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Real sounds of traffic for atmospheric city ambiences, with various levels of activity and captured at different times of day and year
This sound bank captures all facets of London, from its quiet neighborhoods to its dense, bustling areas. Traversing the city from east to west and north to south, it documents a diversity of ambiances: vibrant markets, sirens piercing the streets, the flow of public transport, tranquil parks, and busy traffic-filled streets.
The 84 recordings are offered in binaural format for immersive listening, as well as stereo mixes for speaker playback, suitable for post-production needs. Each recording faithfully reflects the unique atmosphere of each location, providing an authentic dive into the sonic landscape of the English capital.
Designed to enhance audiovisual post-production projects, sound design, or radio creations, this sound bank accurately captures London’s rich sonic diversity. Metadata is included for easier use, and the binaural version, especially suited for immersive creations, provides an enhanced sense of immersion in the city’s soundscapes.
City Life: Los Angeles is a collection of Sounds recorded in downtown Los Angeles, Long Beach, and some of the surrounding areas around LA. The focus was Ambiences, Vehicles, Horns, Sirens, and more of the grittier / vibey sounds that can really add to a Soundscape when working with Backgrounds in Film Projects. This library consists mostly of Exterior locations and with Vehicles and sounds without People , but there’s some Interior / Exterior Public Places mixed in with Walla and more Movement.
The idea for this library started a couple years ago. I thought it’d be cool to take the recording gear and really explore the Downtown LA area. There’s quite a lot going on from a sound perspective, whether you’re on a busy Street in the Historic Core with Cars and Motorcyles revving away, or hanging out above the City on Bunker Hill, on a Parking Garage Rooftop with the constant City Fill, or roaming the streets of Chinatown. The idea was to try to capture some of the sounds in spaces that are particular to not only LA, but also a lot of busier Cities.
25 miles South of LA is Long Beach. It’s a smaller Big City, but one that has a lot of character sonically. For those recordings I mostly recorded in a neighborhood on a rooftop just outside of Downtown. With these you get more of a distant perspective. A few of the other recordings took place in some of the surrounding Cities.
Vehicles (These are Singular Individual Sound Files)
Bus (9 Files) – Close, Bys, Away, Brake Squeaks
Cars (19 Files) – Close, Medium, Distant, Bys, Revs (Think less generic and more Engines with a lot of character)
Freight (8 Files) – Close, Rattle Bys, Garbage Trucks
Motorcycles (10 Files) – Close, Distant, Revs, Bys, Aways
Truck (6 Files) – Low Bys, Aways
Sirens (9 Files) – Close Medium, Wailers, some Fast Doppler Bys
Horns (16 Files) – Close Medium
AmbiencesÂ
Birds (2 Files) – Seagulls, Crows
Construction (5 Files) –Â Larger Busy Worksites
Public Places / Walla (9 Files) – Mostly Interior, Chinese Cafe, Library, Park, Street Vendors
Traffic / Transportation / Urban (15 Files) – Parking Garage, City Fill, Traffic Bys, Under Bridge, Industrial
Miscellaneous
Helicopter (5 Files) – Circling and Bys
Recording perspectives varied throughout this library. Sometimes I had a full rig set up and other times I opted for the more stealth route with hidden mics attached to a backpack.
The Gear
Sound Devices MixPre-6
Sony PCM D-100
Mics
Sennheiser MKH 8040 and MKH 30 (Decoded to MS)
Sennheiser MKH 8040
Sennheiser MKH 8020
DPA 4060
Sony PCM D-100
Metadata
All the files have detailed Descriptions, along with UCS. For some of the files I’ve included the words Downtown and Rooftop along with city locations so with a quick search it’s easy to navigate to the different perspectives and areas. Photos are included to give a bit of a sense of where they were recorded.
This 1964 Rambler was your typical family car back in the 60’s. A mid-sized 4-door sedan with a V8 engine. All the performances and perspectives you’ll need to fill out your edit. Includes a stereo mix down of the onboard engine/tailpipe mics. As well a full compliment of doors, gearshift, switches, windows, leather seat moves and the horn (dopplers too).
A Uniquely South African Bundle with a mixture of exterior and interior ambiences, crowds, protests, soccer games, bars, sirens and other authentic South African Sounds. It’s a great collection for anyone looking to add a South African flavour to their productions.
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An essential collection of 100 background ambience sounds, including dawn choruses, machine factories, deserts, day & night wildlife, spaceship interiors, train stations, city streets, storms, wind, as well as seamless loops!
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!)
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:Â www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1KJ80IzKE7r7dllCZclECwbk9N8rz3wTa
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
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