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Environment recordings, ambiences and soundscapes – from all over the world, and beyond
Ambience City Traffic features 40 HD 24bit / 96kHz recordings with a large selection of urban city, freeway and highway ambiences. From veteran Hollywood Sound Designer Lenny Jones.
Sounds include close and distant traffic recordings, and locations include downtown, highways, freeways, harbor areas, intersections, mountain towns, parking lots and more. Wet and snowy street / tire sounds are also included. All ambiences are 2-3 minutes in length.
The LAX Aircraft library features descending aircraft flyovers at Los Angeles International Airport. One advantage of LAX is that it’s nestled in the city, making it easy to stand directly under very low flying airplanes to capture a great sound.
A range of aircraft was recorded for this release, including the Airbus A330, Boeing 737, 747, and Bombardier 800.
Two different microphone positions were used: One facing the oncoming aircraft, and the other pointing in the opposite direction to capture the flyover and further decent as the aircraft lands.
Brand New Sci-Fi Ambiences from The Library by Empty Sea. 6+ GB, 150+ sounds, almost 3 hours of material, all 96k, all looped for easy use.
Listen closely for the deepest quiet. Imagine where and where else this could be. Augment the presence of your projects with Room Tones and Interior Ambiences. Find the true sound of it with Vadi Sound Library.
About Room Tones and Interior Ambiences
This SFX Pack has got what a busy sound designer needs in any given project and can easily become an indispensable toolkit. It gives you access to 3 hours of room tones and quiet or low activity ambiences, ranging from loud industrial spaces to quiet domestic rooms. These meticulously recorded sounds have clarity and lots of room for further usage and sound design with the flexible texture of the sounds for further customization.
This is a fresh and unique pack that combines many themes in one collection. You will get a large and immersive selection of palaces, factories, warehouses, houses, apartments, car parks, gyms, swimming pools, libraries, supermarkets, cafeterias, offices, bars, theaters, schools and many more spaces and locations in 84 pristine sound files – in 24bit/96 KHz Wav format with detailed, easy to navigate naming. It is a thoroughly researched collection of high-resolution sound effects and loopable soundscapes, recorded with patience and sometimes in stealth and guerilla style – over a 3-month period.
The recordings have just the right amount of noise floor. These are recordings at different times of the day, with varying or no activity levels, with high-medium-low-no ventilation and even ultra-silence.
Recorded with our favorite Sennheiser MKH 8040 and DPA 4060 stereo pair microphones.
What else you may need
You may also want to check out our City Ambiences Series; London, China, Japan and Istanbul for access to many diverse ambience essentials.
16 designed surround atmospheres for empty urban spaces. Abandoned houses, disused warehouses, empty industrial plots – the people have left but the buildings remain.
These ambiences are mixed in quad format, full of occasional detail and rich surround tones, and perfect loops ready for videogame use. Whether you’re fleeing from zombies in a dystopian future or chasing a serial killer through his lair, these backgrounds will fill out the empty spaces.
Nature of Colombia is a unique collection of natural sounds captured in Colombia. This library provides more than 2 hours ( 9GB) of authentic sounds recorded in several regions at different times of the day.
Hear this dense wildlife recorded in unique environnements full of tropical animals such as birds, insects, frogs, monkeys, crickets or cicadas. But also other natural sounds such as Rain and Waves from the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea.
This collection will make you explore an exotic and immersive soundscape through this rich and beautiful country.
All files in this collection are in 24 bit / 192 kHz, use the Universal Category System (UCS) and are tagged with detailed Metadatas.
Gear Used: DPA4060 stereo set powered by a Sound Devices 702
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A collection of 50 rain sounds of various intensities and on different surfaces, including regular rain, hail and thunderstorms. 48 sounds are seamlessly loopable.
The sounds are fully compatible with the Universal Category System (UCS) – a public domain initiative establishing a standardized category list for the classification of sound effects.
Note: All of these sounds (and more!) are included in the 96 General Library.
Sound of diving recorded in the sea, in the cave, underwater textures of harbour, ship propeller, ship noise, sea waves etc.
Recorded with Aquarian audio H20 hydrophones, Sennheiser MKH 40/30, Sound Devices Mix Pre and Sound Devices 744T.
SCUBA diving equipment recorded in studio (acoustic), each component of SCUBA recorded separately.
Clear sound without background noise. Excellent for FX manipulation of the sound. 24bit 96 kHz audio resolution.
Each object recorded with two mic positions (mono) and with contact mic (JRF contact mics).
Recorded with two different mics, AKG C391B and Sennheiser MKH 40-P48.
Stereo recordings are in XY mic setup (AKG C391B X2).
Metadata tagged with detailed description of equipment used and mic technique applied.
Our planet has a fascinating sonic spectrum, and every season, nature offers us an impressive and unique sound composition. We have recorded the most interesting and iconic landscapes the only way that truly reflects the sonic character of earth as precisely as possible: Using the unparalleled Schoeps ORTF3D Surround Set. Harness these first-rate sounds to shape your projects in the most authentic and multi-faceted way possible, from the ground up in 3D Surround or Stereo.
As the sun retreats to lend vast landscapes their spectacular appearance, an equally astounding sonic world emerges.
Now available in immersive 3D Surround.
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)
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.
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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:
Introducing “Apocalyptic Game” – a highly focused and proprietary blend of post apocalyptic RPG game sound effects library. Collect crafting minerals and materials to create weapons, mods, items or buildings. Have all the high-quality sound needed to slot in different aesthetics to you characters bag & inventory. Now you can outfit your next dark dystopian themed game with a complete post nuclear sound effects collection inspired by major game hits like Apex, Fortnite, and Fallout.
Nature and ambiance recordings across Ohio, Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota and Wyoming.
Including the Great Lakes, meadows, the Dakota Badlands (Both North and South) Wyoming mountains, Yellowstone geysers and mud pots, Bison, Prairie dogs, and birds.
Take a 2000 mile aural road trip across the Midwest and west.
Gear Used: Recorded with a Sound Devices 702, Tascam DR680, and Zoom H1, using Sennheiser MKH 30/40 Mid Side, Sennheiser MKH 20 spaced omnis, Sennheiser MKH8040 ORTF and XY, Sanken CSS5.
Second episode of our journey to Moscow, Russia, but this time – during summer and autumn
We recorded the most interesting sonic atmospheres, such as wet and dry traffic, streets, singing birds, wind in the endless parks, fountains, construction work, yelling children, rain and thunder, suburban villages, crowds and many more.
To capture this sound palette I made another stealth recording kit, but now, using LDC (large diaphragm condenser) microphones. This has improved the sound quality and made the recordings even more detailed, to continue creating the largest sound library series about Russia.
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This collection features 200 Space Whooshes and Wind Science Fiction sound effects. These sounds have been hand-picked from the Sound Ideas HD – Space Whooshes and Winds library.
This library delivers 70 recordings, each 5 minutes in length and recorded at 96khz at 5 different universities.
You’ll find find a range of distinctive locations from exterior walkways to interior study spaces, stairwells and many more. Each sound file is contains useful metadata describing the location and distinct sounds present in the recording.
All sounds were recorded using the Sound Devices Mix Pre 6 and a stereo pair of Sennheiser MKH 8020s.
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‘The Excavator’ by Cinematic Sound Design delivers a collection of recordings in pristine 24 Bit / 96 Khz. Captured using highest quality equipment providing a discrete signal path, such as Sound Devices 702 and a pair of Neumann KM 184, this collection features engine & bucket sounds from Neuson 3602 rd excavator, suitable for your car & construction games, visual projects etc.
In total, you will get 43 field recording sounds totalling over 10 minutes of engine & bucket recordings, captured from different perspectives.
Product Details:
• 43 Field Recording sounds
• Engine Sounds
• Powering ups, pumping, speed ups, powering downs
• Excavator bucket sounds
• Shakings, digging, rattle
This library is a collection of South African Emergency Service sirens. It’s a collection of siren sounds from various distances and for various vehicles. There are mono and stereo versions, as well as processed options. South African Emergency Services use the same 3 sounds whether its an ambulance, police vehicle or fire truck. Combinations of each are used in different situations and are part of this library.
All tracks recorded with the Zoom H5 XY stereo pair as well as a Sennheiser MKH60.
The first mobile roomtone library! Parked Cars is a collection of roomtones of car interiors at different times of day, often in the same locations with both windows up and windows down.
This library covers inner city, suburb, and a little country around the Los Angeles area
This is all mastered for Ambisonic B and Stereo, but can be further decoded into various surround formats
Mexican Seaside is a unique Mid-Side collection of ocean sounds gathered during the summer of 2017 in the Yucatán Peninsula – Mexico. It contains sandy and rocky beach ambient sounds, with no human activity. These sounds were recorded at sunrise (on various days) with a Zoom H6 on a Joby GorillaPod and a MS capsule (MSH-6) covered by a Rycote Mini Windjammer. Mid-side allows you to actually adjust the width of the stereo image after it has been recorded. It provides total mono compatibility for recordings that may eventually be played back in mono, such as TV broadcasts.
The package contains a MS-RAW folder plus a LR folder with all the files decoded to stereo for quick use.
100% of “Mexican Seaside” SFX library purchases will be donated to UNICEF México.
Harbours Of Norway sound library features 25 files with ambients recorded in Myre, Sto and Nyksund, very small towns with direct access to the sea. Most of the sound effects were recorded at night, but since it’s a polar day time of the year, it was very pleasurable to walk and look for convenient places to set up my gear. Everything was recorded with an ORTF setup built from two Sennheisers MKH 8040.
Inside this library, you’ll find a lot of seagulls, waves crushing on the rocks and plants, windy ambients from the cliff, industrial sound from port in Myre with ship unloading the cargo, walla with steam engine boats and additional sounds from the boat engine market, and air cooling aggregates from food containers.
Every file was recorded in 96kHz, edited (I removed any unintentional bumps, pops and unwanted sounds). I limited EQing to removing harsh frequencies, or enhancing a little bit the good sounding ones. At the end of the chain there is a small compression, for louder sounds.
The Complete Amusement Park Sound Effects Bundle includes two sound libraries featuring various amusement rides, roller coaster pass bys with and without screaming, amusement park ambiences, and more.
Most sounds were recorded with LCR (Left, Center, Right) microphone setup with a tracking handheld mono shotgun microphone. Stereo downmixes are included for extra convenience.
If you are searching for high-quality amusement park sound effects library with a lot of useful content, this is the bundle for you.
• 5 roller coasters
• Multi-microphone
• Pass by & onboard
• 10.3 gigabytes
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• 8 amusement rides
• Amusement park ambiences
• 5.4 gigabytes
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