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Create some intense medieval melee combat fight scenes with this unique weapons sound pack. Perfect for sword, hammer, axe, and spear critical hits, special attacks, boss battles, shield defense, and more.
Experience unparalleled intensity in your realistic or fantasy melee combat scenes with this unique sound pack. Perfect for critical hits, special attacks, boss battles, and savage finishing moves. Includes swings, attacks, shield defense, predesigned attacks, and parry/block sounds for ultimate flexibility and immersion.
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WHAT’S INCLUDED?
This category includes various swing sounds for melee weapons, with variations in speed, pitch, and some featuring metallic elements. These sounds are designed to convey the motion and movement of swinging a weapon.
This category contains sounds for different types of attacks, including blade or axe slashes, mace or hammer maul type of strikes, and blade or spear stabs. Attacks contain blood and gore elements, with or without armor strike sound included. Spear or blade stabbing types of attacks have been separated into stab and pull elements for maximum flexibility.
This category includes sounds for parry and block, which represent the collision of weapons during combat, and shield defense sounds. These sounds can add realism and immersion to your melee combat scenes by simulating defensive maneuvers and can be great as a part of the finishing move combos.
These attacks are ready-to-use and provide a quick solution for games that don’t require separate actions for swinging and hitting. Perfect for games where there is no possibility of dodging the attack or missing the target.
We’ve added something exciting to our combat sound pack lineup! Now, your medieval fantasy games can feature archery, a crucial aspect of ancient ranged combat. You’ll hear the sounds of bows and arrows, as well as crossbows during battles. We’ve also included inventory and item sounds like picking up, dropping, moving, and crafting.
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The Caiman is an MRAP vehicle with a V-hull design based on the Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV), manufactured by BAE Systems. This Sound Effects Library contains a total of 98 sound effects (88 files). All files were recorded at 96kHz/24-bit.
The Oshkosh M-ATV is a mine-resistant ambush protected (MRAP) vehicle developed by the Oshkosh Corporation (USA). This Sound Effects Library contains a total of 110 sound effects (93 files). All files were recorded at 96kHz/24-bit.
“Rain & Thunder Residential Balcony” (RTRB in short) includes 21 stereo files (WAV, 96 kHz, 24 bit) of total length: 1h 48m 58s. All files were carefully edited and discribed with UCS metadata.
Recorded with Zoom H6 with internal mid-side capsule during few stormy days of June 2020 in the beginning of covid pandemic (hence there’s almost no traffic background!).
The idea was to place the mic on the balcony in the residential, suburban area of Warsaw, Poland, in the best, exact same spot each time, so the recordings can be edited seamlessly together. Library contains rain in every phase from begining, through light, medium and heavy to the ending and afterwards. That gives the editor the opportunity to navigate with rain intensity throughout the scene and even create the storm from pieces.
Different storm stages can work really well also for the computer game implementation.
There are lots of distant thunder rumbles but also few really close, sharp and scary thunder strikes.
RTRB is 21 stereo files, 96/24. 3,5 GB big, all UCS ready!
LET YOUR CREATIVITY TAKE FLIGHT
The SB112 DRONES Sound Effects Library is a collection of drone motors, control beeps, hovers passbys, whooshes and flight movement.
ELEVATE YOUR PROJECT WITH THIS LIBRARY
Soar above the rest with our Drones library. We’ve captured the subtle sounds of control beeps, the powerful hum of motors, graceful flight movement, thrilling whooshes and zipping fly-by’s. Additionally, this library features several M-S recordings of a DJI Quadcopter motor, that have been mixed down to stereo, and also include the raw Mid/Side recordings. Whether you’re enhancing the realism of drone footage, sweetening the practical sound of drones or crafting futuristic soundscapes in your latest sci-fi masterpiece, this library give you the tools to take your project to new heights.
Immerse yourself in the vibrant sounds of Warsaw with this carefully captured collection of urban ambiences.
This library showcases the rich diversity of Poland’s capital, with a variety of locations, including lively Old Town squares, quiet parks, different types of public transport and bustling streets.
From the distant hum of urban traffic to the intimate chatter of Warsaw’s inhabitants, this 206-minute library captures the subtleties and nuances of each environment.
Gear used
LOM basiUcho • Zoom F4
Metadata
This sound library is UCS compliant and comes with fully embedded metadatas compatible with Soundly, Soundminer and Basehead.
Vienna Ambiences sound library brings you ambient sounds recorded in various locations all over the city of Vienna — Austrian capital and one of the most beautiful European cities!
From restaurants, cafes, stores, busy city streets and city parks, all the way to the airport, subway stations, trains, buses, and more, this sound library will help you to bring your production to life. Perfect for movies, television, games, and other productions this sound library will provide you with plenty of authentic sounds from one of the most popular European cities!
Vienna City Ambiences sound library contains 50 sound effects (8.8GB) recorded in high definition 24bit/96khz Stereo WAV format, and embedded with metadata to speed up your workflow.
This library covers a wide range of flowing waters. From the gentle bubbling of small mountain streams to the terrifying roar of gigantic waterfalls.
The extensive collection includes 125 tracks with a total length of approximately 99 minutes, recorded in more than 10 locations across Austria and Slovenia.
Microphone setup:
A five litre metal olive oil tin is pushed and pressed resulting in metallic bending, folding and crumpling sounds.
Excellent design source material for metallic sound effects.
Scrap Metal Factory Provides you 64 original sounds recorded in a Recycling factory Based in the North of France.
She includes :
• Ambiences with Machines, bulldozers, cranes, forklift
• shredded, crushed, launched car, and various metal objects.
• Indoor Workers in sorting room of garbage recycling facility.
• Destructions and impacts.
Scrap Metal Factory was recorded in 96kHz/24 bits and provides a 48kHz/24 bits version.
• 23 MS and decoding versions
• 14 Binaural Ambiences !
• Stereo ORTF and Mono
The gear :
Sound Devices MixPre6, DPA 6060 (Binaural), MKH 8040 (ORTF), DPA 4018/ATE308 (MS,Stereo)
THE ANIMAL SYMPHONY – CATS VOL 1
THE ANIMAL SYMPHONY – ALPACA
THE ANIMAL SYMPHONY – PARROT
THE ANIMAL SYMPHONY – DONKEY
THE ANIMAL SYMPHONY – GOAT & SHEEP
THE ANIMAL SYMPHONY – CROWING ROOSTER
THE ANIMAL SYMPHONY – LOVEBIRD
THE ANIMAL SYMPHONY – WHITE HANDED GIBBON
THE ANIMAL SYMPHONY – MEERKAT
THE ANIMAL SYMPHONY – WATUSI
“The Animal Symphony – Duck” offers a collection of 78 high-quality audio tracks, each with multiple variations (between 6 and 15). The audios are organized with an intuitive nomenclature, allowing you to easily exchange the different microphone jacks to choose or combine the best recordings.
Using high-end microphones such as the Sennheiser MKH 8050 and EM258, along with a Zoom H6 recorder for stereo sound, we have captured every detail and nuance of these sounds. Recordings were made at 24-bit and 192kHz/96kHz, ensuring professional clarity and depth.
This collection offers a wide variety of duck quacks, both common ducks and the Ruddy Shelduck species (in smaller quantities). With multiple takes and variations, this library provides the flexibility needed for any type of production requiring duck sounds. All recordings have been carefully edited to eliminate external noises, such as birds, wind or people. Furthermore, thanks to the ultrasonic microphones used, it is guaranteed that, by lowering the tone, the frequency richness will be maintained.
Ideal applications:
– Video games: Add realism and depth to the natural environments of your games.
– Cinema and Documentaries: Enrich your audiovisual productions 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: 78 (each audio contains between 6 and 15 variations)
– Format: 192kHz – 96kHz/24bit
– Equipment used: Zoom F6 recorder with Sennheiser MKH 8050 microphone and EM258 capsule microphone, plus a Zoom H6 recorder for stereo sound.
License:
The sounds from “The Animal Symphony – Duck” are available under a royalty-free license, allowing them to be used in multiple projects at no additional costs. You can use these sound effects in your games, trailers, Kickstarter campaigns, and more, as many times as you like.
THE ANIMAL SYMPHONY – WATUSI
THE ANIMAL SYMPHONY – MEERKAT
THE ANIMAL SYMPHONY – WHITE HANDED GIBBON
THE ANIMAL SYMPHONY – LOVEBIRD
THE ANIMAL SYMPHONY – CROWING ROOSTER
THE ANIMAL SYMPHONY – GOAT & SHEEP
THE ANIMAL SYMPHONY – DONKEY
THE ANIMAL SYMPHONY – PARROT
THE ANIMAL SYMPHONY – ALPACA
THE ANIMAL SYMPHONY – CATS VOL 1
“The Animal Symphony – Dogs Vol 1” offers a collection of 251 high-quality audio tracks, each with multiple sounds (between 3 and 10 variations). The audios are organized with an intuitive nomenclature, allowing you to easily exchange the different microphone jacks to choose or combine the best recordings. Using high-end microphones, such as the Sennheiser MKH 8050 and EM258, along with a Zoom H6 recorder for stereo sound, we have captured every detail and nuance of these sounds. Recordings were made at 24-bit and 192kHz/96kHz, ensuring professional clarity and depth.
This collection offers a wide variety of barks, whines and growls from different types of dogs, including:
– Angry Yorkshire Terrier
– Doberman and Bulldog mix barking
– German Shepherd barking
– Dachshund barking
– And 12 other types of dogs whose breed we have not been able to identify.
!!IMPORTANT!! These animals were recorded in an animal shelter, so some dogs have been difficult to identify their breed. We welcome any input to identify the additional 12 races.
This entire Canis Lupus collection is perfect for adding realism and authenticity to your projects. With multiple takes and variations, this library offers the flexibility needed for any production requiring dog sounds. All recordings have been carefully edited to eliminate external noises, such as birds, wind or people. Furthermore, thanks to the ultrasonic microphones used, it is guaranteed that by lowering the tone the frequency richness will be maintained.
Ideal Applications:
– Video games: Add realism and depth to the natural environments of your games.
– Cinema and Documentaries: Enrich your audiovisual productions 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: 251 (Each audio contains between 3 and 10 variations)
– Format: 192kHz – 96kHz/24bit
– Equipment Used: Zoom F6 recorder with Sennheiser MKH 8050 microphone and EM258 capsule microphone, plus a Zoom H6 recorder for stereo sound.
License:
The sounds from “The Animal Symphony – Dogs Vol 1” are available under a royalty-free license, allowing their use in multiple projects at no additional costs. You can use these sound effects in your games, trailers, Kickstarter campaigns, and more, as many times as you like.
Periodical Cicadas features the sounds of millions of periodical cicadas singing en masse. This library has extended drones and screeches, up-close wing-fluttering pass-byes, multiple pharaoh (mating) calls and distant cicadas singing from the treetops. With my latest recordings in May 2025, three broods are now featured: Brood XXII was recorded in south Louisiana in 2014, Brood V was recorded in Ohio in 2016 and Brood XIV was recorded in the hollows of West Virginia in 2025.
Periodical cicada choruses can differ in sound from species to species. Throw in variables like wind conditions and where exactly a species sings from, and you have a range of distinct sounds, bordering on the creepy at times, to include in your next insect-ridden project.
All files are recorded 32bit, 192 kHz, with Shure KSM 137, 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.
Evocative Sound and Visuals is pleased to announce the release of Electromagnetic Fields. This library contains 163 meticulously crafted and mastered sounds from 68 devices and structures captured in high-quality stereo with a Sony PCM D100 recorder and two small induction coil microphones. Included are hums, drones, beeps, bleeps, buzzes, glitches, pulses, static and more strange sounds I cannot describe.
With few exceptions, we mere mortals can’t hear the electromagnetic fields (EMF) surrounding us. If we could, we’d go crazy, especially in our ever-expanding electronic environment. We can tune our ears into this other sonic world using induction coil microphones. I never knew quite what to expect when placing mics on an object. Having two microphones with fairly long cables allowed me to find the most sonically interesting parts of an object to focus on. Two mics spaced apart also allow for a nice stereo spread.
Have fun experimenting with and inserting these hi-tech sounds (some captured in 96kHz/24-bit and others in 192kHz/24-bit) into your next science fiction and otherworldly creations. Please don’t take the device’s sound literally. That SLR’s motor drive may just be your next rapid-fire laser cannon.
Discover one of the biggest collections of bells ever recorded with nearly 6 hours of sound.
Beautiful Bells BUNDLE contains the solo ringing of 76 swinging bells and 135 stationary bells, captured in 62 bell towers, carillons, chapels, churches, cathedrals, basilicas and clock towers across France, with unprecedented quality. Most of the sounds were recorded inside bell towers.
Swinging bells are struck by a hanging clapper. They have a natural pitch modulation due to the Doppler effect, and a timbre modulation due to varying orientation. They produce a deep and lively sound and are mostly used to announce masses, religious holidays, weddings and funerals.
Stationary bells are struck by external hammers. They have a steady and rich tone, with a long sustain. They are mostly used as musical instruments in carillons, to indicate the hour in clock chimes or to alert the population in tocsins.
Every bell size and pitch is represented in this library, from huge 10 ton bourdon to tiny carillon bells weighing a few kilograms. You will find bells founded from 14th to 21st century with a great variety of timbres and tunings, over a range of more than 5 octaves. The sounds are sorted by note from D2 to G7.
The library contains 2 carillons with 54 bells and 10 bells, available as sound files and virtual instruments (NI Kontakt and EXS24 with round robin).
You will also get 15 peals of multiple bells, called plenum.
By sorting the solo sounds by location, you can recreate authentic bell combinations. You also have the freedom to create any custom combination or use the sounds as instruments in musical scores.
All the sounds in this library were recorded in bell towers or as close as possible to provide great sonic precision and optimal signal-to-noise ratio.
Over 12,000 kilometers were traveled during six months to get you one of the most exhaustive swinging bell collection ever recorded.
• Contains BEAUTIFUL BELLS Vol 1 & BEAUTIFUL BELLS Vol 2
• A total of 227 sounds recorded in 62 locations
• Wide variety of bells (size, age, tuning)
• Contains the ringing of 10 bourdons
• 2 carillons virtual instruments
• Contains peals of multiple bells
• Contains a collection of 10 small ancient bells
• All notes from D2 to G7
• Metadata with detailed information about each bell
• 96KHz/24bit
• Very low noise
• Metadata UCS-compliant
• Mainly recorded with Sennheiser MKH 8040
Beautiful Bells Vol 1 contains the solo ringing of 76 swinging bells, recorded in 43 churches, cathedrals, abbeys, basilicas and chapels across France, and 15 peals of multiple bells, called plenum, with unprecedented quality. Most of the sounds were recorded inside bell towers.
Swinging bells are struck by a hanging clapper. They have a natural pitch modulation due to the Doppler effect, and a timbre modulation due to varying orientation. They produce a deep and lively sound and are mostly used to announce masses, religious holidays, weddings and funerals.
Every bell size is represented in this library, from huge bourdons (bells whose pitch are below C3) weighing several tons to small chapel bells weighing around 20 kilograms. You will find bells founded from 16th to 21st century with a great variety of timbres and tunings. The sounds are sorted by note, from D2 to F5.
By sorting the solo sounds by location, you can recreate authentic bell combinations. You also have the freedom to create any custom combination or use the sounds as instruments in musical scores.
All the sounds in this library were recorded in bell towers or as close as possible to provide great sonic precision and optimal signal-to-noise ratio.
Over 12,000 kilometers were traveled during six months to get you one of the most exhaustive swinging bell sound library ever recorded.
• A total of 91 sounds recorded across France
• Contrains the peal of 10 bourdons (below C3)
• More than 4 hours of sound
• Wide variety of bells (size, age, tuning)
• Contains solo bells sorted by note
• Notes from D2 to F5
• Contains peal of multiple bells
• Metadata with detailed information about each bell
• 96KHz/24bit
• Very low noise
• Metadata UCS-compliant
• Mainly recorded with Sennheiser MKH 8040
Shipscape is a sonic exploration of a World War II Victory Ship, an ammunition freighter that later saw use as a commercial freighter and was ultimately restored to serve as a floating museum and event space. It’s perfect for building space station, starship, industrial, naval, submarine, and factory environments.
The SS Red Oak Victory, built in 1944 in, and now returned to, Richmond, California, is a vast steel space with great room tones and objects. Its blast-proof bulkheads and double hull transmit and reflect sound in wild ways. No one has ever recorded in this location until now.
While there are some prop and object recordings, this library’s core focus is long ambience recordings (5 – 13 minutes in length). This UCS-compliant library was recorded with a combination of a Sennheiser and Schoeps microphones, and contains both stereo and quad recordings.
Nearly an hour and a half of recordings cover its four-story engine room, long and narrow shaft alley, massive cargo holds, and bridge. Some recordings are subtle room tones, while others feature distant, ominous booms and clanks transmitted through its cargo bays, hull, and bulkheads.
Explore this fascinating environment with Shipscape, a library released in celebration of the SS Red Oak Victory’s 80th birthday.
Beautiful Bells Vol 2 contains the solo sound of 135 different stationary bells, captured in 39 bell towers, chapels, carillons, churches, cathedrals and clock towers across France, with unprecedented quality. Most of the sounds were recorded inside bell towers.
Stationary bells are struck by external hammers. They have a steady and rich tone, with a long sustain. They are mostly used as musical instruments in carillons, to indicate the hour in clock chimes or to alert the population in tocsins.
Every bell size and pitch is represented in this library, from huge 8 ton bourdon to tiny carillon bells weighing a few kilograms. You will find bells founded from 14th to 21st century with a great variety of timbres and tunings, over a range of 5 octaves (from G2 to G7).
The library contains 2 carillons with 54 bells and 10 bells, available as sound files and virtual instruments (NI Kontakt and EXS24 with round robin).
All the sounds in this library were recorded in bell towers or as close as possible to provide great sonic precision and optimal signal-to-noise ratio.
Over 12,000 kilometers were traveled during six months to get you one of the most exhaustive stationary bell, chime and carillon sound collection ever recorded.
• A total of 135 different bells, sorted by note from G2 to G7
• Wide variety of bells (size, age, tuning)
• 2 carillons virtual instruments
• Contains a collection of 10 small ancient bells
• All notes from G2 to G7
• Metadata with detailed information about each bell
• 96KHz/24bit
• Very low noise
• Metadata UCS-compliant
• Mainly recorded with Sennheiser MKH 8040
Trains of LA: Subways is an extensive collection of high-quality recordings capturing the wide variety of sound in the Los Angeles Metro subway system.
Available in both Stereo and Immersive versions. All recorded at 24Bit 48kHz on Los Angeles Metro’s B (red) and D (purple) subway lines.
This library includes a huge variety of subterranean transportation related sounds including but not limited to clicks of fare gates, crowd walla and ambience at Union Station, echoes of crowded underground platforms, roaring and screeching subway train arrivals and departures, announcements, elevators, long recordings of train interiors during rides with and without chatter, an end to end ride of the D line from Union Station to Wilshire Western, doors opening and closing, lights humming and buzzing in walkways, escalators, and more!
Recorded mostly on the Rode NT-SF1 ambisonic microphone and Tascam X8, with a few sounds from the Rode NTG5/Zoom H5 and Zoom H3-VR.
Stereo Version Includes: All Stereo and Mono Files and Stereo Files Decoded from AmbiX
Immersive Version Includes: All Files, AmbiX, 5.1, 7.1.4, Stereo
Produced by Cheviot Sound
Recorded by Jack Weiss and Roy Berardo
Edited by Jack Weiss
(50% off Surround Sound Lab Complete Collection also included*)
**Originals License via NATIVE INSTRUMENT serial. Kontakt 6 Player compatible. Extra instruments needs Kontakt Full.
A TRULY SPECIAL PIANO
CHROMA – UPRIGHT PIANO stands out, not just because of its rich history and impeccable restoration, but because of its unique character and emotional depth that set it apart.
The journey began a few years ago in a small studio, where our team initially focused on recording a grand piano. However, an unassuming upright piano in the same studio captured our attention. Though we were committed to recording the grand, the upright’s distinct sound and emotional resonance left a lasting impression. We just had to record it and share it with the world!
The CHROMA – UPRIGHT PIANO isn’t just another virtual instrument; it’s a culmination of passion, serendipity, and meticulous craftsmanship.
Warm, mid-focused tonal character with rich low-end
Multiple unique articulations including felt, muted, plucked, flageolet, and bowed
Recorded with a diverse array of microphones for a comprehensive sound
Unique core engine that both recreates the piano’s original sonority and also creates new and abstract soundscapes
27 velocity layers for nuanced and dynamic playability
91 presets designed to inspire and enhance creativity
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