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282 strange, ghostly and spy-like sounds collected from 2 old analog dictaphones, 1 portable cassette recorder, 1 very small digital dictaphone, 3 portable modern recorders, 1 video cam, and finally 1 very famous portable Reel to Reel recorder (a Nagra IS).
• 136 tracks of, Microphone bumps, lav. Microphone put on clothes, Microphone Feedback, Microphone Noises, and the sounds of the inside of a video cams Mechanics.
• 41 tracks of, Dictaphone & Cassette Processed (Kyma, GRM Tools, SoundToys) Sounds, weird telephone answering machine noises, Buttons, Play, Rewinds, and Fast Forward sounds.
• 82 Reel To Reel sounds. Buttons, Tape on, Rewinds/Fast forwards, Manual searching and scratches, where the recorded sounds are heard through the internal speaker of the tape recorder, as well as recorded line out.
• 23 Various processed (Kyma, GRM Tools, SoundToys) sounds. Different stuff speed up, and mangled.
Many of the recorded sounds have been re-recorded on to tape to get that smooth analog sound. Especially the feedback sounds, and bumps benefit from this technique, but also ambience sounds recorded onto a over used 5″ tape has a certain undercover sound to them!
The top-selling futuristic weapons series returns with Future Weapons 2: An all-new collection of the most cutting-edge weapon sounds made for the future.
We spent months recording and designing all-new sounds to bring you the freshest set we could. Great-sounding guns, blasters, reloads, foley, and much more!
Be sure to also check out the first Future Weapons collection, these two collections are must-haves! Created in collaboration with the Russian sound design team from Principle Sound Design, Future Weapons 2 features more than 500+ sounds and 1.2GB of 24bit/96khz .WAV files, all meticulously embedded with Soundminer and Basehead metadata, including:
This library is a bit different from the rest. Â Dx (“Diagnostic”) is a grouping of different audiometric and audiological elements in a neat, diversified package. Â Our goal was to aggregate audio tests from multiple disciplines and build them into a one-stop-shop collection that most sound designers, engineers, researchers, and artists could utilize as a mainstay in their audio toolbox.
In this collection you will find sets of: binaural beats, audiometric sweeps, full frequency sweeps, multi-spectrum noise, spatializations, resonance tones, impulses, dynamics tests, intermodulated distortion tests, aliasing tests, phase tests, and a few fun examples just for kicks.
These diagnostic sounds are provided in 96kHz/24-bit, 48kHz/24-bit, and 44.1kHz/16-bit resolutions.  There are various length and loudness combinations as well, so you don’t have to edit these files to use them for their intended tests.  That being said, this diagnostic audio can also be used very quick and precise ways in layered SFX designs.  Because they are so specific in their development, they can be used with an automatic mathematic disregard…and that, is a good thing.
Quick, clean, and precise. Â Enjoy.
Welcome to the Essential Stadium Crowd sound effects library: All the crowds, back room ambience and practice tracks were recorded at the Phoenix Cardinals Stadium, pre/during and post game. I had the opportunity to have a press pass and free reign in the stadium.
Some of the recordings were recorded way up high in the upper bleachers, and some behind the end zones, as well as other interesting places. There are significant differences in the locations and the ‘thickness’ of the crowds. With this library, you should be able to fill out any sort of large sports arena ambience, as I’ve edited out most of the PA Announcer to give more of a general stadium feel that could be anywhere, and any major arena sporting event. The PA that is left in can easily be edited out.
All the sounds were mastered in Pro Tools, with very transparent processing going on. My signal chain consisted of a C4 Compressor, DMG Equality EQ, and a L1 Limiter. All reverb is natural.
This library is an intimate profile of a completely original 1967 Chevrolet Corvette Coupe. It boasts a 427 ‘Big Block’ 400 HP engine, a 4-speed Muncie transmission, 3×2 tri-power carburetor, and plenty of mechanical accessories.
We recorded anything on the vehicle that made a definable noise: the handbrake, clutch, shifter, turn signal, horn, headlights, hood latch, gas cap, doors, and more. Though the primary focus, of course, was on the beasty combustion and exhaust systems. We collected multi- and single-point, interior and exterior, front to back recordings of the engine cranking, idling, and being cut. We also experimented with a wide spectrum setup for passbys and various driving maneuvers. Files pertaining to the same event are marked accordingly for easy grouping and layering. This collection was designed so that in using multiple grouped files, you can effectively dial in/out the exhaust pipes independently (driver side, passenger side), interior ambience, and direct engine sources as desired. Together with a number of alternative variations, you can use this library to bring any car in your project to life, quickly.
Don’t be afraid to give it a little gas. Enjoy!
We're proud to offer our inaugural bundle package, which includes the first four VSCRL libraries- The Park, The Road, The Snow, and The Beach. This collection comes at an incredible deal, and is the ultimate showcase of the immersive and VISCERAL quality of our ambisonics.
Recorded with the stunning Sennheiser Ambeo microphone, each ambience is delivered in both AmbiX and FuMa formats, as well as Stereo, 5.1, and 7.1.
What’s more- a 360 video reference is provided to offer a fully immersive image of the sound effect being captured!
‘Coins’ by Badlands Sound includes 100+ clean and high-quality coin sounds. Everything from one coin, a few, too many coins dropping on various surfaces like wood, water, metal, and other coins. Also, includes Foley sounds of grabbing coins perfect for film and video games.
In the second installment of the High Desert Winds Series, get the blustery sounds of High Desert Winds 2 recorded in the resonant mountains of West Texas. This library was recorded during a massive two-day wind storm with gusts up 75 mph! These extreme winds rattled and shook the house in wonderful ways. The creaking and groaning windows, doors, and walls were vibrating so much that I could record wind for the first time using a contact microphone! There are also recordings of leaf vortexes, sand blasts, tarps popping, umbrella destruction, and much more. If you need the sounds of a stunning desert storm to complement the recordings in High Desert Winds 1, this is the library to check out.
2% FOR THE PLANET:
Two percent of the price of this library is donated to an environmental cause. I view it as an “artist royalty” for the planet!
• 90% bird and insect free
• Turbulent hurricane-force gusts ranging from 20-75 mph
• Droning and singing wind whistles
• Open plastic bottle and wine bottle wind whistles
• Mountain ridge top wind
• Desert grass, scrub oak, and pinyon pine wind
• Indoor ORTF perspectives: adobe house, wooden storage shed, and mid-sized truck
• Indoor contact mic perspectives: chimneys, windows, doors, and walls
• Plastic tarps and umbrellas whipping in 50-75 mph winds
• Locations: Davis Mountains, Texas
• Named markers included in each file to help find interesting events. Starting in Soundminer 4.5Pro_v252 you can now read text markers from within Soundminer!
• Marker text included in the Soundminer Description and BWAV description fields.
‘DARK’ by Badlands Sound delivers you 15 scary, ominous dark drones that will add an added layer to terrify the audience. You will hear low-end rumbles, sinister drones, creepy atmospheres and more! This sound library includes 15 high-quality 96k / 24-bit dark drones. All audio files are two minutes long subtly changing over time.
Small trickles, to gentle streams, raging rivers, waterfalls, and the Pacific Ocean (in Hawaii and Oregon). Many are quite long and are a perfect long background to a water-related section of your film or project.
STUTTER MATTER delivers a fresh sound set of syncopated hi-tech stutters and ultra-triggered sound effects. Whether you work as movie trailer or game sound designer, editor, soundtrack composer or experimental musician STUTTER MATTER will add a touch of sound dementia to create a more diverse listening experience.
If you are looking for brutal syncopated bursts, head spinning dynamics shifts and industrial dyslexia this sound pack deserves a listen for anyone seeking out interesting sound design.
Categories:• Stutter Chopper
• Stutter Filter
• Stutter Reverse
• Stutter Woosh
• Stutter Sequences and Glitches
• Unprocessed/Raw Stutter elements
+ Bonus folder – 40 Hi-Tech Hits
High quality unprocessed drone/quadcopter recorded using both binaural and mid-side microphone techniques. 4 different types of quadcopters were used in this sound library.
Gear: Neumann KU-100 binaural dummy head microphone, Schoeps mid-side setup (Schoeps CMC6 MK8, Schoeps, CCM M4, Sound Devices Mix-Pre 6)
In this collection you'll find EMF captured from devices like: phones, TVs, hard drives, Playstation 3s, MacBooks, printers, scanners, juicers, pencil sharpeners, frequency counters, digital sweep function generators, camcorders, VCRs, DVD players, DSLRs, network routers, mixing consoles, and MUCH MORE!
This idea was created with efficiency and budget in mind. On independent films we don't always have the luxury of budgeting out an extensive amount of foley. There are tons of resources for cutting cloth, props, and footsteps, but there are none for actions of the human body in every day situations. In this comprehensive library you will find touches, pats, scratches, slides, clasps, slaps, and so many other common actions involving skin that will help bring realism to your projects.
The Dark Woods Ambience sound effects library contains sounds of natural night ambiences, all recorded in the woods in Southwest Florida, USA (under trees, woods, etc). All 68 ready to use and loop-able stereo wave files were captured in 24 Bit, 96 kHz stereo (each in 3 or 5 minutes long). There are sounds of birds, a Coyote, frogs, insects, wild pigs, waves/water splashes from fish/wind, thunders, etc (check out the file names). See if you can identify what the two creatures are that approached my microphone. One of the creatures dragged the microphone fur a few feet away!
Introducing Foam Gun fun!
Over 300 fun-filled plastic toy gun sounds to share with your friends. Featuring small to large sizes of gun cocks, dry gunshots, and bullet fires. Also featuring designed, processed or effected sounds such as rapid-fire and sci-fi blasts!
France Faunethic sound library is a unique collection of 128 sounds recorded at different seasons in various locations.
All these sounds has been recorded and produced with high quality equipment at 24 Bit / 96 kHz.
This library provides authentic and interesting sounds, recorded with DPA, MBHO and Neumann mics powered by an Aeta 4minX.
All Faunethic tracks include metadata carefully edited, compatible with Soundminer, Soundly and Basehead.
Foundational Inner Circle drum pack, featuring 13 kits and 9 electronic genres, from house to dark electronic.
When laying down the foundations of a track, you need to start with the best. Transient Foundations was carefully designed to be the perfect starting point for both amateurs and professionals, covering a mix of several electronic genres. No matter the style, Transient Foundations, our first Inner Circle drum pack, gives you quality from square one.
Transient Foundations was created by musician and sound designer Real Cardinal, a.k.a. Comaduster (Tympanik Audio, BioWare), who has also worked on SoundMorph’s Sinematic and Bloody Nightmare libraries.
13 kits – 225+ samples – 22 loops – 24-bit 96 kHz .wav files
Pre-made templates for: Battery 4, Ableton, Maschine, Kontakt
Embedded with Soundminer and Basehead metadata
Add some serious fire power to your arsenal.
Over 5,000 files – 18GB of samples – 6 libraries
You get a great bang for you buck with the SoundMorph “Warfare Bundle”.
Matter Mayhem – Destruction, Debris, Massive Explosions, Multiple materials and perspectives.
Intervention – Real SWAT weapons, 26 different weapons and foley recorded by Hollywood pro Charles Maynes.
Future Weapons – One of the most advanced weapon sound effects libraries ever created.
Future Weapons 2 – All new weapons and recordings, with a focus on specialized weapons.
Solar Sky – State-of-the-art sci-fi spaceship sounds.
Rupture – Game and filim ready destruction soundpack.
UK Traffic & Vehicles contains a varied assortment of traffic & vehicular sounds captured during field recording sessions by our team of Audio Craftsmen. The sound effects in this library will make for a fantastic addition to your audio collection and will be perfect for use in short films, documentaries, commercials, and video games.
The team has gone out of their way to bring you a range of different sounds, including vehicle pass-bys and ambient recordings of distant traffic. We recorded a selection of cars, buses, trams and trains from varied perspectives, and all sounds were captured in their real-world locations to give you the most authentic & grounded representation of UK traffic & vehicle sounds to use in your projects.
The 26 files included in this library have been carefully edited so that you can seamlessly drop them into your project timeline and are provided dry in 24Bit 96kHz allowing for further sonic manipulation if required. All files are tagged with extensive metadata to allow you to search for and select the desired sound with maximum ease.
Some of the included sounds are: Interior ambience of a moving bus, distant traffic passing through a tunnel, trains passing overhead, vehicle pass-bys on a wet road, siren pass bys, and a petrol station car park.
UK Big City Interiors is a distinct collection of ambient recordings focused on indoor spaces around Manchester. Unlike other libraries, our team has focused on capturing interior atmospheres and sounds, making this the most accurate representation of how a big city feels from the inside. The sounds in this library will make an excellent addition to your everyday audio collection and are perfect for use in your films, commercials, documentaries and other projects.
To bring you the most authentic feeling of an interior cityscape, our team has captured ambiences and sounds from shopping malls, book stores, technology stores, cafes, food courts, restaurants, toilets, busy train stations, trams, buses, elevators, escalators, and much, much more. We have recorded sounds at different times of the day to capture busy as well as quiet atmospheres.
All of the sounds have been precisely edited so that you can drop them into your session instantly and are available in 24Bit 96kHz for further sonic manipulation. Also, all of the files are tagged with extensive metadata and are UCS compliant to find the right sound for your scene with ease.
Attention: Extreme Subwoofer Rumbles! After making our first volume of Bass Drops & Downers, we decided to go even lower! Handmade by our Audio Craftsmen, these 50 effects are designed to bring drama and energy to your productions. Handcrafted using analogue synthesisers and hardware effects, they are guaranteed to give your audience the excitement and suspense you’re looking for; all recorded and supplied to you at 192khz 24bit.
Each sound is individually crafted featuring it’s very own unique and sensational character, ranging from applied low-end mulit-band distortion to extreme envelope modulation, to reinforce those intense moments! Not to mention, included in this pack is all of your absolute imperative, must have, bass-drop tones, coming straight to you from our collection of eloquent, stereo analogue synths programmed by our in-house specialists.
Composers, Producers and Film-Makers alike; this pack provides you with powerful bass drops, breathtaking blasts and explosive bass rumbles for your most sensational and electrifying projects yet. Due to their inherent high resolution, you are free to further manipulate these sounds by any means you could possibly desire. Push your low-end to the next level!
Our new Fireworks library is an explosion of sound! Enjoy this fanfare of fizzes, whistles and bangs recorded from various perspectives. Some sounds include crowd reactions for that authentic celebratory sound. This collection is chock-block with unique reverberations, bassy explosions, careening whines, ricochet twangs and rocket whooshes.
Some of the sounds were recorded at a uniquely close perspective, perfect for Guy Fawkes Night and 4th July Celebrations, Carnivals, Festivals and any other scenes in your projects that feature celebration and fireworks.
All sounds were recorded in 24Bit 96kHz ready for further sonic manipulation. Great for designing and emulating military and artillery weapons. Ideal for manipulating to suit battle and war scenes.
Hydrophonic Design Vol. 1 is the latest of our water-themed collections. This library is overflowing with sounds recorded with our dual-mic over and underwater set-up.
These recordings – captured with the Sennheiser MKH50 and Aquarian H2a Hydrophone – have been carefully designed by our Audio Craftsmen to produce a huge variety of dopplers, impacts, oneshots and ambiences. Worldise your space battle scenes with brassy hits and sci-fi gun shots, or add suspense to underwater game sequences with moody ambiences and bubbling pass-bys. Bring the fun to your sound design process with this versatile collection!
Our Audio Craftsmen have carefully edited each sound for maximum sonic clarity so that you can drop each sound directly into your project timeline and get down to work with minimal fuss.
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.
With A Sound Effect, Asbjoern has created a web site where our international community can browse, learn, and share the vast fruits of our labors. Together we are accelerating the very real potential power of sound design as a recognized art form.
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