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Environment recordings, ambiences and soundscapes – from all over the world, and beyond
Surround Sound LAB is proud to present our third ambisonic library decoded and mixed in Dolby ATMOS.
We recorded the Cantabria Country in Spainan area belonging to Green Spain, the name given to the strip of land between the Bay of Biscay and the Cantabrian Mountains, so called because of its particularly lush vegetation, due to the wet and moderate oceanic climate. The climate is strongly influenced by Atlantic Ocean winds trapped by the mountains.
Recorded in ambisonic format, 48Khz and 24 bits HD. As always, top quality recordings specially designed for film audio projects.
Once again, we have mastered all the files in Ad Hoc Studios Madrid (link), Post Production sound studios certified by Avid and Dolby ATMOS, one of the best post-production facilities in Spain.
AmbiX First Order Ambisonic, Dolby ATMOS 7.12, 5.1 and ST files have been mastered with Pro Tools HD 2018 system are included in the package.
• In Pacific Northwest: Roosevelt Elk, get a mini-nature collection of ambiences from the Hoh Rainforest, a temperate rainforest on the Olympic Peninsula in Olympic National Park. Hear Roosevelt Elk clack antlers and bugle as they fight for the chance to mate. Hear Pacific Wrens joyous chirps as they dance on rotten logs. Hear the massive sparseness of forests filled with 200-300 foot douglas fir and spruce. Hear haunting reverberations as ravens caw in groves of titans and the Hoh River’s soothing wash, the perfect sound to lull you off to peaceful dreams.
• This library offers you a small collection of both quiet and active nature sounds from one of the wettest forests in North America. Some places on the Olympic Peninsula get over 200 inches of precipitation per year, and that abundance of moisture makes for a magical fern and moss filled ecosystem brimming with soothing ambiences.
2% FOR THE ENVIRONMENT & CARBON NEUTRAL:
• Two percent of the price of this library is donated to an environmental cause, as an “artist royalty” for the planet!
• Carbon offset credits were purchased for the Pacific Northwest Series. Field Recording travel for these libraries was carbon neutral!
• Named markers are included in each file to help find interesting events in an otherwise uniform waveform!
• Marker text included in the Soundminer description and BWAV description fields.
• In Northern Rockies: Active Nature, get a collection of lively and euphoric ambiences from the mountains of Montana. Hear the rich diversity of ambiences brimming with wildlife. Hear haunting winnows of Wilson’s Snipes and trilling tremolos of Dark-eyed Juncos. Hear wildlife greet the sun in four extended dawn choruses, each ranging from 30 to 50 minutes! This library is packed full of tracks teeming with active flora and fauna from the continental divide of North America and perfectly complements the other Northern Rockies Series libraries to give you a full picture of these stunning glacial valleys.
• Only 26 glaciers (of the 150 in 1850) remain in Glacier National Park and all could melt within 30 years. Hear the sounds of this stunning natural cathedral while the glaciers remain. The ecosystem won’t sound the same when they’re gone.
2% FOR THE ENVIRONMENT & CARBON NEUTRAL:
• Two percent of the price of this library is donated to an environmental cause. I view it as an “artist royalty” for the planet!
• Carbon offset credits were purchased for the Northern Rockies Series. Field Recording travel for this library was carbon neutral!
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.
Our Office Sound Library captures the essence of office life with recordings from two different office environments. This comprehensive library has everything you need to bring an office setting to life—designed office ambiences, room tones, footsteps, elevators, cupboards, coffee machines, various doors, and all the subtle sounds of “behind the computer” activities- keyboard typing, staplers, papers, phones, mouse clicking and more.
In total the bank has 303 sounds, all recorded in 96kHz, 24bit format to ensure the highest quality. All of the sounds were edited and polished to be ready for the next film or video game project.
Rural ambiences, farm animals, pastures, rural villages, forest, meadows, tractors, farm ambiences etc. Distant villages, daytime and nighttime recordings. Barnyard, henhouse, pigsty ambiences, lumberjack works etc. Check the sound list for full info.
High quality recordings recorded in MS, XY, AB; NOS, etc., mostly with Sennheiser MKH microphones and Sound Devices recorder/mixer. Files are without any dynamic manipulation (compression) with max. peak around -5dBFS.
African Desert: Sahara is a collection of stereo and quad soundscapes recorded in the barren but beautiful mountain range at the heart of the Sahara desert. This is the largest hot desert on Earth, incredibly difficult to access and explore. It’s a breathtaking place with a huge dynamic range, from dead silence to powerful winds. The soundscapes in this collection were recorded around giant rock formations, rocky outcrops, canyons and sand dune expanses.
This library includes both factory ambiences and close up industrial machines.
The perfect collection for ambience beds for big noisy halls or a great tool for single machinery movements.
Several locations were recorded, amongst it a a food manufacturer, a vinyl pressing plant, a cogeneration unit, a water pumpstation, a water treatment plant, steelworks and a machinery builder. Aditional sounds have been recorded around other industrial sites.
For most machines, I used a multi-mic setup with a stereo (ab or ortf) unit, and several spot mics (incl. contact mics), which you can use as a construction library to mix to your own taste. For some machines, premixed files are included in a addition to the single layers.
From the rattle of an assembly lines, to whistle of all kind of engines , deafening scream of giant units, distant chatter and walla of workers, hydraulic and pneumatic hisses and movements, stamping of metal parts as well as welding, brushing, giant metal saws, polishing, wet round grinding, milling, pounding compressors, noisy heating units, bubbling testing stations and many more machinery sounds all in big reverberant spaces as well as from dry close up (as far as inside) carefully chosen spots of machineries singled out, this library offers a broad range of sounds.
The machines have been recorded in long continous ambiences as well as starting and stopping sounds, where possible.
Sound from tools, like ground lift, gates or beeps are also included.
Equitment used was: Sound Devices 744, Zoom F6, Schoeps MK41, Earthworks QTC50, Schertler Conatct Mic, Lewitt 540s, DPA 4060 / 61, Neumann KMR81i, Behringer Drum Mics
Discover the magic of Okefenokee Swamp through a symphony of ambient sounds, featuring the melodic chirping of crickets, the haunting calls of barred owls, the majestic echoes of sandhill cranes, and the rhythmic drumming of woodpeckers.
Each recording is a portal to a specific moment in time, whether it’s the tranquil dawn chorus, the mysterious dusk ambience, the serene sounds of a quiet night, and more.
Choose from 39 unique swamp ambiences to perfectly match your scene. Add realism, depth, and interest to your project with AMB01 Okefenokee Swamp.
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Behind The Sounds:
The AMB01 Okefenokee Swamp library contains 39 ambient swamp soundscapes filled with songbirds, owls, crickets, wind, jumping fish, frogs, and more.
By renting a canoe and paddling over 30 miles into the swamp, I was able to capture and experience the heart of the swamp with no distractions for four days.
Maximized for realism, each track was recorded with x2 Sennheiser MKH 8020 microphones in a quasi-binaural SASS array. This technique gives each ambience a three-dimensional sound image that makes listeners feel like they’re actually there.
File List, Spectrograms & Metadata
THE ANIMAL SYMPHONY – MEERKAT
THE ANIMAL SYMPHONY – WATUSI
THE ANIMAL SYMPHOY – CROWING ROOSTER
THE ANIMAL SYMPHONY – LOVEBIRD
THE ANIMAL SYMPHONY – GOAT & SHEEP
The Animal Symphony will be a series of animal recording libraries, created to offer a wide variety of authentic animal sounds. Over the next few months, each installment in this series will capture the essence of different animal species.
Explore the fascinating melody of white-handed gibbons with “The Animal Symphony – White Handed Gibbon“! This stunning collection takes you to the heart of the rainforest, where gibbons express their beauty and vitality through captivating calls and songs. With a total of 50 audios and 355 songs of these primates, combining the three microphones used in the recording.
General description:
“The Animal Symphony – White Handed Gibbon” presents a wide selection of recordings that capture the calls and songs of white-handed gibbons. With a focus on exceptional audio quality, these recordings have been made with three different microphones: a Sennheiser MKH 8050, an EM258 capsule microphone, and a Zoom H6 recorder with XY capsule. Audio is released at a sampling rate of 192 kHz and 96 kHz, both at 24 bits, to offer an unparalleled listening experience.
Featured Features:
– White-Handed Gibbon Voices: Immerse yourself in the distinctive sounds of gibbons, from soft calls to impressive songs that fill the rainforest.
– Professional Recording: Made with high-end equipment, these recordings capture the beauty and authenticity of gibbon vocal communication.
– Variety of Sounds: With 50 audios and 355 songs, this library offers a wide range of options to enrich your multimedia projects.
– Exceptional Audio Quality: Recordings are released in two different sample rates to suit your needs, ensuring exceptional audio quality with every playback.
Ideal for a variety of applications:
– Video Games: Add a natural and immersive dimension to the jungle environments in your games.
– Film and Documentaries: Perfect for sound designers and scenes requiring wildlife sounds.
– Educational Projects: Use these sounds in educational projects to teach about the life and behavior of white-handed gibbons.
– Multimedia Projects: Ideal for any project that seeks to enrich the user’s listening experience.
Technical details:
– Total Audios: 50
– Total Sounds: (combining the three microphones): 355
– Format: 192 kHz and 96 kHz / 24 bit
– Equipment Used: Sennheiser MKH 8050 microphone, microphone with EM258 capsule and Zoom H6 recorder With XY Capsule
License:
The sounds from “The Animal Symphony – White Handed Gibbon” are available under a royalty-free license, allowing their use in multiple projects without additional costs or royalties.
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
This library features nature sounds and ambiences, recorded in two high-altitude alpine forests in Central Europe. Experience serene and remote landscapes characterized by the gentle rustling and rushing of wind through the trees. Occasional creaks of branches and a variety of bird species chirp and call out. The sound of Alpine Forest evokes a sense of harmony with nature.
All recordings are clear and entirely devoid of external noise and human disruptions. This is why this library is particularly valuable for productions set in the past, such as medieval and ancient times as well as for historical and nature documentaries.
All these nature ambiences are recorded using two microphone setups: a Double MS Stereo setup and a spaced omnis setup, the latter also providing extended frequency response. This results in three variations for each recording: Stereo, Wide AB Stereo, and 5-channel 5.0 surround. The variances between these options range from subtle to more pronounced, offering flexibility for crosscutting within scenes.
Get 4 hours of unique, royalty-free and notably high quality recordings with this library. Recorded in 24 bit / 96 kHz. Accurately edited and mastered to sound as natural as possible. With an average duration ranging from 3 to 15 minutes per file, there’s ample time to integrate them seamlessly into longer scenes without the need for looping. For more detailed descriptions of the ambiences within this collection, please refer to the metadata provided in our file lists or listen to the preview montage.
This library is UCS compliant (universalcategorysystem.com). In this new category system, all files contain extensive metadata like file description, Category & Subcategory. Metadata can be read and processed by the most common audio libraries management tools.
WHISPERS OF THE SCANDINAVIAN WILDERNESS
Discover the wild forests of Norway and immerse yourself in the sound of remote nature. This library contains quad surround recordings of various forests, wind through different types of trees, flowing water and individual animal sounds.
Scandinavian forests are known for being less densely populated by animals and for the harsh and changeable weather. The soundscapes are often characterized by a lot of wind, rivers and occasional bird calls. The collection captures this iconic sound of Norwegian nature: from the power of stormy winds and rushing waterfalls to calm and peaceful forest ambiences.
IMMERSIVE NATURE SOUNDSCAPES
Forests of Norway was carefully recorded with a double ORTF quad setup of MKH8040s into a MixPre-6 II, giving you pure immersion. In addition you get isolated animal sounds, mainly birds, captured in mono with a parabolic microphone. To ensure that the mono sounds blend seamlessly into the ambiences, we also recorded impulse responses from various forests. This allows you to embed any sound into the atmo, letting you create immersive and organic atmospheres according to your specific needs.
If you’re looking for a flexible atmo construction kit, this library is just right for you. It perfectly captures the sonic environment of Norwegian forests and gives you the tools to create authentic, vibrant soundscapes.
WHAT’S INSIDE (FILES / MINUTES)
Step into the heart of English lower league football with “Close Crowds: Football Terrace” — a collection of 233 high-quality sounds recorded at a small EFL League 2 game*. This diverse library captures the essence of small football stadiums in the English Football League, ranging from close reactions and individual shouts to smaller group dynamics and large crowd chants, all meticulously labelled with unique names for quick and easy integration into your project.
The smaller setting allowed for the capturing of more nuanced shouts and reactions, which can often be drowned out in larger stadiums. A personal favourite sound of ours is the CRWDSprt_English Football EFL League Fans Angry What Is He Doing Reaction_Decal Audio_ClsCrwdsFtbl file, you can hear the pain and frustration in their voice that us football fans are all too familiar with!
Ideal for sports-related productions, podcasts, audiobooks, documentaries, video games and more this library ensures that the excitement and intensity of English Football is brought to life with exceptional detail.
*AFC Wimbledon vs Forest Green Rovers F.C. – away end approx 6000 attended.
We travelled to several local Corn Fields in the UK and recorded the sound of corn stalks moving in the wind.
We recorded:
General Corn Field Ambiences
Corn Stalk Shakes
Corn Leaf Rubs
Run-bys through the Corn Field
Corn Stalk movement via the Korg CM300 contact Microphone
Corn Stalk movement via the LOM Geofon
This sample pack is great for use in any corn related project. There are also design opportunities with the Korg CM300 and the LOM Geofon to give texture to the corn or to create rumbles underneath the ambience layers. Sound of the Corn has been edited to allow a drop in ready and Royalty Free sample pack. These Samples can be used in a variety of projects from Sound Designing for TV, Film, Documentaries and Video Games. UCS Compliant and Metadata is attached to the samples
FREE SAMPLES of this pack here
Fantasy Ambiences offers a complete solution for your fantasy game, video, or movie. In the sound pack, you will find ambience loops for common ambience environments including grasslands, forests, winter, deserts, water, lava, rain, jungles, camps, outposts, caverns, caves, ruins, underworlds, and many more.
Each loop is at least 1 minute in length (except for 3) and is offered with all stems. That means, if you don’t want that bird sound, you can remove it. Don’t want wind, remove it. Don’t want insects, remove them too. The choice is yours. You can combine elements together to create your own ambience sounds custom to your project and your needs.
All sounds in the Fantasy Ambiences Loop sound pack are drag-and-drop ready for your project. Every audio file is UCS compatible and can be easily searched and found as they are meticulously organized into categories.
In this sound library with its 91 minutes of recordings, you can Immerse yourself in the enchanting sounds of Bulgarian spring with unique audio recordings that capture the essence of nature with love and attention. This acoustic guide introduces you to the world of awakening nature, offering an opportunity to dive into the richness of sounds characteristic of spring in Bulgaria.
From the melodious songs of birds in the forest clearings to the green meadows, each audio recording conveys the unique atmosphere of Bulgarian spring. The sounds of wind whispering through tree leaves, complemented by the delicate fluttering of insects’ wings, create a harmony that captivates the ear and reconnects with the natural beauty of the surroundings.
These audio recordings are not merely technical documentations but poetic treasures that transport the listener on a unique journey through the spring landscapes of Bulgaria. Try closing your eyes and immerse yourself in the sounds of nature, carrying with them tranquility, inspiration, and a connection to the natural world.
These recordings are suitable for nature enthusiasts, those seeking relaxation and a sense of peace, as well as for use in meditative practices. Allow yourself to be immersed in this auditory world and enjoy the beauty of spring in Bulgaria through its unmistakable sounds.
With over 400 bird species recorded, Bulgaria stands as a haven for birdwatchers and nature enthusiasts, offering a captivating glimpse into the vibrant and varied world of avian life.
A collection of 67 stereo water waves recorded in France, Spain and United Kingdom. Contains big, medium and small waves sounds recorded from various distances, such as seashore or at the top of a cliff.
In this library you will find interior spaceship sounds with engine variations, rumble and high-tech and beeps computer sounds.
After working these sounds in post production, this library comes with 20 incredible interior spaceship sounds that will bring your vídeo, trailer or movie to life.
The wind in trees sound effects library features wind blowing through 5 tree types both from the ground and in the canopy with multiple strengths.
Two vintage heavy Funiculars in Lisbon
“Ambience: Forest & Lake” is a sound library containing a collection of forest & lake ambiences. All sounds were recorded in England’s famed Sherwood Forest.
Includes:
Features:
EXPERIENCE THE PURE SOUND OF NATURE
Step into the essence of the wilderness with Forest Ambiences, a sound library that takes you on an auditory journey through the heart of Central European forests. Covering all four seasons as well as day and night, it’s your go-to resource for creating any forest soundcape you can imagine. From vibrant dawn choruses to heavy autumn storms and tranquil winter atmospheres, you’ll receive a package as diverse as nature itself.
THE FULL SPECTRUM OF THE FOREST IN ONE COLLECTION
The library focuses on ambience recordings, from bird and common forest atmos to wind through different types of trees and quiet forest backgrounds. Featured is a range of 40 bird species, including songbirds, woodpeckers, crows, ravens and owls. But it doesn’t stop at ambiences; also included are isolated elements like individual birds or creaking tree trunks for maximum versatility. To help you easily find the perfect sound, both English and Latin bird species names are embedded in the metadata, and each file name identifies the season, time of day and type of forest where the recording took place.
We journeyed across multiple national parks in Germany and Poland to capture this variety of nature sounds. Included are all forest types: Coniferous forests, deciduous forests and mixed forests.
WHAT’S INSIDE (FILES / MINUTES)
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