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In this library you will find cinematic impacts sounds with impact and texture variations.
After working these sounds in post production, this library comes with 35 incredible cinematic impacts sounds that will bring your vídeo, trailer or movie to life.
The Hand Drums SFX Library contains a wide variety of professional percussion sound effect recordings. Instruments include the den den, djembe, doumbek, frame drum, and udu drum played at numerous tempos and employing various techniques.
Discover the Mechanical Pencil Sharpener Library, featuring 90+ high-quality recordings of a hand cranked mechanical Boston pencil sharpener. With a wide variety of sounds from the sharpener including cranking at different speeds, grinding, impacts, squeaks, clanks and clicks there’s plenty of material to use in your designs.
Perfect for filmmakers, game designers, and sound engineers, these 192kHz/24bit recordings offer versatile creative possibilities and allowing for fantastic pitch bending.
Ideal for design, weapons, mechanical devices, engine rooms, sweeteners, and a wide range of other metal, rubber, and mechanical gear related activities.
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The Definitive Library offers a diverse palette of fresh progressive sound libraries with the best value.
From our bestseller thematic series (cinematic, medieval, anime, horror) to urban and nature ambiences, from vehicles and all-you-need Foley to destruction, metal and mechanical, these pristine sounds will serve perfectly across multiple genres.
You will get 15.648 sound files & 25.000+ organic and designed sounds in 94 GB size. 100% royalty-free and predominantly in 96kHz-24bit and above, they come with easy to navigate metadata and intuitive naming.
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Recorded and designed with top-notch gear and the utmost attention to detail, this library will be definitive to reignite your games, films, post-pro, trailers, TV, videos and more.
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Embark on a sonic journey through the streets of Rome with this meticulously recorded collection of ambisonics ambiences.
Capturing the essence of Italy’s capital, our library offers diverse locations from bustling markets, calm parks, crowded landmarks, dense traffic on cobblestone to tranquil alleyways.
We used an ambisonics microphone to record this 255min library, delivered both in AmbiX, stereo and 5.0. From film and television to video games and virtual reality experiences, our Rome recordings are versatile assets that add depth, atmosphere, and authenticity to any project.
AmbiX, 5.0 and stereo
Each recording is delivered in both AmbiX, decoded stereo and decoded 5.0 (L/R/C/Ls/Rs), for quick and easy integration.
Gear used
Sound Devices MixPre-6 II • Rode NT-SF1
Metadata
This sound library is UCS compliant and comes with fully embedded metadatas compatible with Soundly, Soundminer and Basehead.
Nolan Sound Library – ALL IN ONE Bundle.
Get 1825+ Files in one bundle: Trains, Norway Nature, Nature Soundscapes, Radio Noises, Motocross, Foley Sounds, Spain Ambiences, Planes, Airports, New York Life, Mountains Winds, Forests and many more…
Also includes the NSL in ATMOS Format for big productions.
It’s A Plain Phone_Pack 06 is sixth installment in the It’s A Plain Phone_Collection. This pack includes recordings of a ClearSounds 40XLC Amplified Telephone pressing buttons, pick up, hang ups, slams, detach and reattach cable to both phone and base, switches, and more! This specific phone is designed for those hard of hearing, thus multiple additional switches and settings. 7358+ sounds over two microphone setups, or 3679+ sounds with 1 microphone set up; all packed in 670 sound files. These sound files were recorded at 24 bit, 192kHz using the Sennheiser MKH8050/30 and Sanken CO-100K/ Sennheiser MKH30 microphones into a Sound Devices Mix Pre-6.
All are metadata tagged using the Universal Category System in Soundminer, and also searchable in Soundly and Basehead.
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:
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.
In this library you will find a dark ambience sounds.
These sounds are perfect to use in movies, trailers, games, documentaries, etc.
These sounds were all created by me on virtual synthesizers.
After working these sounds in post-production, this library comes with 12 dark ambiences.
MAGNIFICENT ENGINES IN MOTION
Jet engines are a very unique kind of sound producers. Gaseous or liquid fuel is violently mixed with extremely dense compressed air and then gets burned (don’t do this at home). And this is only one element of the sound. Others are the fan, the compressor, the combustor, the turbine – what the heck – it sounds amazing.
Casual Fun Music Pack is a great way to add a light, happy and energetic ambience to your game. Create an instant sense of fun, adventure and carefree joy with these happy, energetic, and loopable music tracks with their variations. Casual Fun Music Pack is ideal for cute fun and fast games, and is also a perfect companion for game trailers. Add a calypso-like bright and happy shine to your project with Casual Fun Music Pack. It’s packed with fun and smiles!
SMALL AIRPORT AVIATION SOUNDS FOR YOUR PROJECT
The SB107 SM AIRPORT Sounds Effects Library is a collection of helicopters, small commuter jets, single propeller, twin propeller sounds and more all recorded on a small airport runway.
YOUR SECRET FOR SMALL AIRPORT AVIATION SOUNDS
We spent a few days on the runway of the Santa Monica, California airport capturing a bunch of small aviation sounds not normally found in sound effects libraries. We then edited down the hours of recordings to come up with the most useful 129 sounds for you. This includes recordings of take-off and landing passbys from Cessna, Pilatus PC-7, Sia Marchetti Turbo, Steerman Bi-Plane, T-28 Trojan and other aircrafts. There’s even a plane landing tire chirp included this library. These sounds are focused on take-off, landings and engine taxiing at a small airport – including long tails on take-off and landing for realistic placement in your project. We even captured a few neat recordings of the pushback tug tractor and sounds from some rarely recorded military helicopters. Every file has Soundminer compliant metadata embedded, and an organized file naming structure, so you can spend less time searching, and more time creating.
This soundlibrary arises from recordings with plugins and effects.
After working these sounds in post production, this library comes with 20 incredible drone sounds that will bring your vídeo, trailer or movie to life.
Size: 378 MB
Files: 24 • Including metadata
Sample Rate: 48Hz – 24 Bit WAV
Duration: Approx. 22 min
Gear: Virtual Plugins
Delivery: Instant – blazingly-fast
License type: Royalty-Free
Empower Your Compositions with Authentic Medieval Phrases.
[Note: This product requires a FULL version of Native Instruments’ KONTAKT or Steinbergs free HALion Sonic]
Embark on a journey through time with the latest addition to the MEDIEVAL PHRASES series: FIDDLE & NYCKELHARPA. With the Fiddle, with its rich and expressive tones, coupled with the Nyckelharpa’s distinctive resonant strings, we invite you to capture the mood of medieval times. Composers and producers can now use dramatic live performances by outstanding performers or freely play their instruments with varied articulations.
Imagine the bustling markets and vibrant festivals of late medieval Europe, where the rhythm and bounce of the Fiddle & Nyckelharpa set feet tapping and light the hearts of weary travelers. These instruments were the lifeblood of celebration, often heard at markets and taverns above the chatter of merchants and the laughter of children. Their history is woven through countless generations, where they not only provided entertainment but also served as a cultural heartbeat during times of both hardship and prosperity.
MEDIEVAL PHRASES FIDDLE & NYCKLEHARPA carry within tales of the past, each string resonating with stories untold. The Fiddle’s bow dances across strings to produce a vibrant, rhythmic melody, while the Nyckelharpa’s keyed fiddle design adds an otherworldly depth. These sounds, once echoing through medieval tavern halls and open markets, are now crisply captured for the modern composer. With MEDIEVAL PHRASES, breathe new life into your medieval compositions, delivering an authentic experience that is both profound and exhilarating.
Spring ambiences and textures recorded in nature, rural areas and in urban environments like parks etc.
Spring Recordings full of life recorded in forests, meadows, river/stream area, with chirping birds, buzzing insects and other characteristic Spring sounds. Recordings of early Spring included (more silent ambiences). „Background“ ambiences included as well as more present, louder, soundscapes (of various habitats/places). Check the sound list for additional info.
All recordings are traffic free except those recorded intentionally with traffic sounds in urban and rural environments.
Recorded in various microphone techniques like MS, NOS, SASS…and with following microphones: Sennheiser MKH 60/40/30, AKG C391b/Ck94; LOM Usi ; Rode NT1a etc. Recorder/mixer Sound Devices, Sony, Tascam (equipment list included in metadata chunk).
Dynamic range is always great, max peak level is well below -5dBFS. No compressors/limiters are used in editing nor recording.
Sci-Fi Vehicles Vol. 1 is a collection of 4 sci-fi inspired flying vehicles, meticulously designed and crafted from the ground up.
Our Audio Craftsmen used a plethora of sound design techniques to create 4 unique air-based spaceships, each inspired by a particular shape, size, material, or purpose;
BWTG2002 – Large Cargo Ship
SLS2512 – Personal Speed Craft
VIRGL889 – War Jet
VSL1711 – Transport Carrier
For each vehicle you will find sounds covering engine turn on, idle, speed up, slow down and turn off, alongside 12 pass bys at various speeds and distances.
This library is a perfect addition to sci-fi Film, TV & Game trailers, or productions with a futuristic, experimental or abstract edge. Use these sounds in projects to inject larger than life, futuristic textures into your vehicle sound design.
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.
Whats the best thing to do with a broken washing basket?
Thats right record it and create a sample pack
We recorded the Washing Basket being Moved/Manipulated and Roughed up from Fast to Slow, Pats, Rubs, Scrapes and Shakes. The basket was a rough Fabric with a thick cardboard layer between the Fabric. Spolier Alert it’s not the one in the photo
Washing Basket Foley gives you enough audio to give life to any Fabric based Washing basket, it doesn’t stop there, this sample back can be used for other Fabrics and Textures and not just for a washing basket, giving it multiple uses boosting your project to the next level. Washing Basket Foley has been edited to allow a drop in ready and Royalty Free sample pack. These Samples can be used in a variety of projects from Sound Designing/Compositions for TV, Film, Documentaries and Video Games. UCS Compliant and Metadata is attached to the samples
NORDIC ARCHIPELAGO BEACH consists of 17 sounds recorded on islands in the Gulf of Bothnia and is made up mostly of the sound of water on the rocky and pebble beaches which is quite different from what you would hear on the beach of an ocean.
The library was recorded using a Rode NT-SF1 and a Zoom F8n and is delivered as 48 kHz, 24-bit WAV and in both Ambisonic A-format and binaural stereo. The Ambisonic A-format files you can decode into mono, stereo or a variety of surround formats using plugins such as the free SoundField by RØDE plugin.
Get the expected everyday sounds and the unexpected sporty sounds of a go-to compact car. Find the true sound of it with Vadi Sound Library.
What’s inside
Fasten your seatbelt for 141 mechanical and electrical sounds of acceleration, deceleration, driving, drive-by, interior and exterior sounds; ignition, honk, engine, door, and trunk, and more Foley.
You will get long takes of drive-bys, car engine sounds, exhaust sounds and stereo interior recordings, from the exhaust, engine and the cabin perspective on both the rural roads and the highways.
Up your game with these 141 stereo recordings of engine starts and stops, rev-up, idle, gearshifts, accelerating and decelerating to constant and high, medium, low RPM, driving slowly and fast.
96kHz – 24bit format, 2.7 GB size, 79 minutes duration. Comes with intuitive naming and metadata. UCS compliant, 100% royalty-free and compatible with all DAWs, middleware and video editing software.
All sounds are organic and have room for further sound design; recorded in high detail so that you can layer and shape all channels individually in vehicle and other sound design.
Full specs: Volkwagen Polo TSI 1.4 2013 Comfortline, 6R, 85PS, 1104 kg, 1390 cm3 cylinder.
Gear: DPA 4060s, Sennheiser MKH8040s, Audix F5 Dynamics, Zoom F3s.
Keywords: Vehicle, car, compact car, everyday car, electrical, mechanical, ride, break, speed, VW, Volkwagen, Polo, tire, highway, drive by, gear, light, car hood, door, honk, trunk, sun visor, steering wheel, seat belt, lock, outdoor, engine, key, control panel, open, close, window, window wiper, air conditioner, idle, rev-up, handbrake, uphill, downhill, motor, button, remote, road, indoor, exhaust, acceleration, deceleration, cabin, Foley
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You may also want to check out our Bavaria 36 Sailing Boat for access to 58 unique files of 32m 35s duration, including sailing, sail Foley, engine ignition starts and cut offs, water movements, different RPMs, interior and on-deck Foley and ambiences from different perspectives like front, rear, near the water, inside the hull.
Mercedes-Benz Axor 1840 is another option with 54 pristine sounds with multi-channel tracks of exterior and onboard perspectives; ranging from engine starts and stops, rev-up, idle, gearshifts, accelerating and decelerating to constant and high, medium, low RPM, driving slowly and fast.
Compilation of 10 different compact cars. Sounds are recorded with RØDE NTG1, RØDELink Lav, Line Audio Omni1, Shure KSM137, Shure VP88, Sonorous Objects SO.3, FEL Pluggy XLR EM272 and FEL Clippy XLR EM272 microphones, Sound Devices MixPre-6 II and Zoom F3 and Zoom H4n recorders. Library contains wav files of driving, interior and exterior foley, mechanical and electrical sounds. It is also available in UCS.
Models:
All files are recorded 32bit, 192 kHz, with RØDE NTG1, RØDELink Lav, FEL Clippy XLR EM272 and FEL Pluggy XLR EM272 microphones, Sound Devices MixPre-6 II & Zoom F3 recorders. Library contains wav files of driving, interior and exterior foley, mechanical and electrical sounds. It is also available in UCS.
We’ve bundled together
Manchester Ambience
Train Station Ambience
UK Train Interior Ambience
To give you a good all rounder for your all your commuting project needs.
The Commute gives you the authentic soundscape of the daily commuter, from waiting at the train station, to getting on the train and the sound of the big city boosting your project to the next level.The Commute has been edited to allow a drop in ready and Royalty Free sample pack. These Samples can be used in a variety of projects from Sound Designing/Compositions for TV, Film, Documentaries and Video Games. UCS Compliant and Metadata is attached to the samples
Lawn Mower Ambience was recorded in an opportunist moment whilst recording another sample pack
We centred the Zoom H4N facing an average UK back garden on a spring ish day and recorded someone naturally mowing their lawn with an electric mower.
This sample pack has different perspectives from close to distant mowing, with different panning elements which were recorded naturally from up to down to left to right and a lawn Mower stopping.
This sample pack will be great for a lawn mower in the background of your project or wanting a natural sound palette of someone mowing a lawn. Lawn Mower Ambience has been edited to allow a drop in ready and Royalty Free sample pack. These Samples can be used in a variety of projects from Sound Designing for TV, Film, Documentaries and Video Games. UCS Compliant and Metadata is attached to the samples
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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