Asbjoern Andersen


This week on A Sound Effect, we have sounds that will fit in your project whether it’s a film, game, trailer, soundtrack or even a theme park ride. You’ll hear two different trains as they chug across rural Germany and Southeastern England, tense and massive trailer impacts with growling brass and transient percussion, carefully recorded power tools, glitches and whooshes for abstract design, more foley and door sounds than you could hope for, and massive dinosaurs that are ready to hunt you down in the high grass. Just when you think your personal collections might have you covered, libraries like these come along and make you want more!
Ambisonic Steam Trains
 
  • Travel & Transportation Ambisonic Steam Trains Play Track 55+ sounds included, 218 mins total From: $45

    Ambisonic Steam Trains features recordings of 3 different narrow-gauge railways in Saxony/Germany where they meander through narrow valleys and bends.
    The library includes more than 3.5 hours of recordings that are taken directly at the train drivers position in the cabin as well as from wagon platforms and passenger seats.
    Also recordings of train pass-bys, shunting and service operations in the depot are included.
    With the Ambisonic format it is guaranteed that the acoustically rich and diversified surroundings of steam trains in action are captured spherical in each and every detail.

    Ambisonic Steam Trains is available in two versions:
    Ambisonic and Stereo

    The Ambisonic version delivers 4 channel A-Format files recorded with the Ambeo VR microphone in upright position.
    These files need conversion to B Format prior to further processing.

    The Stereo version contains the same number of files with equal playing length, but, as the name suggestions, only in stereo versions. All takes are already decoded to 180° stereo that can be manipulated with any stereo width plugin.

    About Ambisonics:

    This is an Ambisonics sound effects library – and by using the free SoundField SurroundZone 2 plugin you can convert the included A-format files into your preferred format (stereo, 5.0, 5.1, 6.0, 6.1, 7.0 or 7.1 surround). Note: The library also contains ready-made stereo mixdowns for your convenience.

'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
 
  • Swish & Whoosh is an extensive high quality collection of organic light and hard swishes and whooshes. The library consists of 62 individual objects ranging from a small metal sieve to a medium sized didgeridoo and covers fast, slow, fast multiple and slow multiple articulations.

    The main reason I recorded this library was to create a library that covers not only the normal and fast swish whoosh sounds but also the more subtle, minimal soft sounds that are usually missing from other commercial sound effect libraries. The library also comes with bonus content: 22 minutes of metal slinky sounds, including slinky laser sound effects.

    Swish & Whoosh was recorded with Sound Devices 702 and a XY stereo pair of Sennheiser MKH8040 microphones in acoustically treated studio environment. The whole library was recorded in 96KHz 24bit quality so these sounds are really flexible if you want to experiment with pitch, stretch and other audio tools. For example pitching down the didgeridoo and plastic tube hollow item sounds by two octaves I found really cool and useful low drone sweeps.

    You get the sounds in two formats: 96 kHz, 24 bit and in 44.1 KHz, 16 bit, for more convenient ways of utilizing the sounds in games and other media.

    Objects included:

    Badminton Racket • Baking Paper Sheet • Beach Bat • Big Drum Stick • Cardboard Box Lid • Cardboard Box • Cleaning Duster • Cloth Large Flag • Cloth Leather Piece • Coat Hanger Metal • Coat Hanger Wood • Cricket Bat • Didgeridoo • Dish Brush • Drum Stick • Floorball Ball • Floorball Stick Large • Floorball Stick Small • Horse Whip • Jump Rope Breaded • Kitchen Knife • Leather Belt Light • Leather Belt • Magazine • Metal Frying Pan • Metal Grater • Metal Sieve Large • Metal Sieve Small • Metal Slinky • Metal Spatula • Microphone Windshield • Paper Sheet • Plastic Box Lid Large • Plastic Carpet Beater • Plastic Cord Taped End • Plastic Cord • Plastic Fruit Squeezer Juicer • Plastic Garbage Bag Large • Plastic Garbage Bag Small • Plastic Mouse Pad • Plastic Pipe Small Angled • Plastic Pipe Small • Plastic Shoe Spoon • Plastic Swim Fin Flipper • Plastic Tube Hollow • Plastic Tube With Metal String • Plastic Wire • Plastic Vuvuzela • Pom Pom • Rope Light • Styrofoam Ball Large • Tennis Racket • Tin Foil Sheet • Umbrella Large • Violin Bow • Wood Branch Large Leafs • Wood Branch Large • Wood Branch Small Leafs • Wood Branch Small • Wood Rack • Wood Stick • Wood Strip Small

    Bonus content:

    As bonus content you will get over 22 minutes worth of recordings using the legendary metal slinky! The bonus content covers swishes, rattles, stretching and collisions. And as mentioned, I also recorded light and heavy metal slinky laser zap sounds (technique made famous by Ben Burtt in Star Wars movies).

'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!
 
Dino – Roars & Growls
 
'Dino – Roars & Growls' by Fox Audio Post-Production has just what you'd expect - the terrifying sounds of re-imagined dinosaurs that are ready for the hunt and hankering for your Jeep tires. This library has 74 sounds of pterodactyls, velociraptors, brachiosauri, and - of course - the infamous Tyrannosaurus Rex, with multiple growls and roars from each terrible reptile. There are also distant takes to help you build tension as these predators approach. For angry and hungry dinosaurs, look no further!
 
BRAAMS
 
'BRAAMS' by SampleTraxx is a massive library that will enhance your visuals and make them feel larger than life. In this library, you'll find morphing basses, deep drones, evolving transitions, sub drops, whooshes and much more for a collection of 130 of the most dramatic sounds out there. With musical elements like brass, guitars, bass, and creeping percussion - as well as extra impacts, whooshes, and pass-bys - you won't miss a beat. Whether your trailer is for the next Marvel film or a dark sci-fi first-person shooter, this library will help you get your audience's attention.
 
Rural Passenger Trains 2 - The East Anglia Short Set
 
  • This sound library boasts a collection of sound recordings that capture the character of locomotive-hauled passenger trains in the East Anglia region of the United Kingdom. All of the recordings were taken at locations in and around Norfolk and feature trains hauled by Class 37 and Class 68 diesel locomotives.

    The Class 37 is a classic type of British-built diesel locomotive originally introduced in the early 1960s and features a 4-stroke V12 English Electric turbocharged diesel engine.

    The Class 68 locomotives are much more modern locomotives, being introduced in 2013 and feature a 16-cylinder Caterpillar diesel engine.

    Features:

    • Station arrivals and departures recorded from the station platform.
    • Pass-bys and other lineside recordings.
    • An on-board recording demonstrating the traditional “clickety-clack” sound of jointed track at speed.
'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
 
  • The second edition of the Foley Sessions from Mechanical Wave. It features additional sounds and more Foley action with a broad selection of objects. The library contains 375 files of various metals, aluminium, plastic, glass, paper, cloth and many other textures. Sound of hits, manipulating, rubbing, crumpling, breaking, creaking, slapping and shaking. Each sound has been meticulously edited, and comes in 24 bit / 96 kHz broadcast wave format, with embedded metadata.

'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.
 
Odd
 
'Odd' by Breakup Audio has a fitting title, but the collection isn't too strange that it will scare away your listeners. This library has 168 glitchy sounds that have been manipulated into various textures, noises, elements and reversed effects for a well-rounded library that also captures the curiosity of those on the receiving end. As high-quality sounds, these glitches can be bent and manipulated to give even stranger atmospheres or effects to your animations or UI sounds. If you need something different, check out this library.
 
Gateway – Part 1, 2 & 3
 
  • Door Sound Effects Gateway – Part 1, 2 & 3 Play Track 600-3200 sounds included From: $30 From: $24

    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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'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)
 
  • Mechanical Sound Effects Power Tools (DTA) Play Track 113+ sounds included, 67 mins total $35

    This power tool sound library will provide you with all kinds of “whizzzz”, “brrrrr” and “Bwoooooo”.

    Power Tools is full of top quality recordings of different small motors and rotors, all meticulously recorded in both mono and stereo. Contains bursts, sustained operation, revving up and down, drilling and drags against different material.

    Can be used for foley purposes but would also be a cool addition when making sounds for spaceships, sci-fi guns, vehicles, robots and other neat stuff.

    Recorded with a Rode Large Diaphragm Condenser (NT1-A) in Mono and Oktava MK 012 in spaced stereo configuration, at 192 kHz, 24 bit.

    Tools recorded:
    Angle Grinder • Bench Grinder • Circle Saw • Dremel • Hot Air Gun • Jig Saw • Plastic Wheel • Screwdriver (A+B+C) • Small Vibrating Saw • Tiny Screwdriver • Wood Router
'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.
   

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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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