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Environment recordings, ambiences and soundscapes – from all over the world, and beyond
Travel through Barcelona, Spain in sound with this sound effects library recorded by Ana Monte. It features recordings from around parks, beaches, touristic areas and even a marathon finish line!
18 read-to-use stereo tracks with all the appropriate metadata ready to be used on your next production.
People in the street without any traffic, that’s what this collection delivers – featuring city life, with restaurants and pedestrian commercial streets. Most of those sounds have been recorded in Venice, which is one of the largest pedestrian zone in the world.
Need crunchy, creaking, crackling sounds of ice cubes? This library delivers 98 sounds of ice creaking, ice cubes clinking and squeaking, ice moving, melting ice, and many other really cold sound effects in 24bit / 96 kHz quality.
Gym Machines Sound Library – Extensive Collection of Fitness Equipment Recordings
Whether you need metal impacts, heavy machinery sounds, or layered textures for sound design, this library offers an unparalleled selection of gym machine recordings to enhance your projects.
All recordings were captured at 192kHz / 32-bit, allowing close-up recording without distortion and preserving ultrasonic frequencies for advanced sound manipulation.
Extensive Machine Collection
– Back Machine
– Bench Press Bar Set
– Cable Crossover Machine
– Chest Press Machine
– Multi Power Machine
– Pec Deck
– Pulldown Machine and more
Flexible & Organized for Sound Designers
– Each recording is available in separate microphone takes, giving you control over the tone and texture of each sound.
– Files are intuitively named for seamless navigation and layering.
– Some recordings retain their natural reverb, providing versatility for different applications.
Roomtones and ambiences recorded in ambisonic B-format (ambix) and binaural.
Including some actions like elevator in use, door open-close etc.
Recorded with Sennheiser Ambeo VR microphone and Sound Devices recorder. See the track list for additional info.
B-format (RAW-4ch.) and Binaural files. Audio preview is in Binaural (best with headphones). Metadata tagged.
Trains, Trams and Rails is a collection of essential rail sounds, recorded in various locations across Europe and Asia – featuring London underground ambience, Lisbon trams, commuter and freight rail from Spain, Cambodia, Sri Lanka and the UK. All sounds are meta-tagged with markers via Soundminer and filenames/ categories are UCS compliant.
Recorded with Wildtronics Stereo, Sony PCM D-100 and USI Pro Mics.
Sculptunes – Underwater Ambiences SoundListSculptunes SFX – Underwater Ambiences is a sound library designed for immersive underwater scenes in films, games, and projects. It includes 5.1 Surround Ambiences for deep, realistic soundscapes and Stereo Layers with individual elements like bubbles and airy tones for customization. Fully UCS-compliant with metadata, it’s compatible with Basehead and Soundminer for seamless integration.
Cambodia Environments features more than 1 1/2 hours of diverse ambience – capturing the country’s lively urban centres, coastal communities, dense forests and serene countryside. This collection offers a vivid portrayal of daily life in the country, with an array of traffic, transporation and city market sounds, as well as rural village ambience and tranquil natural soundscapes.
All files are UCS compliant, 24 bit/ 96k and metadata is included (via soundminer), with keywords and detailed markers embedded to quickly locate specific sounds/ regions. Recorded with Usi Pro, Sony PCM-D100 and Wildtronics Stereo microphones.
Garden and nature all over the year: the fresh spring air filled with a morning concert of birds, crickets and summer ambiences, echoing neighbourhood chatter, gardening sounds, dogs barking, roosters crowing, jets and propeller planes passing overhead, as well as the profound silence and eerie presence of nocturnal animals in the depths of the night; the awakening of nature and residents in the early morning hours, and much more.
‘Residential Forest Complete’ combines all four libraries of long-term recordings from a German allotment environment into one. This remote area, surrounded by forest, features cottages, ponds, and an abundance of natural sounds. The library provides a rich blend of suburban, residential, and forest ambiences.
‘Residential Forest Complete’ includes 155 unique ambiences recorded in Germany during summer (August 2021), spring (April 2022), winter (January 2023) and autumn (October 2024). From these 96 hours of recordings, I have carefully selected and edited the finest moments, creating a 19 GB soundscape that takes listeners on a journey from afternoon to evening, through the night, and into the morning and midday hours in this residential forest setting.
To capture the profound silence of the night, I used a matched pair of Rode NT1-A microphones with exceptionally low self-noise, paired with a Tascam HD-P1 recorder.
The total duration of the library is approximately 13 hours, with most ambiences ranging from 5 to 10 minutes in length. Some are longer, while a few are shorter.
‘Residential Forest Complete’ was recorded in AB stereophony at 48 kHz, 24-bit.
SOUNDS OF THE RUGGED NORDIC SEA
This mini library transports you to the coastline of Norway with the powerful sounds of ocean waves interacting with rocky shores. Rocky Coast of Norway features crashing waves against rock cliffs, splashing water on pebble beaches, and the gentle lapping of waves along shallow rock formations.
These ocean sounds are perfect for capturing the essence of open sea scenes or showcasing the power of water along raw coasts. Rocky Coast of Norway immerses you in the rugged but fascinating landscape of the Norwegian shoreline and awakens the spirit of the Viking Sea and coastal adventures.
Beautiful Bells Vol 1 contains the solo ringing of 76 swinging bells, recorded in 43 churches, cathedrals, abbeys, basilicas and chapels across France, and 15 peals of multiple bells, called plenum, with unprecedented quality. Most of the sounds were recorded inside bell towers.
Swinging bells are struck by a hanging clapper. They have a natural pitch modulation due to the Doppler effect, and a timbre modulation due to varying orientation. They produce a deep and lively sound and are mostly used to announce masses, religious holidays, weddings and funerals.
Every bell size is represented in this library, from huge bourdons (bells whose pitch are below C3) weighing several tons to small chapel bells weighing around 20 kilograms. You will find bells founded from 16th to 21st century with a great variety of timbres and tunings. The sounds are sorted by note, from D2 to F5.
By sorting the solo sounds by location, you can recreate authentic bell combinations. You also have the freedom to create any custom combination or use the sounds as instruments in musical scores.
All the sounds in this library were recorded in bell towers or as close as possible to provide great sonic precision and optimal signal-to-noise ratio.
Over 12,000 kilometers were traveled during six months to get you one of the most exhaustive swinging bell sound library ever recorded.
• A total of 91 sounds recorded across France
• Contrains the peal of 10 bourdons (below C3)
• More than 4 hours of sound
• Wide variety of bells (size, age, tuning)
• Contains solo bells sorted by note
• Notes from D2 to F5
• Contains peal of multiple bells
• Metadata with detailed information about each bell
• 96KHz/24bit
• Very low noise
• Metadata UCS-compliant
• Mainly recorded with Sennheiser MKH 8040
Low-price. High-quality. Essential.
An essential collection of 100 seaside beach sounds, including ocean waves from various perspectives with seamless loops, as well as seagulls.
Each sound was created at 96kHz / 24-bit stereo and is 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 (get 3,000+ SFX for FREE!)
Recorded at a french family wedding with chatter, laughter and joy
A French walla sound effects pack is an essential resource for anyone looking to create authentic French environments in their audio productions.
Great for background Walla and very versatile.
Recorded and exported in 192khz / 32bit
The sound of rural France
High-quality recordings will transport your audience to the heart of rural France, where the sounds of nature is ever-present.
Cockerels crowing loudly in the distance
The chirping of crickets and buzzing of flys
The tweeting of nocturnal birds
The gentle hum of crickets and the occasional hoot of an owl as night falls
Recorded and exported in 32-bit 192Khz
Unleash ultimate destruction with this epic collection of Cinematic AAA Quality sound effects. Whether your project is an epic war movie, an alien invasion TV show, a gritty FPS or Strategy game, or involves any other industrial / warfare or construction setting, you’ll have everything you could ever need and more with this earth-shaking collection.
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EXPANSIVE AND UNSTOPPABLE
Choose from a huge selection of bigger-than-reality sounds for every situation, including MATERIAL sounds such as GLASS, LIQUID, STONE, CONCRETE, METAL, SNOW, FIRE, WATER and ICE, as well as SITUATIONAL SOUNDS such as EXPLOSIONS, CRACKING, BURSTS, EARTHQUAKES, ELECTRICITY NOISES and DEBRIS, all available in a variety of SIZES, LENGTHS, COMPLEXITIES, COMPLEX SOUND SEQUENCES, LOOPING EDITS and OTHER VARIATIONS.
SIMPLE TO USE, POWERFUL RESULTS
Each and every audio file has been expertly mixed and mastered by our experienced sound design team to fit perfectly into any mix, with meretricious labelling and keywords so you can spend less time searching and more time enhancing your project with epic sounds! This collection is supplied in both WAV and MP3 format for your convenience, and is drag-and-drop ready, so you can create the ultimate warzone, industrial carnage or most realistic construction site in minutes!
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MASSIVE SAVINGS: The Modern Warfare Sound Effects Bundle brings together crucial military sounds—weapons, explosions, vehicles (across air, water, and land), battlefield ambiences, and soldier voiceovers—into one all-encompassing package. Purchase the bundle and achieve significant savings over buying individual packs. Click here to discover the bundle and maximize your savings!
Next door remodeling sound library is a collection of construction and remodeling noises, meticulously recorded from an adjacent apartment. This compilation covers a diverse range of sounds of hammers, jackhammers, and drills, all amplified by the acoustics of the room in which the sounds were recorded and the concrete panel structure of the building itself.
From a Drizzle to a Downpour – Your Definitive Rain Toolkit.
Introducing RainScapes by SoundMorph – the ultimate sound effects library meticulously recorded by our sound artists, including our co-founder Jason Cushing, and long time SoundMorph sound designers and field recordists Andrew Pals (WATER, GORE 2), Tibo Csuko (Robotic Lifeforms 2, WATER) & Vincent Fliniaux (WATER). RainScapes was recorded and designed over the span of two years. This collection is not just an anthology of rain recordings; it’s an ode to the soothing and dramatic symphonies of nature, captured with the precision and passion only SoundMorph can offer. For a limited time we will be offering RainScapes at a 50% off discount, just use code: RainScapes when you check out!
Library Highlights:
Over 18GB of high-fidelity rain sounds.
Looped Files – Will play looped when needed.
More than 500 versatile files.
Pristine recordings from rural tranquility to urban bustle.
Exclusive folders including Country, Designed Slow Motion, Synthesized, and more.
Authentic experiences from within a car, under a metal roof, and amidst thunderous downpours.
RainScapes isn’t just a library; it’s an expansive canvas for creators who understand the essence of sound design. It’s the best toolbox for everything rain, tailored for the dedicated professional.
This is a sound library containing a range of 10 pin bowling sounds. Includes pin hits and strikes, ball rolling, and more!
Features:
Sounds of varying precipitation of rain captured using Stille & Klang contact mics on a foil-covered plastic container, this collection offers an immersive array of percussive, rhythmic and glitching metallic tones.
Perfect for creating atmospheric environments such as abandoned sheds, desolate bunkers or empty shelters and also great source material for unusual drum and percussion loops.
Number of Sounds : 23
Number of Files : 23 Â
Total Audio Time : 51 minutes 26 secs Â
Multi Recording Takes For Varying Nuances : YesÂ
Type : WAV StereoÂ
Sample Rate / Bit Rate : 192 kHz / 24 Bit Â
Mastered : No
Normalised : No
Looped Files : YesÂ
Size : 3.64 GB
Metadata : Files are stamped with detailed UCS compliant metadata in Soundminer
Documentation Included : Copyright, EULA, Images, Metadata (exported in multiple formats)
License : A Sound Effect
Recorder : Sound Devices Mix Pre 10II
Microphones : Stille and Klang block contact microphones
Microphone Configuration : Contact
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TAKE OFF – LANDING – START UP – POWER UP – POWER DOWN
recorded at close distances (10 to 100 m) in stereo 96Khz/24b
+ French Air Parade sound library included for free !
Wind turbine rotations and motor movements recorded subterraneously, through wire fences, metal steps and the body of the turbine.
 The results are a selection of metallic movements, evolving eerie soundscapes, atmospheric hums, whines.
 Excellent design source and sound morphing material, eerie atmospheres and dystopian environments.
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Number of Sounds : 45
Number of Files : 45 Â Â Â
Total Audio Time : 2 hours 22 minutes 18 secs ( 142 minutes 18 seconds)
Type : WAV Stereo
Sample Rate / Bit Rate : 192 kHz / 24 Bit
Mastered : No
Normalised : No
Size : 9.92 Gb
Metadata : Files are stamped with detailed UCS compliant metadata in Soundminer
Documentation Included : Copyright, EULA, Images, Metadata (exported in multiple formats)
License : A Sound Effect EULA / Terms and Conditions https://asoundeffect.com/license-agreement/
Recorders : Zoom F3 and Sound Devices Mix Pre 10 II
Microphones : LOM Geofon, Stille and Klang small spots, Sennheiser 8040’s and 8050
Microphone Configuration : Magnetic, Spike, Contact. ORTF and Centre Mic
KEYWORDS : Wind Turbine , Back, Wire Fence, Metal Steps, Underground, Rotate, Inner, Motor, Vibrate, Whirr, Bass, Hum, Whine, Pulse, Atonal, Disharmonious, Breeze
FXNAME :Â Abandoned Environment, Deserted Environment, Design Source, Dystopian, Eerie Atmosphere, Post Apocalypse, Sound Morph, Uninhabited, Wind Turbine
Swimming Pool Ambience provides five distinct soundscapes spread through long, evolving and captivating sound recordings from Portugal’s primary water polo masculine and feminine leagues, a regional swimming competition, neutral takes at a public pool and locker room ambiences.
Water polo is a team based sport played in a swimming pool, where each player uses intense swimming strokes and tactics to score and defend their goal. This requires constant communication between team mates and coaches, prominently featured in this library, giving a distinct flavor to this sport with its booming echoes, splashes, shouting and plentiful goal celebrations. In addition to all this, you have varied crowd reactions, pre-match drills, team presentations and quieter moments.
The regional swimming competition audio files have abundant support chants from a young audience with minimal crowd dialogue, perfect to be used on any audiovisual project set in a swimming pool. The neutral takes of people swimming at a different public pool with no crowd conversations complement this section, providing different options for smart sound editing.
With a little over four hours of content, this library is your deep dive into the world of aquatic sports.
We took several samples from the submerge sample pack, re edited and then designed them to sound like cave ambience’s
We’ve given you 18 Cave Design Ambience Samples further more we created an extra 6 specific single water drops all washed in the same reverb for consistency
So what if the reverb doesn’t match your cave? well we’ve covered this as well, We’ve given you all the samples dry, so you can wash these samples in your own preferred reverb.
Cave Design will give you enough audio to give your project the authentic sound of Cave Ambience boosting your project to the next level. Cave Design 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/Compositions for TV, Film, Documentaries and Video Games. UCS Compliant and Metadata is attached to the samples
The calm of the night sets in, few people are outside. The city, quiet, gives way to the faint hum of ventilations, as well as the subtle and peaceful urban rumble.
All files are embedded with extensive UCS compliant metadata.
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