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Human Sound Effects Ambisonic Audiences Play Track 133+ sounds included
Rated 5.00 out of 5
$50

Applause and Laughter recorded in various spaces in full B-Format Ambisonic surround. Over 90 tracks of audience laughter an another 40 of so of applause and audience reactions and chatter. 96 kHz / 24 bit recordings with full Soundminer-embedded metadata.

Transcode with the free SoundField SurroundZone 2 plug-in in your DAW of choice, or use Svein Berge’s brilliant Harpex-B for stunning results.

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Ambisonic Sound Effects Applause Play Track 19+ sounds included, 8 mins total $75

Mostly recorded at “the Olympia”, a great concert hall in Paris, this collection is all about the applause and crowd reactions. From large groups to single persons, we aim to cover any kind of emotion felt during a show. If you are looking for realism and authenticity, you should find it here.

About Ambisonics:
This is an Ambisonics sound effects library - and by using the free SoundField SurroundZone 2 plugin you can convert the B-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.

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Human Sound Effects Applauses Play Track 50 sounds included, 11 mins total $35

It took me 2 years to create this sound library and for the first time I used AI to create a cover image! 50 applause recordings made in various interior and exterior places, small and big audience, some with cheering and some with only clapping. All files are recorded 32bit, 192kHz with FEL Pluggy EM272 and Sonorous Objects SO.3 microphones, Zoom F3 recorder. The library is also available in UCS.

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Environments & Ambiences Basketball Match Ambience Play Track 32 sounds included, 214 mins total $35

Basketball Match Ambience provides three distinct soundscapes spread through long, evolving and captivating sound recordings from Portugal’s primary masculine and feminine leagues, in addition to a U18 match.

All recordings were attained from a centered front-row seat position in crystal-clear stereo, meaning you have all the necessary field-of-play interactions, in addition to varied crowd reactions ranging from diverse support chants, booing, casual conversations, overexcited children, clapping, local team speaker asking for crowd backing and presenting variety acts on breaks or timeouts, referee whistles, coach instructions and air horns. This versatility of content guarantees full immersion, drama, excitement, intensity and realism for film, television, videogames, podcasts and more. Your audience will be transported courtside in no time.

The U18 sound files have a constant stream of parents supporting their children, interspersed with quieter moments, making it ideal for a more balanced basketball match ambience.

With over three and a half hours of content, this library is your all-access pass to the pulsepounding, passionate world of basketball.

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Human Sound Effects Crowds & Applause: Small to Medium Play Track 85 sounds included $36.30

This library features crowds from 4 to 800 people. The highlight surely is very rare to come by recordings from inside a cinema (crowd chatting, leaving, afterparty, cueing, and clapping for the movie at the premiere). But with this library, you get lots of interior and exterior recordings of applause (in churches, at concerts, performances & press conferences.
Also, there is quite a lot of walla. Mostly in German language, there is also lots of indistinct talking that can be placed in any background.

Most of these recordings were performed with a matched pair of Earthworks QTC50 on a stand in ab configuration, so they have a very nice stereo image and no movement during the takes.

Some recordings feature hard to recreate crowd sounds like laughing, or camera clicking (motors) at a press confrerence, clearing throats, children applauding or playing or multiple feet walking. There is also a recording of a theatre / opera rehearsal on stage (no singing).

I had planned a bigger crowds library, but due to Corona, my recordings in music stadiums & at sporting events got canceled. If If I record and release them at a later point, you will get them at a discount when you bought this library. I thought I release it anyway, as many editors can’t record crowd atmos and loop group atm.

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Environments & Ambiences Crowds Walla (SB100) Play Track 140 sounds included, 330 mins total $50

CROWD APPLAUSE AND WALLA FOR ANY PROJECT
The SB100 CROWD WALLA sound effects library is a comprehensive and varied modern applause and walla library available.

THE SECRET WEAPON TO BRING LIFE TO YOUR PROJECT
Whether you are working on a feature film, tv show or live performance — the CROWD WALLA library brings realism and life to your project. This sound library has been recorded all over the world, from Los Angeles to Thailand, and compiled over the course of many years. The files have been edited so each file is ready to drop in and enhance your project. Every file has Soundminer compliant metadata embedded, and a structured organized file naming structure. You’ll be blown away with how much life and realism will be added to your project with this CROWD WALLA library.

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Environments & Ambiences Futsal Match Ambience Play Track 16 sounds included, 135 mins total $20

Futsal Match Ambience provides two distinct soundscapes spread through long, evolving and captivating sound recordings from Portugal’s primary masculine and feminine leagues.

Futsal is a fast-paced and dynamic indoor sport that combines elements of soccer with unique features tailored to smaller, enclosed spaces; promoting close ball control, quick passes, and rapid transitions, making it an ideal platform for honing individual technique and teamwork.

All recordings were attained from a centered front-row seat position in crystal-clear stereo, meaning you have all the necessary field-of-play interactions, in addition to varied crowd reactions ranging from diverse support chants, booing, casual conversations, goals from both teams, clapping, referee whistles and air horns. This versatility of content guarantees full immersion, drama, excitement, intensity and realism for film, television, videogames, podcasts and more. Your audience will be transported courtside in no time.

With over two hours of content, this library is your all-access pass to the electrifying, skillful world of futsal.

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Human Sound Effects G4F SFX03 – Small Crowds Outdoor Play Track 1947 sounds included $74

G4F SFX03 – Small Crowds Outdoor is a sound effects library dedicated to outdoor voice samples, recorded with small audiences (from solos to 15 actors).

If you are looking for outdoor crowds with a sizable audience, then this library will definitely help.

Nb Files: 621 wavs (207 files with 3 different mic placements and setups : MS near, MS far, ORTF rear) which bring a total flexibility to the sound editor for a final mixdown in stereo, quad, 5.1 etc…

Nb SFX: 1947 (649 SFX in 3 placements each)

Size: 4,38Go (zip archive of 2,90Go)

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Environments & Ambiences Handball Match Ambience Play Track 15 sounds included, 101 mins total $20

Handball Match Ambience provides two distinct soundscapes spread through long, evolving and captivating sound recordings from Portugal’s primary masculine league, in addition to a feminine EHF European Cup match.

Handball is a fast-paced and dynamic indoor sport known for its rapid-fire offensive transitions and high number of goals from both teams on any given match. The game emphasizes quick passing, dynamic movement and strategic teamwork, perfect at evoking varied crowd responses in a short time span.

All recordings were attained from a centered front-row seat position in crystal-clear stereo, meaning you have all the necessary field-of-play interactions, in addition to varied crowd reactions ranging from diverse support chants, booing, casual conversations, goals from both teams, clapping, referee whistles and air horns. This versatility of content guarantees full immersion, drama, excitement, intensity and realism for film, television, videogames, podcasts and more. Your audience will be transported courtside in no time.

With over one and a half hours of content, this library is your all-access pass to the exhilarating, intense world of handball.

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Sports Sound Effects Indoor Tennis Stadium Crowds Play Track 50+ sounds included, 52 mins total
Rated 5.00 out of 5
$25

A boutique sound library of indoor tennis stadium crowds.

The recordings include:
– Crowd cheers with low, medium and high energy.
– Clapping and vocal reactions to the match
– Atmosphere/Backgrounds of the game

Total duration of 52 minutes 18 seconds and all files are meta tagged.

Please note that my sound libraries do not go on sale (this is so prices are fair all year round), and they are sold exclusively on asoundeffect. :-)

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Funny / Comedy / Cartoon Laughs Play Track 380 sounds included $69

What’s so funny? This library is!

Featuring 380 files, including a large group of more than 200 people laughing, cheering, applauding and generally having a great time, as well as several smaller groups and individuals laughing.

Fantastic for comedy shows, sitcoms – and anywhere where you need to add the sound of people having some real fun:

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Environments & Ambiences Pro Hockey Ambiences Play Track 500+ sounds included, 240+ mins total From: $95

Ths library delivers a huge collection of quadrophonic hockey crowds from every perspective. And hockey crowds are different from other pro sporting crowds:

The NHL mandates that the music has to stop during play, which leaves every gasp, oh, and cheer free and clear of PA induced pollution.
This wrinkle in the rules of play means that pro hockey games are the ideal setting for recording arena crowds for any situation.

Our hockey crowds were recorded over the course of an NHL season and were done with unprecedented access. Entire games were recorded from various locations including:

– on the camera platform
– in the upper level seats in the hallway
– outside the doors pre and post game
– in the platinum level bar
– under the bleachers
– from the top of the penalty boxes

Each location was recorded in beautiful dual ORTF or double MS quad.

The end result is an immersive sound set that has been carefully edited and fully tagged with metadata. Finding the elements you need is simple and direct.

Pick this library up today and cover your arena crowd needs in style.

Two versions available:
Pro Hockey Ambiences – Lite
• 24 bit, 48 kHz interleaved wav files
• soundminer and bwav metadata tags
• photography
• more than 4 hours of recordings

Pro Hockey Ambiences – Full
• 24 bit, 96kHz quadraphonic split wav files
• Soundminer and bwav metadata tags
• Photography
• Over 17 Gigabytes of sound
• More than 4 hours of recordings

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Environments & Ambiences Roller Hockey Match Ambience Play Track 29 sounds included, 228 mins total $35

Roller Hockey Match Ambience provides three distinct soundscapes spread through long, evolving and captivating sound recordings from Portugal’s primary masculine and feminine leagues, in addition to a WSE Champions League match.

This is a fast-paced sport played on roller skates inside a smooth-surfaced rink, meaning there’s sounds that can’t be found on any other type of athletic activity such as sticks hitting the hard rubber puck or floor, intense break sounds from offensive transitions and hard hitting impacts of players on the confines of the rink.

All recordings were attained from a centered front-row seat position in crystal-clear stereo, meaning you have all the necessary field-of-play interactions, in addition to varied crowd reactions ranging from diverse support chants, booing, casual conversations, overexcited children, clapping, local team speaker asking for crowd backing, referee whistles, coach instructions and air horns. This versatility of content guarantees full immersion, drama, excitement, intensity and realism for film, television, videogames, podcasts and more. Your audience will be transported courtside in no time.

The WSE Champions League sound files have a constant stream of parents and local supporters championing their local team, interspersed with quieter moments, making it ideal for a more balanced roller hockey match ambience. Also included in this section are pre-match drills.

With over three hours and forty minutes of content, this library is your all-access pass to the athletic, highly competitive world of roller hockey.

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Human Sound Effects South African Soccer Crowds Play Track 45 sounds included, 34 mins total $35

Introducing our “South African Soccer Crowds” sound effects library. A vibrant collection that captures the atmosphere of Cape Town stadium! Immerse yourself in the unique soundscapes of passionate football fans.

From the exhilarating chants and harmonised singing to the rhythmic clapping and enthusiastic whistles, each track transports you right into the heart of the action. And let’s not forget the iconic vuvuzelas, contributing their unmistakable buzz!

Whether it’s the jubilant roars following a stunning goal, the collective gasps at controversial fouls, or the palpable tension after a missed attempt, this library offers a diverse range of crowd reactions that embody the spirit of South African soccer. Also available as part of the “South African Bundle” collection.

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Bundles Sports Ambience Bundle Play Track 352 sounds included, 1522 mins total $150
Design realistic sports ambiences with this feature complete bundle of crowd reactions and field-of-play interactions, recorded in crystal-clear stereo on a centered front-row seat position.

Inside Sports Ambience Bundle you’ll find everything from support chants, goal celebrations, booing, casual conversations, clapping, local team speakers asking for crowd backing, referee whistles, coach instructions, air horns, overenthusiastic children, pre-match drills, and plenty of other content spread through long and evolving audio files.

Sports included on this bundle are the following:
- Basketball: played on a rectangular court, the objective is to score points by shooting the ball through the opponent’s hoop, mounted 10 feet above the ground, while preventing the opposing team from doing the same. Players dribble, pass, and shoot the ball with precision and agility, showcasing their athleticism and skill.
- Futsal: a fast-paced and dynamic indoor sport that combines elements of soccer with unique features tailored to smaller, enclosed spaces; promoting close ball control, quick passes, and rapid transitions, making it an ideal platform for honing individual technique and teamwork.
- Handball: a fast-paced and dynamic indoor sport known for its rapid-fire offensive transitions and high number of goals from both teams on any given match. The game emphasizes quick passing, dynamic movement and strategic teamwork, perfect at evoking varied crowd responses in a short time span.
- Roller Hockey: a fast-paced sport played on roller skates inside a smooth-surfaced rink, meaning there’s sounds that can’t be found on any other type of athletic activity such as sticks hitting the hard rubber puck or floor, intense break sounds from offensive transitions and hard hitting impacts of players on the confines of the rink.
- Soccer: renowned for its fluidity and dynamic gameplay, where players dribble, pass, and shoot with precision and finesse, soccer demands a combination of athleticism, agility, and strategic thinking, as players navigate the field to outmaneuver their opponents and create scoring opportunities. Setting it apart from other sports by being played on large stadiums, soccer has a unique flavor when it comes to crowd reactions and supportive chants.
- Swimming: the regional competition audio files have abundant support chants from a young audience with minimal crowd dialogue, perfect to be used on any audiovisual project set in a swimming pool. The neutral takes of people swimming at a different public pool with no crowd conversations complement this section, providing different options for smart sound editing.
- Water Polo: a team based sport played in a swimming pool, where each player uses intense swimming strokes and tactics to score and defend their goal. This requires constant communication between team mates and coaches, giving a distinct flavor to this sport with its booming echoes, splashes, shouting and plentiful goal celebrations.
- Volleyball: a highly intense and balanced sport characterized by its fast-paced nature, emphasis on teamwork and strategic play, where players use a combination of spiking, blocking, setting, and serving techniques to gain an advantage and outmaneuver their opponents. The game is played on a rectangular court divided by a net, with each team aiming to score points by grounding the ball on the opposing team’s side.
With over 48GB of content spread through 1522 minutes, this bundle serves as your seasonal ticket for any team sports project and its passionate crowds.

Sports Ambience Bundle contains:
Bonus Content: Sports Ambience Bundle offers an additional three and a half hours of recordings from Portugal’s main soccer league in a crowded stadium, alongside outdoors youth drills.
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Human Sound Effects Surround At the Club 1 5.1+Stereo Play Track 108 sounds included $79

Surround At the Club features 108 HD 24bit/48khz 5.1 Surround Sound Crowd Effects with a large selection of Audience laughing and cheering – recorded in 2 premiere comedy club locations in Los Angeles. Recorded with discrete Quad microphones, and mastered in 5.1 surround (L-C-R-Ls-Rr-Lf Embedded .WAV format). Recording locations are all from center of the crowd to create the widest possible sound. A stereo version of each cue is also included, as well as embedded metadata. All new, original recordings.

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Surround Sound Effects Surround At The Show 1 – 5.1 + Stereo Play Track 48 sounds included, 20 mins total $109

Surround At the Show features 48 HD 24bit/48khz 5.1 Surround Sound Crowd Effects with a large selection of Audience cheers and swells. Recorded in 3 premiere venues in Los Angeles during sold out rock concerts.

Recorded with discrete Quad microphones, and mastered in 5.1 surround (L-C-R-Ls-Rr-Lf Embeded .WAV format). Recording locations are all from center of the crowd to create the widest possible sound. From veteran Hollywood Sound Designer Lenny Jones.

A stereo version of each cue is included, as well as embedded metadata. Want a taste of what's included? Download the 5.1 Surround Demo file here and try it out on your own system!

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Human Sound Effects Surround At the Show 2 5.1 + Stereo Play Track 54 sounds included, 11 mins total $109

Surround At the Show 2 features 54 24bit / 96 kHz 5.1 Surround Sound Crowd Effects with a large selection of mostly female audience cheers and swells. Recorded in 3 premier locations in Los Angeles: A large Stadium, a Traveling Circus and a large Political Rally. Recorded with discrete Quad microphones, and mastered in 5.1 surround (L-C-R-Ls-Rr-Lf Embedded .WAV format). Recording locations are all from center of the crowd to create the widest possible sound. From veteran Hollywood Sound Designer Lenny Jones.

A stereo version of each cue is included, as well as embedded metadata. All new, original recordings.

Want a taste of what's included? Download the 5.1 Surround Demo file here and try it out on your own system!

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Environments & Ambiences Swimming Pool Ambience Play Track 30 sounds included, 248 mins total $35

Swimming Pool Ambience provides five distinct soundscapes spread through long, evolving and captivating sound recordings from Portugal’s primary water polo masculine and feminine leagues, a regional swimming competition, neutral takes at a public pool and locker room ambiences.

Water polo is a team based sport played in a swimming pool, where each player uses intense swimming strokes and tactics to score and defend their goal. This requires constant communication between team mates and coaches, prominently featured in this library, giving a distinct flavor to this sport with its booming echoes, splashes, shouting and plentiful goal celebrations. In addition to all this, you have varied crowd reactions, pre-match drills, team presentations and quieter moments.

The regional swimming competition audio files have abundant support chants from a young audience with minimal crowd dialogue, perfect to be used on any audiovisual project set in a swimming pool. The neutral takes of people swimming at a different public pool with no crowd conversations complement this section, providing different options for smart sound editing.

With a little over four hours of content, this library is your deep dive into the world of aquatic sports.

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Weather Sound Effects Thunderstorm Chaser Play Track 208+ sounds included From: $129
THE SOUND OF NATURE’S FURY

Thunderstorms are nature’s most electrifying spectacle, but capturing their raw power is no easy task. THUNDERSTORM CHASER is the result of six years of storm chasing, thousands of miles travelled, and some near-death experiences in pursuit of the most authentic thunder sound effects ever recorded. From deep, distant rumbles rolling over the plains to ground-shaking cracks of lightning, this library delivers unparalleled realism and spatial depth.

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THE ULTIMATE THUNDER SFX LIBRARY – REAL, RAW, AND UNCOMPROMISED
Many sound libraries offer artificially enhanced or layered thunder sounds. THUNDERSTORM CHASER is 100% natural, recorded in the wildest storms across the United States. These recordings capture thunderstorms in its purest form, without post-production embellishments—just the raw, highly dynamic power of nature.

CAPTURED AND RECORDED FOR THE HIGHEST DEMANDS

With 36.1 GB of high-resolution recordings, THUNDERSTORM CHASER offers an extensive range of immersive soundscapes. Every file is meticulously labeled with precise, well-structured metadata, ensuring effortless searchability and seamless integration into professional workflows.

THE MOST FLEXIBLE THUNDER SOUND LIBRARY EVER

From stereo to surround, Dolby Atmos, and Ambisonics, THUNDERSTORM CHASER is the most versatile thunder sfx library available. Thanks to the Schoeps ORTF-3D microphone setup, these recordings immerse audiences in the storm, making them perfect for cinematic productions, VR experiences, and high-end game sound design.

BEYOND THUNDER – THE FULL STORM EXPERIENCE
While thunder is the star, this collection also captures the full storm environment:
- Distant rumbles and eerie silences before the storm
- Explosive lightning cracks
- The pounding rain, hail, and howling winds that complete the storm experience
- Unfiltered natural dynamics, allowing for perfect layering in sound design
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INCLUDED SOUNDS – KEYWORDS
BOOMING, CLAPPING, CLASHING, CLOSE, CRACKING, DISTANT, DRIPS, DROPS, FOLIAGE, FOREST, HAIL, HEAVY, LIGHT, METALLIC, MODERATE, PEELING, RAIN, REVERBERANT, ROLLING, STORM, SWEEPING, TAPS, THUNDER, WEATHER, WIND
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Environments & Ambiences UK Seaside Town & Theme Park Play Track 35+ sounds included $28

Step right up, step right up, UK Seaside Town & Theme Park contains a varied assortment of sounds recorded from a very popular seaside destination in the UK called Blackpool. We have covered many different areas in the town, including some of the tallest rollercoasters in Europe to close up sounds of waves lapping and interesting rail cars with unique horns. This library will be an amazing addition to sound designers looking for ambiences from a rarely recorded location and are perfect for using in films, documentaries, commercials, video games and other projects.

Our team of Audio Craftsmen went through fascinating spots around Blackpool and captured the most interesting sounds ranging from rollercoaster pass-bys, screams of people riding a rollercoaster, crowd cheering in a circus venue and rock concert, exciting revs of motorbikes and cars, trains and trams passing by, ambiences from café, town centre, fish and chips shop, arcade, train station, beaches with seagulls, close up sounds of waves hitting the shore etc. Furthermore, there are sounds of people chattering, walking by, shouting, laughing, clapping, whistling and much, much more.

All the included sounds are carefully edited and provided dry in 24 Bit, 96 kHz which allowing you for further sonic manipulation. Moreover, all the sounds are tagged with extensive metadata and are UCS complaint to effortlessly find the right sounds for your projects and drag them straight to your timeline.

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Environments & Ambiences Volleyball Match Ambience Play Track 83 sounds included, 210 mins total $35

Volleyball Match Ambience provides three distinct soundscapes spread through long, evolving and captivating sound recordings from Portugal’s primary masculine and feminine leagues, in addition to a regional match.

This is a highly intense and balanced sport characterized by its fast-paced nature, emphasis on teamwork and strategic play, where players use a combination of spiking, blocking, setting, and serving techniques to gain an advantage and outmaneuver their opponents. The game is played on a rectangular court divided by a net, with each team aiming to score points by grounding the ball on the opposing team’s side.

All recordings were attained from a centered front-row seat position in crystal-clear stereo, meaning you have all the necessary field-of-play interactions, in addition to varied crowd reactions ranging from diverse support chants, booing, casual conversations, clapping, local team speaker asking for crowd backing, referee whistles, coach instructions and air horns. This versatility of content guarantees full immersion, drama, excitement, intensity and realism for film, television, videogames, podcasts and more. Your audience will be transported courtside in no time.

The regional match sound files are the longest with a constant stream of clapping and chants from supporters and the players themselves championing their respective team, interspersed with quieter moments, making it ideal for a more balanced volleyball match ambience. Also included in this section are pre-match drills.

With over three and a half hours of content, this library is your all-access pass to the dynamic, exhilarating world of volleyball.

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