New Sound Effects - swords and more Asbjoern Andersen


Once again a wild week for independent sound effects, as no less than 9 interesting SFX libraries have been added to A Sound Effect!

They range from fierce sword fights, shotguns, sci-fi sounds to natural-sounding whooshes, foley, mopeds, toys and more. And once again, I’ve included a highlight of 3 of most popular libraries from the past 7 days. Happy listening :)

Swordfighter
 
  • Cold Weapon Sound Effects Swordfighter Play Track 479 sounds included $25

    Swordfighter is a robust package with sharp sounding swords, heaps of variations and all the extras you need to make a fight come alive. Build unique sword swings with various hits, swooshes, schings, different fighter vocals and impacts on various surfaces. All up there are 137 sword sounds, 93 surface impact sounds, 15 knife throwing sounds, 48 swooshes and 180 fighter vocals.

    This version includes two sub-folders: one optimised for a film & TV workflow and the other optimised for video games workflow. Plus a few bonus sounds of a charging army.

Swordfighter is the 2nd release from Australia-based Squeaky Fish, and it gets you a ton of sword fight SFX – including 137 sword sounds, 93 surface impact sounds, 15 knife throwing sounds, 48 swooshes and 180 fighter vocals.
 
Toy
 
  • Toys is a package with a huge collection of toy sound effects, including rattles, squeaking, pops, shakes, bounces, slides, drops, rings, clicks, crankings, spins and much more. More than 650 fun, festive sound effects in total.

    The perfect package to design anything with a touch of cartoon!

    Each sound has been meticulously edited individually, All files were recorded and are delivered in 24bit 96kHz Broadcast Wave files, all embedded with metadata information for easy import and ensure a fast and easy workflow.

     

Mechanical Wave recorded a huge number of toy sound effects for this library – so if you need SFX that squeak, rattle, pop, shake, bounce, slide, drop, ring, click, crank or spin, this one’s worth checking out.
 
Indecent Machines
 
  • Indecent Machines is a sci-fi sample pack inspired by a concept of mechanical disrepair and emergent AI consciousness. It features 1.7 gigabytes of 24-bit/96khz samples and bundled Kontakt kits, created by producer/sound designer Chad Glenn.

    These sounds originated from field and studio recordings of various machines which were then processed through custom DSP algorithms using Kyma and other sound design tools.

    The result is a unique set of mutant robotics, mechanical snippets, evolving textures, rhythmic artifacts and menacing atmospheres appropriate for music and sound design projects of all kinds. Features 347 .wav files and 5 Kontakt kits (full version of NI Kontakt required for the Kontakt files).

A classic SFX library from The Coil, finally available on A Sound Effect; it’s inspired by a concept of mechanical disrepair and emergent AI consciousness, and comes with both WAV files and Kontakt instruments.
 
12 Gauge Shotgun
 
Looking for shotgun sounds? This library gets you shots fired from a 12 Gauge Remington 870 Wingmaster shotgun + bonus tracks of shots fired using a Thompson Rifle muzzleloader and a Barnett Crossbow.
 
Cybernetic Weapons
 
  • Cybernetic Weapons brings forth a new era of hyper-sonic weaponry. With over 1,200+ custom designed and source sounds, this library comes packed with Cybernetic fire power. Perfect for games, video, film, TV, it’s all in 96k/24bit format so you can probably end the arms race right here and now.

    The library features sound effects like Plasma shooters, Weapon Mech Textures, Designed Game Single Shots, repeaters and loops, Futuristic bursts and even shell drops. + Includes embedded Soundminer meta data.

    For that extra touch of reality, Cybernetic Weapons includes an exceptional cache of foley firearm discharges from our personal warehouse of ordinance and sidearms including source recordings of: WW2 Thompson, AR-10, AR 15, Shotgun Pump, Vietnam M1A1, Suppressed 556 and our favorite of close combat, the .22 caliber pistol with silencer.

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A huge new collection of futuristic weapon sounds, packing more than 1200 sound effects – including plasma shooters, weapon mech textures, designed game single shots, repeaters and loops, futuristic bursts and shell drops.
 
War Zone - Designed Explosion Sounds
 
If you’re looking to design the sound of a warzone, here’s a library that delivers the explosion sounds. It comes with a total of 170 sound effects, categorized into beeps, explosions, beeping mine explosions, debris, low whooshes, whooshes, shots and whooshes + debris.
 
Fringe Elements
 
  • Sci-Fi Sound Effects Fringe Elements Play Track 225 sounds included, 46 mins total $59

    Fringe Elements is an aggressive sample pack of divergent and destructive sounds designed for musicians and sound designers in need of a hard-hitting sound pallet on the periphery of normal. Each sound was built in the modular world and heavily processed through DSP algorithms to create structurally unique outcomes and ultimately highly usable samples.

    Contained in this collection are 225 unique sounds designed as FX, rhythmic elements, evolving textures, noise, distortion, spectral atmospheres and other elements perfect as building blocks to new music and sound projects or to be layered into existing work to add weight, depth and dimension.

A collection of aggressive & distorted-sounding SFX from The Coil, delivering 225 sounds such as rhythmic elements, evolving textures, noise, distortion, spectral atmospheres and more.
 
Everyday Actions
 
  • Foley Sound Effects Everyday Actions Play Track 87+ sounds included, 92 mins total $20

    Get the sounds of everyday actions such as reading, drinking, eating, shaving, boiling water, handling glass items and much more. A total of 29 different actions are included – isolated and recorded in a studio environment. Every sound has at least two different microphone angles available from the following options: Close (mono), SemiClose (mono), MidDistant (mono), Distant (stereo).

This library gets you the sounds of everyday actions such as reading, drinking, eating, shaving, boiling water, handling glass items and more.
 
Tunturi Maxi moped
 
  • Get the sound of the Tunturi Maxi ‘Pappatunturi’, a Finnish moped model from 1974 with 2 gears and pedals. The library features external, onboard and foley recordings. OnBoard recordings feature 3 different channels: Engine1, Engine2 and Exhaust. All 3 channels of OnBoard sounds can be layered and will line up nicely in your audio editor.

Here are the sounds of the Tunturi Maxi ‘Pappatunturi’, a Finnish moped model from 1974 with 2 gears and pedals.
 
Just Whooshes 3 | Whoosh Essentials
 
  • Just Whoosh 3  brings you 575 recorded whoosh sound effects. Some of the props used include: Cloth blankets, jeans, leather and nylon jackets, fishing rods, boom poles, bamboo/wood/metal/plastic sticks + ropes with things like spatulas attached to one end (!), chains, a torch, and some cars passing by.

This collection gets you whoosh sounds captured from sources like cloth blankets, jeans, leather and nylon jackets, fishing rods, boom poles, bamboo/wood/metal/plastic sticks + ropes with things like spatulas attached to one end (!), chains, a torch, and cars passing by.
 

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Popular sound effects this week:

 
  • Destruction & Impact Sounds Cataclysm Play Track 1482 sounds included $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.
  • Destruction & Impact Sounds Cracks Play Track 800+ sounds included, 200 mins total $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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  • Game Audio Packs Gamemaster Pro Sound Collection Play Track 8076 sounds included, 189 mins total $49

    Pro Sound Collection is the highest quality and most affordable sound library you will find. The ultimate collection of 8076 ready to use sound effects!!!

    This is the perfect collection of sounds for all types of sound designers, game developers and video editors who need a large range of high quality sound effects ready to use. Designed specifically for games, film and other media by award winning sound designers.

    What’s included? EVERY sound Gamemaster Audio ever made! ALL our other other sound libraries (plus other sounds) have been packed into in this amazing sound collection.

    Pro Sound Collection Includes:

    Gun Sound Pack $19
    Bullet Impact Sounds $19
    Human Vocalizations $25
    Magic and Spell Sounds $25
    Punch and Combat Sounds $29
    Sci-Fi Sounds and Sci-Fi Weapons $25
    Silenced Gun Sounds $25
    Troll Monster Vocalizations $10
    Explosion Sound Pack $10
    Footstep and Foley Sounds $10
    Fun Casual Sounds $15
    Fun Character Voices $10
    Retro 8 Bit Sounds $15
    Fun Animal Voices $25
    WARFARE SOUNDS $39

    Total value $301!!!

    Sound Categories:

    • Alarms • Ambience • Animals • Beeps • Bullets • Buttons • Cartoon • Cinematic • Collectibles • Comedy • Doors • Electricity • Explosions • Fire • Foley • Footsteps • Guns • Hums • Items • Levers • Magic • Misc. • Nature • Powerups • Punches • Retro/8Bit • Sci-Fi • Snow / Ice • Switches • User Interface • Voice • Water • Weapons • Whooshes + MANY MORE!

Updated in real-time, so it always shows 3 of the most popular SFX libraries for the past week

 

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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:

  • Destruction & Impact Sounds Cataclysm Play Track 1482 sounds included $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.
  • Prepare for combat!

    With our fighting sound library, you’ll have 192 high-quality sound effects at your disposal so you can create the ultimate fighting experience in your video games, movies, or audio projects. Each of our sound effects has been carefully designed and categorized to cover all possible situations of a fight scene.

    Sound categories include: Punch, Bone Break, Blood, Punch Whoosh, Hit Protection, Break Bone, Sword, Knife…

    Furthermore, all of our sound effects have been recorded at a 96KHz & 24-bit, which means that each one of them has exceptionally high sound quality and stunning clarity. These sound effects are also highly customizable, which means you can adjust them to perfectly suit your creative needs.
    If you’re looking for a fight sound library that will really make an impact on your project, look no further! Our fighting sounds library will provide you with all the sound effects you need to create the most exciting and realistic fight you’ve ever imagined.
    Download now and start creating!

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    Movements include:
    – Blood
    – Body Falls
    – Break Bone
    – Cloth Whoosh
    – Grab Body Cloth
    – Knife
    – Metal tube
    – Punch Breaking Bones
    – Punch Protection
    – Punch Whoosh
    – Strong Generic Punch
    – Sword

    More about the pack
    – Intuitive file naming
    – All you’ll ever need regarding magical elemental sounds [Use them again & again
    – Use the sound effects over and over, in any of your projects or productions, forever without any additional fees or royalties.
    – Use the SFX in your game, in your trailer, in a Kickstarter campaign, wherever you need to, as much as you want to.
    – Totally mono compatibility
    – All sounds have several variations.
    – Use your imagination and feel free to use any sound for a creature other than the one described, remember that the world of sound is totally subjective.
    – For any questions or problems: khronstudio@gmail.com

    Features
    – 192 unique fight sounds
    – Number of Audio Waves: 192
    – Format: 96 Hz / 24 bits
    – Do Sound FX loop: Some
    – Minutes of audio provided: 3 minutes and 13 second

    Documentation
    License Agreement

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  • For those who need to design indoor explosions and gunshot acoustics this pack is for you! Contains 773 source sounds, with a minimum of three distance layers for each bang environment.

    Perfect for designing guns and explosion sounds that need to have different characteristics depending on distance — it’s how the pros do it!

    • Bathroom Large
    • Bathroom Medium
    • Bathroom Small (only close distance)
    • Corridor A
    • Corridor B
    • Corridor C (has 4 distances)
    • Corridor D
    • Corridor E
    • Elevator (only close distance)
    • Entrance (has 2 distances)
    • Room Large A
    • Room Large B (has 4 distances)
    • Room Medium A (has 5 distances)
    • Room Medium B (has 2 distances)
    • Room Small A
    • Room Small B
    • Stairwell A (has 5 distances)
    • Stairwell B (has 5 distances)
    • Stairwell C (has 5 distances)
    • Stairwell D (only close distance)

    All shots and explosion have close, distant and far layers, except where noted.

Explore the full, unique collection here

Latest sound effects libraries:
 
  • Bringing you the iconic sounds of 20+ high performance Nerf guns.

    With 206 files and 860 sounds, this one has all the sounds of motorized blaster guns, darts and water blasters; cocks, fires, gunshots, triggering thuds, clicking, rattling, spinning, grabbing, shooting, snapping, reloading and more.

    All organically recorded in-studio at 192kHz with a Sennheiser MKH8040 stereo pair and F6 and a lot of fun. The left channels have front mic and the right have rear mic takes.

    The resulting spectrum is rich and allows for manipulation of the sounds for complex sound design. Use these electronic and mechanical gun sounds to enhance mechanical, weapon and toy weapon design.

     

    860 sounds / 100% royalty-free / comes with detailed naming / UCS compatible

    Find the true sound of it with Vadi Sound Library.

    Special thanks to Can AktaÅŸ and Sefa Tanyer for finally agreeing to lend us their precious Nerf collections :)

     

    Nerf Series Inside

    Captain America, Dinosquad Rex-Rampage, Elite 2.0 Turbine CS-18, N-strike Elite Titan CS-50, Ultra Amp Motorized Blaster, Huntsman Ambush Rifle MXM-018 Blaster, Accustrike Falconfire, Elite 2.0 series: Commander RD-6 Blaster, Eaglepoint RD-8, Echo CS-10, N-strike series: Elite Firestrike Blaster, Elite Roughcut 2×4, Elite Triad Ex-3 Blaster, Elite Trilogy DS-15, Elite XD Firestrike Blaster, Mega Megalodon, Modulus Ghost Ops Shadow ICS-6, Supersoaker Twin Tide Water Blaster, Supersoaker Water Blaster, Zombie Strike RevReaper Blaster, Zuru X-shot Dino Attack Extinct Blaster.

    What else you may need

    You may also want to check out Military Radio Chatter library for 120 files of male radio communication sounds and radio signals. Our Mechanical library is another option for access to 600+ sounds of mechanics, tools, Foley and equipment.

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  • 96KHZ 24BIT • 343MB • 100 FILES • STEREO • UCS METADATA  

    Introducing “Anime Motion” — a mini sound effects library tailored for creators who love the classic anime sound. This collection features 100 meticulously designed sound effects that capture the essence of vintage anime, bringing animated scenes to life with dynamic motion and accent sounds. Each effect in “Anime Motion” has been crafted to resonate with the nostalgic and distinctive style of old-school anime, making them perfect for projects that require a retro touch.
    All sounds are versatile and can be easily customized using pitch shifting, stretching, and plugins, allowing for endless creative possibilities.

    EDITED AND MASTERED WITH: Pro Tools, Bitwig Studio

  • Recorded at many different quiet locations, both regular old apartment and business buildings, a majors office, hallways, churches, a football stadium dating back to 1923, and a local manor turned into a museum, Doors Sound Effects library is a 87 track library, filled with classic antique wooden doors sound, collected through the last decade.
    Many of the tracks have both synced close up and wide perspective recordings, and all have many different takes to fit specific actions better.

  • Immerse your mystery and noir games in the captivating voice of our AAA Game Character British Female Detective Voice Sound Effects Pack. With over 13 minutes of meticulously crafted audio, this collection boasts 593 female voice-over files, totaling 713 MB of optimized voice samples in 24bit/96k.wav format. Perfect for developers working on mystery, noir, hidden object games, visual novels, and more, this pack offers a versatile voice profile that adds depth and authenticity to any project. And with its clean audio format, it’s ready for customization and integration into your game seamlessly.

    • 593 female voice-over audio files
    • 713 MB of voice samples
    • All in 24bit/96k .wav file format
  • Car Sound Effects Kia Ceed 2006 compact car Play Track 235 sounds included, 31 mins total $60

    All files are recorded 32bit, 192 kHz, with Shure KSM 137, Line Audio Omni1, FEL Clippy XLR EM272 and Sonorous Objects SO.3 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.


   

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