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Step inside the real-world atmosphere of a modern European hotel. This sound effects library was recorded over the course of a week at the Holiday Inn in Ghent, Belgium — with microphones carefully placed to capture the natural flow of people and space.
At the heart of the hotel lies a large, open atrium where guests eat, drink, and gather throughout the day. From quiet breakfasts to late-evening conversations, the recordings reflect a wide range of crowd sizes and moods — always subtle, always authentic.
By staying and living inside the hotel for a full week, I was able to blend in and document the building’s true sonic character across different times and conditions. These are not staged recordings — this is the sound of real life, captured with care.
A massive collection of crowd and ambience recordings – captured both indoors and outdoors.
Locations include an amusement park, mall, restaurant, beach, courtyard, fair, ski area, arcade hall, casino, coffe shop, convention, park, construction site, library, museum, cafe, zoo, store, theater lobby, tour boat train station – and more. From veteran Hollywood Sound Designer Lenny Jones.
There are 85 recordings included, most ambiences are 2-3 minutes in length – and there are more than 220 minutes of crowd recordings in total.
Ambisonics – Lisbon compiles 57 long and evolving sound files from Portugal’s sunny capital, known for its unique river/ocean-side location and diverse lifestyles.
Busy traffic intersections from the city’s famous avenues contrast with the quiet ambience of its picturesque neighborhoods. These areas are splashed with riverside waves and distant boat engines and also include chatty tourist hotspots like Carmo’s Street, Feira da Ladra’s flea market, or A Brasileira’s coffee shop. Lisbon’s main plazas also abound with centered recordings, resulting in complete cityscapes with both busy traffic flow and pedestrian action.
Some of the city’s gardens were recorded on hot summer days, capturing cicada calls, the chirping of multiple bird species, and curious sightseers exploring the surroundings.
The city’s trademark trams are also prominently featured on all traffic soundscapes but also with an interior ride take for full VR immersion. Other city transportation vehicles, such as cable cars, trains, subways, and their respective stations, are also included. They were recorded on multiple floors and distances, some with interior takes as well. With nearly 6 hours of versatile and original content, you’re guaranteed to find the right cityscape from one of Europe’s most sought-after tourist destinations.
This sound library is available in both Ambisonics FuMa (B Format) and Stereo (Binaural) formats.
'American Public Spaces' is a library that focuses on North-American ambiences of English-speaking public areas. This collection is mainly recorded stealth in the cities of: Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, Toronto, Miami, Trenton, Ottawa.
The library is available in stereo, and surround (Quad).
Cafe • Airport • Store • Hospital • Library • Metro • Bank • Courthouse • Museum • Terminal • Gym • Hall • Washroom • Post Office • Supermarket • Swimming Pool • Tramway • Zoo • Restaurant • Greenhouse • Arena • Market • Hall • Hotel • Shopping Mall • Hallway • and more!
City Life: Central America is a collection of sounds captured across 3 Central American countries: Mexico, Guatemala and Nicaragua.
This library focus is on city atmosphere, especially in street/cover markets, pedestrian areas, parks, and many more.
The sounds captured in Mexico show a more “modern” Spanish atmosphere, compared to the more “traditional” Maya’s markets of Guatemala, where people speak a mix of Spanish and k’iche'(traditional Mayan language used in some parts of Guatemala)
For the 3 countries we visited a large amount of cities (x10) to capture the exceptional urban soundscapes of Central America.
The record duration are around 6:00 min per take. For the cities, we used a discreet setup: Sennheiser AMBEO and an AB stereo setup with x2 Sennheiser MKH 8040.
Each sound recording are located with GPS coordinates and full soundminer metadata.
The Sennheiser AMBEO is an ambisonic microphone, than can be decode in many differents formats (binaural, 7.1, 5.1, stéréo, mono, etc…) for decode it you can use the Harpex plugin or the free Soundfield/Rodes plugin.
-The Full sound bank (Stereo + Surround/Ambisonic) contains 71 sound takes record in 24/96khZ and decline in 267 files
-The stereo sound bank contains only the stereo files (119 files).
People in the street without any traffic, that’s what this collection delivers – featuring city life, with restaurants and pedestrian commercial streets. Most of those sounds have been recorded in Venice, which is one of the largest pedestrian zone in the world.
Coffee Shop features the acoustical surroundings of a cosy bar in the Old Town of a central European city. The full version of the library encompasses a complete day at the bar and is suitable for all kinds of appropriate sceneries as well as source material for elevated sound design (coffee machine, grinder, pouring liquids etc.).
The material contains various activities of waitress and cleaning persons that arrive in the early morning to prepare the bar for opening. Furthermore several long takes of the typical coffee shop athmosphere of chatting and laughing guests at different times of the day are included.
All relevant waitress activities are recorded from at least two different spots so that the desired sound is available as close-up or with the characteristic ambience of a coffee shop. The library is rounded off with steady room tones of fridges and ventilation taken at night. For detailed description of included material please check the metadata sheets.
Cooking and Food Preparation Sound Effects. Recorded cleanly and purposefully
Expertly crafted sound effects to add spice, sizzle, bubble and boil to your projects.
Including:
Recorded and exported in 24/96 khz
Perfect for all forms of projects
Debsound – Cooking Sound Effect Pack
“I think everyone loves delicious snacks, be it baking, cooking or anything that is related to eating.
This sound collection contains 28 baking and cooking sounds. Bon apetit !”
Restaurants are some of the most popular film sets. They are all different and it’s impossible to be exhaustive. So, what have we got here? A large French restaurant, an American Diner, a bar, staff canteen and next-table conversation. The Ambisonic recordings will help you to adjust your sound to your picture so you can bring some life to your silent restaurant.
EUROPEAN LIFE – 3D SURROUND AMBIENCES
We wandered the European countryside to capture the unique flavors of the different small towns, villages, and suburbs.
Now Europe can be enjoyed from farmstead to cottage with this ambient sound effects collection that encompasses all the rural sound palettes from the North Sea to the Mediterranean. The sounds provide genuine atmospheres for each setting without any distractions in the foreground; perfect, countryside soundscapes for authentic audio layers in your production.
Varying from calm restaurants to small town cafes, rivers and creeks to traffic and streets, EUROPEAN LIFE contains an entire sonic palette of the European rural life. Recorded in 3D, you can choose the exact listening angle or use the stereo version (also included). EUROPEAN LIFE makes for an excellent addition to our TOWN & COUNTRY collection to broaden the agrarian scope, or as a companion to URBAN EUROPE to round out the sounds of the European continent.
Game Makers Sound Effects Kit 2 – more than 7400+ audio assets, SFX and loops. This bundle fulfills all of your game audio needs and will quickly become a powerful sonic staple in your studio. Stay focused longer, save time, and skip the hassle trying to find the right sound with Epic Stock Media’s premium bundles & Game Maker Sound Effects Kits, all handcrafted, professionally-designed, and specially curated for game developers & sound designers.
From the mundane to the oddly fascinating, this collection of caps spinning, lids cracking and corks popping, screeching, scraping and twirling will elevate your next dinner, kitchen or pub scene with something exciting and different.
Recorded with a variety of household objects as well as creatively found items, this selection of sounds were recorded in studio and in house. The emphasis was to capture only the tops being removed from the products, with effort made to pickup as little handling noise or finger touches as possible.
Objects recorded include:
• beer bottles
• soda cans
• jelly jars
• cookie jars
• jewelry containers
• champagne bottles
• milk cartons
• liquor bottles
• shampoo bottles
• soap bottles
• teapots
• and much more!
Walk down the boulevard, jump onto the metro, and catch the last train with this collection of soundscapes and transitions. Transport your listener to a cafe, the seaside, or the streets, or let their senses take flight as a plane passes by. When you need your audience to come onto the scene, then our pack of city and travel filmmaker sounds will be sure to bring it all to life.
This library was developed in cooperation with our partner VAMIFY.
Included are Ambiences (Airport, Train Station, Restaurant, City, Highway, Ocean, Weather) Vehicles (Cars, Motorcycles, Planes, Train) Musical Ambiences, Transitions.
The Mediterranean Summertime SFX library includes 120 selections dedicated to life and the atmosphere of both glitz and off-beat Mediterranean islands, during summertime. We follow tourists in well known busy bays, as well as head out to quieter destinations recommended by locals.
‘Articulated Sounds’ presents ‘Quiet Rooms’, a curated collection featuring 150 ambiences and 20 specific sounds. This library focuses on interior background ambiences, with all-new, unique recordings from over 20 countries.
The collection offers a diverse range of room tones and subtle background noises, captured at various times and in a wide variety of settings. It spans residential spaces, industrial factories, public areas, offices, and rooms of all sizes, even extending to caves and specially crafted soundscapes. You’ll also find interior recordings of rain, wind, and other invaluable elements.
Whether you’re designing a quiet environment or adding texture to an intricate scene, ‘Quiet Rooms’ provides a solid foundation for interior backgrounds.
Bedroom, Study Space, Factory, Prison, Atrium, Abandoned House, Museum, Cafe, Bathroom, Kitchen, Machine Room, Temple, Cathedral, Living Room, Hospital, Bungalow, Mountain Cabin, Restaurant, Home, Courtyard, Hallway, Old House, Submarine, Warehouse, Hostel, Mill, Office, Lounge, Metro, Staircase, Library, Hall, Conference Center, Basement, Hotel, Studio, Cave, Attic, Underground, Interior, Vehicle, Train, Bus, Airplane
We collected these interior recordings over the years, capturing the unique atmospheres of rooms and places during our travels. Our equipment varied across sessions, adapting to the setting—whether in bustling cities, quiet small towns, remote countryside, the Himalayas, the Amazon, or distant islands. Our goal was to document the essence of each space, preserving the aural footprint of every location we visited.
Some recordings feature little more than stillness, while others include traces of local wildlife heard through windows or thin walls. You may also detect ambient noises like heaters, distant hums, machinery, traffic, or neighbors, resonating differently depending on the surrounding architecture.
We meticulously selected the best recordings, refining them to remove sections with excessive variation. Each sound was carefully edited to maintain a level of noise within the ‘subtlety’ range, ensuring they work seamlessly as background atmospheres that smooth out the sonic environment of any scene.
We are proud to present this collection, featuring some of the finest indoor silences we’ve ever captured—rich with delicate, everyday sounds at the edge of human perception. These recordings will help you effortlessly recreate beautiful, immersive spaces with natural charm.
Enjoy the ambience of this restaurant pack.
Filled with the atmosphere of real restaurants with plenty of chatter and clinks of plates.
Recorded in 192Khz 32bit float using the zoom f3
And exported in 192/32 and 96/24
“Restaurant Ambiences” is the first package of a series of libraries that include ambiences from different places in restaurants. Most of this pack was stealth-recorded.
Here you will find atmospheres recorded during trips in Bulgaria and Germany, so you may find Bulgarian or German speech. This package includes a variety of ambiences, which are recorded at different times of the day and at various places in restaurants.
You will find noisy crowds in the restaurant’s garden during dinner, a typical atmosphere of a large German restaurant (beer house), a small café, a kitchen in a small restaurant (during lunch preparation), kitchen room tones, warehouses, etc.
Gear used: Neumann KM184 stereo set in ORTF and XY Configuration, Zoom H6, Zoom H4. All files are meta-tagged in Soundminer
Our second entry of our brand-new sound effect series 3D SURROUND is here: ROOM TONES EUROPE. This library offers an enormous variety of different room ambiences. From busy transportation areas, malls and warehouses over congress centers and green houses to swimming pools and public libraries. ROOM TONES EUROPE covers all different scenarios you could possibly need, delivered fully surround with unprecedented precision, spatial impression and clarity. Undoubtedly, this can be easily used in stereo productions as well. Either chose the angle yourself or use the stereo version (included in 3D SURROUND).
CLEAN AND PRODUCTION READY
ROOM TONES EUROPE is a highly versatile ambience library that smoothly adapts to virtually any application.
It offers a large selection of generic ambiences to blend into many different contexts as well as specifically recognizable locations delivered with maximum authenticity.
FRAME YOUR SCENE
Ambiences are an excellent tool to establish the mood of a scene, level, or location. With ROOM TONES EUROPE, this becomes a simple and rewarding task: Choose from the over 98GB large pool of well categorized ambiences available.
From ultra-silent to lively, confined to wide open, dry and close to reverberant – everything delivered in an immersive 3D audio format that’s also backward compatible.
To increase your mileage with the library even further, the average sound is 3-7 minutes long.
INCLUDING STEREO VERSION
In addition to the ORTF-3D files, the 3D SURROUND edition also contains all files in 2.0 stereo for your convenience to save time on unnecessary conversions. Instead, you can instantly use these great new sounds for all your projects that don’t require surround sound.
Specs:
Files: 119 • Size: 19+ GB • Format: WAV – 24bit – 96kHz
The next stop in our sound journey is Prague, Czech Republic
This old city of beautiful churches, narrow streets, ringing trams, echoey squares, cobblestones and bridges has an incredibly attractive atmosphere. And we, as always, will not disturb this natural environment and capture it with stealth recording using DPA 4060 mics.
Take the chance and dive into the attractive sonic atmospheres of Eastern Europe!
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Dive into the vibrant heart of South Africa with our “South African Interiors” ambiences sound effects library. Experience the authentic pulse of South African life through a rich tapestry of soundscapes, expertly captured in iconic locations in and around Cape Town.
From the bustling chatter of a local restaurant to the serene whispers of residential interiors, this collection offers a treasure trove of ambiences that evoke the spirit and diversity of South African culture. Feel the energy of a boxing gym, the hustle of an airport, or the tranquility of a hotel lobby, all expertly recorded to bring your projects to life.
Also available as part of the “South African Bundle” collection.
This authentic South African Walla library will give any production a true sense of South African flavour with a variety of voices and languages.
Featuring in-studio recordings with all South African cast, for a real South African feel without the distractions of exterior noise. These organic crowd murmurs, ambient dialogues, and background chatter reflect a variety of local languages, dialects, and cultural settings, making them perfect for film, TV, games, and immersive audio experiences. Elevate your sound design with the unmistakable authenticity of South African walla!
This sound library features stereo recordings from 7 different cities of Spain (Madrid, Barcelona, Seville, Bilbao, Cordoba, San Sebastian and Malaga). Some of the locations include are a hospital, a school, a market, a beach, several train stations, cafeterias, bar terraces and many more. All recordings, unless it’s specified, are free of birds and traffic sounds, which will allow you to mix your tracks as you please. If you are in need of crowd ambiences from Spain, this is the go-to library.
There are 57 recordings included, most ambiences are 2-3 minutes in length and there are more than 190 minutes of crowd recordings in total. Files are 96/24 and 48/24.
All tracks have full Soundminer embedded Metadata.
Surround In A Crowd 5.1 features 25 5.1 Surround Sound Effects with a large selection of Interior and Exterior crowds.
Includes interior and exterior recordings from places such as a café, restaurant, park, playground, theatre, museum, courtyard, lobby, classroom, library, subway, shopping mall and more.
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 perspective, captured in the center of a room or crowded space. A stereo version of each cue is included as well as embedded metadata. Most recordings are 2-3 minutes in length.
Want a taste of what's included? Download the 5.1 Surround Demo file for free here.
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