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Environment recordings, ambiences and soundscapes – from all over the world, and beyond
Discover the quaint charm of a sleepy Northern English town, on a cold and windy night, the sound of windchimes shimmering through the air.
The Dormant Village Library was recorded in a small village in North Yorkshire, England, on the night before Christmas. It was very cold and windy, and there were almost no people around, as everyone was sipping hot cocoa in their homes.
The library was recorded in a few different locations, some close to the little traffic that was still present, and some further away. The recordings were then polished and edited down to just about 12 minutes, preserving the essence of the location.
In addition to the descriptive SoundMiner metadata embedded in the files, I have also added markers in iZotope RX, which can be read in some versions of SoundMiner, Reaper, etc.
The markers indicate small sonic events, such as distant, melodic windchimes, or when the wind picks up, allowing you to understand what happens throughout the recording without having to listen to the whole thing.
Explore the Vibrant Soundscape of South Africa with Our “Vuvuzela” sound effects library!
Dive into the rhythmic echoes of culture and celebration with our collection of Vuvuzela sounds, a truly iconic symbol of South African spirit. This library features an assortment of Vuvuzela recordings, captured from an array of distances and intensities, ensuring you have the perfect blast of sound for any project.
Whether you’re after the raw energy of a stadium atmosphere or a subtle hint of the bustling streets our mono and stereo recordings offer flexibility for your sound design needs.
Unlock the heartbeat of South Africa with these dynamic sounds that are sure to captivate and inspire!
Also available as part of the “South African Bundle” collection.
Urban Berlin Volume 3 is the brand new library in addition to volume 1 and volume 2 capturing the many sounds of the German capital.
We recorded in the districts: Kreuzberg, Friedrichshain. This Library contains roomtones of a Hospital, a Playground, Trainstations and other crowded places. For further details about the locations, please read the spread-sheet and take a look on the location photos.
Jungle gyms, sports fields, whistling birds, and barking dogs. This is a diverse collection of recreational Parks that spans the Southern California area. From quiet city plazas to busy skate parks, this library provides a variety of ambisonic ambiences suited for your next project.
Recorded with the stunning Sennheiser Ambeo microphone, each ambience is delivered in both AmbiX and FuMa formats, as well as Stereo, 5.1, and 7.1.
What’s more- a 360 video reference is provided to offer a fully immersive image of the sound effect being captured!
This library features the sizzle of burning water with sounds that were recorded to capture the feeling of heat and the dynamics of heat exchange. These easily recognizable sounds can be used for literal frying or as sweeteners for magic sounds or anything else whi needs to feel hot. Files last from eight seconds to two and a half minutes allowing flexible use for foley, ambiences, layers, or wherever your imagination leads you.
Urban Berlin Volume 2 is the brand new library in addition to volume 1, capturing the many sounds of the German capital.
We recorded in the districts: Kreuzberg, Mitte, Charlottenburg and Tiergarten. This Library contains the most-visited places, as well as quiet streets and backyards. Most of these recordings were made during the spring of 2016. For further details about the locations, please read the spread-sheet and take a look on the location photos.
It was completely recorded in MS-Stereo (mid/side Signal) which gives you the great opportunity to handle the stereo-spread in post production. For those of you, who want fast results, we offer you also a converted version in full Stereo-spread. The excellent Neumann Shotgun MS-Microphone RSM 190i was used in this session.
'Laos' is a unique collection of 49 sounds recorded and produced with high-quality equipment. From north to south, this collection includes:
This collection provides authentic and interesting sounds recorded through all the country using DPA, Neumann and Audio technica mics powered by an Aeta Mixy Recorder. All Faunethic tracks include Soundminer metadata tags.
We recorded an old abandoned school and gained a lot of nice and very unique sound fx for your next sounddesign project. You’ll get up to 1.26 GB / 172 mono & stereo files, tagged (for trouble free use in your loved data base program) and carefully mastered in 24Bit/96kHz.
The China: Temple Bells & Crowds sound library was recorded in two locations. The first within the Yungang Grottoes, a UNESCO World Heritage site from the Wei Dynasty era, and the second, an ancient Taoist temple built in the Tang Dynasty in the outskirts of Beijing.
The library includes recordings of large prayer bells, Buddhist wind chimes, wooden wishing sticks adorned with twinkling bells, background and foreground crowd walla in Mandarin, Chinese, birds, and other ambient sounds captured on location in stereo. We’ve also included some bonus designed sounds made from the recordings.
These authentic recordings offer a sonic window into the atmosphere of ancient Chinese temples and shrines as they exist today. The sounds can be useful for adding realism to cinematic, game, or multimedia projects requiring an accurate representation of this cultural setting, or as fodder for creating mystical and spiritual designs.
Specs:
34 Sounds – 18 Buddhist Temple, 9 Taoist Temple, 7 Designed Sounds
Total Runtime 48:44
1.64GB in Total
Stereo – 24 bit, 96kHz
“Earthquakes” is a sound library containing a collection of designed earthquake sounds. The library also includes a variety of additional rattling sounds to accompany the earthquakes.
Features:
Underwater recordings of the river, lake (pond) and stream recorded with one or two hydrophones.
Underwater sound textures, ambiences and other strange sounds like: deep underwater bass rumbling, bubbles in water stream, flowing of water under the ice and many others.
The „Stereo“ recordings are actually two mono channels (or hydrophones) spaced approx. 1 m and placed in water flow to get some depth or left to right (or vice versa) channel time difference or “stereo”. Mix these two channels to get depth or water impact to your taste. Recorded in all seasons, in various water levels/water speed. The recordings marked “LOOP” are loop ready and can be repeated continuously.
All recordings are recorded with Aquarian audio H2-a XLR hydrophones and Sound Devices field mixer (preamps are Lundahl input transformers-analog warmth). Recorded in many years with different recorders (but preamps and hydrophones are always the same).
Max peak level is around -5dBFS. No compressors or dynamic tools were used in editing.
Underwater recordings of the sea recorded with one or two hydrophones.
Geophony and anthrophony underwater sounds: sounds of the waves, shallows, deep sea, port, harbour, diving, ship, sea traffic and other. Underwater ambiences and textures.
Note that the background crackling of the sea is present in the majority of the recordings.
All recordings are recorded with Aquarian audio H2-a XLR hydrophones and Sound Devices field mixer (preamps are Lundahl input transformers for warmth of the sound). Special suspension for the hydrophones is used to avoid (handling) rumble. For “stereo” recordings hydrophones were spaced 1m apart to get some time difference (or Depth of field). There is a mono recordings recorded with one hydrophone too.
Max peak level is around -5dBFS. No compressors or dynamic tools were used in editing.
This library contains dynamic, harsh, aggressive and sometimes mysterious wind sounds and strong and heavy gusts.
I took bike trips around World War II sites on the shores of France and the Netherlands. The winds on the steep rocky cliffs as well as on the long sandy beaches are one of a kind. Especially the resonances of rumbling bonkers and swirling winds inside hides and on the concrete edges of munition depots create an atmosphere of terror, that allowed me to took a glimpse inside the soundscapes of these horrific times.
The cliffs with the old war stuctures, the dunes, the swapping sand, the storms in the forests behind the shoreline all have a unique character and texture.
I picked the recordings, which created images of the battlefield inside my head and described these images in the meta data. But of course this wind library can be used for any scene, that contains a strong blow of air.
Most sounds are recorded in ORTF stereo, some were better captured in mono or with a contact mic.
If you need more specific wind sounds, my library “Tonal Wind” and this library are complementing each other to a versatile tool for a broad use of wind sounds. Contact me for bundle prices.
Rain & Thunders is a small collection of ambisonic recordings performed at various locations in the countryside.
39 unique recordings, Including 11 isolated thunder samples.
To create this sound package, a costume rain protection rig was built, and a Sennheizer Ambeo microphone paired with Zoom H8n was used.
This collection is great for post-production, VR/AR experiences, game developers, and any real-time 3D audio engine.
All files are tagged and categorized for your convenience – supporting tag-filtering browsing applications.
This package includes 39 Samples – A total of 25 minutes of content.
Supported formats: First Order AmbiX B-Format and Stereo (Total of 78 files).
Football Foley Vol. 1 is a concise collection of foley-esque football sound effects recorded on a grass football pitch. Hear a footballers footsteps, kicks, strikes, passes, dribbles and more!
You can combine these sound effects with our UK Football Volumes to sweeten the sports scenes in your Film, TV and Game projects.
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.
Wind Textures III highlights a new palette of wide sounding wind effects recorded over two years, from high mountain ridges to marshes and grasslands.
GOAL!!!!!!
UK Football Vol. 1 is a riot of spectator reactions and walla, encapsulating the quintessential English football match experience. It comprises the sounds of English-accented voices, cheers, chants, claps, shouts, yells, groans, jeers, boos, whistle blows, Tannoy announcements, football kick impacts, goalie saves, drumming on metal stands (AKA bleachers), and more!
To create this library, our Audio Craftsmen recorded the authentic sounds of an English football match, focusing on crowd atmosphere and reactions. The intimate, immersive nature of these recordings make them perfect for building spectator sport backgrounds or injecting a boost of energy into football scenes and games.
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.
The beach and wave sound package is filled with 39 atmospheres recorded from the beaches of Bulgaria.
From people on the beach to the stormy sea and calm mornings recorded at different distances.
192KHZ 24BIT • 110MB • 119 FILES • MONO • UCS METADATA
STEPS: Snow & Ice is a library of 119 high-quality footstep sound effects. Whether it’s footsteps on icy snow, packed snow, or icy snow, this library offers a range of high quality recordings.
Each sound effect in the library has been carefully recorded and edited to ensure that it meets the highest standards of quality. Additionally, Soundminer’s metadata has been embedded in the library, making it easy to search, browse, and organize the sounds. The library is also USC compliant.
Library consists of:
Footsteps on icy snow
Footsteps on ice
Footsteps on packed snow
Sequences
Download includes:
192KHZ 24BIT version
RECORDED WITH: Sony PCM D100
Nature Bundle includes fifteen different sound libraries, covering a great variety of natural sounds. By purchasing this bundle you will benefit of a 30% discount.
NASCAR – car race. Recorded in NOS stereo and MS stereo.
Clean recordings without any crowd (except few files), air traffic, birds…
Recorded with Sound Devices 744T/Mix Pre recorder, Sennheiser MKH mics, Rode NT1 (matched pair) mics, Rycote blimps (windjammers). Tripod used, recorded from hand-following the object (check sound list for info).
Recorded on Grand prix circuit. Long recordings. Metadata tagged with detailed description of equipment and object of recording.
RAW files, without any eq., and dynamic manipulation (compressors/limiters etc.). Maximum peak level is -5 dBFS .
Sochi is a city and resort area of the Krasnodar area in the south-west of Russia.
City of palms, sea, snowy mountains and mineral springs. Its located along Black Sea coast at the foot of western part of Caucasus mountains.
Sochi is unique place because of attractive coastal and mountain landscapes, long beaches and warm (humid subtropical) climate. This combination allows, for example, to ski in the mountains and swim in the sea literally in one place!
Also, Sochi hosted the 2014 Winter Olympics, for which sports venues were built in the city and mountains.
In this library we’ll visit several areas of Sochi: urban, suburban, coastal, snowy mountains and capture those atmospheres using stealth recording technique armed with a pair of DPA 4060s in AB array.
KEY POINTS:
Italian Cityscapes and Ambiences is comprised of a number of different areas in Italy. Rome, Naples, Tivoli and Positano.
You can almost taste the amazing food while listening to the sounds of the back streets of distant traffic ambiences and church bells, or in the steep hills of Positano. There are scooters, church bells, and sirens that are scattered throughout.
In general, this has some great traffic dins that can be used anywhere. All tracks are mastered in Pro Tools, maximizing your listening experience.
All the plaza, church, street, train, and general ambience give a great overview of Rome and outlying areas.
All tracks have detailed metadata and are recorded in 24/48
This sound library features recordings of a car protest that took place in Gdynia, Poland. Due to changes in abortion law many people showed up on the streets. Since we’re in the middle of COVID outbreak, people decided to support the cause by using their engines and horns. I’ve taped two stereo sets to my car, and went there to capture it from both exterior and interior (one mono and one stereo setup) perspectives. This library features different location ambients, from subtle distant horns, through loud “peak” of the event recorded in the middle of everything that happened, up to masses of people walking by. Everything was recorded with stereo setup on the front of the car, stereo setup on the back of the car + two interior perspectives with windows closed, partially and fully opened. Also ambients were recorded with and without my contribution to the noise, that means that some files have my horn and engine revs, and some don’t. There’s plenty of material to choose from.
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