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City and urban sound effects & recordings – including crowds, walla, traffic and other city activity
This sound bank captures all facets of London, from its quiet neighborhoods to its dense, bustling areas. Traversing the city from east to west and north to south, it documents a diversity of ambiances: vibrant markets, sirens piercing the streets, the flow of public transport, tranquil parks, and busy traffic-filled streets.
The 84 recordings are offered in binaural format for immersive listening, as well as stereo mixes for speaker playback, suitable for post-production needs. Each recording faithfully reflects the unique atmosphere of each location, providing an authentic dive into the sonic landscape of the English capital.
Designed to enhance audiovisual post-production projects, sound design, or radio creations, this sound bank accurately captures London’s rich sonic diversity. Metadata is included for easier use, and the binaural version, especially suited for immersive creations, provides an enhanced sense of immersion in the city’s soundscapes.
Introducing the second instalment of our “South African Exteriors” ambiences sound effects library! This diverse collection captures the vibrant essence of South Africa. From the tranquil charm of quiet streets to the exhilarating energy of bustling soccer matches, townships and the lively atmosphere of taxi ranks, every sound tells a story. Let your audience experience the authentic sounds of this extraordinary nation! Also available as part of the “South African Bundle” collection.
Dive into the authentic urban atmospheres of French cities with our dedicated sound bank. Recorded in various locations such as Nantes, Strasbourg, Paris, Montpellier, Orléans, and more, our recordings offer a total immersion into the daily life of French city-dwellers.
Our collection is divided into two parts: a binaural section for an immersive spatial listening experience, and a stereo section for use in audio or audiovisual post-production.
You’ll find a wide variety of typically French urban environments, including restaurants, terraces, markets, parks, as well as street atmospheres, tourist areas, and traffic.
Each sound is captured with great precision to faithfully reflect the atmosphere and essence of the recorded locations. This sound bank is designed to meet the needs of sound professionals, offering a valuable resource to enhance their creative projects with realistic and evocative urban atmospheres.
Introducing the second instalment of our captivating “South African Interiors” ambiences sound effects library that transport you straight to the heart of vibrant local life! Dive into this eclectic collection that features a rich tapestry of interior ambiences, from the warmth of cozy shacks to the bustling energy of spaza shops and the rhythmic hum of taxi rides.
Don’t miss the opportunity to enrich your work with these distinctive soundscapes that resonate with the pulse of South Africa! Also available as part of the “South African Bundle” collection.
A collection of ambiances, street sounds, nature ambiances and SFX recorded in Berlin, Germany between 2012-2019.
You will get recordings of airport and train stations with P.A announcements, High quality recordings of S-Bahn and U-bahn Trains both Interior and Exterior perspectives .Interior Bus Rides, Restaurants , Street sounds with German walla and voices, quiet residential ambiances, Rooftops and Roomtones, Supermarkets and Flea markets, Kindergarten, Playgrounds,Street traffic, Pedestrian areas, City Forest, and more.
All Files delivered in Stereo Wav 24/ 96
Gear Used:
Sound devices Mixpre 6
Sennheiser MKH 8040St ORTF
RODE NT4
TASCAM DR100MK2
USA Ambiences Bundle Vol. 1Â comprises ambiences from a variety of rural, urban and waterside locations across the United States to bring elevated levels of immersion to your Film, TV and Game projects set in America.
Our Audio Craftsmen captured recordings in a range of citys and settings throughout states including; Illinois, Florida, Washington, Tennessee and more. This 6.82GB collection includes three volumes:
West Coast America Vol. 1:
Ambiences and spot effects captured in the states of Washington and Oregon, featuring settings such as; Rainforests, Oceanss, Cities and more.
East Coast America Vol. 1:
Ambiences and spot effects captured in the states of Folrida and Connecticut, featuring settings such as; Forests, Street markets, Ferries and more.
Midwestern America Vol. 1:
Ambiences captured in the states of Illinois, Tennessee and Indiana, featuring settings such as; Farms, Suburbs, Trains and more.
This bundle is ideal for those looking to add realism and immersion to their creative projects.
All sounds are delivered in a high-quality 24Bit 96kHz format, allowing for further sonic manipulation. They have been meticulously edited and tagged with extensive UCS compliant metadata for easy organization and use.
UK Ambiences Bundle comprises rural and urban ambiences from across the UK designed to add authentic British textures to your Film, TV and Game projects. Our Audio Craftsmen, captured original recordings across Scotland, Gloucester and northern English countryside. This bundle is perfect for projects with both a rural and urban setting, or for crafting your own custom soundscapes.
The sounds in this library are supplied in both 24 bit / 192 kHz and 96 kHz format and have been tagged with extensive UCS metadata for ease of use.
These group of sounds will help you colour your footage with sounds from the city and the countryside. Packed with 40 sounds to enhance your design
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Just close your eyes and immerse yourself into the Big Apple. 79 Sounds you can use cross-city to create a true mild, happy or stressful event happening near you.
Unlock a new dimension of sounds with our “Modern Office Ambiences” library! Gone are the days of clunky, outdated dot matrix printers and incessant telephone rings. Step into the future with modern office environments that capture the essence of contemporary workspaces.
Featuring quiet zones, open-plan space’s, walkways, foyers, canteens and lobby’s with lively human interactions, and dynamic movements. This library immerses you in the atmosphere of today’s offices.
UK Small Town Bundle contains five libraries with more than 124 sounds including ambiences, room tones, vehicles and unique sounds captured in northern England. With a total runtime of 328 mins and a file size of 10.68 GB, the libraries cover a variety of areas like canals, housing estates, shops, markets, traffic, parks, forests, industrial estates, interiors and much, much more.
Get almost 5 hours of sounds of Sicily, Italy – captured at various locations during different times of the day. The library features sounds of both empty and crowded streets. Mornings and nights sounded different from siesta time, that’s why I’ve recorded streets during all those times.
Another location was a fish market recorded in the morning, during most intense moments.
Other files covers the traffic on the streets full of honking scooters, barking dogs and just cars passing by.
In addition to the recordings from Trapani, you’ll find sound of the airports, not only in Italy but also in Poland, which contains both Polish and Italian walla.
Walla sounds varies from ones with a lot of people talking from different directions, to more narrow ones, with small groups speaking from one place. Most of the recordings are not that easy to distinguish, but there are also files where you can hear very clearly every word.
Italy – Sicilian Ambients features 36 WAV files, recorded with two 8040s plugged into Sound Devices 702 and Sony PCM-M10 portable recorder. The total length of the files is 321 minutes.
Introducing a collection designed to evoke the ambience of diverse spaces filled with “Human Presence” without the distraction of dialogue in stereo and surround.
Picture a chair shuffle in a courtroom, cough in a church or sneeze is a conference room. This library captures the subtle sounds that create the presence of people without voices, enhancing any project that seeks to convey a subtle atmosphere of people or movement.
This “Music Spill” library is a collection of six genres of music heard at various distances emanating through walls from outside as well as inside. The loops were created for easy duplication to match scene durations and streamlines the process of creating environments where music can be heard through structures, best of all it’s license free.
Pack your bags! This sound library has everything you need to recreate the sonic experience of flying on a commercial airline or waiting to line up at the airport!
All aircraft recordings are taken from inside the aircraft, all airport ambiences were taken from the Dallas, Chicago, or Buffalo airports. Sounds include airport ambiences, inflight cabin room tone, inflight walla, airport walla, engine sounds, flaps, take-offs, landings, runway bumps, overhead compartment opening and closing, seat belt buckles, airplane bathroom sounds, captain and flight attendant intercom correspondence and more!
You might think your ears are popping as the subtle sounds of change in altitude are captured in this library. Whether you need short wallas or ambiences or an entire recording from take-off to 10,000 feet this library’s got you covered! All sounds recorded at 24 Bit / 96 kHz.
Welcome to the Sounds of Morocco. This essential collection features carefully selected, high-quality sounds recorded on location in the North African region of Morocco.
From the chaos of Marrakech’s bazaars and souks, to the relative calm of the seaside town, Essaouira, to the laid-back surfside village of Taghazout, this collection captures a true snapshot of the sounds you can expect to hear in Morocco. This collection includes crowds, accents, cafes, birds, traditional markets (or souks), the Islamic call to Prayer (Adhan) and so much more. Please see the tracklist below for more detailed track information.
Sounds of Morocco was recorded with the intention to be particularly useful in post-production environments with a range of genuine and rare sounds you can genuinely expect to hear in Morocco.
We really hope you enjoy this extensive, high-quality sound pack.
All tracks recorded by Evan Buist, sound engineer and field recordist (National Geographic, DreamWorks, Paramount Pictures).
This library contains an eclectic collection of sounds sourced on a recent trip to Japan. It's an auditory sampler of the beauty and stillness as well as the chaos and busyness of Japan, from elevator rides to fish markets, temples, busy streets and mountain streams.
All tracks were record with a stereo pair of Sennheiser MKH 8040's and a Sound Devices 633.
Over 9 hours of carefully recorded exterior ambiences, from cities, streets, squares and stations, to natural environments such as forests, parks and waterfalls.
These recordings were made over a four year period, mainly in locations across Europe, including the streets of Malta, the Black Forest in Germany and city squares in Lithuania.
• Busy city streets and roads with traffic, trams, people, etc
• Quiet suburban streets, parks and squares
• City and town squares with people and distant traffic
• Wet streets with traffic and people, during and after rainfall
• Canals and boats
• Airport Taxi area
• Outdoor parking lots
• Rooftop and balcony recordings
• Walla
• Countryside ambience with birds
• Forest and lagoon
• Sea and waves
• Waterfalls
• Rain and thunder
All sounds were recorded and edited at 24-bit / 96kHz, with embedded meta data.
Over 9 hours of interior ambience recordings, from busy shopping malls, underground carparks, markets and stations, to quiet indoor pools, empty basements and room tones.
These recordings were made over a four year period, mainly in locations across Europe, including Malta, Germany, Belgium, Lithuania and Spain.
Stores Markets Malls: From crowded market places to empty shopping malls.
Public Transport: Buses, airplanes, train stations, airports and more.
Restaurants and Cafeterias: Quiet to noisy, with crowd walla and chatter in English, French, Spanish, Russian, Portuguese, German and more.
Room Tones: Empty basements, old houses, offices, city apartments, hotel rooms and more.
Underground Parking: Busy and quiet
Lobby Church Pool: Hotel lobby, large cathedral, small church and indoor swimming pool.
Unlock the rich tapestry of urban soundscapes with Public Spaces – Urban Life Exteriors sound library. This collection transports you to the heart of vibrant city life, where you can hear nuanced bustling streets, serene town squares, and dynamic construction zones. Ideal for filmmakers, game developers, and sound designers. With Public Spaces – Urban Life Exteriors you can enhance your projects with compelling background sounds and atmospheres with ease.
European Ambient sounds made with Film/TV Sound Editors and mixers in mind – so they won’t just sit on your hard drive gathering virtual ‘dust’, but ones you’ll use often!
Busy, crowded places in London, Prague, Venice, Vienna and Annecy (France.)
Tattoo Parlour & Barbershop Bundle features field recordings of two local businesses in Manchester, England. A plethora of objects, activity and movement were captured at a tattoo parlour and barbershop, providing you with detailed and specific sounds grounded in reality.
Our Audio Craftsmen meticulously recorded and edited a multitude of in-shop sounds, including scissor snips, tattoo pen hums, creaky steps, squeaky doors, bottle sprays, item handling, room tone, clipper buzzes and much more!
Use this bundle to enliven tattooing or hairdressing scenes across Film, TV and Game projects.
The entire bundle is delivered at 24Bit 96kHz and tagged with extensive Metadata for ease of use.
UK Big City Bundle contains three libraries with ambiences and sounds unique to some of the biggest cities in the UK captured during our field recording sessions. With a total runtime of 173 mins and a file size of 5.6 GB, this bundle has everything you need to build a multi-layered city soundscape.
Our Audio Craftsmen travelled through some of largest cities of England including London, Manchester, Sheffield and Liverpool capturing exclusive ambiences to build your perfect city atmosphere. We recorded ambiences from tunnels, construction sites, shopping malls, book stores, technology stores, cafes, restaurants, toilets, busy train stations, buses, trams, elevators, escalators, street sweepers, crowds, skylines and much, much more. The sessions were planned at different times of the day to give you the most authentic and grounded representation of the UK city life to use in your projects.
You will be saving 30% on the total cost of the individual libraries when purchasing the bundle, an awesome value for money addition to your general sound effects libraries. All of the included sounds are carefully edited and provided dry in 24Bit/96kHz and are tagged with extensive UCS compliant metadata to help you find the right sound for your scene.
This library delivers a wealth of siren sounds, from police cars, ambulances, fire trucks and more. Features a range of US siren wails and yelps, arrivals, constant wailing and pass-bys, from internal and external perspectives + siren recordings from countries such as Spain, Denmark, Mexico, France and Germany. These sounds are all hand-picked from Sound Ideas General HD and General HD 2 libraries.
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