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Environments & Ambiences Bulgaria Vol. 1 Play Track 21 sounds included, 54 mins total $34

Bun venit în Bulgaria!

Bulgaria Vol. 1 features field recordings captured in the outskirts of Sofia, Bulgaria. The sounds of a mountain path, forest trail, stream, residential areas, parks, back streets and roadsides have been faithfully recorded by one of our Audio Craftsmen for this library.

A variety of ambiences were collected in real Bulgarian suburban environments to provide you with authentic sounds teeming with Bulgarian voices, language, activity, dogs, movement, traffic, laughter, vehicles, pass bys, room tone, presence and more.

Use these sounds to build Balkan backgrounds in your Film, TV & Game productions.

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.

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Foley Sound Effects Smartphone Foley Vol. 1 Play Track 48 sounds included $12

Smartphone Foley Vol. 1 delivers authentic sounds of a smartphone.

A pocketsized collection of taps, swipes, handling and vibrations captured by our Audio Craftsmen on wooden and metallic surfaces. Use this library to add tactile elements into TV, Film, Documentary and Game projects.

All sounds are delivered in 24Bit 192kHz format allowing further sonic manipulation, and have been tagged with extensive UCS-compliant metadata for ease of use.

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Aircraft - Jet/Propeller Plane Sound Effects Airport & Plane Ambience Play Track 20 sounds included, 105 mins total $20

Airport & Plane Ambience contains twenty sound files recorded between Lisbon and Frankfurt’s airports while also including three different immersive flights, regular ambiences from these locations, taking off and landing takes, passengers settling in their seats and plenty of announcements in four different languages.

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Instruments Reindeer Antler Whistle Play Track 8 sounds included $19

Made of a Finnish reindeer antler, Reindeer Antler Whistle is a unique little instrument. The physical version of the instrument could produce only one clear note, which was then sampled to make a full-range virtual wind instrument.

FULL Kontakt 6.0.3 or higher required

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City Life Sound Effects Restaurant Ambience Play Track 10+ sounds included, 25 mins total $24

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

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Instruments Birch Trumpet Play Track 12 sounds included $24

Made of birch bark, the birch trumpet, or tuohitorvi, as we call it in Finland, is a traditional Finnish instrument. We recorded long and short notes and then expanded the virtual instrument to cover four octaves.

Other names for the instrument include birch bark trumpet, birch bark horn, neverlur, näverlur, tās̆u taure, ragas, daudytė, and karjapasun.

FULL Kontakt 6.7.0 or higher required

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Quadcopters / Drone Sounds iFlight ProTek35 CineWhoop 2020 UAD uncrewed aerial vehicle drone quadcopter Play Track 18 sounds included, 4 mins total $40

All files are recorded 32bit, 192 kHz, with Rode NTG1 and FEL Clippy EM272 microphones, Zoom F3 recorder. Library contains wav files of driving and exterior foley, mechanical and electrical sounds.

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Train Sound Effects Steam Train Vol. 1 Play Track 7 sounds included $15

All aboard!

Steam Train Vol. 1 delivers authentic sounds of a British steam locomotive.

Whistles, chugging, wheels on railway tracks, steam hissing, passenger voices, engine clicks and more were captured in the heart of the industrial revolution – the North West of England.

These field recordings were carefully captured and edited by our Audio Craftsmen, resulting in a concise collection of mechanical, industrial steam train sounds – complete with rattles, clanks and chugga-chugga-choo-choos!

Use this library to enhance period settings, design steam train scenes, and reference an age gone-by. Ideal for TV, Film, Documentary and Game projects alike.

All sounds are delivered in 24Bit 96kHz format allowing further sonic manipulation, and have been tagged with extensive UCS-compliant metadata for ease of use.

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Instruments Jouhikko / Tagelharpa Play Track 1088 sounds included $79

Jouhikko (Finnish version of tagelharpa) is a traditional bowed lyre from Finland. The recorded jouhikko had three horsehair strings, which is the traditional way. Other Finnish names for the instrument are jouhikannel or jouhikantele. Similar instruments include talharpa, tagelharpa, stråkharpa, hiiu kannel, crwth and gue.

This jouhikko was tuned in E-A-D. As there are different tunings, including the traditional A-D-G tuning, the virtual jouhikko has many options to cover those.
We recorded long notes, staccato, spiccato, pizzicato and tremolo, from A4 to C#5, and then expanded these notes to cover some lower and higher notes. Legato, portamento and vibrato was added via script.

Jouhikko was recorded with two microphones, and you can choose your preferred one. We captured up- and down-bows, 3 round robins, two velocity layers, and 1088 samples.

FULL Kontakt 6.7.0 or higher required

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Nature & Countryside Ambiences Rivers, Streams, Creeks Play Track 31 sounds included, 62 mins total $35

31 Sounds of rivers, streams and creeks.

Each file is 2 minutes and loopable for a total recordings of 1 hour and 2 minutes.

There are variations of the rivers recorded from different distances.

Quiet rivers, rough with waves, small and calm mountain creeks

Quality of the recordings is 96 kHz / 24 Bit and stereo channel.

Recorders: Sound Devices 744T / Fostex Fr2 LE

Microphones: Sennheiser MKH 8040 Stereo ORTF / Rode Nt4

All files are Loopable

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Animal Sound Effects Dogs – Cockapoo Play Track 61 sounds included $39.99

This collection includes some unique sounds from Penny, a cockapoo. From barks to whines, whimpers and grunts, Penny provided an outstanding canine performance. Being a puppy, her mood fluctuates from excitement to anxiety, but rest assured – she thoroughly enjoyed the recording session and was rewarded with plenty of treats.

All her dog noises were recorded at 192kHz 24bit, making them perfect for creative sound design.

This library is UCS-compliant.

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Funny / Comedy / Cartoon Farts Vol. 1 Play Track 25 sounds included $12

Good things do come in small packages.

Farts Vol. 1 is a collection of trumps, poots, and toots created using a rubber fart machine.

This library is perfect for cartoon, comedic or animated productions. Pair these sounds with our Cartoon SFX Volumes to build a sonic pallet perfect for goofy slapstick productions.

All sounds are delivered in 24Bit 192kHz format allowing further sonic manipulation, and have been meticulously edited and tagged with extensive UCS-compliant metadata for ease of use.

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Ice Sound Effects Ice Hits and Smashes Play Track 432 sounds included $7.99
Features:
- 400+ audio files in 24 bit 48kHz quality
- WAV format
- Many variants are provided for all sounds
- All files are metadata-tagged, allowing for easy searching in sound library management tools
- UCS compliant file naming
- Available for commercial or personal use without attribution
Includes the sound of:
- Smashes
- Blunt hits
- Handling
- Scrapes
- And more!
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City Life Sound Effects Ambiences from Wales Play Track 19 sounds included, 41 mins total $39.99

Discover the sounds of Wales – from the windy mountainous areas of Snowdonia to relaxed 19-th century pier on a Saturday morning in a seaside town, Llandudno, filled with families, children and local conversations. Explore the spectacular Aber Falls, one of Snowdonia’s most dramatic waterfalls and its surroundings.

This library is UCS-compliant.

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Door Sound Effects Durmitor Play Track 35+ sounds included, 150 mins total $30

This library contains ambiances and effects recorded from a few trips to Montenegro and a national park in the mountain of Durmitor in the period of late autumn.

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Universal Category System (UCS) Car Foley Vol. 3 Play Track 93 sounds included $18

Car Foley Vol. 3 is the third instalment in a series of foley-esque vehicle sound effect libraries. Featuring steering wheel handling, gear stick movement, pedal presses and more! The library also contains interior and mechanical sound effects like horn beeps, electric windows and air conditioning fans – all recorded from the driving seat perspective.

You can combine these sound effects with our Car Foley Vol. 1 & Vol. 2 to sweeten the tactile scenes in any Film, TV or Game project.

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.

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Cinematic & Trailer Sound Effects Theia Play Track 883 sounds included $30

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Universal Category System (UCS) Stormy Weather Play Track 8+ sounds included, 37 mins total $25

Make any of your projects a thundering success with this Stormy Weather pack.

Beautifully dark and moody atmosphere to really add an ambience to your project.

Recorded in rural France during a storm.

Recorded and exported in 192Khz 32bit float so you can get the most out of all the textures and movement of the thunder.

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Ambisonic Sound Effects Ambisonic – Thunderstorm, rain Play Track 86+ sounds included, 300 mins total $30

Thunderstorm, thunder strike and rain recorded in ambisonic. Recorded in urban and natural environment. Clean long recordings.

Check the sound list for additional info.

tech note:

Ambisonic recording (3D audio, VR360 audio) – Immersive Audio, Spatial audio;

Recorded with Sennheiser Ambeo VR microphone (tripod, Rycote blimp/windjammer) and Sound Devices recorder. All channels matched with pink noise generator (ch. gain).
B-format (Ambix) – RAW files and stereo files (binaural) rendered via Reaper/Ambeo (Sennheiser plugin), A to B format converter and they are ready to use. FX library sound preview is in binaural stereo.

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Mechanical Sound Effects Steampunk Mech SFX Play Track 1180 sounds included $79.99

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Get a complete arsenal of steampunk mechanical sound effects for your project. All sounds in the Steampunk Mech SFX Pack are drag-and-drop ready. Every audio file is easily searchable as they were meticulously organized into categories to make it easy to find the perfect sound.

Make your selection from various designed categories to suit the mechanisms in your project. Discover a wide range of sounds perfect for gears, gadgets, cranks, bells, clocks, weapons, workshop contraptions, factory machines, and metal impacts.

Looking for raw recordings as well? We’ve got you covered. Steampunk Mech SFX includes some of the original recordings used to design the sound pack.

Obtain sounds for factory-sized and miniature-sized mechanisms, wood and metal gears, as well as spinning, clicking, ringing, and snapping gadgets. Pristinely recorded and designed, these sounds are a must-have to bring your project that polish you are looking for.

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Bundles Ultimate Sound Effects Essentials Play Track 8145 sounds included $365

The 344 Audio Ultimate Sound Effects Essentials is a smaller, curated collection of the sounds contained in our Ultimate Sound Effects Bundle. Over 8,145 files and 81.6 GB of sound effects cultivated from 10 years worth of sound effect creation – excluding The Foley Vault.

Inside you will find everything from blood curdling screams to soothing natural ambiences, traffic pass-bys, crowd walla, electromagnetic energy and medieval weaponry.

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Car Sound Effects Ford Ranger Play Track 141+ sounds included, 154 mins total $33

Ford Ranger 4×4 truck, 24/96 FX sound library.
Car in drive, on road and off road, exterior and interior of the car, booth in drive and stationary. Parts of the car, sensors, engine etc.
Many perspectives of the car in drive and stationary – from close to distant, from left to right, from front to…around the car.
Off road drive in low gear ratio (4×4) and high gear ratio included. During recording microphones are positioned on the vehicle body, roof etc.
Normal, road drive like city/suburbs drive, highway drive, open road drive also included.
Interior “room tone” of the vehicle in drive/stationary is also included. Check the sound list for add info.

Various microphone setups used as well as microphones. Description and equipment info in metadata chunk. Recorded with Sound Devices recorder.
RAW recordings without any dynamic manipulation (compressors/limiters) with max. peak level: -5dBFS.

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Foley Sound Effects Foley – Household Essentials Play Track 741 sounds included $15

The Foley – Household Essentials collection features 741 files of various household sounds, including doors and drawers opening and closing, refrigerators, microwaves, toolboxes, sliding doors, creaks and more.

Recorded in 24 bit/48 kHz, these sounds are easy to navigate and were captured using a Rode NTG4+ (for mono files) and a Sony PCM D100 (for stereo files) to ensure a high level of detail and dryness.

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Car Sound Effects Car Foley Vol. 1 Play Track 120 sounds included $18

Car Foley Vol. 1 offers a plethora of tactile vehicle sounds. This instalment features a variety of buttons, switches, dials and knobs captured in a 2014 Kia Picanto car interior. You can apply these sounds to any Film, TV or Game project requiring a sense of touch in vehicle-based scenes.

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.

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