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Environment recordings, ambiences and soundscapes – from all over the world, and beyond
Trains of LA: Subways is an extensive collection of high-quality recordings capturing the wide variety of sound in the Los Angeles Metro subway system.
Available in both Stereo and Immersive versions. All recorded at 24Bit 48kHz on Los Angeles Metro’s B (red) and D (purple) subway lines.
This library includes a huge variety of subterranean transportation related sounds including but not limited to clicks of fare gates, crowd walla and ambience at Union Station, echoes of crowded underground platforms, roaring and screeching subway train arrivals and departures, announcements, elevators, long recordings of train interiors during rides with and without chatter, an end to end ride of the D line from Union Station to Wilshire Western, doors opening and closing, lights humming and buzzing in walkways, escalators, and more!
Recorded mostly on the Rode NT-SF1 ambisonic microphone and Tascam X8, with a few sounds from the Rode NTG5/Zoom H5 and Zoom H3-VR.
Stereo Version Includes: All Stereo and Mono Files and Stereo Files Decoded from AmbiX
Immersive Version Includes: All Files, AmbiX, 5.1, 7.1.4, Stereo
Produced by Cheviot Sound
Recorded by Jack Weiss and Roy Berardo
Edited by Jack Weiss
Dazzle your audience in an immersive Christmas wonderland with this giant set of world-class produced audio for any winter holiday theme! Mixed and mastered to industry-standard perfection, this library is packed with the magic of SLEIGH BELLS, CAROL SINGING, children playing in SNOW, PRESENTS under the CHRISTMAS TREE, and jolly greetings from a chuckling SANTA.
Don’t get put on his ‘bad’ list! Leave your users deeply nostalgic for their favorite childhood winter holiday memories with this Christmas-themed premium sound effects library — the perfect present!
So, are you naughty or nice?
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CHRISTMAS SPIRIT, ALL AROUND
This library covers all Christmas themed environments, situations, and more, and it is the only audio library you’ll need to give your winter holiday game that special sparkle your users will never forget. Bustling SHOPPING MALLS, warm COFFEE SHOPS, Christmas HOUSE PARTIES, and CITY STREETS filled with warm chatter, Christmas CAROLING, and CHURCH BELLS are all at your fingertips!
Your characters can play in the SNOW, listen to warm SANTA GREETINGS, watch FIREWORKS displays, wrap and unwrap PRESENTS, play with wind-up MUSIC BOXES, and even be swept away by the magical Christmas spirit with time travel!
SO MANY CHIMNEYS, SO LITTLE TIME…
Included is a staggering amount of audio with countless versions, variations, and recording takes! The variety will leave you feeling like Santa, wondering how you could ever get to it all! Offering large selections of sounds for PRESENT WRAPPING and UNWRAPPING, CHRISTMAS JINGLES, SNOWBALL THROWS and slushy IMPACT HITS, explosions from FIREWORKS, church bell RINGS and CHIMES, and multiple variations of children’s voices while playing in the snow, each asset is carefully edited, mixed, and mastered to beautifully fit any project.
With multiple AMBIENCES, VARIATIONS, and LOOPS, you’ll be hard pressed to choose which sounds to use!
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As an extra Christmas present to you, we’re offering an entire Santa Claus voice pack for FREE! From commanding reindeer to responding to children’s present requests, from checking his gift list to giving thanks for milk and cookies, and — of course — countless “HO HO HO” and “MERRY CHRISTMAS!!” variations, you’ll have plenty to choose from to recreate your perfect Santa Claus character to delight your players.
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Elevate Your Creative Projects with the Ultimate SCI-FI SOUND EFFECTS BUNDLE – Futuristic Weapons, Spaceships & Ambiences, UI, Computerized Voiceovers & Robots – the essential toolkit for creators ready to transport their audiences to thrilling new realms!
Embark on an immersive journey through the wonders of nature with Wilderness Nature Loops. This game ambience loop sound library features 200 meticulously crafted ambient audio loops, capturing the essence of serene landscapes from Germany, Greece, and the USA. From the gentle rustle of leaves to the symphony of birdsong, each sound is expertly edited to enhance your project’s atmosphere. With organized folders covering forests, oceans, and mountains, creating lifelike backgrounds for your games or films has never been easier. Plus, with UCS compliance and Soundminer metadata, finding the perfect sound is effortless. Let Wilderness Nature Loops elevate your creations with the soothing sounds of the wilderness.
Cover your ears. It’s going to get loud, introducing, Oval Track Racing. This high-octane stock car racing library features cars of various makes, models and performance characteristics in nine divisions circling a quarter mile (.40 kilometer) oval ‘short’ track in Idaho. Pass-bys, overalls and on boards were captured from multiple perspectives inside, outside, and alongside the asphalt track with a variety of microphones and recorders.
Oval Track Racing features plenty of pass-bys captured right next to concrete retaining walls on straightaways and through turns. To give you options, these pass bys are broken out two ways. Use the ‘one shot’ sound files consisting of just one quick pass by (thank you Paul V. for this suggestion). Or choose to use the overall race/practice session consisting of multiple laps.
This meticulously crafted library also features a selection of overalls captured from high in the stands, inside the pits, from the center of the infield and outside the gates. For instance, I was able to capture 48 laps (11 minutes worth) of an 85-lap race featuring eight rumbling Big 5 Late Model cars, recorded clean and free of public address announcements, 250 feet (76 meters) outside the ‘bullring.’ The crowd cheers for the winner at the end. Onboard recordings feature the growling sounds of a Street Stock car (1975 Chevrolet Nova), both in the pits and on the track.
A collection of sounds from the year 2019
Some highlights from this collection include: An elevator from the 1890s, various recordings of New York City, drones made from a 1970s synth, and very crunchy bread sounds!
Download includes the following:
27 Audio Files / 1.19 Gb / 59 minutes
24 bit / 48 kHz
UCS Compliant Meta-data (with Artwork included)
True Channel Integrity (Actual Mono/Stereo/Multi-Channel)
QCed Editorial
As Springs shifts to Summer, the bird choirs change to solitary signals and thunder rolls across the hills as the cicadas sing their farewells into the night and the wolves gather for their hunt.
The character of the EUROPEAN SUMMER focuses on capturing the spirit of Europe’s summer in stunning detail. The season in Europe expresses itself through its different and unique birds, wolves, insects, weather, and much more.
Now available in immersive 3D Surround.
Embark on a sonic journey through the streets of Rome with this meticulously recorded collection of ambisonics ambiences.
Capturing the essence of Italy’s capital, our library offers diverse locations from bustling markets, calm parks, crowded landmarks, dense traffic on cobblestone to tranquil alleyways.
We used an ambisonics microphone to record this 255min library, delivered both in AmbiX, stereo and 5.0. From film and television to video games and virtual reality experiences, our Rome recordings are versatile assets that add depth, atmosphere, and authenticity to any project.
AmbiX, 5.0 and stereo
Each recording is delivered in both AmbiX, decoded stereo and decoded 5.0 (L/R/C/Ls/Rs), for quick and easy integration.
Gear used
Sound Devices MixPre-6 II • Rode NT-SF1
Metadata
This sound library is UCS compliant and comes with fully embedded metadatas compatible with Soundly, Soundminer and Basehead.
Design realistic sports ambiences with this feature complete bundle of crowd reactions and field-of-play interactions, recorded in crystal-clear stereo on a centered front-row seat position.
Inside Sports Ambience Bundle you’ll find everything from support chants, goal celebrations, booing, casual conversations, clapping, local team speakers asking for crowd backing, referee whistles, coach instructions, air horns, overenthusiastic children, pre-match drills, and plenty of other content spread through long and evolving audio files.
Sports included on this bundle are the following:
With over 48GB of content spread through 1522 minutes, this bundle serves as your seasonal ticket for any team sports project and its passionate crowds.
Sports Ambience Bundle contains:
Bonus Content: Sports Ambience Bundle offers an additional three and a half hours of recordings from Portugal’s main soccer league in a crowded stadium, alongside outdoors youth drills.
The Airbus H130 helicopter in 96khz 32bit wav for clean clear & realistic sound design.
No need for sifting through lengthy audio, these are concise well edited wav files for immediate scenario based application of basic helicopter operations from startup, takeoff, flybys, circling, hover,approach, land & shutdown.
Metadata available under UCS tagging.
In this library you will find ambient sounds at day in a urban town.
The sounds were recorded on urban town of Tavira at day in different locations.
In these sounds you will find pedestrians, cars, motorcycles passing by among others.
Windy Nature is a collection of 24 bit / 96 kHz stereo recordings of wind blowing in large environments such as valleys, forests, woods, grassland and countryside. It has been recorded during the four season in Tuscany – Italy
This soundlibrary arises from recordings with plugins and effects.
After working these sounds in post production, this library comes with 20 incredible drone sounds that will bring your vídeo, trailer or movie to life.
Size: 378 MB
Files: 24 • Including metadata
Sample Rate: 48Hz – 24 Bit WAV
Duration: Approx. 22 min
Gear: Virtual Plugins
Delivery: Instant – blazingly-fast
License type: Royalty-Free
Get the expected everyday sounds and the unexpected sporty sounds of a go-to compact car. Find the true sound of it with Vadi Sound Library.
What’s inside
Fasten your seatbelt for 141 mechanical and electrical sounds of acceleration, deceleration, driving, drive-by, interior and exterior sounds; ignition, honk, engine, door, and trunk, and more Foley.
You will get long takes of drive-bys, car engine sounds, exhaust sounds and stereo interior recordings, from the exhaust, engine and the cabin perspective on both the rural roads and the highways.
Up your game with these 141 stereo recordings of engine starts and stops, rev-up, idle, gearshifts, accelerating and decelerating to constant and high, medium, low RPM, driving slowly and fast.
96kHz – 24bit format, 2.7 GB size, 79 minutes duration. Comes with intuitive naming and metadata. UCS compliant, 100% royalty-free and compatible with all DAWs, middleware and video editing software.
All sounds are organic and have room for further sound design; recorded in high detail so that you can layer and shape all channels individually in vehicle and other sound design.
Full specs: Volkwagen Polo TSI 1.4 2013 Comfortline, 6R, 85PS, 1104 kg, 1390 cm3 cylinder.
Gear: DPA 4060s, Sennheiser MKH8040s, Audix F5 Dynamics, Zoom F3s.
Keywords: Vehicle, car, compact car, everyday car, electrical, mechanical, ride, break, speed, VW, Volkwagen, Polo, tire, highway, drive by, gear, light, car hood, door, honk, trunk, sun visor, steering wheel, seat belt, lock, outdoor, engine, key, control panel, open, close, window, window wiper, air conditioner, idle, rev-up, handbrake, uphill, downhill, motor, button, remote, road, indoor, exhaust, acceleration, deceleration, cabin, Foley
What else you may need
You may also want to check out our Bavaria 36 Sailing Boat for access to 58 unique files of 32m 35s duration, including sailing, sail Foley, engine ignition starts and cut offs, water movements, different RPMs, interior and on-deck Foley and ambiences from different perspectives like front, rear, near the water, inside the hull.
Mercedes-Benz Axor 1840 is another option with 54 pristine sounds with multi-channel tracks of exterior and onboard perspectives; ranging from engine starts and stops, rev-up, idle, gearshifts, accelerating and decelerating to constant and high, medium, low RPM, driving slowly and fast.
This library presents diverse means of rail transport in Italy. I recorded it in 2020, but some trains were decades old. In these you’ll find warm sounds of old electric motors, as well as creaking, rattling, squeaking and rumbling of their weathered bodies.
In some files you’ll hear some conversations of various intensity, as well as announcements in Italian and English, in foreground or background. Some of them are about covid restrictions, masks etc., but usually just station names.
In addition to 53 files with onboard sounds you get 11 files with ambiences from stations – indoor and outdoor, busy and desolate, with or without PA announcements.
The onboard sounds are made in 10 types of rail transport:
* vintage diesel railcar
Fiat ALn 668
(made in 1980s, designed in 1950s)
* vintage electric multiple unit
ALe 724
(made in 1980s)
* vintage electric multiple unit
Sepsa ET100
(made in 1960s)
Cumana/Circumflegrea
suburban lines in Naples
* modern electric multiple unit
TFA Alfa 3 ET500
Cumana/Circumflegrea suburban
lines in Naples
* vintage electric multiple unit
FE220
(1970s-1980s)
Circumvesuviana narrow gauge
suburban line in Naples
* modern double-decker suburban
train in Rome
TAF ALe 426
* trams in Rome (modern Fiat
Cityway, and Stanga 7000 from
1940s)
* funicular in Naples
(Funicolare Centrale)
* passenger cars in various
regional trains
* metro in Naples
The library is UCS compliant.
We’ve bundled together
Manchester Ambience
Train Station Ambience
UK Train Interior Ambience
To give you a good all rounder for your all your commuting project needs.
The Commute gives you the authentic soundscape of the daily commuter, from waiting at the train station, to getting on the train and the sound of the big city boosting your project to the next level.The Commute 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
We wanted to record the sound of a city, the hustle and bustle, the noise, the traffic so what better place than Manchester
We recorded multiple types of ambiences in different parts of Manchester through out the day, this includes:
Crowds of people shopping, commuting and passing by
Different Languages from the Crowds
Various transportations including cars, busses, Trucks, bikes and trams with their high pitched squeaks and horns
Police sirens in the distance and up close
Car Horns
Pedestrian crossing Beeps
Distant Protesting
and
Some quieter areas of Manchester where you can hear the traffic but less crowds for a different perspective of Manchester
Manchester Ambience will give you enough audio to give your project the authentic sound of a UK City boosting your project to the next level. Manchester Ambience 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
50 exterior ambiances from varios places and environments. All files are recorded 32bit, 192 kHz, with FEL Clippy XLR EM272, FEL Pluggy XLR EM272, Sonorous Objects SO.3 and Shure VP88 microphones, Sound Devices MixPre-6 II and Zoom F3 recorders. The library is also available in UCS.
I also created a map with all recorded locations: www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1KJ80IzKE7r7dllCZclECwbk9N8rz3wTa
We came across some Local Construction/Repair work being done, to which we were able to capture the general sound of construction work being done
You can hear heavy machinery, engines powering up and powering down whilst remaining constant and Idle, as well as various bang and knocks from completing the construction. We also managed to record the sound of a truck reversing, Workers shouting and a Saw and Drill being used.
UK Construction Ambience will give you enough audio to give your project the authentic sound of a small Construction site boosting your project to the next level. UK Construction Ambience 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 unique “Seasons Of Earth – Bundle” features ambient sound recordings from all four seasons, meticulously captured using the unmatched Schoeps ORTF-3D surround microphone setup.
PERFECT IMMERSION
Immerse yourself in the authentic sounds of nature – from the delicate rustle of spring to the lively buzz of summer, the nostalgic crunch of autumn leaves, and the serene stillness of winter.
The Schoeps ORTF-3D ensures unparalleled audio fidelity, delivering an immersive experience that goes beyond standard recordings.
A CORNERSTONE OF NATURE AMBIENCE SOUNDS
The Seasons Of Earth Bundle offers a distinct and precise auditory journey through the changing landscapes of nature, making it an essential addition for audio enthusiasts and creatives seeking premium, true-to-life soundscapes. Elevate your projects with the unparalleled realism of this exceptional bundle.
The unique “Seasons Of Earth – Bundle” features ambient sound recordings from all four seasons, meticulously captured using the unmatched Schoeps ORTF-3D surround microphone setup.
PERFECT IMMERSION
Immerse yourself in the authentic sounds of nature – from the delicate rustle of spring to the lively buzz of summer, the nostalgic crunch of autumn leaves, and the serene stillness of winter.
The Schoeps ORTF-3D ensures unparalleled audio fidelity, delivering an immersive experience that goes beyond standard recordings.
A CORNERSTONE OF NATURE AMBIENCE SOUNDS
The Seasons Of Earth Bundle offers a distinct and precise auditory journey through the changing landscapes of nature, making it an essential addition for audio enthusiasts and creatives seeking premium, true-to-life soundscapes. Elevate your projects with the unparalleled realism of this exceptional bundle.
These samples were recorded using the H4N Pro and the NTG4 from several of the finest bridges that the North West has to offer, capturing several different points of the M6 and M61 during the day and yes at stupid o’clock at night as well
The sample pack contains a massive range of Car’s, Van’s, Lorry’s and Motorbike bypass sounds, each vehicle with its own unique distinctive sound going at high pace on a UK Motorway.
We were able to capture cars crossing lanes, driving over cat eyes, carrying heavy loads and traffic that was both on coming and departing.
UK Motorway will give you enough audio to give your project the authentic sound of a UK Motorway boosting your project to the next level. UK Motorway 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
UK Train Bundle
We’ve bundled together Train Station Ambience and UK Train Interior Ambience to give you a good all rounder for your all your Train project needs
We recorded:
General Train station ambience
General Train Interior Ambience
Ticket Booth ambience
Train’s Arriving, Departing and Idle
Train Creaks
Train Movement
Passengers boarding and debarking and sounds of the commuter
Various beeps
Doors Noises
Train’s preparing to depart (Whistles/Door Alarms etc)
Crowds and Crowd movement with plenty of Northern Voices
Tannoy Calls (Calling such places as Manchester, London, Glasgow, Edinburgh, as well as general warnings, pending trains and the usual cancellation ones)
The UK Train Bundle Sample Pack will give you enough audio to give your project the authentic sound of a UK train station and train interior boosting your project to the next level. UK Train Bundle 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
Suburban Amsterdam Vol. 1 is a collection of recordings captured in the beautiful Vondelpark and the surrounding Amsterdam South District.
Our Audio Craftsmen captured a variety of settings, at different times of day within the sprawling Vondelpark. Including sounds such as birds, pedestrian walla, rusting trees and more. You’ll also find the surrounding streets bustling with trams, bikes, pedestrians etc. Plus, Internal apartment ambiences.
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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