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City and urban sound effects & recordings – including crowds, walla, traffic and other city activity
Urban Berlin Vol. 1 is the first release from a set of different Sound Librarys from Germany’s Capitol City Berlin. This first Volume contains Sounds like Citylife, Leisure, Traffic and Train Stations, Pleasure Boat, Flea Market, Trade Fair, Shopping and Crowds in different public Situations. Indoor and Outdoor.
This collection is really immersive, distant noises in large halls, people walking away to catch their train and much more.
Beautiful Bells Vol 1 contains the solo ringing of 76 swinging bells, recorded in 43 churches, cathedrals, abbeys, basilicas and chapels across France, and 15 peals of multiple bells, called plenum, with unprecedented quality. Most of the sounds were recorded inside bell towers.
Swinging bells are struck by a hanging clapper. They have a natural pitch modulation due to the Doppler effect, and a timbre modulation due to varying orientation. They produce a deep and lively sound and are mostly used to announce masses, religious holidays, weddings and funerals.
Every bell size is represented in this library, from huge bourdons (bells whose pitch are below C3) weighing several tons to small chapel bells weighing around 20 kilograms. You will find bells founded from 16th to 21st century with a great variety of timbres and tunings. The sounds are sorted by note, from D2 to F5.
By sorting the solo sounds by location, you can recreate authentic bell combinations. You also have the freedom to create any custom combination or use the sounds as instruments in musical scores.
All the sounds in this library were recorded in bell towers or as close as possible to provide great sonic precision and optimal signal-to-noise ratio.
Over 12,000 kilometers were traveled during six months to get you one of the most exhaustive swinging bell sound library ever recorded.
• A total of 91 sounds recorded across France
• Contrains the peal of 10 bourdons (below C3)
• More than 4 hours of sound
• Wide variety of bells (size, age, tuning)
• Contains solo bells sorted by note
• Notes from D2 to F5
• Contains peal of multiple bells
• Metadata with detailed information about each bell
• 96KHz/24bit
• Very low noise
• Metadata UCS-compliant
• Mainly recorded with Sennheiser MKH 8040
The Art Gallery Crowds sound library invites you into the immersive world of an art gallery. Recorded in a Los Angeles gallery across multiple spaces, from vast concrete halls to intimate wooden galleries, this collection captures the true ambiance of these cultural sanctuaries.
The primary focus of the library is the movement and chatter of small to large multilingual crowds in various spaces, and the arrhythmic footfalls on creaking wooden floors and echoing concrete paths. You’ll also hear snippets of security radios and guardians making their rounds, kids playing, laughing and crying, and camera shutters clicking.
Whether you’re crafting an immersive cinematic museum scene, composing an atmospheric soundtrack, or designing a multimedia installation, this authentic collection provides a sonic window into the living world of art galleries.
Specs:
-12 Sounds
-Total Runtime 38:54
-1.14GB in Total
-Stereo – 24 bit, 96kHz
-Detailed UCS Metadata
Two vintage heavy Funiculars in Lisbon
A sound library of spacious ambient sounds and isolated elements from urban public establishments, with recordings of captivating environments of indoor recreation, such as museums, hotels, foyers, restaurants, cafeterias, malls, and more.
Nature and Urban Field Recordings From the Caribbean
Immerse your audience in the rich and beautiful sounds of the coastal area of Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.
Audio Explorer: Dominican Republic Sound Library brings you well over 2 hours of vibrant, detailed and deeply authentic sound recordings from various locations around the Dominican Republic, including lively and bustling city streets, the charming Independence Park and Umbrella Street areas, as well as various coastal and inland ambiences complete with wildlife, wind and vegetation.
Going a little deeper into the content of this library, there are two different sound location approaches to cover all situations where the island’s life might need to be portrayed. On the one hand you get lively – or quieter – city and resort recordings, and on the other hand included are beach, inland and vegetation recordings at varying distances from water, groves, and dunes.
In the more urban recordings, you’ll hear the sounds of everyday life, from the hustle and bustle of busy streets to the tranquil sounds of quiet alleys. You’ll hear the chatter of local life and in some recordings the sound of cars and motorbikes navigating the streets. In addition, the resort recordings offer a glimpse into the more peaceful side of Puerto Plata, with sounds of waves crashing on the beach, birds chirping, and the rustling of palm trees in the breeze.
When traveling to Berlin to take some much needed time off, I immediately know that I wanted to capture some of the ambiences of the city; Not just to create a library from them, but also to let me dwell on the trip for a little longer by immersing myself in these recordings once back home. From the balcony of an AirBnb in Berlin-Wedding, I captured several long-form ambiences (ranging from 5 to 30+ minutes) during different times of day. The location of the apartment allowed me to capture the sounds of the city in a very cohesive and uninterrupted way without having people walking or driving directly in front of the recorder.
You’ll hear gentle traffic sounds, the S-Bahn 41 and 42 arriving and departing regularly in the distance, occasional ambulance pass-bys, church bells, birds, and, in some cases, even the thumping bass from a nearby wedding venue.
Also included are recordings captured at train and subway stations, animal vocalizations captured at the two zoos, and some very calming suburban ambience.
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
Coll Anderson has compiled this special collection of music tracks in a variety of genres – recorded from actual cars passing at different speeds, with the music playing.
This three-in-one bundle features all of our London based sound effect libraries, and showcases everything this iconic city has to offer. From Kensington Gardens and the River Thames to the hustle and bustle of the London Underground, every aspect of London-life has been covered here!
All sounds included were carefully captured and meticulously edited for maximum sonic quality, enabling to you drop each sample into your projects with no need for further enhancement or modification.
The entire bundle is delivered at 24Bit/96kHz, and tagged with extensive Metadata.
INCLUDED LIBRARIES:
London Ambiences
London Ambiences Vol. 2
London Train and Tube
London Train and Tube is the latest addition to our collection of ambiences recorded in London, UK.
This library features interior and exterior ambient recordings of the London Underground, a train en route to to London St. Pancras Station, and the station itself.
Discover the hustle and bustle of the London commute in these detailed recordings, including conductor announcements, platform ambience, passing footsteps, English accents, automatic tube doors, screeching rails, rolling suitcases, engine roars, beeps, bangs, bumps and more!
These sounds are perfect for crafting natural soundscapes of London or British transport and can be used in your films, documentaries and video games. Included recordings of bassy engines and moaning metal rails are also ideal for more abstract genres, such as sci-fi and horror.
Inject verisimilitude into your projects with this collection of immersive sounds!
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 96kHz format allowing further sonic manipulation and have been meticulously edited and tagged with extensive UCS compliant metadata for ease of use.
From Sacred Valley to the Amazon Jungle and the vibrant cities of Cusco & Puno beside the great Lake Titicaca. PERU covers all aspects of life across this incredible nation. Stereo, LCR & 5.1 multitrack recordings all with meta tag and correct wildlife identification.
Wild life and urban activity, covering a wide variety of necessities for your South American post production project. Identified wildlife with their respective images embedded.
EUROPEAN LIFE – 3D SURROUND AMBIENCES
We wandered the European countryside to capture the unique flavors of the different small towns, villages, and suburbs.
Now Europe can be enjoyed from farmstead to cottage with this ambient sound effects collection that encompasses all the rural sound palettes from the North Sea to the Mediterranean. The sounds provide genuine atmospheres for each setting without any distractions in the foreground; perfect, countryside soundscapes for authentic audio layers in your production.
Varying from calm restaurants to small town cafes, rivers and creeks to traffic and streets, EUROPEAN LIFE contains an entire sonic palette of the European rural life. Recorded in 3D, you can choose the exact listening angle or use the stereo version (also included). EUROPEAN LIFE makes for an excellent addition to our TOWN & COUNTRY collection to broaden the agrarian scope, or as a companion to URBAN EUROPE to round out the sounds of the European continent.
UK Shops & Markets is a distinct collection of ambiences from small shops and markets recorded in England, captured during field recording sessions by our team of Audio Craftsmen. The sounds will make a great addition to your everyday audio collection and are perfect for use in your films, documentaries, commercials and video games.
Our team travelled and recorded sounds from authentic British outdoor and indoor markets, different perspectives from supermarkets and retail stores, shopping centres and much more, all in locations without music. We captured the sounds of trolleys passing, people speaking in English and other language, checkout tills, shopping bags and footsteps, essentially everything you would need to build an ambience of a shop/market in the UK.
We then carefully edited the files so that you can drop them straight to your projects effortlessly. All of the sounds are provided dry in 24Bit 96kHz allowing you for further sonic manipulation according to your requirement. Moreover, all the files are tagged with extensive metadata and are UCS compliant to search and select the desired sound with ease.
Take a sonic dive into the NYC subway – in immersive binaural stereo … the next best thing to being there. Roaring trains, squealing wheels, deep announcer echoes. Recorded from the platform – and on the train. Take a little trip … with the Audio Ninja.
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The LA Ambisonics sound effects library is an extensive collection of 239 immersive urban ambience recordings from throughout the city of Los Angeles. Add these LA ambiences sounds to strengthen your scenes with an authentic city soundscape — from beach and boardwalk sounds, city and freeway traffic, to street and restaurant walla, plane pass bys, and more.
Recorded by Academy Award®-winner Mark Mangini (Blade Runner 2049, Mad Max: Fury Road), LA Ambisonics was captured at various locations throughout Los Angeles including LAX, Venice Beach, Hollywood Boulevard, Union Station, Laurel Canyon and more. To capture these stunning ambiences, Mangini took the opportunity to think critically about what makes Los Angeles sound unique, and how to best achieve the immersion integral to the ambisonics format.
“I’ve been a fan of Ambisonic recording for some time, having developed my own microphones and plugins, not only for their sonic verisimilitude but for their obvious potential in cinema sound. While ‘immersion’ is the word on everyone’s lips as a sonic panacea, there is a great deal of controversy about how best to achieve it. I believe that it is in the reproduction of a believable 360 degree sound field that one achieves the highest level of ‘immersion’ and Ambisonics is one of the most practical and sonically pleasing ways to get there.” – Mark Mangini
Delivered in both Ambisonic and stereo formats, each audio file is embedded with rich descriptions for quick intuitive search results. This library includes SurroundZone2 software by TSL Products that allows you to control the Ambisonics files by pointing “virtual microphones” any direction with a wide range of polar patterns. Unparalleled flexibility lets users match backgrounds with the specific setting of any scene and decode to mono, stereo, 5.1, 7.1 and beyond. These recordings are also perfect for 3D Audio applications including VR and 360º video.
Mark Mangini
Famous for cable cars, golden bridge and hippie culture, San Francisco has some of the most unique soundscapes in the world. Enjoy a walk along the streets of Castro, Haight-Ashbury and The Fisherman’s Wharf. Travel on a ferry to both eerie and peaceful Alcatraz Island. Feel the rumble and vibrations on the Golden Gate Bridge.
59 Ambiences, most of them are loopeable, from the city of San Francisco, California (USA).
Recorded in October 2019.
Learn more about these recordings: https://soundxplorer.com/the-noise-of-san-francisco
RAIN features various kinds of RAIN AMBIENCES and EFFECTS from different parts of CITIES and FORESTS.
RAIN AMBIENCE SET includes RAIN FALLING ON DIRT & LEAVES, RAIN COMING OUT FROM PIPES, HITTING THE ASPHALT, and various kinds of RAIN POURING ON ROOFS such as PORCHES and LARGE PARKINGS and more. And THUNDERS!!
RAIN VEHICLE SET includes CAR PASSING BYS and RAIN TRAFFICS in cities.
Recorded @ 24bit 96kHz / ORTF, SPACED OMNI, XY and carefully edited.
Welcome to to the historic city of Rome. Once you get here you feel all the history this city has to offer.
In this short visit to Rome we have captured the essence of this lovely city: Markets, museums, city live and of course, storms.
16 tracks recorded in different places of the city. 48Khz and 24 bits HD Audio. As always, great ambience files to use in your production.
This library was recorded in a Double MS mic configuration for the surround files. This provides great post production possibilities.
This small collection of sounds, include a variety of ambiences, feels, and classics Amsterdam Sounds. They are part of my last travel to this amazing city!
They include sounds from Dam Square, Hermitage Museums, Trains, canal tour, street ambiences…
All the files have metadata embebed for great Soundminer type programs. They both include Spanish and English description.
This collection includes 35 files, 48/24 stereo & surround 5.1.
This library consists of 59 recordings from the beautiful Italian island of Sardinia. Centred around the North East town of Olbia and surrounding areas, this library includes everything you need to get a real feel of this jewel of the Mediterranean. It includes everything from town ambiences to beaches (both busy and quiet), traffic, harbour sounds, church interiors, transport and much more.
Almost 4 hours of audio, with most ambiences over 3 minutes in length.
Perfect for film makers, theatre sound designers and anyone who needs that authentic, everyday sound of Sardinia.
All recordings are at 24Bit/96KHz with Soundminer, ID3 v2.3.0 & RIFF metadata embedded.
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