCS .
A total of 2 GB of free additional content, bringing the total library size to over 7 GB in 515 files.

Update 4 – New sounds added to the library:
Cracks has just been updated with 73 new files, more rock, ice and wood cracks.
A total of 1,8 GB of free additional content, bringing the total library size to over 8,5 GB in 586 files.

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Drones & Mood Sound Effects Dark Dungeon Soundscapes 2 Play Track 26 sounds included, 60 mins total $12

Step into the shadows with Dark Dungeon Soundscapes Pt. 2, the soundscapes collection for game developers, filmmakers, and creators seeking spine-chilling atmosphere. This second edition brings you even deeper into the abyss with haunting ambient textures, eerie whispers, unsettling drips, distant screams, and the deep echoes of forgotten catacombs.

Designed for horror and cinematic projects, these soundscapes will set the perfect tone for dark fantasy, gothic horror, or deep dungeon-crawling adventures. Whether you’re unveiling an ancient crypt, leading players into a cursed temple, or orchestrating a demonic ritual, these immersive sounds will pull your audience into the darkness.

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Rev up your creativity with Speed Engines Sound Effects, a collection of roaring, revving, and accelerating engine sounds. Perfect for game developers, filmmakers, and content creators, this pack features a variety of engine types, from thunderous muscle cars to high-speed motorcycles.

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Hum, Buzz & Glitch Sound Effects Raw Buffers Play Track 14 sounds included, 23 mins total $25

RAW BUFFERS – a Discman glitch library.
Abrasive glitch clicks, scrambles, tones and bursts.

Harvesting the glitches from short-circuiting the “electronic skip protection” chip on a late 90’s Discman player.
Connecting the legs of this chip mangles and scrambles the buffer data, resulting in abrasive digital clicks, stutters, tones and bursts.

23 minutes (1.6GB) of 192kHz/24 bit recordings
UCS compliant and with relevant metadata.

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Foley Sound Effects Aprilia Mojito 2004 scooter motorcycle Play Track 74 sounds included, 34 mins total $55

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, foley, mechanical and electrical sounds. It is also available in UCS.

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Cloth and Fabric Sound Effects Character Fabrics Sound Effects Play Track 196 sounds included, 4 mins total $14.99
Enhance your projects with our 196 Carefully Recorded and Designed Fabric Sound Effects. This diverse collection of high-quality fabric sounds is perfect for adding realism and dynamic movement to your characters and environments. From the rustling of clothing to the swishing of fabrics in motion, each sound has been meticulously recorded and designed to bring your scenes to life. Ideal for game developers, filmmakers, and sound designers, these fabric sound effects will add depth and authenticity to every wardrobe, interaction, and environmental detail. Whether you’re working on character animations, environmental design, or immersive storytelling, these sounds provide the perfect touch to elevate your work.

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