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Environment recordings, ambiences and soundscapes – from all over the world, and beyond
Gentle drizzle to thundering rain storm
Rain ambiences is a collection of detailed dripping, splattering and pouring rain. It has a little more than four and a half hours of rain recorded in ORTF or NOS in nature preserves, rural and urban areas.
I looked for the most wet sounding spots and spent hours relaxing to the sound of rain. It was really fantastic to record!
The sounds were mostly recorded at night and the ambiences have texture and detail with a range from rain aftermath to stormy downpour on many different surfaces. All files are thoroughly and carefully tagged with metadata and have UCS-compliant file naming.
We recorded a decommissioned UK Police Van (Ford Transit)
Capturing some unique sounds:
Workshop Ambience
Internal Police Van Ambience including the Cell
A range of Door Open/Closes from the front doors, sliding door, back door and even the cell door
Hinge movements from the back and Cell Door
Lock mechanisms from the Cell Lock and handle lock, with various open and close options and general Handle movement.
We recorded dials, levers, buttons and switches from the Police Van which includes, the 12 Volts flap, Air Con movement, Dials and Heating knobs, Indicators, Light switches and Window Switches
Seat Belt clicks
Gear shift movements
Glove compartment open and close
Foley of the seat/seatbelt
and
Foley of movement within the Cell its self.
This giving you the essence and character of a UK Police Van, not only will this be amazing for your Police based projects but you’ll be able to use these on other various projects. UK Police Vehicle 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
Take to the skies with “Planes of LAX,” a sound library that thrusts you into the thunderous symphony of jet engines soaring down into and roaring up out of Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). Tailored for professionals in film, games, and immersive formats, this collection will take your jetliner flybys to the next level.
Immerse your audience in a three-dimensional auditory experience with Ambix Ambisonic recordings and decoded 7.1.2 Atmos Bed, 5.1, and Stereo versions.
Decoded and referenced in Dolby Atmos at Cheviot Sound, ensuring top-quality playback.
Along with decoded stereo files, choose from separately recorded stereo and mono recordings, adding flexibility to meet the unique demands of your projects. Stereo recordings were expertly captured using a Tascam X8 in an XY configuration, while mono recordings were taken with a Rode NTG5.
Immerse yourself in the distinctive roars, whines, and rumbles of various planes, including but not limited to:
Airbus A320, A321, A350, A380
Boeing 737-7H4, 737-823, 737-824, 737-825, 767-332ER, 777-223, 787-9 Dreamliner
Boeing C32A Airforce Two
Bombardier Challenger 605
Embraer 175LR, E175LR-04, E175LL, Phenom 300, Phenom 300-02
Mitsubishi CRJ-701ER
Decode to 5.0, 5.1, 6.0, 6.1, 7.0, 7.1 and higher immersive formats, Change orientation, and Emulate microphone polar patterns using ambisonic decoder plugins:
RODE SoundField – FREE
Harpex B Converter – PAID
Recording-
Jack Weiss
Roy Berardo
Editing-
Jack Weiss
Photos-
Jethro Tai
From the art filled halls of the Louvre and the hustle of Gare Du Nord to the side streets of ‘Le Marais’ and the balconies of Monmartre, experience the soundscape of a romantic parisian getaway.
Crowds, the metro, patisseries, sunrise from our balcony, street cleaners, party goers and 9-5’ers rushing through train stations.
‘A Trip to Paris’ was recorded during… wait for it… a trip to Paris, in the summer of 2023.
Is is an library of primarily ambiences with very little processing.
Special thanks to my partner Kathy for tolerating my continued efforts to ruin our romantic getaway with my recorder.
NSL – New York City is a 81 Files Sound-Pack essentially composed of New York Backgrounds sounds. You will have access to many samples: Sirens, Streets, Subways, High Grounds, Highways, Docks and many more sounds…
Waterphone Designed Bundle Vol. 1 presents an otherworldly assortment of sounds, meticulously recorded on a Waterphone with contact microphones and a guitar pedal board, and skilfully crafted by our Audio Craftsmen.
This bundle offers a variety of experimental sounds, from impacts and drones, to ambiences and risers, inspired by icon films such as The Matrix, Blade Runner and Alien and designed to enhance film, TV, and game productions with an experimental or abstract edge. The sounds are suitable for genres like sci-fi, thriller, horror, and fantasy, adding mystery, eeriness, and tension to projects.
The 4.52GB collection includes three volumes:
Waterphone Designed Vol. 1:
3 categories of Impacts; Metallic, Percussive & Tonal
Waterphone Designed Vol. 2:
Risers, Stingers and Swells.
Waterphone Designed Vol. 3:
Abstract ambiences & Atmospheric drones
This bundle is ideal for those looking to add an otherworldly and experimental sound dimension to their creative projects.
All sounds are delivered in a high-quality 24Bit 192kHz format, allowing for further sonic manipulation. They have been meticulously edited and tagged with extensive UCS compliant metadata for easy organization and use.
DESCRIPTION:
• In Maine: Quiet Nature, get a collection of ambiences with sparse flora and fauna from the north Maine woods. Hear playful croaks of a ravens soaring in light rain. Hear lonely moose tromping through spring fed lakes and angry chipmunks barking to defend their honor. Hear the hungry knocking of woodpeckers pecking to find their dinner and the majestic sparseness of autumn forests empty of all but a few species of wildlife.
• This library offers you an extensive collection of ambiences with the sparse flora and fauna of autumn in a temperate forest. I hope you enjoy the wildlife of Maine. Thanks for listening.
Wind Turbine, Wind Farm ambiences driven by moderate to strong wind.
This FX library consists of 25 different recording positions. Including: close, mid and far distance sounds perspectives as well as behind the rotor blades and sideways position. Wind farm ambience recordings with wind in grass or/and crickets (gentle). Clean, close up and mid distance recordings with only a variety of rotor blades sounds, many different perspectives. There are some loop ready recordings. Body of Turbine (tower) is recorded with contact mics.
Full total time is approx. 115 mins (all recordings, with multichannel or separated channels included). Full time of stereo ready files is approx. 37 mins. Recorded in MS stereo, Double MS (surround ready) and with contact mics (structure borne sound). Separated RAW mono Ch. provided gives you freedom to mix the recordings to your own taste: front to side to rear ratio. Stereo recordings are ready to use. Recordings are organized in folders by the recording setup: 01 MS stereo; 02 Double MS; 03 Contact mics.
This FX library include:
-Stereo files (ready to use)
-Multichannel, separated (or RAW) files: Mid-Side-Rear separated channels (booth for MS and double MS recordings as well)
-Contact mics files (single channel or two channels in sync-“Stereo”)
Recorded with:
Sennheiser 60MKH-P48, 40MKH-P48, 30MKH-P48; JRF Contact mics; Sound Devices 744T/Mix Pre Recorder; Rycote Blimps; Mogami Cables; Manfrotto Tripod;
For many people, rain is high on their list favorite sounds to relax, study, or sleep to. For how soothing and common of a sound it is, it happens to be one of the most difficult to record – that is, if you want to still be able to use your gear afterwards.
In early spring of 2023, a little rain recording experiment on the fire escape leading to my somewhat sheltered backyard revealed that little to no city noise would actually make it onto the recording. Surprised by how clean these recordings came out, and by how wet of a summer we’ve been having this year, I proceeded to record in the backyard of my apartment almost every time it rained.
Over a period of 6 months, I recorded hundreds of gigabytes of rain and ultimately narrowed it down to the 3 hours contained in this library. If you are looking for rain recordings that are clean and work well for layering while still clearly anchoring your soundscape in suburban spaces, this is the library for you! Also included are two long thunderstorms that can be heard moving into the distance.
These recordings contain no distinct car sounds, people, or sirens, and have been minimally processed to make them flexible for use in films, games, and video productions.
As an added bonus, this library contains immersive, Ambisonic (AmbiX) recordings of rain captured from the inside of a tin shed. To convert these recordings to binaural or surround formats I recommend downloaded the free SoundField by RØDE plug-in.
Total number of Files: 19
Total Duration: 3hrs 2min 33sec
Metadata: UCS file naming, SoundMiner, Soundly, BWF
Recording Specs: 24 Bit / 96 kHz
Channel Formats: Stereo, AmbiX (Ambisonics B-Format)
File Format: WAV
Size: 7.3 GB
Gear used: LOM Uši Pro Mics, RØDE NT-SF1 Ambisonic Mic, Zoom F3, Zoom F6, Zoom H1n
Processing: Level adjustment, Crossfades, Low-Shelf Filtering where necessary.
Discover the Ambiences of Glasgow and Edinburgh (Scotland)!
Step into the heart of Scotland with this immersive sound library. From the bustling streets of Glasgow to the tranquil ambience of Edinburgh’s iconic landmarks, we’ve captured the essence of this beautiful country in vivid audio detail. Whether you’re a filmmaker, musician, or sound designer, these authentic recordings will transport your projects to the enchanting landscapes of Scotland.
Experience the Scottish accents, public announcements, and the unique atmosphere of Glasgow and Edinburgh. Transport yourself to the lively atmosphere of Queen Street train station in Glasgow. Feel the energy of Friday crowds and the buzz of the weekend. Stroll down the bustling Royal Mile, lined with performers, eateries, and shops during the Fringe Festival. Walk the cobblestone streets on a Saturday evening. Take a journey on the Glasgow Subway, from Buchanan Street to Bridge Street via St. Enoch.
Explore these and many more authentic Scottish sounds to add depth and realism to your creative projects. Elevate your audio productions with the captivating sounds of Scotland, available in this comprehensive sound library.
A collection of soundscapes and isolated sound elements from technology labs, with recordings from biotech, optics, molding, transforming, and other places of hi-tech development, perfect for industrial, sci-fi, or stealth setting, and more.
Beach Ambiences and Textures recorded in Summer.
Sound of the sea, people, children, boats etc. Crowds, people on the beach enjoying Summer.
Many sound perspectives. On the beach, beach in distance, people close, distant, all around, footsteps close, distant, swimming, jumping into water and other
European languages (but mostly in background-indistinguishable), recorded in Mediterranean, Adriatic sea.
Recorded in AB, XY and NOS stereo
The perfect boring traffic you are looking for. All the recordings are long enough to fill an entire scene or play in the background without looping. Heavy traffic in the city center, busy intersections, highways, vehicles passing under a bridge, different incoming and outcoming directions, with different mic placements, with no human (or birds’!) interference, ready to use in your project.
URBAN ATMOS is an immersive sound library recorded in 7.0.2 cinematic format with our exclusive array: the Atmos Tree.
Over 6 hours of material and a broad palette of sounds make this collection the perfect representation of the typical metropolitan soundscape : avenues, rooftops, public squares, bridges, highways, residential streets, alleys, city parks… all kinds of city environments are here, wide and enveloping as never before.
The library is perfectly suited for DOLBY Atmos mixes. It also contains extensive metadata and is UCS compliant.
Nowadays a lot of protests against global climate change all over the world are happening. With our amazing immersive Schoeps ORTF3D recording system, we recorded some protests during the UN climate conference (COP26) in Glasgow 2022. You can hear people cheering and screaming, helicopters flying around, rhythmic drums playing and crowds shouting political lines against climate change.
The Library include sounds like
PROTEST, CROWD, CLIMATE CHANGE, CHEERING, DRUMS, HELICOPTER
Key Features:
Hear the harmonic mood of Mount Ida in Northwestern Türkiye. Mount Ida’s ancient Greek mythology extends to Homer and its “vadi” (valley) is the epic setting for “The Iliad”.
The bountiful waterways and wildlife that we recorded surrounded the ancient city of Troy – at the verge of the Mediterranean.
An extensive collection of birdsong, wind, woodland, waterways, and animals in pure untouched nature. Different intensities and times of the day were meticulously captured with close and distant perspectives.
36 high-resolution files and 2 hours duration. All files in 96 kHz / 24 bit format. Includes detailed and easy-to-navigate metadata. Recorded with our favorite gear: DPA 4060s, Sennheiser MKH 8040s, Zoom F3.
Find the true sound of it with Vadi Sound Library.
Keywords
Ambience, Mount Ida, Soundscape, Nature, Rural, Woodland, Water, Leaves, Rustle, Flow, Nightingale, Blackbird, Insect, Bee, Wind, Dawn, Dusk, Evening, Morning, Birdsong, Gurgle, Whistle, River, Stream, Frog, Dawn Chorus, Cricket, Jackal, Bird, Birdsong, Bubble, Waterfall, National Park, Field Recording.
What else you may need
Reach us to get access to more and longer nature and urban soundscapes.
You may also want to check out the City Perspectives & Ambiences for access to many urban ambience essentials. Room Tones and Interior Ambiences is another option for quieter spaces in 84 pristine sounds.
In Taiwan, immersing in traffic of scooters and cars is a daily occurrence. Waiting for the green light in the sea of scooters, and VROOOOOOM, all the scooters simultaneously rev their engines and accelerate forward as the light turns green. These are the sounds of the rush hour traffic in Taipei.
IN THE TRAFFIC is a sound library that makes you feel like you’re in the middle of the traffic in Taipei city.
It features the sounds of scooters, cars and buses passing by, the idle scooters sea at red lights, and the eager acceleration of scooters and motorcycles as they compete to speed forward when the light turns green. Additionally, the sounds of riding through tunnel and underpass can also be found in this sound library.
IN THE TRAFFIC adopts a slightly experimental approach, placing the microphones on the front sides, and riding a relatively quiet electric scooter with almost no engine sound in the traffic of Taipei.
Bird sounds and human voices have been carefully removed, providing you pure useful recordings for your creative works.
This library includes 58 stereo files recorded in AB at 96 kHz. Approx. 44 minutes total.
Additionally, this library was carefully tagged with rich Soundminer metadata, including marks in the recordings highlighting interesting sounds.
And of course, all the recordings were recorded, edited and mastered with care and love.
This library contains 33 city ambience from Taiwan, Taipei. Recorded in ambisonic format then convert into various formats. From city center traffic, department stores to quite park, street basketball cout and afteroon heavy rain. It can fit perfetfly into any film or game production set in urban asia city.
– LOOP READY –
All sounds are edited into a perfect loop for easy editing.
– INCLUDING BINURAL VERSION –
In addition to the Stereo files, the ambisonic edition also contains all files Binural format.
Garden and nature in winter: sparse birdsong, busy gardeners, dogs barking with pleasant echoes, roosters crowing, jets and propeller planes passing overhead, as well as the dead silence and eerie rustling in the depths of the night; the awakening of nature and residents in the early morning hours, and much more.
‘Residential Forest III’ is the third library in my series of long-term recordings from a German allotment environment. This remote area, surrounded by forest, features cottages, ponds, and an abundance of natural sounds. The library captures a blend of suburban, residential, and forest ambiences.
‘Residential Forest III’ includes 36 unique ambiences recorded in Germany during spring, specifically in January 2023, from 1 p.m. to 11 a.m. the following day. From these 23 hours of recordings, I have carefully edited and curated the best moments, creating a 4 GB auditory journey through the afternoon, evening, night, 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 noise, paired with a Tascam HD-P1 recorder.
The total duration of the library is approximately 3.5 hours, with most ambiences ranging from 5 to 10 minutes. Some are longer, while a few are shorter.
‘Residential Forest III’ was recorded in AB stereophony at 48 kHz, 24-bit.
A good range of everyday city sounds. Different perspectives. High quality urban ambiences will serve as ideal background tracks. Find the true sound of it with Vadi Sound Library.
About City Perspectives and Ambiences
From busy intersections to back streets, vibrant parks to rooftops, this pack of 56 sounds is an indispensable toolkit to create the perfect atmospheres without being in the foreground.
It gives you access to 3 hours of city ambiences in varying activity levels, with loud and calm spaces of the endless locations in a large city.
You will at once get a hold of elevated and underground spots, freeways, intersections, bridges, viaducts, parking lots, parks, streets of all sizes, rooftops, window views and the city rumble and hum at its best. There are varying levels of horns, sirens, vehicles pass-by, school backgrounds and so forth at different times of the day.
These meticulously recorded sounds of 5.87 GB in size have clarity and lots of room for further usage and sound design. They are compatible with all DAWs, middleware and video editing tools and 100% royalty free.
56 high-resolution soundscapes in 24bit/96 kHz .wav format with detailed, easy to navigate naming and thorough metadata. Recorded with patience and sometimes in stealth and guerilla style.
Keywords including Location, Activity, Style
City, ambience, soundscape, field recording, metropolis, urban, rumble, hum, road, industrial, street, highway, freeway, intersection, viaduct, window view, distant, calm, noisy, busy, loud, calm, underground, elevated view, rooftop, bridge, park, car park, top floor, ventilation, horn, siren, vehicle, pass by, bus, truck, car, train, motorcycle, downtown, rain, schoolyard, royalty free, game, film, video, music.
Recorded with our favorite 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 ambience essentials. Room Tones and Interior Ambiences is another option for quieter spaces in 84 pristine sounds.
A sound effects library that contains a wide range of authentic rally car sounds, recorded at the Rally Legend 2022.
The Rally Legend is an annual rally event that takes place in San Marino, a small sovereign state located in central Italy. It is a historic rally event that features classic rally cars from different eras, and is known for its challenging and exciting stages. The event takes place over a three-day period, and consists of a series of timed stages that are held on a variety of roads and terrain types. The stages are designed to test the skill and endurance of the drivers and their vehicles, and are known for their technical complexity and high-speed action. The event attracts a large number of spectators and rally car enthusiasts, and has become a popular destination for rally fans from around the world.
This library features a wide range of high-quality sounds captured from real rally cars in different locations, including corners, straights, chicanes, pit lanes. These sounds include high-speed cars pass by, revving engines, powerful accelerations and are recorded to be used in a variety of media projects, such as video games and movies. With a diverse range of sounds captured from different makes and models of rally cars, you’ll be able to find the perfect sound to match your needs.
All the files are 24 Bit, 192 Khz, extensive embedded metadata and categorized with the Universal Category System (UCS).
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