City Life Sound Effects

City and urban sound effects & recordings – including crowds, walla, traffic and other city activity

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Environments & Ambiences Seashell Resonance Play Track 25+ sounds included, 75 mins total $19

This library comprises ambiences recorded from inside a sea shell/conch in various settings as city streets, nature, waves, traffic, walla.

Discover distorted realities from the sea shell, the sounds are filtered, occluded by the natural shell, an organic resonator.

In addition there are few sounds that are created by blowing inside the shell and making a note, which is a traditional Inca instrument (Pututo).

WHAT’S INSIDE:
25 stereo files (15 ambiences + 10 Shell Blowing note)

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City Life Sound Effects Nature and Urban Ambiences Play Track 23+ sounds included, 27 mins total $19.99

This small library contains 23 unique ambience tracks recorded in the Central Florida area. The nature ambiences range from forests to oceans in both the night time and during the day. Urban ambiences range from industrial warehouse settings, to small city parks and parking garages. One particularly unique track included is a recording from inside a home during hurricane Irma.

Overall, This collection covers a lot of ground for 23 tracks. Each track contained is fairly unique within the set.

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City Life Sound Effects The Supermarket Play Track 13 sounds included, 12 mins total $5

Experience the hustle and bustle of the Grocery Store with our Supermarket Ambience Pack! Delve into over 12 minutes of captivating shopping ambience and immerse yourself in the vivid sounds of the bustling aisles. This pack features 13 high-definition sound clips and an immersive audio impulse response, all stealth-recorded with high-quality equipment. With 96 kHz, 24-bit mono and stereo WAV files, this pack is a must-have for sound designers seeking to elevate their projects with authentic, high-fidelity supermarket ambience.

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City Life Sound Effects Atmospheres of Rio De Janeiro Play Track 27+ sounds included, 75 mins total $30

Get the sounds of Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, captured by Ana Monte. It features recordings from places such as busy streets, restaurants, downtown, suburbs, markets, subway and bus rides and more.

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Environments & Ambiences Room Tones Europe Play Track 234+ sounds included From: $135

ROOM TONES EUROPE – 3D SURROUND AMBIENCES:
Our second entry of our brand-new sound effect series 3D SURROUND is here: ROOM TONES EUROPE. This library offers an enormous variety of different room ambiences. From busy transportation areas, malls and warehouses over congress centers and green houses to swimming pools and public libraries. ROOM TONES EUROPE covers all different scenarios you could possibly need, delivered fully surround with unprecedented precision, spatial impression and clarity. Undoubtedly, this can be easily used in stereo productions as well. Either chose the angle yourself or use the stereo version (included in 3D SURROUND).

CLEAN AND PRODUCTION READY
ROOM TONES EUROPE is a highly versatile ambience library that smoothly adapts to virtually any application.

It offers a large selection of generic ambiences to blend into many different contexts as well as specifically recognizable locations delivered with maximum authenticity.

FRAME YOUR SCENE
Ambiences are an excellent tool to establish the mood of a scene, level, or location. With ROOM TONES EUROPE, this becomes a simple and rewarding task: Choose from the over 98GB large pool of well categorized ambiences available.

From ultra-silent to lively, confined to wide open, dry and close to reverberant – everything delivered in an immersive 3D audio format that’s also backward compatible.

To increase your mileage with the library even further, the average sound is 3-7 minutes long.

INCLUDING STEREO VERSION
In addition to the ORTF-3D files, the 3D SURROUND edition also contains all files in 2.0 stereo for your convenience to save time on unnecessary conversions. Instead, you can instantly use these great new sounds for all your projects that don’t require surround sound.

Specs:
Files: 238 • Size: 79+ GB • 98+ GB (incl. Stereo version) • Format: WAV – 24bit – 96kHz • Track Layout Lo: L • R • Ls • Rs • Hi: Lh • Rh • LSh • RSh

ROOM TONES EUROPE – STEREO:
SAME QUALITY, SAME CONTENT
Don’t want to miss the excellent ROOM TONES EUROPE source recordings, but don’t necessarily require the surround version above? We offer the same recordings in the same quality in our stereo version at a lower price

Specs:
Files: 119 • Size: 19+ GB • Format: WAV – 24bit – 96kHz

Included sounds – keywords:
Airport, Apartment, Attic, Basement, Boiler Room, Corridor, Gas, Room, Cellar, Factory, Building, Workshop, Office, Congress Center, Church, Entrance Hall, Busy, Cave, Stalactite, Underground, Public Place, Industrial, Machinery, Building, Hall, Greenhouse, Palm, Garden, Exhibition, Commercial, Gallery, Swimming Pool, Indoor, Storage Room, Living Room, Flat, Downtown, Small Town, Kitchen, Suburb, Ventilation, Elevator, Modern, Public Library, Restaurant, Recording Studio, Diner, School, Sports Hall, Shopping Center, Mall, Train Station, Stairwell, Underground, Car Park, Garage, Lab, Floor, Warehouse, Wine Hall, Windy

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World Sounds Chaosmos – Sounds From Istanbul Play Track 105+ sounds included, 432 mins total $60

'Chaosmos – Sounds From Istanbul' is a sound effects library created by Furkan Utku Gerçik, who's lived in Istanbul for the past 22 years. The main focus of the library is to create a bundle that helps creatives who need sounds from Turkey.
The library doesn’t focus on common or popular sound sources such as Muezzin, Ezan or Taksim Square etc.

Instead, it focuses on more naturalistic sounds of daily life such as transportation, places that most people pass, bazaars, islands and much more. The recordings are are 99 percent raw.

Compared to other libraries 'Chaosmos – Sounds From Istanbul' offers a naturalistic, everyday perspective and focuses on alternative sounds. It also covers the common sounds of Istanbul.

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Environments & Ambiences City Thunderstorm Play Track 28+ sounds included, 67 mins total $35

Need the sound of thunder in the city? City thunderstorm delivers a series of atmospheric rain and thunder effects recorded in London. Rolls, rumbles and claps, close and distant, and three long thunder and rain sequences to help create your perfect city storm, including one complete storm from start to finish. More than one hour of sounds from thunderstorms in the city – all recorded at 24 bit / 96 kHz, and embedded with full Soundminer Metadata.

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Ambisonic Sound Effects Urban Housing Play Track 18+ sounds included, 61 mins total $75

More than just roomtones, this collection is about living in town. Changing an appartment’s common sounds into simple poetry. This collection was recorded in a big city such as Paris and London but also more quiet places.

About Ambisonics:
This is an Ambisonics sound effects library - and by using the free SoundField SurroundZone 2 plugin you can convert the B-format files into your preferred format (stereo, 5.0, 5.1, 6.0, 6.1, 7.0 or 7.1 surround). Note: The library also contains ready-made stereo mixdowns for your convenience.

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City Life Sound Effects Noisy Neighborhood Play Track 55+ sounds included, 255 mins total $43
A Noisy Neighborhood is one of the major problems for human health. A dog barking, neighbors moving furniture when they should not or a baby crying during your sleeping are some of the most common issues that do not allow us to get a proper sleep or being more efficient working from home. This library tries to cover that.
- Even though there is some sparse traffic, this library’s intention is to cover all those undesirable noises present in a residential area. These recordingds will help you set the mood of the scene.
- You will find lots of small constructions and DIY happening both outside in the street or coming from behind your wall.
- Classical situations that will change your mood as soon as you hear them such as dogs barking either next door or from a backyard, a TV just too loud when it should be quiet, upstairs neighbors wearing high heels, a lawnmower running when is nap time, etc.
- 7 recordings are Ambisonics. The corresponding stereo downmix is also included.
- Files come in 24 bit and 96 kHz with embedded Soundminer metadata.
- UCS Compatible Metadata embedded. Fields included CatID, Category, Subcategory, FX Name, Filename, Description, BWDescription, Library, RecType, Microphone, Designer, Manufacturer, Keywords.
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World Sounds Jamaican Vibrations Vol. 2 Play Track 90 sounds included, 702 mins total From: $30

Get the sounds and ambiences of Jamaica in this very special sound effects library, featuring almost 12 hours of authentic recordings.

An Additional Library of Vol 1. the Jamaican Vibrations SFX library includes Walla sounds of Jamaican Patois chatting, urban and village ambiences, high mountain atmospheres, forest sounds, car rides, coffee farm working sounds, wooden house sounds, roomtones, beaches, as well as a luxury hotel visit. So if you're looking for the real sounds of Jamaica, here they are:

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World Sounds South African Sirens Play Track 44 sounds included $25

Introducing our “South African Sirens” sound effects library. Immerse yourself in the dynamic world of emergency response with this diverse collection that captures the essence of urgent action and safety.

Featuring a rich array of siren sounds from different vehicles, whether you’re hearing them from a distance or up close, in robust mono or detailed stereo formats, we’ve got you covered.

What makes this library truly unique? In South Africa the same three iconic siren sounds are utilised across ambulances, police cars, and fire trucks. This means you can creatively mix and match these sounds to convey urgency, authority, or emergency, bringing authenticity and drama to your productions.

Also available as part of the “South African Bundle” collection.

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Environments & Ambiences Ambiences from Florida Play Track 122+ sounds included $44.99

Sunny Florida brings over 100 million tourists each year – and you can now get the soundscapes from: Cocoa Beach, Florida Keys (Big Pine Key, Key Marathon, Key West), Fort Pierce, Kissimmee, Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando and West Palm Beach.

Listen to screams and excitement in Orlando’s famous theme parks, traffic noise on American highways, nightlife buzz in Miami, relaxing ocean waves on Haulover Beach and peacefulness of luxurious West Palm Beach area.

Recorded in 192kHz/24-bit format, all sounds are fully described and include a photography. A 24 bit / 48 kHz version is also included.

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World Sounds Thailand Play Track 101+ sounds included, 251 mins total $70

'Thailand' is a unique collection of 101 sounds recorded over 2 years and produced with high quality equipment with DPA and Neumann mics, an Audio Technica Preamp, an Aeta Mixy Recorder, and a PCM D-100 digital recorder. This collection provides authentic and interesting sounds recorded throughout the country at different seasons! Ambiences include:

• Tropical Jungles: 3 National parks, wild wet nature still preserved
• Buddhist temples
• Exotic island in the south with white sandy beaches bordered by an abounding nature
• Mountains and fields of Chiang-mai and the Golden Triangle
• Markets from small to big, outdoor and indoor
• Countrysides: Isaan region, ancient Khmer kingdom
• Cities: busy Bangkok, Chang Rai or Ubon Ratchathani

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City Life Sound Effects Incredible Sounds of India Vol. II – Urban Play Track 44 sounds included, 185 min mins total From: $45

A comprehensive Ambience Collection of Urban India ambiences, featuring cities like Mumbai, Port Blair, Rishikesh and Udaipur.

It includes Scenes of everyday life in India, street life scenes, Prayer, Chants, Mantras, Muslim Prayer, Train Rides, Busy streets, Traffic, Markets, Rivers, Roomtones of Busy People, Andaman Islands, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Kerala, Uttarakhand.

Bundle option:
Also available in the Incredible Sounds of India Bundle, featuring this library + Incredible Sounds of India Vol. I – Countryside – for a very special price below:

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City Life Sound Effects Modern Office Ambiences Play Track 21 sounds included, 170 mins total $35

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.

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Roomtones ROOM TYRE Play Track 71 sounds included $15

Need background passbys for your interior scene?

ROOM TYRE | Tyre-only vehicle passbys from an interior house perspective.

Included are a solid selection of singular residential passbys (recorded with an EV) and general traffic passes (meticulously stripped of combustion engines). As the world transitions to electric vehicles, this collection will ensure your tracklays are up to date with the smooth sound of electric transportation!

These passbys were recorded through a single pane of glass in order to maximise the ability to tweak the perspective and proximity with filtering when desired.

Supplement your scenes with a range of singular-vehicle passby speeds (20, 30 and 40mph / ~ 30, 50, 70 km/h) and tarmac conditions (dry, semi-wet and wet). ROOM TYRE makes sure you have a compelling set of high-end, future-proof and dependable passbys ready whenever you need them.

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Nature & Countryside Ambiences Australia | CCC Play Track 1000+ sounds included, 850 mins total $200
Learn more about Craig Carter’s extensive career here;

The Legacy of a Master Craftsman and Storyteller

This sound library is part of the Complete Craig Carter Collection, containing a wide range of Australian recordings.

Recorded over Craig’s 34 year career as an esteem Australian sound designer, this library consists of natural Australian wildlife and ambiences from the following locations;
- Outback plains
- Billabongs
- Lakes
- Forests
- Bushlands
- Farms
- Country Towns
- Waterholes
- Gorges
Visit edible-audio.com for behind the scenes photos, contact information, sound library updates and exclusive deals.
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City Life Sound Effects Sounds of Belgium Play Track 56 sounds included, 252 mins total $19

Greetings from Belgium!

The Western Europe’s kingdom of ancient castles, museums, beautiful parks, cathedrals and fortresses, the capital of beer, chocolate, waffles and Art Nouveau style!

The distinctive sounds of Belgium are narrow streets with cobblestone, horses, trams, canals and, of course, lots of echo!

On our way we’ll visit three cities of Belgium: Ghent, Bruges and Brussels and try to capture their atmospheres using stealth recording technique armed with a pair of DPA 4060s.

Take a chance to hear this western land of beautiful sounds!

KEY POINTS:

– An excellent addition to your library for film, TV and multimedia – three cities of Belgium in winter time

– Stealth recording with DPA 4060 gives the absolute naturalness and allows you to be where you cannot operate with a traditional set of microphones

– Sorted by location-type categories

– All files have extensive metadata included

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Roomtones Roomtones Play Track 125 sounds included, 375 mins total $80

125 pristine roomtones from locations including offices, universities, schools, apartments, hotels, laboratories, bathrooms, stairwells & garages. Unwanted background sounds have been removed through the use of Izotope Spectral Repair, resulting in a wide variety of refined roomtones. All sounds were recorded using the Sound Devices Mix-Pre 6 and a stereo pair of Sennheiser 8020s.

Visit edible-audio.com for behind the scenes photos, contact information, sound library updates and exclusive deals.

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World Sounds Morocco Play Track 39+ sounds included, 108 mins total $40

'Morocco' is a unique collection of 39 sounds recorded at 2 different seasons, winter and summer for Ramadan. Through different part of the country, this library includes:

• City: Marrakech day and night from different perspectives
• Market: souk and medina, indoor and outdoor
• Village: from Atlas mountains and palm farms close to the Sahara
• The muezzin leading the call to prayer at different hours with different perspectives

This collection provides a wide variety of authentic sounds from this beautiful country. All Faunethic tracks include Soundminer metadata carefully edited.

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World Sounds Turning Japanese Play Track 37+ sounds included $30

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.

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City Life Sound Effects 101 Ambiences Play Track 101 sounds included, 384 mins total $50

This library gets you atmospheric ambiences from all over the world; from the UK, Greece, Spain, Morocco to Germany and America – and includes cities like Jerusalem, Las Vegas and many more. The recordings have been captured on land, at sea and in the air – and with over 6 hours of ambiences in total, 101 Ambiences offers a wealth of material for your projects.

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Water & Ocean Sounds Mediterranean Summertime Play Track 120 sounds included, 320 mins total $49

The Mediterranean Summertime SFX library includes 120 selections dedicated to life and the atmosphere of both glitz and off-beat Mediterranean islands, during summertime. We follow tourists in well known busy bays, as well as head out to quieter destinations recommended by locals.

Mediterranean Summertime includes:
• Crowded and deserted beaches with Aegean sea waves breaking on sandy and pebble coasts, pounding on the shore and washing over rocks.
• Port ambiences with close and distant perspective fishing motorboats.
• Sounds inside a ferry transporting you to nearby islands or back to the mainland, loading cars and passengers, arriving and departing.

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City Life Sound Effects Barcelona Ambiences Play Track 60+ sounds included, 192 mins total $40

Get the true sound of Barcelona, Spain, in this sound effects library: It features recordings from places such as a market, coffee shop, park, beach, boulevard, metro, square, parking lot, burger bar, airport, fountain, train, construction site, station, shop and many more. In total, more than 3 hours of authentic Barcelona recordings are included!

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