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Step into the soundscape of a real commuter journey across Yogyakarta to Central Java. This album captures the authentic atmosphere of Indonesia’s bustling railway life, featuring immersive recordings from station platforms, lively passenger coaches, and the powerful rush of trains passing by.
From the anticipation of waiting at Wates Station, the layered chatter of commuters and footsteps on the platform, to the rhythmic hum inside the train as it glides through villages, towns, and open landscapes toward Palur Station in Solo, each track transports you directly into the experience of daily rail travel.
Perfect for filmmakers, sound designers, game developers, or anyone seeking the genuine ambience of Indonesian commuter trains, this collection blends urban life with the natural rhythms of movement, creating a versatile library of transport soundscapes.
Whether you need the energy of crowded platforms, the calm of steady train motion, or the thrill of locomotives rushing past, Commuter Line Ambience delivers an inspiring set of authentic recordings that bring realism and depth to any project.
Sounds from a Transit System on Pause.
Underground Ambiences and Mechanical Atmospheres for Cinematic and Abstract Soundscapes.
The Still Line is a 139-minute sound effects library capturing the rare stillness and quiet pulse of an underground rail network paused in time. Recorded during a period of minimal traffic, as public life slowly returned after lockdowns, it spans resonant tunnels, hushed platforms, and moving trains, with subtle human presence woven throughout—footsteps, luggage wheels, and distant voices—adding life without disrupting the pervasive stillness. These recordings offer rich ambiences and precise mechanical textures, perfect for grounding a scene in reality, providing unique sonic textures, or reimagining it for something entirely new.
Step into an underground transit system where empty platforms, echoing tunnels, the mechanical heartbeat of infrastructure, and sparse human touches all coexist to create a cinematic soundscape.
This mini-library offers over two hours of recordings from quiet platforms, long tunnels, ticket halls, train interiors, and the subtle machinery that sustains the network. Freed from the usual crowd noise, every detail emerges: the tonal hum of escalators, the metallic sigh of air brakes, distant trains rolling through silent tunnels, and the layered resonance of vast, reflective chambers.
What’s Inside
Whether you’re building a dystopian future, crafting cinematic tension, or repurposing urban textures for abstract sound design, The Still Line offers a unique palette grounded in reality yet open to transformation.
Wild Whistles is a varied collection of whistle sounds, ranging from realistic to stylized.
From traditional plastic and metal whistles to mouth-and-finger calls, this library offers a wide range of expressive source material. Expect familiar tones of train and police officers, referees, and party whistles, as well as more humorous and exaggerated designs perfect for animation and stylized projects.
In addition to the raw recordings, the library includes a set of designed sounds crafted from these whistles. You’ll find tonal impacts, alarms, creature vocals, arrow fly-bys, and even jet pass-bys, all shaped from whistle elements to spark creativity and surprise.
This collection can be used for both realistic contexts and more creative or cartoon-oriented projects.
Wild Whisltes contains more than 2.88 GB / 238 files / +1400 sounds.
This library gets you atmospheric ambiences from all over the world; from the UK, Greece, Spain, Morocco to Germany and America – and includes cities like Jerusalem, Las Vegas and many more. The recordings have been captured on land, at sea and in the air – and with over 6 hours of ambiences in total, 101 Ambiences offers a wealth of material for your projects.
A hand-picked variety collection of designed sounds and field recordings covering numerous categories. Each volume brings you 1,000 general sound effects at 44.1kHz and 16/24-bit stereo recordings, or you can grab both volumes at once for a discounted bundle! Here are some sound categories that can be found in each volume:
Also included in the “2018 InspectorJ Bundle” for 50% off!
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Ambience Colors is a surprisingly diverse, vast collection of atmosphere tracks and sound effects. Pack of unforgettable memories collected over few years and places. Let’s go deeper into the highlights:
Herde of cows on a meadow | Inside a wasp nest | Bali hindu ceremonies with crowds, brahmins and announcers | Bali Village with dogs, roosters and crickets | Cambodia village around a marketplace and calm streets | Latin church mass catholic with a quiet crowd | Diffused city noise | Distant fireworks on New Year’s Eve| Inner courtyards of old Prague houses | City streets | Crowd indoors at film shooting locations, restaurants and celebrations | Crowd outdoors around beer gardens | Industrial indoors with a meat processing factory | Huge poultry farm | Industrial outdoors on a building site or foresters machinery | International airports with crowds and announcers | Nature day in jungle, forest, swamp, pond, lake and meadow | Nature night in Asia and Europe | Ocean waves | Rain inside a tent or behind windows | Heavy rain outdoors | Roomtones and quiet places | Trains passing by and inside | Craftsmen workshops with power and hand tools
Konnichiwa Japan! Travel through Kyoto, Nara, Osaka; the urban spaces, temples, public transport, and hear the everyday walla, the animals, the natural rhythms of the cities. Authentic high-quality ambiences in 50 pristine files will serve as ideal background tracks. Find the true sound of it with Vadi Sound Library.
This one offers the urban daily life and the atmospheres recorded in winter at various locations in Japan. Nara, Osaka and Kyoto with its temples, subways, trains, buses and motorways, exterior and interior walla with tourists and locals, various animals, street musicians and public transport announcements paint a good picture of Japanese life on-the-go.
This is the toolkit to create the perfect cinematic atmospheres, with or without being in the foreground. The length of the ambiences is mostly enough to meet your needs without loops. Some can be adapted to other urban or rural ambience needs. It gives you access to varying activity levels in close, medium, and distant perspectives.
Recorded in 24bit/96 kHz .wav, comes with intuitive naming and thorough metadata. Compatible with all DAWs, middleware, video editing tools and 100% royalty free.
Keywords:
Japan, ambience, Japanese, Nara, Osaka, Kyoto, city, town, urban, rural, temple, gong, train, bus, traffic, cabin, stop, rails, announcement, walla, footsteps, gravel, bird, birdsong, deer, bleat, grunt, crowd, tourist, local, pass by, drive by, bike, motorbike, horn, motorway, crosswalk, hand pan, musician.
What else you may need
You may also want to check out our Ambiences from China and Ambiences from Istanbul Sound Effects Packs for access to different unique ambiences.
One hundred ambiences. From English pubs and cafes to Charles Bridge in Prague to a rooftop on Madison Avenue and the pastoral city ambience of Central Park. Great background ambiences for film, TV, games and many other uses.
Embark on a sonic journey through the vibrant city of Budapest with this meticulously curated sound library. Immerse yourself in the diverse atmospheres of this European gem, captured in stunning detail for your creative projects.
From bustling train stations to tranquil thermal baths, each track transports you to a unique location.
Experience the unique ambience of a Hungarian domestic aircraft mid-air. Capture the essence of a busy train station with suitcases, public announcements echoing through the hall, and stationary trains. Find solace in the serene sounds of public parks during a peaceful autumn afternoon. Transport yourself to a lively public square bathed in the warmth of a sunny afternoon. Visit cafes, bars and restaurants. Dive into the unique sounds of Széchenyi Thermal Bath at different times and locations. Each track captures the essence of this iconic Budapest attraction, from the changing rooms to the outdoor pools.
Explore the varied sounds of Budapest’s streets, from high-speed traffic to the calming ambience of a quiet alley in the city centre.
Discover the soul of Budapest through its sounds – your passport to an authentic and immersive sonic adventure awaits!
Discover the Ambiences of Glasgow and Edinburgh (Scotland)!
Step into the heart of Scotland with this immersive sound library. From the bustling streets of Glasgow to the tranquil ambience of Edinburgh’s iconic landmarks, we’ve captured the essence of this beautiful country in vivid audio detail. Whether you’re a filmmaker, musician, or sound designer, these authentic recordings will transport your projects to the enchanting landscapes of Scotland.
Experience the Scottish accents, public announcements, and the unique atmosphere of Glasgow and Edinburgh. Transport yourself to the lively atmosphere of Queen Street train station in Glasgow. Feel the energy of Friday crowds and the buzz of the weekend. Stroll down the bustling Royal Mile, lined with performers, eateries, and shops during the Fringe Festival. Walk the cobblestone streets on a Saturday evening. Take a journey on the Glasgow Subway, from Buchanan Street to Bridge Street via St. Enoch.
Explore these and many more authentic Scottish sounds to add depth and realism to your creative projects. Elevate your audio productions with the captivating sounds of Scotland, available in this comprehensive sound library.
Ambisonic Steam Trains features recordings of 3 different narrow-gauge railways in Saxony/Germany where they meander through narrow valleys and bends.
The library includes more than 3.5 hours of recordings that are taken directly at the train drivers position in the cabin as well as from wagon platforms and passenger seats.
Also recordings of train pass-bys, shunting and service operations in the depot are included.
With the Ambisonic format it is guaranteed that the acoustically rich and diversified surroundings of steam trains in action are captured spherical in each and every detail.
Ambisonic Steam Trains is available in two versions:
Ambisonic and Stereo
The Ambisonic version delivers 4 channel A-Format files recorded with the Ambeo VR microphone in upright position.
These files need conversion to B Format prior to further processing.
The Stereo version contains the same number of files with equal playing length, but, as the name suggestions, only in stereo versions. All takes are already decoded to 180° stereo that can be manipulated with any stereo width plugin.
This is an Ambisonics sound effects library – and by using the free SoundField SurroundZone 2 plugin you can convert the included A-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.
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.
Compiling over 4 hours of ambisonic recordings, Village offers numerous options for sound designers and editors to create rich, neutral soundscapes for quiet urban environments. With extended recordings, you can loop the sounds as needed, and have the flexibility to build scenes in VR or other multimedia projects with ease and versatility.
Inside this library, you’ll discover a variety of environments, including quiet streets, moderate traffic from various locations, uncrowded beach soundscapes, and tranquil natural parks with fountains. Additionally, you’ll find recordings of typical village transportation, such as 40 minutes of tram interiors, a 25-minute tuktuk ride, and regular trains captured from multiple perspectives.
This sound library is available in both Ambisonics FuMa (B Format) and Stereo (Binaural) formats.
This small collection of sounds, include a variety of ambiences, feels, and classics Amsterdam Sounds. They are part of my last travel to this amazing city!
They include sounds from Dam Square, Hermitage Museums, Trains, canal tour, street ambiences…
All the files have metadata embebed for great Soundminer type programs. They both include Spanish and English description.
This collection includes 35 files, 48/24 stereo & surround 5.1.
Asia Echoes is a unique collection of sounds captured in Laos and Vietnam providing more than 2 hours ( 5GB) of various atmospheres at different times of the day.
From Cat Ba island National Park, to Luang Prabang night and food markets, to mountains of Sapa, Tam Coc Fields and many more, this collection will make you explore an exotic soundscape through this two beautiful countries.
All recorded in 24 bit / 96 kHz and fully tagged with metadatas compatible with Soundminer, Basehead and Soundly.
Gear Used: DPA4060 stereo set powered by a Sound Devices 702
• Vientiane Night Market
• Vientiane Morning Interior Market
• Vientiane Chao Anouvong Park
• Vang Vieng
• Luang Prabang Food and Night Markets
• Nong Khiaw Mountains and Forests
• Sapa Mountains and City
• Cat Ba National Park
• Tam Coc Forest and Fields
• Hanoï City and Train
'Asia Reminds II – Japan Ambiences' delivers a generous amount of recordings (more than 5 hours total) from a trip to Japan. It's divided into three distinct ambience types: City ambiences, Nature / Town ambiences and Trains / Stations ambiences & FX folder.
You obtain three format folders : Stereo / MS / 5.0 Upmix
'Asia Reminds II – Japan Ambiences' ambience types:
City ambiences include recordings from Osaka to Tokyo such as geek Denden town & Akiharaba Arcade-Pachinko room, Stroll in Nishiki market, Kitanomaru Park, Famous Shibuya crossing and more.
Nature / town ambiences include recordings from famous Kyoto Bamboo Forest, Philosopher's path, Kibune-Kurama Forest and more.
Trains / Stations include recordings from Osaka / Kyoto / Tokyo Stations, Stroll in Fujikyoko Line, Railroad Crossing and more.
FX include gashapon machine, Crows & Birds, Train doors etc…
'Asia Reminds – Japan Ambiences' : with a total of 76 audio files in each of these folders: STEREO (48 kHz / 24 bit), MS & UPMIX 5.0 (96 kHz / 24 bit).
It also includes 117 FX sounds.
You have access to two download folder :
Sound Tailor – Boat Horns
Imagine you had a real color palette when it comes to boat horn sounds. That is now possible with Sound Tailor Effects Library new release.
In the heart of Burgundy, in central France, we met with this passionate boat horn chaser and collector who has managed, through years of research, to acquire one of the largest boat horns collection in the world. In a quiet field, we captured these incredibly loud horns, from close to distant spots, with a variety of static and dynamic microphones.
This library includes 33 unique boat horns, organized in a chromatic scale, from A2 to F#5. We recorded 4 blasts of each horn, from short to long ones, for convenient editing. Each horn comes in 3 audio files, with 3 different microphone perspectives:
They have the same length and can be easily combined for more sonic possibilities.
In addition, you get recordings of an air siren, custom made from a boat horn, and 5 edited loops of it, plus 3 different train steam whistles.
Boat Horns contains more than 22,41 GB / 252 Files.
WHAT’S INSIDE
All files are 24Bit/192kHz WAV Surround / LCR & 24Bit/48kHz Stereo Version files.
All meticulously embedded with Soundminer & UCS Metadata.
INCLUDED SOUNDS – KEYWORDS
AIR SIREN, BOAT, BOAT HORN, CUSTOM HORN, DISTANT SIREN, HARBOR, HARBOUR, OCEAN, SEA, SHIP, SIREN, STEAM WHISTLE, SURROUND, TRAIN
Boats, Buses, Planes & Trains is our new sound effects library created in close collaboration with our friends at West Wolf Audio.
This collection of sound effects features a mixture of ambient recordings and spot fx from a range of different modes of transportation, across land sea and air!
Inside this library you will find sounds recorded in a variety of real world setting including an Interior aircraft, old bus on bumpy road, interior train ambience and an old ship. This selection of sounds gives you the perfect starting point for building vehicle soundscapes.
Our audio craftsmen have precisely edited each sound so that they are ready to be dropped straight into your projects. All sounds are delivered in 24Bit 96kHz format allowing further sonic manipulation and have been meticulously edited and tagged with extensive UCS compliant metadata for ease of use.
Contained in this library are authentic Chicago environmental and transportation ambiences. You will find ambience inside and outside the famous L train, street cars and Chicago bus routes. As well, as a few memorable ambiences from the street-side and also down by the water. Recorded in high resolution, this library will put you right in the virtual seat of the city of neighborhoods!
Hā luō China! Travel through Shanghai, Dali, Shangri-La; the cities, farms, temples and the grasslands. Authentic high-quality ambiences in 77 pristine files will serve as ideal background tracks. Find the true sound of it with Vadi Sound Library.
As hard as it is to capture all of China in one library, this one offers a pleasant natural feel from some of its landmarks.
You will get fine farm atmospheres with the lakes, farms, crickets, frogs, birdsong in Dali. Listen in awe to the monks singing and chanting in Buddhist temples in Shangri-la and stroll through the ancient town.
Get the gist of Shanghai in busy intersections, constructions, cafes, walla of basketball players at the park, old people playing mahjong, Pudong airport, subways, highways and rich walla. Find peace at the grasslands with strong atmospheric sounds of yaks, cows, bees, horses, birdsong, wind and rain.
This is the toolkit to create the perfect cinematic atmospheres, with or without being in the foreground. The length of the ambiences is mostly enough to meet your needs without loops. Some can be adapted to other urban or rural ambience needs. It gives you access to varying activity levels in close, medium, and distant perspectives.
Recorded in 24bit/96 kHz .wav, comes with intuitive naming and thorough metadata. Compatible with all DAWs, middleware, video editing tools and 100% royalty free.
CINEMATIC METAL – TITAN pushes big screen sound design beyond its comfort zone. New and unheard HITS, BRAAMS, BOOMS, IMPACTS, STINGERS and much more await you in the comprehensive Construction Kit and devastating Designed edition. Get over 12GB worth of clean, dazzling sound effects – available as individual components as well as layered, processed and ready to use.
The library is available in two versions & a special bundle:
LOCK AND LOAD
Supplement your designs with detailed, high-end metallic sounds. The Construction Kit allows you to build unique, multi-accent effects that not only impress in scale, but also in fidelity, rhythm and character. This library particularly shines in situations, where the visible picture doesn’t necessarily produce the envisioned sound, but warrants its own supernatural emphasis.
Files: 700 • Sounds: 4200 • Size: 10.9 GB
Discover the force of aggressive, low, soft, processed, clean and tonal HITS, BRAAMS, IMPACTS, SCREECHES, STINGERS and SLAMS.
DARK AND POWERFUL
Paint a sense of dread and awe – CINEMATIC METAL – TITAN Designed can evoke fear of the unknown but just as easily kick into rampage mode: Empowered, ready for battle and thirsty for revenge. Find your perfect blend of haunting thriller and jacked, gritty anti-hero.
Files: 100 • Sounds: 400 • Size: 1.5 GB
Files: 800 • Sounds: 4600 • Size: 12.4 GB
In City Balcony Ambiences you will get the sounds of 10 different stereo recordings of city atmospheres, all of them recorded from the perspective of a balcony.
Recordings have been done during different periods of a day and in different locations:
Recordings feature sounds such as traffic, people talking, pedestrians walking by; cars, trams, trucks, motorbikes and scooters passbys, dogs barking, all of them from a distant perspective.
Descriptive markers have been included to highlight interesting events in an otherwise featureless waveform. These markers can be read in programs such as Izotope RX, Reaper, and Soundminer. The markers are also included as .txt files in separate folder.
All files (except one) have been recorded in 96 kHz/24 bit, with Soundminer and BWAV embedded metadata. Recordings go from 4 minutes up to 22.
A good range of everyday city sounds. Different perspectives. High quality urban ambiences will serve as ideal background tracks. Find the true sound of it with Vadi Sound Library.
About City Perspectives and Ambiences
From busy intersections to back streets, vibrant parks to rooftops, this pack of 56 sounds is an indispensable toolkit to create the perfect atmospheres without being in the foreground.
It gives you access to 3 hours of city ambiences in varying activity levels, with loud and calm spaces of the endless locations in a large city.
You will at once get a hold of elevated and underground spots, freeways, intersections, bridges, viaducts, parking lots, parks, streets of all sizes, rooftops, window views and the city rumble and hum at its best. There are varying levels of horns, sirens, vehicles pass-by, school backgrounds and so forth at different times of the day.
These meticulously recorded sounds of 5.87 GB in size have clarity and lots of room for further usage and sound design. They are compatible with all DAWs, middleware and video editing tools and 100% royalty free.
56 high-resolution soundscapes in 24bit/96 kHz .wav format with detailed, easy to navigate naming and thorough metadata. Recorded with patience and sometimes in stealth and guerilla style.
Keywords including Location, Activity, Style
City, ambience, soundscape, field recording, metropolis, urban, rumble, hum, road, industrial, street, highway, freeway, intersection, viaduct, window view, distant, calm, noisy, busy, loud, calm, underground, elevated view, rooftop, bridge, park, car park, top floor, ventilation, horn, siren, vehicle, pass by, bus, truck, car, train, motorcycle, downtown, rain, schoolyard, royalty free, game, film, video, music.
Recorded with our favorite DPA 4060 stereo pair microphones.
What else you may need
You may also want to check out our City Ambiences Series; London, China, Japan and Istanbul for access to many ambience essentials. Room Tones and Interior Ambiences is another option for quieter spaces in 84 pristine sounds.
This unique library contains atmospheres from Cologne and its surroundings. If you're looking for that certain Germany city sound, you'll find lots of it right here, captured in the city centre, parks, churches, the Rhine shore, the trains, the subway – and the beer garden.
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