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• In Bat Echolocation, get a collection of unheard sounds from North American bats. Hear powerful clicks that sound like alien languages and musical pings that ring for ages. Hear laser-like chirps and the feeding buzz of bats on the hunt. Hear a batnado as millions of Mexican free-tailed bats exit their cave and swarm with starling-like murmurations.
• This library offers you a collection of sounds not normally heard by human hears. With a little pitch shifting, this ultrasonic world is at your fingertips. I find unheard sounds fascinating, I hope you enjoy them too. Thanks for listening.
DEMO:
• This demo is made up of pitch shifted sounds. Otherwise you would not be able to hear them :)
• All sounds included in library are ultrasonic other than the BATNADO swarm from 3:00 to end.
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• In African Grey Parrot, get a musical collection of parrot vocalizations from Myrtle the parrot. Hear short squeaks so adorable I couldn’t help but smile and powerful clicks that sound like alien languages. Hear visceral screeches that could cause nightmares and playful whistles so musical you’d think she had a tune stuck in her head.
• This library offers you a collection of sounds from a fascinating species. I didn’t know one parrot could make such a wide variety of vocalizations and it was a joy to hear them for the first time as I got to know Myrtle over several sessions. I hope you enjoy them too. Thanks for listening.
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• In Maine: Rain, get an expansive collection of forest rain from the pristine wilderness of northern Maine. Hear soothing rain deep in the temperate forest. Hear massive post-rain drips plopping and tiny delicate droplets gently landing on autumn leaves. Hear soothing wind in white pines and the magical sound of a million raindrops on birch and poplar leaves.
• This library offers you a large collection of temperate forest rain. I hope you enjoy listening to the natural music of the weather as it sings through the woods of northern Maine.
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• In Angry Chipmunk, get a maniacal collection of enraged rodents. Hear fierce repetitive chirps and visceral trills so close they can’t help but startle. Hear frantic scuttling movement and barks that sound like villainous laughter when pitched down.
• This library offers you a collection of sounds from a rodent with loads of character. Northern Maine has the highest density of angry chipmunks of any place I have recorded. Chipmunks are incredibly territorial and they really did not like me recording near their trees. They even chewed through some of my cables to show their displeasure! But it was worth it to hear their scrappy vocalizations up close. I hope you enjoy them too. Thanks for listening.
• Stereo Only: These recording were made in stereo and do not include a quad version.
• Stereo: front mid/side decoded to left and right.
• Quad: double mid/side decoded to quad.
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• In Maine: Quiet Nature, get a collection of ambiences with sparse flora and fauna from the north Maine woods. Hear playful croaks of a ravens soaring in light rain. Hear lonely moose tromping through spring fed lakes and angry chipmunks barking to defend their honor. Hear the hungry knocking of woodpeckers pecking to find their dinner and the majestic sparseness of autumn forests empty of all but a few species of wildlife.
• This library offers you an extensive collection of ambiences with the sparse flora and fauna of autumn in a temperate forest. I hope you enjoy the wildlife of Maine. Thanks for listening.
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• In Tuning Forks, get a collection of microtonal metal sounds created by plunging tuning forks into water. Hear laser-like chirps with wild harmonics shifting. Hear microtonal beating and tonal kerplunks. Hear extended clattering from underwater impacts and bass drones with deep ominous character.
• This library offers you the collection of surprising laser-like sounds from a quotidian sound source. Thanks for listening.
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• In Maine: Wind get an expansive collection of deciduous and coniferous wind from forests at the northern end of the Appalachian trail. Hear the soothing wind of white pines peacefully swaying. Hear gentle whisps topping distant ridge tops and blustery 60 mph gusts whipping down mountain valleys. Hear the austere emptiness of forests after the autumn leaves have fallen and eerie creaks so emotional it sounds like the old trees are talking.
• This library offers a large collection of temperate forest wind. I hope you enjoy the sounds of weather in the north Maine woods. Thanks for listening.
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• In Wild Animal Calls, get a large collection of animals in their natural environments. Hear haunting Sika deer bugles and curious Grizzlys energetically sniffing my microphones. Hear antiphonal gobbles of dueling turkeys and sharp ribbits singing across still water. Hear electric insects arcing with energy and angst-ridden vocals of lonely coyotes. Hear hawks circling above their clifftop nest and astonishingly dense melodies of Swainson’s thrushes. Hear wild pigs grunts and hummingbirds aerial acrobatics. Hear lonely Loons singing on boreal lakes and stately woodpeckers knocking.
• This library offers you a wide assortment of sounds from a wild animals of North America. These are the healthy and happy sounds of the wild, not the depressed sounds of sad animals confined to cages.
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• In Ribbit, get an croaking collection of North American frog ambiences. Hear lonesome Pacific tree frogs croaking on dark nights in the forest and cute bouncing ball calls of Western-screech owls. Hear single sharp ribbits and frenetically dense choruses of hundreds of croaks.
• This library offers you an extensive collection of sounds from noisy amphibians. I hope you enjoy these sounds. Thanks for listening.
The first instrument of the WORLD MUSIC BUNDLE, the Ethnic Flute Phrases, was put together on the back of the success of our Lyrical Phrases series. We decided to start a new series to bring together unique voices from around the world and have them contribute to the music we compose.
Each instrument included in the WORLD MUSIC BUNDLE has been recorded and designed to preserve their authentic human musicality. Use these very expressive and straightforward compositional tools to create truly original music. Get these three together as a bundle and take advantage of the reduced price.
Recording animals can be tricky, fun and surprising. Recording bison bulls in rut is all the, with a fair bit of anxiety added.
The male bison bull can weigh up to 2000 pounds and are as tall as a regular sized man. When these animals are in rut, usually around late in summer, they are extremly aggressive and are not animals you should get in close contact with, without a wrangler who really knows what he or she is doing.
With that in mind Peter Albrechtsen and myself found ourselves on a ranch in Morud on Fyn, Denmark, where we recorded bisons in rut from the back of an open pick up truck.
The final recordings going into this library are both the stereo Telinga files and 2 tracks of Mkh416 amd Sanken CO100K files. All synced up, UCS ready and filled with some of the most organic and monsterous deep growling and otherworldly sounds we have ever recorded.
Recorders used: Sounddevices 702 and MixPre 6.
Microphones used: Telinga Parabolic dish and mic. Sennheiser Mkh416. Sanken CO 100K.
A note about this library: Even though we did our best to avoid birds, winds and distant traffic wash, these noises are some times present in the sounds. They are however not audible in the actual growls and bellows etc. But please listen to the demo beforehand, and decide for yourself!
ENTER THE WORLD OF STEAMPUNK SOUND DESIGN
STEAMPUNK GADGETS opens the gate into the intricate realm of gears, cogs and mechanisms. This collection of mechanical sound effects is an auditory passport to a Victorian-era workshop where the future meets the past through the whisper of steam-powered machinery and the rattle of small mechanical devices.
The library offers a palette of sounds ranging from the subtle clicks of lock mechanisms to the complex operations of miniature steam-powered inventions. It’s perfect for creating custom machines, enhancing the tactile feel of game environments or adding a unique mechanical touch to user interfaces and interactive designs.
A SONIC BLUEPRINT FOR GADGETS AND GIZMOS
Included are source recordings as well as pre-designed sounds. You get a variety of recordings of small mechanisms like gear wheels, springs, buttons, various handling and a big array of completely designed machine processes and mechanics. Design the locking mechanism of a puzzle box, bring mechanical gadgets to life or set the background atmosphere of a factory hall.
STEAMPUNK GADGETS isn’t just for designing small mechanisms; it’s an essential collection for anyone crafting the sounds of intricate machinery. Enhance your weapon sound design, create big industrial machines or design everyday mechanical devices. Dive into a world where the smallest sounds leave the biggest impression and let this collection of finely-crafted sound effects become the gearbox of your mechanical sound design work.
WHAT’S INSIDE (FILES / SOUNDS)
“Squeaky Gates” is a sound design sample pack featuring a range of wood and metal gate creaks recorded with a shotgun and contact microphone.
A collection of sounds from Spain’s renowned Jerez Horse Fair.
Key Features:
ACTIVATION 2 offers a wide range of UI sound effects thoughtfully organised into various categories, making it a valuable resource for your creative projects.
Categories in ACTIVATION 2 are:
Robot_UI
Beeps and Bells
Clicks
Confirmations
Positive & Negative Feedback
Sequences
Misc
Hover
Backgrounds
Counters
Glitches
Alerts
Zoom
Start_and_Shutdown
UI Voices (2 styles)
Discover over 1,000 robotic UI and HUD sound effects, each meticulously crafted using state-of-the-art synthesizers, analogue and digital equipment. These sounds have been carefully mastered and edited to ensure seamless integration into your projects.
In addition to the sound effects, ACTIVATION 2 includes about 1000 UI voices, covering everything from the alphabet, numbers and phrases to simple words. Including phrases and words such as “Artificial Intelligence”, “All systems up and running”, “projection”, practical commands such as “save”, “load” and “exit”, as well as directions (up, down, left, right) and date and time cues. ACTIVATION 2 meets the nuanced needs of your UI design. Each phrase or word is available in two different voice styles.
Whether you’re working on games, mobile applications, web design or any other project that requires a rich UI experience, ACTIVATION 2 is a comprehensive and versatile sound library that can stand alone or complement your existing sound resources.
ACTIVATION 2 file names and metadata follows the Universal Category System (UCS).
Looking for some new and different background tracks? Create more movement within your BG’s tracks with dynamic files. These tracks might be just what you’re looking for. With an average of 4 min. per track, and as long as 10 min., the days of repetitive copy/paste are behind you.
The advantage to long tracks is that it will never sound looped, and thus, no listener fatigue.
This library consists of urban and city traffic ambiences and dins, high desert amb, small town amb, busy and calm ambiences. There are both day and night time scenarios.
Add this collection, “Essential Sound Urban Background Ambience & Traffic PART 1” and it’s counterpart, “Essential Sound Urban Background Ambience & Traffic PART 2“, to your library and see what all the noise is about.
All sounds captured with Zoom H6 and Zoom F6 recorders
Mastered in Pro Tools.
Looking for some new and different background tracks? Create more movement within your BG’s tracks with dynamic files. These tracks might be just what you’re looking for. With an average of 4 min. per track, and as long as 15 min., the days of repetitive copy/paste are behind you.
The advantage to long tracks is that it will never sound looped, and thus, no listener fatigue.
This library consists of day and night urban and city traffic ambiences and dins, room-tones, as well as wet rainy traffic, captured in a variety of locations. These range from close traffic sounds, to the soothing night song of cicadas.
Add this collection, “Essential Sound Urban Background Ambience & Traffic PART 2” and it’s counterpart, “Essential Sound Urban Background Ambience & Traffic PART 1“, to your library and see what all the noise is about.
All sounds captured with Zoom H6 and Zoom F6 recorders
Mastered in Pro Tools.
Essential Sound Urban Background Ambience & Traffic 2 Pack Bundle
This bundle contains 80 tracks of clear and dynamic field recordings. A select collection of captured background ambiences from various locations around Southern California and Los Angeles.
Some of the locations include; West Hollywood, Santa Monica, Pasadena, Ojai, Joshua Tree, San Bernadino Forest, and much more.
There is a good mix of interior and exterior files, as well as day and night versions. This includes; light and heavy traffic, near and distant. Rainy wet traffic. Room-tone versions with light/heavy traffic. Quiet desert bird and cicada ambience, as well as active park and street ambiences.
There is a little bit of everything, and a great way to bolster your existing library.
All material has embedded Metadata. Also, where there are notable moments that stick out in a track, there are meta-tags for easy spot viewing in programs that support meta-tags, such as Soundminer.
Recordings were captured at 24bit/96Khz, with Zoom F6, H6 recorders, with Rode Shotguns and Stereo mic setups. All files are cleaned up and mastered in Pro Tools, with light compression and the necessary EQ to ensure clarity is preserved without sounding muddy.
Essential Sound New York & Subway Bundle
This bundle includes both the top selling New York City libraries: Essential New York City, and Essential New York City – Street and Subway.
These two libraries combined give you access to the rich urban intercity, under-city and rural ambiences that keep making New York sound unique. Sirens, skyline drones, and the beating heart of NYC are all covered in this bundle.
Included sounds are: wet and dry close and distant perspective traffics, skyline dins, subway interiors, bys, through walls, etc. Pedestrians on busy sidewalks, quiet side streets, and dozens of other locations and situations.
All tracks have been meticulously recorded and mastered with Sony D10-D50 and similar field recorders and Pro Tools.
All recordings have full metadata created in Soundminer.
24bit/48Khz
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 vÃdeo, trailer or movie to life.
Size: 45 MB
Files: 35 • Including metadata
Sample Rate: 48kHz – 24 Bit WAV
Duration: Approx. 1 min
Gear: Virtual Plugins
Delivery: Instant – blazingly-fast – digital download
License type: Royalty-Free
GUNSHOTS FOR ANY PROJECT
The SB103 GUNSHOTS Sound Effects Library has a variety of mixed gunshots ready for your project.
YOUR SECRET WEAPON FOR REALISTIC GUNSHOTS
Gunshots from Revolvers, Semi-Automatics, Automatics, Bolt Actions and a 12 Gauge Shotgun — ready to drop into your project. We spent days recording a Smith and Wesson .38 Special, Glock 40, AK-47, AR-15 M4, Browning Automatic 308, M1921 Submachine Gun, Enfield British 303, Remington 700 7mm Mag and a Remington 870 Shotgun. After recording, we edited and mixed our favorite sounding gunshots, and now they’re available for you. From single shots to full auto mag dumps — close up single shots and distant single shots with natural decay — you’ll find the gunshot you need for your project. There are even some custom recordings you won’t find anywhere else, like shooting from the interior of a covered truck bed. Every file has Soundminer compliant metadata embedded, and a structured organized file naming structure. Use these sounds as is, or layer and manipulate them to take your movie, show or video game to the next level.
Special thanks to the Bechthold family for helping with the safety and handling of the firearms and providing a quiet outdoor space to record.
THE ALL-IN-ONE WATER SOUND EFFECTS COLLECTION
Create magical water spells, design foley scenes on the fly and always have the right water atmosphere available. Our Water Bundle brings you the best solution for water sound design. Whether you’re working on films, video games or immersive VR experiences, this bundle comes with a huge amount and the versatility of water sounds that you need. Dive into the world of water sound design with Water in Motion, Ocean Waves and Streams and Rivers now!
WHAT’S INSIDE?
Water in Motion
Discover the versatile world of aquatic audio with WATER IN MOTION, a sound library designed to provide sound designers and game audio professionals with an extensive array of water sounds. This library equips you with detailed recordings and designed tools to create your very own sound effects and design water foley scenes right out of the box.
More Info: https://asoundeffect.com/sound-library/water-in-motion/
Ocean Waves
This collection of ocean waves sound effects is truly one of a kind, offering a wide range of detailed nature field recordings for your projects. From gentle waves splashing onto sandy beaches and the light lapping of water between rocks and stones, to storm-driven surf and the powerful crashing against solid cliffs, you’ll find everything to create the perfect ocean-inspired atmosphere.
More info: https://asoundeffect.com/sound-library/ocean-waves/
Streams and Rivers
Creating this library we travelled to many secluded places to capture the pure sounds of flowing water: gently gurgling springs and small streams in deep forests, calm rivers between rocks or fields and thundering waterfalls splashing down mountains. Bring your projects to life and craft all kinds of flowing water by using, layering and transforming our water sounds in a creative way.
More Info: https://asoundeffect.com/sound-library/streams-and-rivers/
Elevate Your Sound Game with the Sound Ex Machina – ALL IN Bundle!
Get ready for a sonic odyssey with our ALL IN Bundle, featuring 25 mind-blowing sound effects libraries. From the chaos of Destruction Zone to the emotional rollercoaster of Crowds: Emotions and Reactions, this collection is a nerdy paradise for audio enthusiasts.
Rev your creative engines with Auto Repair and the adrenaline-fueled Extreme Drift. Feel the flow of nature with River Flows: Over & Under, embrace innocence with Baby Sounds, and experience the intensity of F16 Maneuvers.
Dive into nostalgia with Vintage Telephones and add realism with Rolling Objects and Rain City. Indulge in the charm of Mediterranean Summertime, the diversity of the Animal Farm, and the vibrant soul of Sounds of Istanbul.
Immerse yourself in the analog world of Analog Days, experience the organic vibe of UI Sounds: Organic, and let the soothing Water Flow transport you. Elevate your game with Basketball Game Ultra and Basketball Game Pro, and add a touch of humor with Laughs.
Unlock the full spectrum of sound possibilities with the Sound Ex Machina – ALL IN Bundle. Get all these amazing libraries for a special bundle price now!
Immerse Yourself in Sonic Wonders with the DRL Bundle!
Embark on an audio adventure with our Bundle, featuring eight mind-expanding sound effects libraries from Digital Rain Lab. From the intense Lethal Energies to the futuristic Signal Frontiers, this collection is a playground for audio visionaries.
Dive into the surreal with Dreamscapes Vol.1 and Vol.2 and explore the unknown with Sci-Fi Transitions. Experience the organic beauty of Woodwork, feel the power of Driving Forces and transport yourself to a futuristic realm with Space Station.
Unleash your creative potential with the DRL Bundle. This extraordinary collection is your ticket to a world of sonic marvels. Get all these cutting-edge libraries for a special bundle price that’s a steal compared to purchasing each library individually! Don’t miss out on this opportunity to elevate your sound design game.
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A Sound Effect is a well curated boutique sound effects shop and a great place to find industry interviews and learning resources.