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Dakota Crickets by Badlands Sound features seven ambience files in high quality of 192k Hz. All files are three minutes long and are loopable that allows for easy editing ambiences for your projects. You will hear this library has almost no wind in the recordings allowing you to layer your ambiences. Great file names and metadata makes these a breeze to use and find.
Get some real insect sounds with this SFX library – almost entirely recorded in and around one large grassy meadow throughout various times of day and season. GRASSHOPPERS, CRICKETS & KATYDIDS is a small collection of 14 crisp recordings focusing on 12 insect species commonly found in open fields and forested areas of northeastern North-America. Each sound is 2:30 mins or longer (96kHz/24bit), for a total of 38+ mins of sound.
Allard's Ground Cricket • Carolina Ground Cricket • Northern Bush Katydid • Oblong-Winged Katydid • Red-Legged Grasshopper • Roesel's Katydid • Short-Winged Meadow Katydid • Slender Meadow Katydid • Snowy Tree Cricket • Spring Field Cricket • Sword-Bearing Conehead Katydid
– as well as multiple mixed choruses of various sizes!
Insects of Central Europe is a unique collection of single insect sounds.
With an array of over 50 tracks, this library offers more than 40 minutes of high-quality audio material. These recordings were captured in the heart of Central Europe, specifically in the Czech Republic.
The library predominantly features grasshoppers, bugs, and crickets, captured across a variety of locations and times of the day, providing a diverse range of audio landscapes for you to explore and utilize in your projects.
Ambience of rural America. The beautiful sounds of nature in the forests.
Filled with sounds of insects, birds, and movement of outdoors.
Recorded in 192Khz 32bit float and exported in both 192/32 and 96/24
Perfect to fill out background ambiance for all sorts of projects
SynFauna is a series of sound libraries which contain a range of synthetic yet highly realistic animal sounds.
SynFauna: Crickets & Cicadas contains a varied selection of sounds based on insect calls.
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The Pyrenees brings you a collection of quad and stereo recordings taken in spring and summer time across several locations of the Regional Natural Park of the Ariège Pyrenees.
Expand your sound effects library with the Ultimate Essential Bundle.
This bundle contains literally thousands of files at your disposal with the 12 included libraries. An amazing array of background atmospheres, crowds, water, foley, city skylines, subways, traffic, and much more.
By purchasing this bundle you will instantly save money (think of it as getting a bunch of stuff for free). This ambitious release will no doubt enhance all your sound effects editing options and choices. Whether you’re a Sound Editor in film/television, a YouTube content provider, Video Producer, or a Video Game Designer, there is literally something for everyone.
Want to get brand new sound material from nature? Get all the sounds from Ultrasonic Insects Volume 1, Ultrasonic Insects Volume 2 and Ultrasonic Insects Volume 3 at a special price.
Recorded over three years, Ultrasonic Insects Bundle contains more than 130 insect songs and flights, recorded with precision, patience and love. All insects were recorded in quiet environments or studio with close-miking for unparalleled quality. Each insect is identified by its scientific name.
Get the isolated song of 75 species of bush-crickets, grasshoppers, crickets, cicadas and other noisy insects. Pitch down the sounds up to 4 octaves (and even more!) and find inspiration for your next project: creatures, monsters, unreal insects or animals but also computer beeps, alarms, lasers… there are plenty of sounds to be created.
• 27 species of grasshoppers
• 21 species of bush-crickets
• 12 species of crickets
• 4 species of cicadas
• 12 species of flying insects
• Rare death’s head hawk-moth vocalisations
• 2 species of Madagascar hissing cockroaches
• 20 stereo ambiances recorded with MKH 8040
• 192 KHz/24 bit
• Metadata UCS-compliant
• Each species is identified with scientific name, common name and picture
• Solo insects recorded with Sanken CO-100K
• No insects were harmed while recording this library (except a few mosquitos!)
Get the stunning sounds of solo insects recorded with unprecedented quality and ultrasonic frequencies. Discover the hiss of Madagascar hissing cockroaches, the song of crickets and grasshoppers from France and the flight of bees with extreme details. Ready to design sound for beasts, aliens, machines or futuristic UI ?
• Solo insects, no background ambience
• Recorded with Sanken CO-100K and Sound Devices 633
• Ultrasonic content up to 96 000 Hz, allowing crazy pitch-shifting and sound design
• 20 species of crickets, grasshoppers and cicadas from France
• 2 species of Madagascar hissing cockroaches
• 2 species of bees
• 192 KHz/24 bit
• Metadata UCS-compliant
• Each species is identified with common name, scientific name and picture
• No insects were harmed while recording this library
Recorded over an entire year, Ultrasonic Insects Volume 2 contains dozens of new insect songs recorded with love, precision and a lot of patience! More than 3 000 kilometers were traveled to get to 12 beautiful french sites sheltering common and endemic species. All insects were recorded in quiet environments with close-miking for unparalleled quality.
Want to get brand new sound material from nature? Listen to the songs of those tiny creatures, pitch them as much as you want and find inspiration for your next sound design.
• 22 species of grasshoppers, crickets, bush-crickets and cicadas
• Rare death’s head hawk-moth vocalisations
• 5 species of flying insects
• Solo insects recorded with Sanken CO-100K
• 8 bonus stereo ambiances recorded with MKH 8040
• 192 KHz/24 bit
• Metadata UCS-compliant
• Each species is identified with scientific name, common name and picture
• No insects were harmed while recording this library (except a few mosquitos!)
Ultrasonic Insects Volume 3 contains dozens of insect songs recorded with a sonic microscope: the Sanken CO-100K. For this library, more than 3 500 kilometers were traveled to get to beautiful french sites in French Alps, Pyrenees Mountains and Massif Central. All insects were recorded in quiet environments with close-miking for unparalleled quality.
An ultrasound detector was also used to find very high-pitched bush-cricket songs. Some of the raw sounds might need a little pitch-shift to be audible to everyone.
Get some new material from nature with the song of dozens of new species of bush-crickets, grasshoppers, crickets and cicadas. Pitch the sounds up to 4 octaves (and even more!) and find inspiration for your next project.
• 28 species of bush-crickets, grasshoppers, crickets and cicadas
• 5 species of flying insects
• Solo insects recorded with Sanken CO-100K
• 7 bonus stereo ambiances recorded with MKH 8040
• 192 KHz/24 bit
• Metadata UCS-compliant
• Each species is identified with scientific name, common name (when it exists) and picture
Warm Countryside is a collection of countryside recordings taken from late April until early September across several locations of Spain.
We are extremely proud to present our first library, WINGS – a one-of-a-kind sound library.
From tiny insects to small birds, from fairies to dragons, WINGS offers a creative palette with a diverse range of sounds to choose from.
With over 1400 files (more than 4 GB for the 192 kHz version ) we’re confident you will find the perfect sound.
When purchasing WINGS you get 2 packs, our Design category that includes 180 files and the Source category that offers more than 1200 sounds. Featuring the very best of our foley sessions.
All single flaps have been careful edited, allowing for unique speed or rate adjustments.
Pick your preferred version at the introductory prices below:
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