New sound effects: Ambisonic trains, trailer impacts, glitches, tools, foley, doors, whooshes – and dinosaurs

'Ambisonic Steam Trains' by Detunized has 3.5 hours of beautifully captured steam trains from the railways of Saxony in Eastern Germany. This clean, intimate library features not only train pass-bys and cabin interiors, it also has close-up sounds of bursting steam, chugging engine accelerations, bells, platform ambiences and more. Plus, as an Ambisonic library, this collection offers detail and immersion, but there is also Stereo version for convenience. For putting your audience right in the cabin, you won't find a more dependable steam train library than this.

'Swish & Whoosh' by Pasi Pitkänen has a tremendous 5,300+ sounds of swatting, whipping action. With 62 objects, such as badminton rackets, leather belts, tree branches, knives, drum sticks, pom poms, ropes, violin bows, frying pans, flags, and dozens of other objects, this all-encompassing library will cover any high swish or low whoosh situation. Each sound was also recorded at a high-quality sample rate and has minimal editing for incredibly flexible use. If you haven't built up your whoosh library yet, this purchase is a no-brainer!

'Rural Passenger Trains 2 - The East Anglia Short Set' by Infrastructure Recordings is an intimate collection of train sounds from East Anglia and rural Norfolk in England. They feature two passenger trains, the Class 37 and 68, as they chug across the countryside. These 20 wide-open recordings capture their arrivals, departures, and pass-bys for sounds that are perfect for documentaries and first-person perspectives. In you are looking for British diesel trains that ring through the country landscape, this library could not be more on the spot.

'Foley Session 02' is the second foley installment by Mechanical Wave, which features even more objects with various textures. Containing 375 files, you will hear shattering glass bottles, smashed cardboard boxes, swishing jeans, cracking leather, flapping shirts, and much more. With plastic, metal, wood, cloth, paper, stone, and other materials, you'll find a wide range of foley effects to give that convincing edge to your sound design. If you need a huge collection of touchable layers, check out this library.

'Gateway – Part 1, 2 & 3' gets you three massive collections by The Library by Empty Sea - the 3rd installment has just been released. Each library takes 'door sounds' to the next level with opening/closing sounds of trash cans, creaking gates, oven doors, dumpsters, sheds, deadbolts, microwaves, elevators, sliding glass doors, cupboards, washing machines, and so much more for over 3,200 (!) sounds of entrances in the combined three libraries. You can also buy each library separately, but we're sure you'll be back for more!

'Power Tools (DTA)' by Double Trouble Audio features grinders, saws, dremels, air guns, wheels, screwdrivers, and routers of all shapes and sizes. With smooth revving, creaking cuts, resonant buzzing, loud drilling, and bursting air, these power tools offer sounds with many timbres that could voice the hums, groans and grating of perhaps the engines, vehicles, guns and ships in your new universe. For a meticulously recorded library of over 110 tool sounds, give this library a listen.