Home Environments & Ambiences Page 89
Environment recordings, ambiences and soundscapes – from all over the world, and beyond
Immerse yourself in the raw passion of Basque football with this high-resolution 3rd order ambisonic recording, captured live inside the legendary San Mamés Stadium in Bilbao. From rhythmic chants and thunderous applause to collective gasps and the intense atmosphere unique to Athletic Club matches, this library delivers a powerful, immersive crowd experience like no other.
Designed for use in film, television, games, or VR productions, this sound library provides the emotional weight and spatial accuracy needed to recreate the unmistakable intensity of European football from inside the stands.
⚠️ Legal Notice:
This library was recorded in a public environment during a live football event. As such, it may contain spontaneous crowd chants or vocal expressions that resemble existing musical works. While Surround Sound LAB captures and distributes these recordings as real-world ambiences, we do not claim rights over any third-party content that may be incidentally present. Users are solely responsible for ensuring that the use of this material complies with applicable copyright laws, especially in commercial or high-profile productions.
Welcome to Real Madrid Home. Feel the electrifying energy of one of the world’s most iconic football venues with this high-resolution 3rd order ambisonic recording, made inside the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid. Recorded with state-of-the-art ambisonic equipment, this library delivers an immersive crowd experience filled with chants, reactions, tension, and spatial detail that transports listeners right into the heart of the action.
This library is perfect for film, television, or game projects that require authentic stadium crowd atmospheres with a natural immersive feel. Whether you’re recreating a live match atmosphere or building large-scale sports ambiences, the Bernabéu delivers.
⚠️ Legal Notice:
This library was recorded in a public environment during a live football event. As such, it may contain spontaneous crowd chants or vocal expressions that resemble existing musical works. While Surround Sound LAB captures and distributes these recordings as real-world ambiences, we do not claim rights over any third-party content that may be incidentally present. Users are solely responsible for ensuring that the use of this material complies with applicable copyright laws, especially in commercial or high-profile productions.
Step into the soundscape of daily life with this curated collection of 61 authentic public ambiences. From the quiet reverence of churches and the scholarly hush of libraries to the bustling rhythms of train stations, parks, airports, and shopping malls each recording captures the unique sonic character of communal human spaces. Designed for film, games, and immersive audio, this library brings atmosphere, realism, and context to any urban or narrative setting.
Ambience – Atmosphere is a sound library of 85 loopable background ambience sound effects designed specifically for video game environments and interactive scenes.
These ambiences are minimal, versatile, and made to blend in. They’re the kind of background sounds you can drop into almost any setting.
Whether you’re working in Unity, Unreal Engine, FMOD, or Wwise, this pack makes ambience simple, subtle, and effective.
Onboard perspective sounds are from 4 separate channels.
Cabin Stereo, Engine and Exhaust
External perspective sounds are from one MS (mid side) handheld stereo mic and one XY stereo
mic (in fixed positions).
Sound Designers and Editors can use mid channel from MS if mono is needed.
Tropical City Ambiences offers 59 stereo exterior recordings from cities along the Gulf of Mexico in diverse weather and time setups.
Capture the essence of iconic locations, from the bustling streets of London to the peaceful countryside of the Lake District, the tranquil atmospheres of Scotland’s landmarks, and the serene sounds of seaside towns, forests, parks, and pubs.
This collection is your ultimate toolkit for adding authentic British soundscapes to your film, TV, or video games. With over 400 meticulously recorded files and embedded UCS metadata, these high-quality recordings offer a true-to-life acoustic representation of each environment. Whether you’re looking to create a specific mood or build your own custom soundscapes, this sound effects library provides the flexibility and pristine clarity needed to enhance your creative projects. Bring scenes to life with the UK Ambiences library—your gateway to a world of immersive, original sounds.
This sound library contains over 400 audio files, all with embedded UCS metadata. It has the deepest collection of ambiences from Northern England, including voices, crowds, wildlife, and tourist attractions. Uncover diverse and captivating soundscapes that transport you straight to the heart of Britain with the UK Ambiences library.
Capturing the essence of water sounds can be a challenging endeavour, but with our expertly crafted sound library, you’ll have everything you need to help shape the sonic flow of your projects.
Whether you’re searching for pouring fluids, the everchanging diversity of bubbles, the seamless flow of natural water, or the dynamic motion of emerging and submerging liquids, this collection offers everything you need to craft the unique elements of moving water. Designed for ultimate flexibility, these sounds are ideal for layering, editing, and stretching to meet the needs of your creative vision. With exceptional clarity and versatility, the Water In Motion sound library will become a valuable addition to your collection, offering endless possibilities for your next project.
This comprehensive library, embedded with UCS Metadata, offers a vast selection of over 1,600 individual files. Take control of your sound design work ’flow’, and don’t let this collection slip through your fingers.
This Sound-Pack features a diversity of 51 Punctual Sounds, including Train Pass by, Onboard High Speed Rolling, Raw Metal Railway Sounds, Train Doors, and a lot more !
Immerse your projects in authentic atmosphere with our premium Room Tone Ambience Sound Effects Library. Featuring a diverse collection of ambient recordings from various indoor and outdoor environments, each file is professionally captured for rich, natural presence. Fully UCS-metatagged for seamless integration into your workflow, this library ensures fast, accurate search and organization. Perfect for film, TV, games, and podcasts, it delivers clean, loopable ambiences to bring realism and depth to any audio production.
Fully Universal Category System (UCS) compliant sound effects library of Sanja Matsuri 2025.
Recorded on location in Asakusa, Tokyo during Sanja Matsuri (May 2025) and Torigoe Matsuri (June 2025), this sound library captures the vibrant energy of two of Japan’s most iconic traditional festivals.
Featuring 41 high-quality recordings (24-bit / 96kHz), totaling 2 hours and 22 minutes (4.92GB), the collection includes:
Captured using the Audio Technica BP4025 stereo microphone, this library offers rich, immersive textures perfect for film, games, or any project needing authentic Japanese festival atmosphere.
This sound library presents a rich collection of natural recordings from a mixed European forest in spring. Captured across several locations and times of day, it ranges from vibrant morning bird choruses to the gentle rustling of leaves and subtle nocturnal ambiences.
The library includes distinct ambiences from early morning, morning, evening, late evening, and midnight hours — each with its own tonal character and wildlife activity.
All sounds are provided in stereo format.
Compilation of 10 different 1980s cars. All files are recorded 32bit, 192 kHz, with RØDE NTG1, Line Audio Omni1, FEL Pluggy XLR EM272, FEL Clippy XLR EM272, Shure KSM 137, Shure VP88 and Sonorous Objects SO.3 microphones, Sound Devices MixPre-6 II & Zoom F3 recorders. Library contains wav files of driving, interior and exterior foley, mechanical and electrical sounds. It is also available in UCS.
Models:
Automobilwerk Eisenach Wartburg 1.3 1988 compact car
BMW 5 Series E34 1988 executive car
Fiat Panda 1980 city car
Honda CR-X 1987 sport compact car
Lada Samara 1984 compact car
Mercedes Benz C Class W201 1982 large family car
Opel Calibra 1989 sport compact car
Renault 5 1984 subcompact supermini car
Volkswagen Golf 1983 compact car
Zastava Yugo 1980 subcompact supermini car
Fire Burning – Realistic Field Recording
Immerse yourself in the warm, crackling ambiance of a real fire with this high-quality field recording. Captured with precision using professional-grade microphones, this audio file delivers an authentic and immersive experience of fire burning in its natural setting.
From the soft flickers of a gentle campfire to the intense roar of blazing flames consuming dry wood, this recording features dynamic depth, rich textures, and subtle pops and hisses that bring the soundscape to life. Ideal for filmmakers, game developers, sound designers, and relaxation enthusiasts, this fire-burning sound effect can enhance your projects by adding warmth, realism, and depth.
Experience the raw beauty and sonic power of the sea with Ocean Waves – HQ Field Recordings. This collection features 29 recorded and edited audio files, captured at 192kHz / 32-bit float and delivered at 96kHz / 24-bit.
With a total runtime of 1 hour, 5 minutes, and 53 seconds, each recording captures the diverse moods and textures of ocean surf—from gentle, lapping waves on tranquil shores to the thunderous crash of storm-driven swells. Ideal for sound designers, composers, filmmakers, and game developers, these recordings offer a versatile sonic palette ready for professional use in immersive audio environments, nature documentaries, ambient music production, or virtual reality soundscapes.
Whether you’re crafting the ambiance of a coastal scene or seeking inspiration from the rhythms of the natural world, Waves delivers authentic, high-quality soundscapes that bring the ocean to life.
Features:
· 29 high-resolution WAV files
· Recorded at 192kHz / 32-bit float, delivered at 96kHz / 24-bit
· Total duration: 1:05:53
· Wide variety of ocean wave types and perspectives
· Perfect for film, TV, games, podcasts, and meditation projects
· Royalty-free for commercial and personal use
MINI HYDROPHONE – 24 files of hydrophonic sound effects, at varying distances and intensities. From dunking into water to splashes and screams to drips and drains. Mini Hydrophone comes in at over 17 minutes, of odd and familiar noises through a hydrophonic filter. Bring a splash of submerged sounds to your next project. Recorded at 192kHz and 32bit, using an omni-directional hydrophone microphone capable of recording ultrasonic frequencies. Mini Hydrophone filenames are in the Universal Category System format with additional Metadata baked-in.
Looking for a Massive amount of Hydrophonic sound effects? We offer ‘Massive’ sound effect libraries as companions for all of our ‘Mini’ sound effect libraries. All recordings are unique to each library with no overlap. Go Mini today, and upgrade to the corresponding Massive library later, when you need more of that particular sound effect.
MASSIVE HYDROPHONE – 52 files of hydrophonic sound effects, at varying distances and intensities. From dunking into water to splashes and screams to drips and drains. Massive Hydrophone comes in at over 1 hour and 12 minutes, of odd and familiar noises through a hydrophonic filter. Bring a wave of submerged sounds to your next project. Recorded at 192kHz and 32bit, using an omni-directional hydrophone microphone capable of recording ultrasonic frequencies. Massive Hydrophone filenames are in the Universal Category System format with additional Metadata baked-in.
Don’t need a Massive amount of Hydrophone sound effects? We offer ‘Mini’ sound effect libraries as companions for all of our ‘Massive’ sound effect libraries. All recordings are unique to each library with no overlap. Go Mini today, and upgrade to the corresponding Massive library later, when you need more of that particular sound effect.
Step inside the real-world atmosphere of a modern European hotel. This sound effects library was recorded over the course of a week at the Holiday Inn in Ghent, Belgium — with microphones carefully placed to capture the natural flow of people and space.
At the heart of the hotel lies a large, open atrium where guests eat, drink, and gather throughout the day. From quiet breakfasts to late-evening conversations, the recordings reflect a wide range of crowd sizes and moods — always subtle, always authentic.
By staying and living inside the hotel for a full week, I was able to blend in and document the building’s true sonic character across different times and conditions. These are not staged recordings — this is the sound of real life, captured with care.
Recorded realistic city soundscapes. Carefully captured to reflect the true essence of bustling streets, these high-quality sounds bring the heartbeat of the city to your project. Ideal for films, games, or interactive media, these authentic soundscapes add depth and atmosphere, transporting your audience to a lively, dynamic urban environment.
15 soundscapes that you can import directly into your project.
DRONE ATMOS is an immersive sound library recorded in 7.0.2 cinematic format with our exclusive array: the Atmos Tree.
It offers a wide range of drones : from subtle to agressive, grounded to expressive, tonal to pure noise. Different techniques were used in order to create our most experimental library to date : analog processing, worldizing, granular synthesis…
Whether you’re looking for a dark room tone for a scene in an underground parking garage or a classic ominous drone for a horror film, we’ve got you covered.
Introducing our Futuristic Sci-Fi Game Ambiences — expertly crafted soundscapes designed to elevate your game’s atmosphere. Immerse your players in otherworldly environments with audio that transports them to distant planets, advanced technological hubs, and space stations on the edge of exploration. Whether you’re developing a deep space adventure, a high-tech dystopia, or an alien world, these ambiences provide the sonic foundation needed to enhance your immersive game experience.
Features:
13 sounds that you can import directly into your project.
Dive into a world of mystery and tension with our 20 High-Quality Sci-Fi Dark Ambiences pack. This collection features a range of immersive, atmospheric soundscapes designed to evoke the eerie, dystopian environments of futuristic worlds. From deep, rumbling backgrounds to unsettling mechanical hums and distant, ominous sounds, these high-quality ambiences are perfect for enhancing the mood of sci-fi games, films, or projects. Whether you’re creating alien landscapes, abandoned space stations, or futuristic dystopias, these dark, atmospheric sounds will elevate your project with a sense of suspense and intrigue.
Files included:
Track 1 – 02:09
Track 2 – 02:14
Track 3 – 02:14
Track 4 – 02:12
Track 5 – 02:09
Track 6 – 02:10
Track 7 – 02:14
Track 8 – 02:15
Track 9 – 02:14
Track 10 – 02:16
Track 11 – 02:22
Track 12 – 02:07
Track 13 – 02:10
Track 14 – 02:42
Track 15 – 02:11
Track 16 – 02:12
Track 17 – 02:11
Track 18 – 02:16
Track 19 – 02:16
Track 20 – 02:10
Features:
20 sounds that you can import directly into your project.
3OA Barcelona City Life is part of our Golden Catalogue — a high-end series of immersive sound libraries recorded in third-order Ambisonics, designed to deliver rich, spatially accurate ambiences for professional 3D audio production.
This library offers an authentic sonic portrait of Barcelona: layered wallas, vibrant plazas, narrow alleys, markets, and the real sound of urban life. Captured across iconic and everyday locations, it reflects the true pace and atmosphere of the city with exceptional detail.
All recordings were made using the SPCMIC, a cutting-edge immersive microphone with 84 native capsules, capable of capturing even the subtlest nuances of spatial sound. This high-resolution approach guarantees a level of depth and realism that standard arrays simply can’t match.
Unlike generic urban libraries, City Life recordings are crafted to reflect the personality and dynamic nature of each city — ideal for film, TV, VR, installations, and any immersive storytelling format.
Top-notch third-order ambisonic library. It takes the immersive experience to an entirely new level, capturing sound with unparalleled precision and depth. Feel the shivers down your spine as you’re enveloped by every detail, accurately positioned.
But there’s more. In our relentless pursuit of perfection, we’re thrilled to offer 9.1.6 Dolby Atmos audio files along with 7.1.2 Atmos beds, 5.1, Stereo and First Order Ambisonic. The third-order resolution takes this format to heights previously unattainable. Picture yourself in the midst of the sound, where the line between reality and imagination blurs. It’s not just listening; it’s living the sound.
Key Features:
✨ Third-Order Ambisonic Technology: An immersive experience like never before. Sound that surrounds, captivates, and transports you.
✨ 9.1.6 Dolby Atmos: Unmatched sound precision and resolution. Step into the heart of the audio, where every nuance comes to life.
✨ Versatile Mixing Options: 16 channel Third Order Ambisonic, 9.1.6 and 7.1.2 ATMOS Bed, 5.1, First Order Ambisonic, and Stereo downmixes included in the collection. Customize your sound to perfection. Tailor the experience to your specific needs, whether you seek the enveloping embrace of high-order ambisonics or the classic simplicity of stereo.
As always, all the recordings include metadata in English and Spanish, and they are compatible with software of sound library management like Soundminer.
We have decoded all the Third Order Ambisonic recordings with Audio Brewers plugin into 9.1.6 Dolby ATMOS bed configuration, using the top channels to create totally outstanding ambiences tracks ready to use! Audio Brewers tools give use amazing control over high order AmbiX configurations with top notch CPU optimization! Ambisonics recordings are the way to go for VR and modern Film Sound Post Production workflows.
All our libraries are 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 . Starting with Full support from Soundminer and more audio tools adopting this system, we are adopting metadata UCS system in our files.
In this pack you will find a great California 3rd Order AmbiX sounds in order to use it in your films, TV, VR & multimedia projects.
Total Runtime:+02h 30m
> 24 Ambiences / +47 GB
> 24 bit / 48 kHz
> Soundminer and BWAV extended metadata
> AMBISONICS, ATMOS, SURROUND and ST VERSIONS INCLUDED
All the files have metadata embebed for Soundminer and similar programs. They both include Spanish and English description.
3OA Rome City Life is part of our Golden Catalogue — a premium series of immersive libraries recorded in third-order Ambisonics, offering the highest spatial resolution for cutting-edge 3D audio production.
This library captures the real sonic essence of Rome through vivid urban ambiences, natural crowd wallas, and bustling markets. Recorded at emblematic locations throughout the city, each take reflects the authentic rhythm and energy of daily Roman life.
As with all libraries in the City Life series, these are not generic urban beds — they are immersive sound portraits crafted for spatial storytelling in film, series, VR, and installation sound.
Top-notch third-order ambisonic library. It takes the immersive experience to an entirely new level, capturing sound with unparalleled precision and depth. Feel the shivers down your spine as you’re enveloped by every detail, accurately positioned.
But there’s more. In our relentless pursuit of perfection, we’re thrilled to offer 9.1.6 Dolby Atmos audio files along with 7.1.2 Atmos beds, 5.1, Stereo and First Order Ambisonic. The third-order resolution takes this format to heights previously unattainable. Picture yourself in the midst of the sound, where the line between reality and imagination blurs. It’s not just listening; it’s living the sound.
Key Features:
✨ Third-Order Ambisonic Technology: An immersive experience like never before. Sound that surrounds, captivates, and transports you.
✨ 9.1.6 Dolby Atmos: Unmatched sound precision and resolution. Step into the heart of the audio, where every nuance comes to life.
✨ Versatile Mixing Options: 16 channel Third Order Ambisonic, 9.1.6 and 7.1.2 ATMOS Bed, 5.1, First Order Ambisonic, and Stereo downmixes included in the collection. Customize your sound to perfection. Tailor the experience to your specific needs, whether you seek the enveloping embrace of high-order ambisonics or the classic simplicity of stereo.
As always, all the recordings include metadata in English and Spanish, and they are compatible with software of sound library management like Soundminer.
We have decoded all the Third Order Ambisonic recordings with Audio Brewers plugin into 9.1.6 Dolby ATMOS bed configuration, using the top channels to create totally outstanding ambiences tracks ready to use! Audio Brewers tools give use amazing control over high order AmbiX configurations with top notch CPU optimization! Ambisonics recordings are the way to go for VR and modern Film Sound Post Production workflows.
All our libraries are 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 . Starting with Full support from Soundminer and more audio tools adopting this system, we are adopting metadata UCS system in our files.
In this pack you will find a great California 3rd Order AmbiX sounds in order to use it in your films, TV, VR & multimedia projects.
Total Runtime:+02h 30m
> 17 Ambiences / +30 GB
> 24 bit / 48 kHz
> Soundminer and BWAV extended metadata
> AMBISONICS, ATMOS, SURROUND and ST VERSIONS INCLUDED
All the files have metadata embebed for Soundminer and similar programs. They both include Spanish and English description.
With A Sound Effect, Asbjoern has created a web site where our international community can browse, learn, and share the vast fruits of our labors. Together we are accelerating the very real potential power of sound design as a recognized art form.
A Sound Effect is an excellent resource for us to keep our animated films sounding unique and exciting.
A Sound Effect is a great asset to have discovered.
We found the site very easy to navigate, purchasing and downloads were effortless and the effects themselves are awesome! Asbjoern has done us all a great service.
We’ll definitely be back!
There are many great independent sound effect libraries available these days. The main problem with having so many, is keeping track of them!
A Sound Effect is a great hub, and is one of the first places I visit to look for sounds by category or genre. I started coming here to see if I could find libraries that I knew I had heard, but forgot WHERE I had heard them.
And in the process discovered libraries I never would have found otherwise. Great work! Keep it up!
We're always looking for new sounds to mangle, so when A Sound Effect had a holiday sale, I tried them out.
The purchase experience is really smooth and quick, and delivery is almost instant.
I'll definitely come back to them again in the future!
A Sound Effect is a wonderful resource for indie sound effects libraries. On top of that, it has some of the finest sound design, film and game audio interviews!
I often need very specific types of sounds so I've become a big supporter of independent recorders.
Until now I've always had to go to their individual websites. Now I can find them all in one place.
And, Asbjoern is great to work with!
A Sound Effect is a well curated boutique sound effects shop and a great place to find industry interviews and learning resources.