Asbjoern Andersen


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
 
  • 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)

'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
 
  • 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.

'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:
    • View larger version or Download CSV
    Gear Used:
    Sennheiser MKH 50/30 MS pair
    MS recordings decoded
    Sennheiser MKH8040s in ORTF
    DPA 4060 A/B pair
    Sound Devices 702
'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
 
  • 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.

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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Popular sound effects this week:

 
  • Magic & Fantasy Sound Effects Sorcery Play Track 2196 sounds included, 337 mins total $119.99

    Rock The Speakerbox presents Sorcery, the ultimate sound design toolkit for magic and enchantment.

    Harness the forces of light with white magic. Ignite the night with the unbridled power of fire and flame.Summon the darkest of evil with black magic and necromancy. Release the fury of a million volts by mastering the electron. Lay waste to your foes with the sheer might of water and acid. Conjure the frigid and unleash the frost with the power of ice.

    Recorded on stage and in the field, and designed by award winning sound designers, SORCERY contains 11.7 GB of HD quality content spread across 1992 construction kit sounds and 204 designed sounds. With spells, deflects, casts, blocks, beams and more, SORCERY provides sound designers and media content creators unrivaled wizardry at their fingertips.

    The extraordinary awaits within.

     

    KEYWORDS:

    Magic sounds, Spell sounds, Fantasy effects, Enchantment FX, Magical FX, Sorcery sounds, Fantasy spells, Enchanted sounds, Wizard SFX, Magic aura, Spell casting, Magical elements, Fantasy ambience, Potion sounds, Spellbook FX, Arcane magic, Enchanted FX, Magic toolkit, Fantasy creatures, Fantasy magic, Wizard effects, Magic spells, Sorcery toolkit, Magic swirls, Fantasy sound library, Mystical sounds, Sorcerer FX, Enchantment library, Magical toolkit, Fantasy sounds, Dark magic, Magic dust, Mystical ambience, Sorcery FX, Fantasy environment, Magical vibes, Fantasy aura, Spellbinding sounds, Magic whisper, Potion brewing, Magical world, Enchanted library, Magical creatures, Fantasy realms, Magic waves, Arcane library, Wizard spells, Magical FX library, Fantasy toolkit, Magical effects pack

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  • I’ve Decided to Make This Small Instrument Free—Enjoy!
    Enjoy :)

    Snow Foley Instrument, a collection of pristine snow footsteps samples recorded with the legendary Sony PCM-D100 in the remote mountains of southern France. To enhance your sound design workflow, the samples are accompanied by user-friendly Kontakt and DSsampler instruments.

    Whether you’re crafting linear sound designs, immersive interactive experiences, or dynamic game environments, this versatile library has you covered. 

    Key Features: 

    • 8 Different Walking types
    • More than 200 unique samples
    • Recorded in real snow, in different depths
    • Stereo 96Khz 24bit
    • Kontakt & DSsampler
    • Midi Controlled Knobs
    Snow Floey Footsteps Demo

     

    *Runs in Kontakt or Free Kontakt Player version 7.7.3 or higher, and in DecentSampler 1.9.13 or higher.

  • Destruction & Impact Sounds Broken Play Track 2266 sounds included, 273 mins total $119.99

    Nothing slaps a smile on a face like the sweet sound of destruction and mayhem. Designing sound for such complex events as a collapsing building or an earthquake requires a diverse and comprehensive palette of chaos. To create such havoc, one must be equipped with the ultimate destruction sound library.

    We stopped at nothing to put together this library of utter mayhem. BROKEN boasts over 9 GB of HD quality content spread across 1940 construction kit sounds and 326 designed sounds. From car crashes, explosions, crumbling buildings, earthquakes, ripping earth and metal, to debris, BROKEN features all elements of destruction.

    Recorded in the field and on the Paramount Pictures Foley stage, this library equips sound designers for film, games, and web with the tools for creating a ruckus.

    Get wrecked. Get BROKEN.

     

    KEYWORDS:
    Destruction sounds, Broken FX, Impact FX, Structural collapse, Building sounds, Shatter sounds, Rumble FX, Impact sounds, Structural damage, Falling debris, Crumbling sounds, Destructive FX, Sound destruction, Collapse sounds, Building collapse, Impact SFX, Destruction toolkit, Breaking sounds, Smash FX, Cracking sounds, Debris sounds, Structural collapse FX, Stone impact, Building sounds, Falling impact, Broken pieces, Concrete sounds, Rock impact, Heavy collapse, Sound crash, Structural sounds, Impact library, Shattering sounds, Stone FX, Destruction library, Impact toolkit, Sound break, Heavy rubble, Building FX, Destruction pack, Structural damage sounds, Rock FX, Collapse toolkit, Heavy impact sounds, Crumbling SFX, Falling stones, Concrete impact, Shatter FX, Debris pack, Structural FX, Heavy destruction sounds

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A Sound Effect gives you easy access to an absolutely huge sound effects catalog from a myriad of independent sound creators, all covered by one license agreement - a few highlights:

  • I’ve Decided to Make This Small Instrument Free—Enjoy!
    Enjoy :)

    Snow Foley Instrument, a collection of pristine snow footsteps samples recorded with the legendary Sony PCM-D100 in the remote mountains of southern France. To enhance your sound design workflow, the samples are accompanied by user-friendly Kontakt and DSsampler instruments.

    Whether you’re crafting linear sound designs, immersive interactive experiences, or dynamic game environments, this versatile library has you covered. 

    Key Features: 

    • 8 Different Walking types
    • More than 200 unique samples
    • Recorded in real snow, in different depths
    • Stereo 96Khz 24bit
    • Kontakt & DSsampler
    • Midi Controlled Knobs
    Snow Floey Footsteps Demo

     

    *Runs in Kontakt or Free Kontakt Player version 7.7.3 or higher, and in DecentSampler 1.9.13 or higher.

  • Introducing “Explosive Symphony,” an electrifying library that puts the spotlight on the sheer power and intensity of explosions. From earth-shaking rock debris blasts to spine-tingling sci-fi detonations, this collection is a testament to the raw force of explosive events. Perfect for adding adrenaline-pumping impact to your projects, “Explosive Symphony” offers a dynamic range of explosion sounds that will leave your audience on the edge of their seats.

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  • Gore Sound Effects Gore 2 Play Track 5000+ sounds included $159.60

    Enter GORE 2, The follow up to our first smash hit GORE sound library. Full of the most insane blood explosions, drips, flesh rips, splatters, blood gurgles, and intense fight and ultra violence sounds. Why did we make it? Because we wanted a HUGE collection of bigger, wetter, juicer, and crazier GORE sounds that could be a forever go to for professional sound designers. We recorded over 5,000 sounds and 300+ files to make this a whopping 20+ GB collection with lots of variations for all your scenes, film, gameplay or project. The GORE 2 library is split up into 3 sections, designed, source, and builds. Design – Bone, blood, melee & slaughter categories. Source – Featuring 192Khz 32 Bit Sanken Co-100k mic recordings, allowing you to pitch up ultra high or ultra low without loosing fidelity. Builds – Halfway between source material and designed, allowing you flexibility to start with some sounds that are slightly designed. GORE 2 is a classic giant collection that will serve you for years and years.

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Latest sound effects libraries:
 
  • The Animal Symphony – Flight of the Bees was made possible by the collaboration of Mieles Sandrita, who opened their doors to us and provided exceptional care throughout the recording process.

    This sound library offers 55 high-quality audio tracks, each with multiple variations meticulously captured to ensure unmatched sound quality. The recordings are organized with consistent nomenclature, making it easy to combine or swap takes depending on the needs of your project.

    Recording bees in motion posed a unique challenge, as they kept flying around the microphones, and tracking them accurately was virtually impossible due to the number of bees present. Still, we managed to capture complete swarm environments, including tracks with predetermined durations and continuous loops. Some takes can be combined, as on occasion a bee remained within the capture radius of all microphones simultaneously.

    Most of the fluttering sounds are available individually so you can create your scene according to your preferences. Additionally, the sounds are not pre-panned, allowing for complete flexibility in adjusting them to your mix.

    The recording was done with high-end equipment, such as the Sennheiser MKH 8050 microphone, the Sanken CO-100K and a Zoom H6 recorder to capture stereo sound. Thanks to ultrasonic capture, by lowering the pitch of the recordings, a depth and frequency richness is maintained ideal for creative uses, such as the creation of spaceships, jet engines or any sound design.

    The tracks were recorded at 24-bit and 192 kHz / 96 kHz, guaranteeing professional quality in every detail.

    Finally, all recordings have been carefully edited to remove external noises, such as birds, wind, people or footsteps, ensuring a clean experience ready for use in any professional production.

    Ideal applications:
    Video games: Add realism and depth to the natural environments of your games.
    Cinema and Documentaries: Enrichment of the audiovisual product with authentic sounds.
    Educational Applications: Use these sounds in educational projects to teach about wildlife and animal behavior.
    Multimedia Projects: Ideal for any project that seeks to enrich the user’s listening experience.

    Technical details:
    Total audios: 55 (224 Individually)
    Format: 192kHz – 96kHz/24bit
    Equipment used: Zoom F6 recorder with Sennheiser MKH 8050 microphone and EM258 capsule microphone, as well as a Zoom H6 recorder for stereo.
    Duration: 12m

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  • All files are recorded 32bit, 192 kHz, with RØDE NTG1, Line Audio Omni1, FEL Clippy XLR EM272, Sonorous Objects SO.3 and JrF CSeries Pro+ microphones, Sound Devices MixPre-6 II & Zoom F3 recorders. Library contains wav files of driving, interior and exterior foley, mechanical and electrical sounds. It is also available in UCS.
  • Ambisonic Sound Effects Forest Atmos Play Track 130 sounds included, 517 mins total From: $129

    FOREST ATMOS is an immersive sound library recorded in 7.0.2 cinematic format with our exclusive array: the Atmos Tree.

    Experience the sounds of nature in this new immersive adventure with 8+ hours of recorded material distributed across 130 files.

    Sound designers Mélia Roger and Grégoire Chauvot have explored the forests of France over the course of 3 years in order to record the diversity of their soundscapes : the dawn chorus during springtime, the trill of insects in the heat of the summer, the quietness of an autumn night or the subtle crackling of frozen trees in winter…

    The library is perfectly suited for DOLBY Atmos mixes.  It also contains extensive metadata and is UCS compliant. 

     

     

     

     

  • The Door Slam Library 2 includes 10 types of metal, wood, and plastic door sounds from a variety of domestic locations.

  • The Door Slam sound effects library is a small collection made from a recording of a big door in a school building hallway.


   

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