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Environment recordings, ambiences and soundscapes – from all over the world, and beyond
192KHZ 24BIT • 3.8GB • 32 FILES • 55 MIN • UCS
CEM RIVER is a meticulously recorded sound effects library that takes you on a sonic journey along the river Cem in Montenegro and Albania. Spanning across multiple locations, we carefully scouted and selected the most interesting sounding spots to capture the mesmerizing sounds of the river in stunning detail. With 32 high-quality recordings totaling 55 minutes, you’ll experience the diverse range of river sounds, from slow flowing water in the Albanian Alps to fast rapids and waterfalls in Tamare and Kuca Rakica, turbulent bends, river mouth, wide and narrow flows, and distant recordings.
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EDITED AND MASTERED WITH: Pro Tools, Acon Acoustica
RECORDED WITH: M/S (Sennheiser MKH8060/Ambient ATE208), ORTF (2x Sennheiser MKH8040), Audio Technica BP4025, Sony PCM D100, Sound Devices Mixpre-3 II, Sound Devices Mixpre-6
Sri Lanka Soundscapes Vol.2 – Countryside is the second volume in the Sri Lanka Soundscape Library Series.
This library features typical sounds recorded in the rice paddy’s and farms and beaches of Southern Sri Lanka. It features, ambiences containing local animals and birds (did someone say Peacock), insects, remote villages, Ocean waves all in quiet secluded environments. The library serves as a great palette of local and unique sounds within quiet countryside environments to really ground and localise any projects. Contains a mix of ambience recordings and some shorter animal specific SFX.
A particular highlight for me on this collection was capturing the sound of a duck farting as it plodded away (see movement and fart file at 00:07)- cutting edge stuff.
Sounds recorded in Stereo 24bit/48kHz and UCS compatible.
Get the other collections here:
Sri Lanka Soundscape Vol. 1-3 Collection
Sri Lanka Soundscape Vol. 2 – Rural Countryside
Sri Lanka Soundscape Vol. 3 – Vehicles
Barbershop Vol. 2 is the second instalment in a series of candid recordings captured in a Mancunian Barbershop (Speak Easy Barber Club).
Featuring a variety of hums, buzzes, and handling sounds created using a range of clippers, trimmers, shavers and razors. Additionally, it includes sounds from metal hair scissors, head brushes and beard brushes.
Check out Barbershop Vol. 1 for sounds from a hair-washing station, the movements from a barber’s chair, the rustle of a hairdressing gown and more!
These sounds provide you with natural, unprocessed sounds that can be used for barber-specific projects or manipulated further for a variety of film, TV, game, and soundscape 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.
Airport & Plane Ambience contains twenty sound files recorded between Lisbon and Frankfurt’s airports while also including three different immersive flights, regular ambiences from these locations, taking off and landing takes, passengers settling in their seats and plenty of announcements in four different languages.
The GENERAL AMBIENCE SERIES: A modular approach to the ambitious project become one of the largest and most versatile ambience libraries on the marked. High quality, detail, versatility and diversity will set this library apart from other products. You can expect monthly releases of small ambience packs in the future to keep the quality standards high and constantly grow the library over time.
The Towns & Villages 01 Ambience Sound Effects Library is part of the General Ambience Series by Systematic Sound. Towns & Villages 01 features a solid representation of everyday life in a typical European Town or Village. The recordings are full of detail and character but leave enough room to use them in a variety of scenes in a realistic or creative way. You will hear quiet streets with light traffic, old cobblestone squares and European birdsong in the parks. There will be water bubbling in fountains, footsteps echoing in historic alleyways and prominent church bells ringing on top of the local church tower. To add even more variety, the recordings have been made at different times of day and under different weather conditions like rain, wind and thunder.
The GENERAL AMBIENCE SERIES: A modular approach to the ambitious project become one of the largest and most versatile ambience libraries on the marked. High quality, detail, versatility and diversity will set this library apart from other products. You can expect monthly releases of small ambience packs in the future to keep the quality standards high and constantly grow the library over time.
This Coastal Ambience Sound Effects Library is part of the General Ambience Series by Systematic Sound. Coastal 01 features the sound of natural coastal landscapes with cliffs & sandy beaches, as well as traditional fishing villages with small ports and industrial harbors. On some days you could hear the wind howling and the flagpoles of the boats rattling in the wind. On other days the waves where splashing with a sharp hiss against the shore. You will find close up positions with all the details and far positions, where you can hear a deep rumble of the distant surf. The sounds of coastal village life feature anything from calm squares to busy streets with lost of pedestrian activity, traffic and seagulls screaming in the background. The sounds of the ports and harbors had a more industrial tone with deep roaring boar engines and industrial din from running machinery.
This sound library features typical soundscapes from Switzerland, cow herds, pasture valley, sheep herds, cowbells, forest, mountain, tractors, … fresh air.
FOREST DAY is a diverse collection of 59 isolated Forest Ambiences and Wildlife Sounds.
This library came out of a love for hiking and exploring Mountains and Forests and capturing the wonderful soundscapes of that world. Most of these recordings took place in California, in particular, a number of areas throughout the Angeles Forest. You’ll also come across sounds from high atop the Eastern Sierras, San Jacinto Wilderness, Los Padres Forest, as well as a few other Forests.
A variety of different bird species are included, at lower elevation settings, higher Mountains, throughout the day, some in isolation, others sometimes alongside wind.
Also included are isolated Mountain winds in different variations and with vegetation and tree creaks. There’s Cicadas and a few day crickets.
Detailed metadata and markers have been provided so they’re easily searchable. Photos are embedded in every file to give an idea of what the location was like. Checking out the Metadata Sheet will give on a better idea of everything else that’s in the library.
Anyone looking for more in depth Forest Sounds that include Rivers, Lakes, along with the Forest at night can pick up FOREST LIFE. That comes with multiple libraries at a bit of a discount along with the bonus mini library FOOTHILLS.
Bird Species
Day
Acorn Woodpecker, Black-headed Grosbeak, California Towhee, Canyon Wren, Common Raven, Cooper’s Hawk, House Finch, Hummingbird, Lawrence’s Goldfinch, Lazuli Bunting, Mountain Chickadee, Mountain Quail, Mourning Dove, Northern Flicker, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Pygmy Nuthatch, Red Shouldered Hawk, Spotted Towhee, Steller’s Jay, Yellow Warbler, Western Bluebird, Western Wood-Pewee
The Gear
Sound Devices MixPre-6 II
Sony A10
Sony PCM D100
Zoom F6
The Mics
Sennheiser MKH 8040
Sennheiser MKH 8020
Sennheiser MKH 60
Clippy EM272
Line Audio CM4
LOM microUsi Pro
OCEANS RIVERS LAKES is a water themed library in the Rural Soundscapes series featuring 36 Files and 2.8 GB of Isolated Water in its various forms. Delicate water laps, babbling creeks, bubbling rivers, roaring oceans, crashing waves against rocks and sand, and tide pools. Most of these sounds are Ocean and River related and then there’s a few recordings of Lakes.
I recorded this library over a span of three years while hiking and wandering around Forests, Mountains, and Coastal areas. Locations featured are the Angeles Forest in Southern California, The Inyo Forest in the Eastern Sierras, and the Central Coast of California. There’s also some recordings of various areas of the Olympic Peninsula in Washington, along with a few other places I was fortunate to stumble upon.
THE GEAR
Recorder
Sound Devices MixPre-6 II
Sony PCM D-100
Mics
Sennheiser MKH 8040
Sennheiser MKH 60
Line Audio CM4
METADATA
Detailed Metadata is provided along with photographs and locations for where all of the sounds were recorded.
NOTE: The Rivers and Lakes Sounds featured in this collection are also included in FOREST LIFE.
Ambisonics – Lisbon compiles 57 long and evolving sound files from Portugal’s sunny capital, known for its unique river/ocean-side location and diverse lifestyles.
Busy traffic intersections from the city’s famous avenues contrast with the quiet ambience of its picturesque neighborhoods. These areas are splashed with riverside waves and distant boat engines and also include chatty tourist hotspots like Carmo’s Street, Feira da Ladra’s flea market, or A Brasileira’s coffee shop. Lisbon’s main plazas also abound with centered recordings, resulting in complete cityscapes with both busy traffic flow and pedestrian action.
Some of the city’s gardens were recorded on hot summer days, capturing cicada calls, the chirping of multiple bird species, and curious sightseers exploring the surroundings.
The city’s trademark trams are also prominently featured on all traffic soundscapes but also with an interior ride take for full VR immersion. Other city transportation vehicles, such as cable cars, trains, subways, and their respective stations, are also included. They were recorded on multiple floors and distances, some with interior takes as well. With nearly 6 hours of versatile and original content, you’re guaranteed to find the right cityscape from one of Europe’s most sought-after tourist destinations.
This sound library is available in both Ambisonics FuMa (B Format) and Stereo (Binaural) formats.
In this library you will find recordings of outdoor environments captured at the salt flats near the Olhão city, such as birds, wind, water and some city background noise.
These sounds are perfect for background sound design in movies, games, documentaries, art installations, etc..
These sounds were all recorded with the stereo microphone Audio-Technica BP4025.
After working these sounds in post production, this library comes with 8 incredible salt flats ambient sounds.
Welcome to UK Cities: London On-The-Go Ambiences. Travel through the city, with these beautiful ambiences recorded at various unique locations in London. Find the true sound of it with Vadi Sound Library.
About London On-the-Go Ambiences
You will find yourself at the park, airport, then underground on a train and outside a park, then at Camden Town, at Primrose Hill, and many other locations. Have a taste of 132 fresh sounds in your ears with this London On-the-Go Ambiences sound effects. It includes sounds from many different environments like crowds, subway, train ambiences, elevators, cafes, and interior walla, announcement sounds and room tones at the airports from London in 132 sounds, 24bit/96kHz .WAV files and detailed naming.
Total length of this library is 130 minutes.
We captured a wide array of ambiences so that you can easily adapt them to your other UK or similar location needs. The length of the files is high so that you can meet your ambience needs with just a few of these sounds. The locations are both interior and exterior. It captures the soul of the vibrant city, recorded on sunny days in April.
You will hear small, medium, and big crowds, chilling at a park, chatting at cafes or outside a pub, on the street and at the subway and airports. You will get hold of low or no walla atmospheres and room tones. You will travel on the subway and stop at a lot of stations and hear the usual announcements! You will get the unique feel of each location like a local travelling through the city.
Keywords including Locations, Ambiences, Mood
London, ambiences, city, sounds, atmosphere, walla, crowd, elevator, Camden market, busy, street, British, English, traffic, Camden Town, café, Easter Friday, Regent Canal, night, evening, Saturday, chill, pub, bridge, pass by, walk, announcement, Primrose Hill, construction, cars, people, chatter, eating, chatting, park, calm, birds, rumble, airport, gate announcement, Stansted, room tone, lounge, train, subway, metro, rain Edgware, Euston, Finsbury Park, Highbury & Islington, Harlow Town, King’s Cross, St Pancras Station, Mornington Crescent, Seven Sisters, speed, Ticketgate, Tottenham Hale, train announcement, interior, exterior, film, game, video.
What else you may need
You may also want to check out our Ambiences from Japan and Ambiences from China Sound Effects Packs for access to different unique ambiences of the world.
In this library you will find recordings of outdoor environments captured at the Olhão dock and shipyard, such as workers washing, building and preparing boats.
These sounds are perfect for background sound design in movies, games, documentaries, art installations, etc…
These sounds were all recorded with the stereo microphone Audio-Technica BP4025.
After working these sounds in post production, this library comes with 10 incredible dock shipyard ambient sounds.
“Electromagnetic Fields and Glitches” by SpillAudio is a sound pack with 87 individual sound effects.
This collection contains a wide range of electromagnetic sounds. They were gathered from various electronic devices such as mobile phones, routers, TVs, computers and many more household devices.
There are two types of sounds in this pack:
– Recordings (which will give you a solid sounding background)
– Glitches (edited sound effects which you can use for transitions, short effects, layering and more)
All sounds were recorded and edited at 192kHz / 24it.
In this sound library you will find ambient and crowd sounds of the Olhão market located in the Algarve, Portugal.
Ambiences and crowds were recorded in the market streets outside and then ambiences and crowds were recorded in the interior market inside the building.
Each recordings reflects a specific venue acoustics, crowd dynamics and perspectives. The primary language found in these recordings are Portuguese.
These sounds were all recorded with the stereo microphone Audio-Technica BP4025.
After working these sounds in post production, this library comes with 14 incredible market ambient sounds.
Iceland ambiences features a stunning collection of ambience recordings and spot effects captured in the magical country of Iceland.
The diverse sounds in this library include numerous natural recordings of waterfalls, waves, geysers and wind, as well as more human and urban sounds such as traffic, church ambiences, pedestrians and general sounds of the capital Reykjavik.
This library is perfect for projects with a Nordic or Viking setting, as well as nature and wildlife documentary projects.
All sounds in this library are supplied in 24 bit / 96 kHz format and have been tagged with extensive UCS metadata for ease of use.
Airports & Planes is 120 minutes/3.90 Gb of ambiance recordings from a variety of international airports around the world, as well as airplane interiors. 48 separate files – recorded in 24bit/96kHz A-B stereo. All sounds are UCS-compatible
Airport & Planes was recorded between 2015-2018, in airports from Rome to Qatar, and in a variety of large capacity commercial passenger craft.
It presents modern air travel from the passenger perspective, covering everything from airport shopping areas and security checks, to
taxiing, takeoff, cruising and landing – with and without passenger walla, rummaging with luggage compartments and seat belt buckles.
It was all recorded stealth style, but nevertheless delivers lots of different perspectives and variation. Room tones from airplane interiors
come in different timbres (read: flavors of background noise), ranging from the tonally dry and flat, to rumbling and wheezing.
You will also find spoken announcements in various languages from English to Japanese; in both airports and onboard planes.
The characteristic bell or ping accompanying announcements in flight is also included, in two different versions:
One was isolated from an actual recording, while the other was synthesized to match the first, but sounding cleaner.
As a tasty little bonus, I’m throwing in a couple interiors from a bona-fide airliner lavatory.
All in all, lots of suitcase wheels, rolling sidewalks and whooshy airplane tones.
Iceland – Flows (supporter pack) is a collection which includes 23 looped files.
The palette goes to streams, waterfalls and seas. These sounds were recorded in Vik, Kirkjufjara, Reynisdrangar, Seljalandsfoss, Skaftafell and Skógafoss.
Recorded in 24 bit/48 kHz, these sounds are easy to navigate and were captured using a Zoom H5.
You can have the free version HERE. The paid version is just a supporter pack.
This libraries feature interior onboard recordings of the main five mode of transport in Hong Kong: TAXI, BUS, MINIBUS, TRAM and MTR.
From metal grinding and squeaks of trams to the ultra-gusty wind noise of the high-speed MTR train, these recordings embody the sonic character of daily commuting in the city, Hong Kong, where a fast paced lifestyle meet tradition and modern mode of transportation.
This collection of sound effects are perfect ambience background for movie scenes or as materials for transport-related sound designs.
Our planet has a fascinating sonic spectrum, and every season, nature offers us an impressive and multi-faceted sound composition. We have recorded the most interesting and iconic ambiences 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 way possible, from the ground up in 3D Surround or Stereo.
This library features ambience recordings of stairwell & corridor captured at various industrial buildings. These background recordings embody a lot of subtle movements and characterful nuances, while being non-distractive. They are perfect for background sound design in films and games, or to be used purely as room tone.
All recordings are recorded, edited and processed to broadcast standard.
Sounds of Boston Vol.1 is a sound design toolkit built for creating a plethora of ambiance, vehicle, construction, and transportation audio for any and all kinds of audio/visual media. If you want to take your library to the next level, Sounds of Boston Vol. 1 can help you create vivid auditory landscapes like no other. Our library has been formated following UCS categories (Univeral Category System) in the hope to create a more uniform look to your sound library.
On top of this, 10% of profits received will go to GLAAD…The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) is dedicated to promoting and ensuring fair, accurate, and inclusive representation of individuals and events in all media as a means of eliminating homophobia and discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation.
Thank you!
P.S. This library is in Stereo, Mono, and LCR…if you just need Stereo and Mono please head to our website or reach out to the email above…thanks.
Boats, Buses, Planes & Trains is our new sound effects library created in close collaboration with our friends at West Wolf Audio.
This collection of sound effects features a mixture of ambient recordings and spot fx from a range of different modes of transportation, across land sea and air!
Inside this library you will find sounds recorded in a variety of real world setting including an Interior aircraft, old bus on bumpy road, interior train ambience and an old ship. This selection of sounds gives you the perfect starting point for building vehicle soundscapes.
Our audio craftsmen have precisely edited each sound so that they are ready to be dropped straight into your 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.
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