The SmartSoundFX Results Are In! And The Winner Is...

Posted November 14, 2023 by Asbjoern Andersen in A Sound Effect

A big thanks to all of you who participated in the SmartSoundFX giveaway. I'm excited to let you know that the results are in:

THE WINNER IS... MICHELLE LAUDRY!

She's now received the 24 sound effects libraries from SmartsoundFX - a huge congrats to Michelle!

And even if you didn't win, I still have some good news for you: SmartsoundFX is currently running a huge sale, with up to 75% off their great sound libraries. Check out their selection below:

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The Prizes:

Michelle Laudry received all these sound effects libraries from SmartSoundFX – but even if you didn’t win, you can currently land some excellent deals on them below:

Bundles The SmartsoundFX Bundle Play Track 43000 sounds included $3,783.20

The SmartsoundFX Bundle by Smartsound

A great sound collection, covering a wide range of needs.

Musical transitions, action scenes, home videos, cinematic fiction… you name it! If “just good” isn’t good enough, make it awesome!
– with The SmartsoundFX Bundle.

Includes all 78 SmartsoundFX Packs

LIBRARIES 78

SOUNDS 43.500+

SIZE 320+ GB

[THIS PACK INCLUDES ONLY THE STEREO VERSIONS]

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Nature & Countryside Ambiences Asian Countrysides Play Track 110 sounds included $59

Enjoy the pristine sound of varied ambiences recorded across Asia. Dive into the vast sonic landscapes featuring FORESTS, INSECTS, LAKESHORES, VILLAGES, BIRDS, WATER, RAIN, THUNDER, WIND and more. While many base sounds can be used in any setting, others will take your audience to characteristic places – control the mood, setting and even temperature to your liking!

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Funny / Comedy / Cartoon Cartoon & Infotainment Play Track 223 sounds included $49

Bring your animations to life with this collection of HORNS, WHOOSHES, WOBBLES, BOINGS, and MORE! Not only are these silly sounds great for cartoons, but they also include many must-have FX for podcasts, videos, on-line teachers, and anyone else who wants to bring some slapstick to their information broadcast.

This library was developed in cooperation with our partner VAMIFY.

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Water & Ocean Sounds Coastal Play Track 123 sounds included, 195 mins total $59

Romantic seaside sunsets, lighthouse keepers on their outpost and spies discussing espionage at the waterfront all need their ambience. From WAVES and SURF at various settings and distances, to BIRDS crying overhead and wood creaking at the MARINA. Also including one shots of BIRDS, SLASHES, SEALS, and other coastal sounds.

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Horror Sound Effects Dark Textures Play Track 122 sounds included $59

Featuring over 100 high-quality drones and pads, this sound library evokes unsettling and gloomy feelings – perfect to create spooky atmospheres and tension building soundscapes for your project.

This package contains layers of mallets, strings, metals, glasses, synthetic and bass sounds, giving your audience the creeps.

The Library includes:

Drones & Pads – Creepy, Spooky, Horror, Mysterious

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Dog Sound Effects Dogs Play Track 302 sounds included $79

Big dogs, small dogs, relaxed dogs, crazy dogs, dirty dogs, this collection has every dog you could ever need. From the haughty GROWLS of fierce Chihuahuas to the sad WHINES of a German Shephard when their beloved owner has left the room. DOGS will have your paws full of sounds from humankind’s best friends.

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Drones & Mood Sound Effects Drones & Pads Play Track 165 sounds included $49

Build the suspense or sense of wonder with this pack of high-quality drones and pads. The sounds come in a large variety of styles, from DARK, mysterious metallic ringing or whirling vacuous spaces and mid-range NEUTRAL sounds like evolving hums and shimmering resonances to light, ethereal ahs and cosmic-inspired reverberations from outer space. The soundtrack of your production isn’t complete without these awe-inspiring soundscapes.

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City Life Sound Effects European Cities Play Track 69 sounds included $59

The loud din of an OLD TOWN SQUARE, the quiet of a tree-lined street in a RESIDENTIAL AREA and the gentle rumbling of a PLANE flying by overhead while sitting in a secret garden. Including distant fog horns at the HARBOR, trickling FOUNTAINS, and cars stuck in TRAFFIC, this collection without a doubt encapsulates all the auditory wealth of the modern urban setting.

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Foley Sound Effects Everyday Life 01 Play Track 531 sounds included $59

There are no sounds like home sounds. Everything from slamming BOOKS and turning pages to sweeping BROOMS, humming DISHWASHERS, and the tinkling of CUTLERY, our EVERYDAY LIFE collection will have your listeners thinking the sounds are coming from the next room.

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Foley Sound Effects Everyday Life 02 Play Track 547 sounds included $59

The impact of everyday sounds is often underestimated. Your project will come to life with this collection of common sounds around the house, from a flick of a LIGHT SWITCH, cutting PAPER, and a rumbling WASHING MACHINE, to squeaking and thudding FLOORS, humming VENDING MACHINES and squirting SOAP DISPENSERS.

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Foley Sound Effects Fight Play Track 642 sounds included $59

Parry your way out of cinematic danger with this collection of bone-crunching combat sounds. From PUNCHES and WHOOSHES to BODY FALLS and GRUNTS, this body-slamming collection can be used as is or layered for even more combative depth.

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Footsteps Sound Effects Footsteps Play Track 1489 sounds included $79

Tread lightly with our collection of high-quality footsteps. From SNEAKERS and LEATHER SHOES to BOOTS, HIGH HEELS, and BAREFOOT across a variety of surfaces, like CONCRETE, GRAVEL, WOOD, METAL, and even SAND, this collection is a must-have for any film or game studio.

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Sci-Fi Sound Effects Futuristic Play Track 565 sounds included $59

This curated package of sound effects is from another planet. If you ever wondered how to make your audience experience the extraterrestrial, this compilation of handpicked sounds is the “go-to” compilation for your Sci-Fi projects.

Included are Ambiences, Weapons, Electronics, Objects, Spaceships, Alarms, UI, Devices

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Cinematic & Trailer Sound Effects Impacts, Hits & Whooshes 01 Play Track 539 sounds included
Rated 5.00 out of 5
$59

This collection delivers a vast variety of Impacts, Hits & Whooshes that are commonly used in contemporary trailers and big screen productions.

Refine your scene with Impacts, Hits & Whooshes to give it that extra oomph.

The Library includes:

Impacts, Hits & Whooshes – Air, Transition, Bass, Dark, Explosion, Fire, Flutter, Glass, Magic, Metal, Percussion, Synthesized, Transition, Water, Wood

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Cinematic & Trailer Sound Effects Impacts, Hits & Whooshes 02 Play Track 591 sounds included $59

Unlock the key to the big reverberations of the silver screen. From heart-shaking IMPACTS and mind-crushing HITS to world-changing WHOOSHES, this quintessential sound design collection will be sure to complete your project with that magic, cinematic touch. Paired with Volume One, you’ll never again find yourself seeking out another transition or support effect.

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Cinematic & Trailer Sound Effects Krypton Play Track 300 sounds included $65

Your search for the one outstanding cinematic sound FX pack is complete with KRYPTON. This set of high-end FX can turn a homemade reel to a professional Hollywood cut. DARK AND LIGHT ATMOSPHERES, HITS, BRAAMS, RISERS, GLITCHES, DRONES, BOOMS, WHOOSHES and more are just a click and drag away from setting your work above the competition.

This library was developed in cooperation with our partner VAMIFY.

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Travel & Transportation Mavic Travel Filmmaker Play Track 300 sounds included $49

Walk down the boulevard, jump onto the metro, and catch the last train with this collection of soundscapes and transitions. Transport your listener to a cafe, the seaside, or the streets, or let their senses take flight as a plane passes by. When you need your audience to come onto the scene, then our pack of city and travel filmmaker sounds will be sure to bring it all to life.

This library was developed in cooperation with our partner VAMIFY.

Included are Ambiences (Airport, Train Station, Restaurant, City, Highway, Ocean, Weather) Vehicles (Cars, Motorcycles, Planes, Train) Musical Ambiences, Transitions.

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Cold Weapon Sound Effects Medieval Play Track 605 sounds included
Rated 5.00 out of 5
$59

The Dark Ages are calling! With this curated package full of high-quality sound effects everything in your medieval world is brought to life. From objects like doors, chests and fire over foley sounds like steps, chains and gore to weapons such as the crossbow, sword, hammer and axe. This compilation provides a solid foundation of „ready to use“ sound effects to give your project an authentic medieval feeling.

The Library includes:
Horse, Textile, Impact, Whoosh, Armor, Chain, Gore, Step, Chest, Door, Drawbridge, Fire, Gate, Mechanical, Flag, Portcullis, Carriage, Axe, Blade, Bow, Catapult, Crossbow, Hammer, Knife, Quarterstaff, Sickle, Sword

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Creature Sound Effects Monsters Play Track 789 sounds included $59

Ever wondered how to get the creatures, beasts and monsters in your project as badass and nasty as possible?

This collection is filled with high-quality sound effects that let your clients tremble in their seats. The curated package comes with everything you need: Vocals like attacks, breaths, threats, alerts, idle sounds, die screams and foley sounds such as bodyfalls, steps and movement.

With this set of handpicked sounds you have the world of cinematic creature sound design at your fingertips.

The Library includes:

Beast, Coloss, Dwarf, Fishman, Gnome, Golem, Hellhound, Imp, Insect, Kraken, Minotaur, Ogre, Orc, Reptile, Witch, Wraith, Yeti, Zombie, Attack, Breath, Death, Idle, Step, Threaten, Voice, Foley

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Nature & Countryside Ambiences Nature South Africa Play Track 110 sounds included $59

The acoustic beauty of the savanna has been revealed in this voyage across the African continent’s southern climes. Travel through soundscapes from the BUSH to the COAST, with an array of natural ambiences including WATERFALLS, WEATHER, and more. Your viewers will be fully immersed using these effects from mother nature.

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Roomtones Room Ambiences Play Track 90 sounds included, 396 mins total From: $59

Add realism to your interior scenes with this collection of real-world INDOOR AMBIANCES. Explore the sonic varieties of different houses and rooms, from the sonic atmospheres of BASEMENTS with various PIPING, to the crackling FIREPLACE of a LIVINGROOM and the whirling FAN of a BATHROOM, or stroll through OFFICES filled with HUMMING COMPUTERS, and WAREHOUSES with rattling VENTILATION. Bring your scenes to life with the right background to fill the silence.

The library is available in stereo or ambisonics (incl. stereo version)
Stereo Version: 86 stereo files + 4 mono files
Ambisonics Version (incl. Stereo): 86 ambisonics (AmbiX) files + Stereo Version (86 stereo files + 4 mono files)

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Bundles SmartsoundFX Starter Pack Play Track 1000+ sounds included $100

When you’re ready to step up to the next level of sound effects or if your needs are limited but with a wide range—this is the pack for you. With high-quality content covering everything from ANIMALS and MECHANICALS, to EXPLOSIONS, MAGIC, WEAPONS and FOLEY, this is the perfect collection for aspiring video producers, and anyone starting out in sound design.

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Foley Sound Effects Sports 01 Play Track 507 sounds included $59

Nothing but net and a whole lot of other sounds for sports. Build up the impact of those hits and swishes with this collection of SFX. Including sounds from BASKETBALL, BOXING, BMX, GYM, BADMINTON, and even DARTS. Sport scenes need the added power of pro sounds.

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User Interface (UI) Sound Effects User Interaction Play Track 678 sounds included $79

Characters speak and so do the items they use. USER INTERFACE will bring the small to life with this collection of clicks, notifications, buttons, and swooshes.

Included are: Buttons, Clicks, Jingles, Notifications, Organics, Slides, Swishes

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Materials & Texture Sound Effects Xenon Cinematic SFX Play Track 170 sounds included $49

Give your reels a powerful cinematic punch with XENON. This set of professionally recorded BOOMS, DROPS, HITS, RISERS, and WHOOSHES will take your project onto a whole new level of quality. Lacking great audio transitions or just the right sound to match the camera movements? This collection is your answer.

This library was developed in cooperation with our partner VAMIFY.

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Cinematic & Trailer Sound Effects Four Elements – Elemental Magic Play Track 3050 sounds included, 251 mins total $149
Master the Art of Bending the Elemental Forces

Unleash the raw power of fire, water, earth, and air with this comprehensive 9 GB sound library featuring 3050 high-quality sound effects across 630 files. Whether you’re designing cinematic soundscapes or enhancing video games Four Elements delivers the tools you need to harness the energy of the natural world.

Construction Kit – 2443 Sounds

A treasure trove of raw, organic, and processed sounds including seamless loops divided into Fire, Water, Air, Earth and Explosion categories. Customize every detail with an extensive selection of sound components.
- Organic Fire: Campfire sizzles, torch whooshes, and flame bursts.
- Processed Fire: Distorted impacts and unique crackles.
- Organic Earth: Rock crashes, gravel scrapes, and heavy stone hits.
- Processed Earth: Stylized rumbles and granular textures.
- Organic Water: Ocean waves, hydrophone bubbles, and fluid splashes.
- Processed Water: Underwater whooshes and stylized liquid smashes.
- Organic Air: Bamboo swishes, cloth movements, and pressure bursts.
- Processed Air: Filtered gusts and dynamic noise sweeps.
- Explosion: Firework detonations, Butane bursts, and cinematic impacts.
Building Blocks – 416 Sounds

Game-ready sound layers featuring Impacts, Whooshes, and Textures as seamless loops. Elevate transitions and enhance atmospheres with loops and pre-designed sound layers.
- Fire: Explosive bursts, blazing infernos, and warm embers.
- Earth: Ground-shaking impacts, crumbling terrain, and heavy collisions.
- Water: Cascading waves, serene rivers, and underwater ambiences.
- Air: Whispering breezes, stormy turbulence, and slicing gusts.
Design Kit – 192 Sounds

A collection of ready-to-use sound effects divided into Attack, Bend, and Explosion categories for quick integration into your projects. Perfect for high-energy scenes and immersive storytelling.
- Fire: Crackling flames, fiery bursts, and roaring infernos.
- Earth: Crushing impacts, shifting ground, and massive land eruptions.
- Water: Splashes, fluid manipulations, and crashing tidal waves.
- Air: Slicing winds, swirling currents, and thunderous gusts.
Four Elements gives you complete creative control, blending organic recordings with processed sound layers to meet the demands of any project. Master the forces of nature with Four Elements. Let your creativity ignite.

Keywords:

Elements, Fire, Water, Earth, Air, Wave, Water, Liquid, Rock, Cast, Stone, Pebble, Torch, Gas, Flame, Campfire, Sizzle, Burst, Scrape, Whoosh, Impact, Texture, Attack, Bend, Bending, Explosion, Processed, Surge, Quake, Hit, Flow, Burn, Ignite, Drop, Smack, Destruction, Rumble, Hiss, Blow, Wind, Cloth, Movement, Underwater, Bubble, Ocean, River, Lake, Firework, Firecracker, Bang, Blast, Detonation, Magic, Fantasy, Forces, Fire Magic, Water Magic, Earth Magic, Fire Air, Fire Effect, Fire Whoosh, Water Whoosh, Seamless Loop, Loop, Fire Cast, Water Cast, Earth Cast, Air Cast
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Animal Sound Effects Collections Animal Hyperrealism Vol IV Play Track 2096 sounds included, 78 mins total $153

⏰ For a very limited time:
Add this library to the cart and enter ah4launch in the cart coupon field – to sprinkle an extra launch discount, on top of the current discount!

Animal Hyperrealism Vol IV is a sound library containing animal vocalisations, from real to designed creatures totaling more than 2000 individual sounds in 294 files. The sounds were recorded in zoos, and wildlife centers.

The asset list includes but is not limited to: hippos, hyenas, vultures, dwarf mongooses, elephants, African cranes, parrots, tigers, pigmy hippos, rhea ostriches, brown bears, pheasants, wildebeests, African wild dogs and many more. The content has been recorded at 192KHz with a Sanken CO100K, an Avisoft CMPA and a Sennheiser 8050 for center plus two Sennheiser MKH8040 for stereo image.

The resulting ultrasonic spectrum is rich and allows for truly extreme manipulation of the content.

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Bundles Audiohero – The Prodigy Play Track 300000 sounds included
Rated 4.00 out of 5
$5

Download 50 Sound Effects for $9.99 within a month from a library of more than 300,000 tracks. We give you Access to a wide variety of collections from Sound Ideas and the Hollywood Edge, including categories such as ambiance, animals, comedy, cartoon, crashes, designed sounds, foley, feature film, guns, sci-fi, production elements, sports, surround sound, transportation, and the list goes on! Instead of purchasing a boutique library, choose from an extensive library ala carte. We provide you with the massive audio library without the large cost.

The sound effects are all recorded in 24bit 96khz down to 16bit 44.1khz. These sound effects have been used in many productions such as feature films, video games and all types of broadcast.

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Purchasing this offer gets you a special code that lets you download 50 sound effects from Audiohero.com within a month. The sounds you get with this purchase are covered under the Audiohero EULA.

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Hand Combat Sound Effects Violent Combat Play Track 4213 sounds included ~~From: $135~~ From: $108

THE RAW SOUND OF CINEMATIC FIGHTING

VIOLENT COMBAT is a professional sound effects library built for fight scenes that demand impact. Packed with punch sound effects, fight sound effects, and powerful combat sound effects, it delivers everything from raw realism to over-the-top cinematic action. With improved fidelity and greater variation than its predecessor CLOSE COMBAT, this collection gives sound designers production-ready audio for film, TV, and games.

From Realism to Cinematic Exaggeration

Dial in the tone you need with dedicated categories: Martial Arts, Grounded, Over The Top, and Gory. Whether it’s kung fu sound effects, karate sounds, or exaggerated wrestling hits, you can shift seamlessly from authentic to stylised.

Successor to Close Combat

VIOLENT COMBAT builds on the legacy of CLOSE COMBAT with higher fidelity recordings, better-organised categories, and more variation. It’s the ideal companion, giving you the flexibility to cover every style of fight scene.

Sounds That Land With Force

Recorded with a wide range of props and techniques, each fighting sound effect has real weight. Where needed, selective pre-processing boosts impact, avoiding the flat results of real fight recordings.

Production-Ready and Versatile

Equally at home in film, TV drama, high-end game audio, or immersive theatre. From knockout sound effects to stylised fight sequences, Violent Combat is ready to drop straight into your mix.

Included Sounds – KEYWORDS
AIR, BODYFALL, CLOTH, CRUNCH, FINISHER, FURNITURE, GORE, GRAB, GRAPPLE, IMPACT, KICK, LEATHER, MARTIAL ARTS, METAL, MOVEMENT, PLASTIC, PUNCH, SLAP, SWISH, SWOOSH, THROW, WHOOSH

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Animal Sound Effects Collections Animal Hyperrealism Vol IV Play Track 2096 sounds included, 78 mins total $153

⏰ For a very limited time:
Add this library to the cart and enter ah4launch in the cart coupon field – to sprinkle an extra launch discount, on top of the current discount!

Animal Hyperrealism Vol IV is a sound library containing animal vocalisations, from real to designed creatures totaling more than 2000 individual sounds in 294 files. The sounds were recorded in zoos, and wildlife centers.

The asset list includes but is not limited to: hippos, hyenas, vultures, dwarf mongooses, elephants, African cranes, parrots, tigers, pigmy hippos, rhea ostriches, brown bears, pheasants, wildebeests, African wild dogs and many more. The content has been recorded at 192KHz with a Sanken CO100K, an Avisoft CMPA and a Sennheiser 8050 for center plus two Sennheiser MKH8040 for stereo image.

The resulting ultrasonic spectrum is rich and allows for truly extreme manipulation of the content.

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Weather Sound Effects Hyper Thunder Play Track 800+ sounds included $49.50
Hyper Thunder is a colossal collection of thunder and lightning, 100% crafted from the ground up using innovative synthesized technics and props recordings. Not a single real life thunder recording was used. using synthesis and props manipulation crafted to deliver impact far beyond natural recordings. Built entirely from innovative synthesis and props recordings, this library pushes the boundaries of weather sound design—perfect for when you need the raw energy of a storm dialed up to cinematic extremes.

Featuring over 800 files, Hyper Thunder spans everything from subtle distant rumbles and rolling thunder to razor-sharp lightning strikes and earth-shaking impacts. With both designed hits and source layers, you have full control—drop in ready-to-use power or sculpt your own stormscapes using the source recordings.

Created in collaboration with Bruits.Studio’s Vincent Fliniaux and Tibo Csuko—longtime SoundMorph contributors to acclaimed libraries like Robotic Lifeforms 2 and WATER— Hyper Thunder blends technical mastery with bold creativity.

Key Features
- 800+ files of synthesized thunder and lightning
- Both designed hits and source layers for full creative control
- Covers subtle distant rumbles through to massive cinematic impacts
- Crafted 100% from synthesis for a unique, larger-than-life sound
- Perfect for film, games, trailers, and any project needing storm power
- Created in collaboration with Bruits.Studio’s Vincent Fliniaux and Tibo Csuko (Robotic Lifeforms 2, WATER)
From atmospheric detail to explosive drama, Hyper Thunder gives you thunder and lightning that are bigger, subtler, and more versatile than nature itself.
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Destruction & Impact Sounds The Arcane Fire Spells Play Track 638 sounds included $25

638 meticulously processed stereo fire spells sound effects recorded in 96 khz and 24 bits for high audio definition.

The collection comes with hundreds of variations, more than 1 hour of content and many different type of fire spells. It also includes source sounds for more flexibility for your projects.

This collection is perfect for any films, video games or trailers.

The library is fully focused on fire spells. You will find simple one shot magic firebolt, powerful high level fire spells, fire sword, berserker enchantments and so on. Spells such as fireball, firewall, rain of fire, meteor, fire nova, magma storm, pyroblast, sword of Avernus, etc. are included in this library.

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Ambisonic Sound Effects Ambisonic Sounds – Rain and Thunderstorm Vol.3 Play Track 19 sounds included, 55 mins total $20

Immerse yourself in an atmosphere of natural power and tranquility with the “Rain and Thunderstorm” sound collection, consisting of 4 Vol-s.
This collection features a variety of looped sounds: light rain, night rain with loud thunderclaps, and other effects that will help you create the perfect atmosphere – from a quiet, secluded night, long scenes, or endless atmospheric effects without abrupt transitions, to a dramatic thunderstorm on the horizon.
The recording was made by a Zoom H3-VR recorder in the Ambisonics A format (96 kHz 24 Bit) and then converted to the AmbiX and Stereo formats (96 kHz 24 Bit), which are located in different folders of this sound pack.

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