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Room tones, various objects and facilities, various room sizes. Check the sound list for more info.
Recorded with Sennheiser mics MKH series, Sound Devices Recorder/mixer, etc.
Metadata tagged with equipment list included.
Weather Bundle includes six different sound libraries, featuring rain and wind both in urban and rural environments, at 30% discount.
This bundle brings together an incredible collection of rain and wind sounds hitting and blasting different surfaces at several intensities.
Walking, running, scuffing and jumping in different types of snow using snowshoes, boots, hiking shoes, snowboarding boots and alpine ski boots. All sounds were recorded outside, far away from any traffic or urban noise, in the absolute quietness of the northern part of Lapland, Finland.
About half of the sounds are recorded from a first person view. Most sounds are recorded in stereo, but there are also some mono sounds in the pack.
Foley – Clothes Movement collection features 98 files with a total of 900 individual sounds.
It includes various clothes-related sounds such as crumpling, impact hand, movements (short and long), pick up and throw for 9 different types of clothing: coat, winter coat, hoodie, t-shirt, casual jacket, casual pants, denim pants, ski pants, and shorts.
These sounds are easy to navigate and were captured using a Rode NT4 and a Sony PCM D100.
Update 1.1 : Add Coat
Download freebie version SFX pack here.
PSP HertzRider2 (frequency shifter plug-in) is the successor to the PSP HertzRider. It benefits from algorithm optimization and adds numerous significant new features. It’s been designed to be as simple as possible, to take as few resources as possible, and to incur only a very slight (and frequency dependent) latency.
PSP HertzRider2 can be an incredible tool for tuning inharmonic sounds like snares, and for harmonic sounds it becomes a creative and crazy destructive tool. In addition to a wide range of shifting settings the algorithm contains an LFO (low frequency oscillator) to provide interesting modulation options allowing you to further creatively experiment with this tool.
Main features:
* high quality frequency shifting
* LFO control
* independent frequency shifting of left and right channel
New features in version 2:
* LFO synchro mode – synchronisation to musical note values referenced to an audio host’s tempo setting
* Envelope Follower with side chain
* SideChain Bar with smooth mix between internal and external source
* More presets
– Remove unwanted noise from recordings
Master Restoration Suite is a comprehensive set of restoration plug-ins for cleaning up tape, vinyl, and acoustic recordings. The tools give extremely high quality results with minimal tweaking, hence they sound great and are easy to use.
These plug-ins run within any Mac OS X (AU/VST/MAS/RTAS) or Windows (DX/VST/RTAS) based music production or audio editing application.
The MR Suite consists of 5 plug-ins:
• MR Noise – Stellar sounding broadband noise reduction
• MR Click – Click and crackle filter for vinyl or digital sources
• MR Hum – Precise hum and buzz removal
• MR Gate – Expander/gate for quick and simple background attenuation
– Channel Strip Plug-in
TrackPlug is an all-in-one channel strip which features a 10-band EQ, brickwall filters, spectrum analyzer, dual multi-mode compressors, gate/expander, extensive sidechain options, and a peak limiter. It also boasts Wave Arts’ outstanding sound quality and impressive CPU efficiency.
TrackPlug’s interface has been meticulously designed for visual clarity and ease of use. For example, the EQ interface lets you add a new EQ band by double-clicking, then you drag the control point to change frequency and height, right-click (shift-click on Mac) to change the width. Right-clicking on a meter or display axis gives a popup menu of display ranges. Right-click a knob drag to get fine-tune adjustment, double-click a knob to revert to the default value. And so on.
Our preset manager lets you A/B compare two different presets or undo the last change. TrackPlug also features preset managers per section so for example you can quickly combine an EQ preset with a compressor preset. Super handy.
Like all Wave Arts’ plugs, TrackPlug only consumes CPU for features that are enabled, so if you just need a few bands of EQ and some compression, TrackPlug has a negligible CPU load. Even with everything turned on, TrackPlug is very light on CPU. We’ve had users report using over 100 TrackPlugs in a single project.
The applications for TrackPlug are virtually endless: shape the tone of an instrument, fix sonic problems, bring dynamics under control, clean up noise problems, add some punch or vintage warmth to a track, de-ess a vocal track, and much more… The outstanding user interface puts the power of TrackPlug under your control.
– 3-D processor with room panning
Panorama is a specialized tool for creating stunningly realistic 3-D audio scenes using regular stereo sound. The DSP technology in Panorama reproduces psychoacoustic sound localization and distance cues, allowing you to pan sounds in three dimensions: not just left and right, but up, down, front, back, near, and far. Panorama combines HRTF-based audio panning with acoustic environment modeling, including wall reflections, reverberation, distance modeling, and the Doppler pitch effect.
Panorama sounds amazing when heard on headphones. Anyone producing podcasts or music specifically intended for mobile devices should definitely check out Panorama. Panorama also includes a crosstalk canceller to format the output for playback over conventional stereo loudspeakers. In this mode, Panorama can make sounds appear to come from outside the normal stereo soundstage.
– Great Sounding Noise Reduction Processor
MR Noise is a broadband noise reduction processor. It distinguishes itself by being both great sounding and incredibly easy to use. Like most noise reduction systems, MR noise works in the frequency domain, and requires that the noise spectrum be learned before noise reduction can commence. If your track starts with a bit of silence then MR Noise will work right out of the box, since by default MR Noise has the Learn parameter enabled, then when you hit play, MR Noise will learn the noise profile and start noise reduction. The default parameters work extremely well for most cases. One of our reviewers thought something was wrong because they opened up MR Noise and the noise vanished – and they didn’t have to do anything.
When designing MR Noise, we spent considerable effort researching and experimenting with existing noise reduction algorithms. MR Noise combines the best of these with some new innovations, especially our Auto Dynamics mode. This mode automatically adjusts the attack and release times of the noise reduction processor based upon the amount of transients in the input signal. This minimizes artifacts in the noise reduction processing while maintaining sharp transients that would normally be smeared by other methods.
The user interface makes it a snap to see and hear what is going on. The frequency response display shows the spectrum of the input signal, noise floor, and output signal so you can see at a glance what frequencies are being reduced. A monitor feature allows you to hear the noise that is being removed (with separate volume control). For most cases you simply have to select a preset and hit play, MR Noise will learn the floor and start reduction. Then you can simply adjust the Amount control to set the amount of reduction. For super fine tweaking, the noise floor and all the reduction parameters can be edited as a function of frequency by dragging control points on the frequency response display.
Glass Bottle Percussion is a cinematic instrument built from 400+ sample recordings of antique glass bottles.
Our Audio Craftsmen meticulously edited, balanced and programmed 4 round robins and 3 velocity layers for each bottle, before integrating them into our Kontakt interface, giving Film Composers and Music Producers a suite of unique textures to use in their tracks. These sounds are perfect for trailer percussion loops, rhythmic tension, electronic music and film score cues with an exotic tonality.
The Main Articulations include: Drumstick Hits, Hand Taps, Bottle Top Hits, Drum Beater Hits, Nail Taps, Rolls, Scrapes and Wobbles.
But we didn’t stop there… As always with our Kontakt library releases, our in-house Composers designed an eclectic array of designed patches. Pads, choirs, drones, oil drums, screams, plucks and even karate chops give the user both tonal and atonal material to layer with their percussion, and build a haunting, glassy texture into their sound.
The 344 Audio Kontakt interface provides a variety of controls that encourage experimentation with the patches. The built in Arpeggiator is great for generating hundreds of percussion variations on the fly, while the Main View provides a set of parameters perfect for shaping the sounds your way.
Kontakt 5.8.1 or higher is required.
NOTE: This library does not run in the free ‘Kontakt Player’
ANALOG DRUM SHOTS is a collection of 253 drum shots from Eurorack drum modules (TipTop Audio – Noise Engineering Basimilus Iteritas) and modern analog drum machines (MFB Tanzbar – Elektron).
All samples are Wavs 24-bit mono 48 khz one shots, ready for your next 100% analog drum kits.
Simple organization of all the sounds is guaranteed by two main categories:
DRY Analog Shots: 184 total sounds:
Kicks: 31 sounds
Clap: 12 sounds
Snares: 23 sounds
Cymbals: 26 sounds
Toms: 37 sounds
Other Percussions: 55 sounds
PROCESSED and Layered: 69 total sounds
OH LA LA LA is the new singing presets pack for Xfer Serum.
All presets are crafted using vocal samples as an oscillator source to achieve presets with a vocal taste.
This pack is suitable for music composers and producers of various genres (Lo-fi hiphop, trap, future bass, ambient, future soul, electro)
41 total presets divided into 5 categories:
A truly modern parametric equalizer, Slice EQ cuts, or enhances, frequencies with surgical precision using razor sharp digital filters up to 96 dB/oct.
Slice EQ is an advanced parametric equalizer, with great modulation potential. Especially when combined with Snap Heap
Slice EQ offers you everything you need to create mathematically perfect filter combinations to get your music exactly where you want it to go.
A collection of sea waves from far to close-ups to enrich your sonic coastlines sound design or simply listen to them for relaxing and be transported back there.
The Soundcloud preview contains only some examples of the full library.
The library contains two different sets of recordings: stereo and/or Ambisonics 3rd Order.
This will cover any needs. If you need mono, you will just need to get only track 1 of the Ambisonics files. If you need different formats, you just need to convert them from the Ambisonics files, which contain all the 360º spherical information. There are plenty of tools out there to use.
Different sets of microphones and recorders have been used to create this library, according to what was best to get the recordings.
Recorders:
Sound Devices 788T
Zoom F8
Zoom F6
Brahma-in-Zoom
Microphones:
Reynolds custom 4Type
Sennheiser MKH 8060
DPA 4060
All microphones were fully protected with Rycote windshields.
The instrument contains 6 sets of sounds, called “Engines”. Each set has a dedicated channel strip in the interface and can be processed with a dedicated sub- page. You can also choose an individual audio output for further processing in your favorite DAW with effect plugins of your choice.
Each sound has been recorded with two different mic placements, and you can mix them to your taste.
SOUNDS FROM UNDER YOUR SKIN
BOOM Library’s newest sound effects outgrowth has surfaced: MUTATE ORGANIC, the deliciously abnormal collection of mutating and morphing lifeforms and rogue organic matter. Discover the full spectrum of size, dampness and gut-wrenching movement this library provides in its ready-to-use Designed collection as well as the ultra-detailed comprehensive Construction Kit.
Small Grain Debris Vol I contains 82 studio recorded tracks of different small texture materials being dropped on to and impacting on metal, wood, stone, cardboard and water.
List of ingredients:
• Coarse and fine salt
• Sugar
• Flour
• Mixture of salt sugar and flour
• Plastic bits
• Metal lid
• Bathtub
• Cardboard boxes
• Bookcase storing metal and wooden tools
• Radiator
• Marble Stone
Both short and longer versions of each material falling are available in this set of sounds, making it easy to fit the needs of a specific project.
Microphones were placed at the bottom of book cases, radiators and cardboard boxes, to capture materials like salt and plastic bits falling completely random. This made each recording unique and natural sounding.
Microphones used: DPA4060´s, Sennheiser Mkh416, Sennheiser Mkh8020´s.
Recorders used: Sounddevices 702 and Mixpre6
All sounds have been mastered in Pro tools and made UCS metadata ready in Soundminer.
Rainscapes is a collection of original and different rain and thunder sounds. It has been recorded in 96 khz / 24 bit stereo mode and is composed by urban rain sounds and countryside rain ambiences. In this library you will find continuous, intermittent heavy and light rain, thunderstorms, frozen rain and urban rain with cars passing by
in stereo, binaural, ambisonics
7.6 GB of original sounds, 9.46 GB with the encoded ambisonic files in stereo included
• rough & authentic recordings in remote locations
• immersive & suitable for VR productions and mobile applications
• real binaural and ambisonics recordings
• clean edited, but not designed
• including long takes >15 minutes with a lot of sounds for further editing and looping
• with cave atmospheres, animals, and tropical wildlife
• metadata added
• incl. stereo versions of the ambisonics B-Format AmbiX files for instant use
• captured during three recording expeditions over the past five years in Colombia, Thailand, Malaysia, Laos
• Microphones: 2xDPA 4060, Sennheiser Ambeo, 2xMKH 40-P48
The “Seismic Activities” sound archive contains over 2500 different noises from vibrations, shocks and their resonances. We have taken the trouble to use a set-up of different natural sounds, such as frequency drops, thunder or the sound of deep rumbling, to control two structure-borne sound transducers.
The “Seismic Activities” sound archive contains over 2500 different noises from vibrations, shocks, and their resonances.
We have taken the trouble to use a set-up of different natural sounds, such as frequency drops, thunder, or the sound of deep rumbling, to control two structure-borne sound transducers. We have installed these converters in various locations. For example, we were at a company that produces large roller doors. There we shook all sorts of pipes, high racks, tool cabinets, gates, and the like.
In addition, we worked with many household items to create a variety of sound structures, which should make the use of “seismic activities” particularly diverse.
Almost all of the sounds were generated from a multi-channel set-up made up of Sennheiser MKH80 (ORTF), DPA 4060 (AB) and a Sony DR100. So you can expect the best sound quality. As always, a Sounddevices 744T and a Mixpre were used as recording devices.
As always, all files come with burned in metadata in open standards like iXml, BWAV, ID3 Chunk.
681 hi-quality sound effects of an iconic Continental Wanderer typewriter.
Continental typewriters used to be writer’s favorite – Ernest Hemingway used the very same model (Wanderer).
Library comes packed with a lot of mechanical sound effects recorded with 3 different microphones (DPA4060, MKH8040, MKH8060) for the verity of tone and perspective.
All sound effects have been performed multiple times. You’ll find anything from gentle taps to powerful shift key slams.
Continental Typewriter library is perfect for sound designers. It was recorded at 192kHz 32bit with an excellent sound devices recorded. All sound effects retained a lot of detail even when slowed down 50%
Library includes:
Individual strikes
Typing (Sequences)
Special keys (Spacebar, Shift)
Bells
Mechanical (Carriage Returns, Switches, Levers, Rollers)
Download includes:
192KHZ 24BIT version
RECORDED WITH: MKH 8040, MKH8060, DPA4060,Sund Devices MixPre 3 MK2
EDITED AND MASTERED WITH: Pro Tools, RX
This third volume (called “Level 3 – Organic Transients”) is a five instruments collection library with a lot of percussion sounds and several sound manipulation possibilities. The name “Organic transients” refers to the fact that all of the sounds are created with exhausted drumheads recorded with several sticks and mallets making a huge palette of kicks, snares and creative hits with an organic feel yet very “electronic”. The wide range of sonic manipulation controls allow for great flexibility and sound design freedom. With the 3 samples Round Robin switch it’s possible to give more lively feeling to a static track and with the momentary switches for the every effect you can turn on and off specific effects temporarily while performing and/or recording.
“Bizzarro” is a unique instrument. It features two separate sound engines that can be blended together to create Your unique sounds. The two engines are called “Transient” and “Partials”. The first one is a collection of pluck sounds you can shape with fundamental controls and a dedicated multimode filter. The second engine is called “Partials” and it gives You a huge variety of sonic shaping options. It has five level controls for “partials”, like you would have in additive synthesis, but instead of being simple sine waveforms each partial is a complex and rich sound, tuned following the harmonic series. It also has a dedicated multimode filter. Both filters have their own envelope generator with dedicated controls. The Partials engine also has a dedicated Vibrato effect.
A brand new Impulse Response pack made with 4 guitar pedals reverbs:
Professionally recorded, the pack contains wave files, Reason Refill for the RV-7000 MkII reverb and Logic’s Space Designer presets.
Sampled at 48KHz and 24 bit resolution, you can use them with any convolution reverb and\or any other software that uses IRs. And with the Logic presets you just have to copy the folders in the proper place and you’re good to go!
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