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Weather sound effects and recordings, including rain, wind, thunder, storms and lightning
192KHZ 24BIT • 11.95GB • 75 FILES • 173 MIN • UCS
Embark on an auditory journey with “Mountain Rain: Rain & Thunder” the debut release from our Mountain series.
This meticulously recorded sound effects library features 75 high quality recordings (173 minutes total) of rain and thunder. Captured in a remote location, 1500m MSL, in the mountains along the Montenegro-Albania border, that is only accessible by trailing for hours in a capable 4×4.
Thoroughly scouted locations ensured a pristine, human-free soundscapes, free from any noise pollution.
All microphones were carefully places under DIY rain shields that resulted in clear and fantastically sounding recordings.
Explore a diverse range of sounds, from the gentle patter of light drizzle to the rhythmic aftermath drips making leaves and twigs crack, moderate steady rain and the intense drama of a severe downpour and thunder . Immerse yourself in an auditory experience that goes beyond sound – it’s a sonic exploration into the heart of the mountains.
For more details check the SFX LIST
EDITED AND MASTERED WITH: Acon Acustica, Pro Tools
RECORDED WITH: Sennheiser MKH8040, Audio Technica BP4025, DPA 4060, DPA 4062, ZOOM F3
The power of wind becomes clear when you feel the gusts and breezes on your skin. In combination with another incredibly natural disaster like an eruption of a volcano it seems like a dystopian world. We recorded pacific winds, gusts and breezes on a huge plain at the foot of the Yasur Volcano on Tanna Island. Some recordings include loud eruptions of the volcano. The feeling of wind blowing around our ears is created by our amazing immersive Schoeps ORTF3D recording system powered by the precise preamps of the Sonosax R4+ and AD8+.
The Library include sounds like
WIND, GUST, BREEZE, VEGETATION, TONAL, PLAIN, VOLCANO
Key Features:
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.
Water is a major part of our lives. Not only in the fact that a large percentage of our bodies are made of water, but it is all around us and this library brings you water, and lots of it.
The library includes 121 recordings, over 6 and a quarter hours of audio, is over 10 GB in size and features everything from ocean waves, lakes, streams, mountain waterfalls, taking a shower, going to the toilet, running a tap, heavy rain, light rain, hailstones plus a number of underwater recordings (made with a hydrophone) and much more, this would be a huge player in any sound designer’s toolbox.
The recordings are a mixture of 24Bit/96KHz and 24Bit/48KHz with full Soundminer, RIFF INFO & ID3v2.3.0 metadata embedded.
This library includes various sounds of rain, from a light to a real heavy rain. In total, this library contains 31 files. All sounds were recorded in different locations (city streets, apartment, farm, park).
Files are meta-tagged, that describe everything in more detail. Some files are already looped. These sounds can also be used as a construction kit to create the various general atmospheres.
THE LAST NATURE AMBIENCE LIBRARY YOU WILL BUY
High quality nature and ambience sound effects are a real treasure when it comes to designing the backround ambience of a movie or game scene. If you’re looking for such sounds, you’ve just found the Holy Grail. With this package you’re ready for the next sound design decades.
Contains all 17 stereo packs of our QUIET PLANET® nature series. You will have full access to the unique spectrum of these vivid regions with all their depth. It will definitely enrich your portfolio!
1000 SELECTED SOUND FILES FROM ALL OVER PLANET EARTH
THE COMPLETE QUIET PLANET® – BASICS features a thorough collection of 1000 stereo files from all 17 QUIET PLANET® nature packs.
THE SOUND OF NATURE’S FURY
Thunderstorms are nature’s most electrifying spectacle, but capturing their raw power is no easy task. THUNDERSTORM CHASER is the result of six years of storm chasing, thousands of miles travelled, and some near-death experiences in pursuit of the most authentic thunder sound effects ever recorded. From deep, distant rumbles rolling over the plains to ground-shaking cracks of lightning, this library delivers unparalleled realism and spatial depth.
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CAPTURED AND RECORDED FOR THE HIGHEST DEMANDS
With 36.1 GB of high-resolution recordings, THUNDERSTORM CHASER offers an extensive range of immersive soundscapes. Every file is meticulously labeled with precise, well-structured metadata, ensuring effortless searchability and seamless integration into professional workflows.
From stereo to surround, Dolby Atmos, and Ambisonics, THUNDERSTORM CHASER is the most versatile thunder sfx library available. Thanks to the Schoeps ORTF-3D microphone setup, these recordings immerse audiences in the storm, making them perfect for cinematic productions, VR experiences, and high-end game sound design.
BEYOND THUNDER – THE FULL STORM EXPERIENCE
While thunder is the star, this collection also captures the full storm environment:
MASSIVE THUNDER – 616 files of Thunder sound effects, at varying distances and intensities. From low and slow rolling distant rumbles to violently fast and bombastic direct cracking impacts. Massive Thunder comes in at over 3 hours and 37 minutes of short and long scenes of thunder and lightning for every occasion. Recorded during several storm seasons and dozens of independent thunderstorms, with indoors and outdoors perspectives. Massive Thunder’s filenames are in the Universal Category System format with additional Metadata baked-in.
Don’t need a Massive amount of Thunder and Lightning 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.
Seapoint Storm is a compact ambience library of a violent storm recorded at Seapoint Dublin.
We captured the enveloping gusts of the wind, the rumble of churning tides and the fearsome crashing of waves and their spray and splatter.
Inside the library you’ll find 24 ambient recordings along with some useful separated wave clashes.
There was a massive storm going on outside and we could hear the wind from the chimney so we popped our field recording kit up and extended the microphones to as far as they would go up the chimney and pressed record. We managed to capture the low end and rumbles of the wind interacting with the chimney.
We then tried adding some reverb on to the samples to give space and context which wasn’t exactly part of the plan for this sample pack but we thought it added something so decided to add these samples to the sample pack for no extra cost.
Chimney Wind will give you enough audio to give your project the authentic sound of wind from a chimney stack, boosting your project to the next level. Chimney Wind 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
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.
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
Get our amazing 3D Pacific Ambience Libraries 3D Pacific Tropical Island, 3D Pacific Waves, 3D Pacific Island Winds, 3D Volcano Eruptions in ONE Bundel with 171 unique sound Files. In times of global change it’s nearly impossible to hear places without human sounds. The majestic and old rainforests on the tropical south pacific islands creates an amazing soundscape. We recorded these soundscapes with a variety of organic sounds like exotic birds and animals, light and heavy tropical rain, wind blowing through trees, calm rivers, waterfalls and huge volcanic eruptions of the Yasur volcano on Tanna Island. We also covered day and night moods. Our microphone setup is the amazing immersive Schoeps ORTF3D System powered by the precise preamps of the Sonosax R4+ and AD8+. These systems allow us to record the incredible soundscapes of the south pacific rainforests in the most iconic way.
The Library include sounds like
AMBIENCE, TROPICAL, WATER, RAINFOREST, RAIN, EXOTIC, ANIMALS, BIRDS, INSECTS, WIND, VEGETATION, VOLCANO, RIVER, WATER, WAVES, SHORELINE, COAST, SURF, BEACH, OCEAN ROAR, GUST, BREEZE, VEGETATION, TONAL, PLAIN, VOLCANO, ERUPTIONS, EXPLOSIONS, CRISP, MUFFLED, CLOSE, DISTANT, WIND, PLAIN
Key Features 3D Pacific Tropical Island
Key Features 3D Pacific Island Waves:
Key Features 3D Pacific Island Winds:
Key Features 3D Volcano Eruptions:
Essential Sound Urban Background Ambience & Traffic 2 Pack Bundle
This bundle contains 80 tracks of clear and dynamic field recordings. A select collection of captured background ambiences from various locations around Southern California and Los Angeles.
Some of the locations include; West Hollywood, Santa Monica, Pasadena, Ojai, Joshua Tree, San Bernadino Forest, and much more.
There is a good mix of interior and exterior files, as well as day and night versions. This includes; light and heavy traffic, near and distant. Rainy wet traffic. Room-tone versions with light/heavy traffic. Quiet desert bird and cicada ambience, as well as active park and street ambiences.
There is a little bit of everything, and a great way to bolster your existing library.
All material has embedded Metadata. Also, where there are notable moments that stick out in a track, there are meta-tags for easy spot viewing in programs that support meta-tags, such as Soundminer.
Recordings were captured at 24bit/96Khz, with Zoom F6, H6 recorders, with Rode Shotguns and Stereo mic setups. All files are cleaned up and mastered in Pro Tools, with light compression and the necessary EQ to ensure clarity is preserved without sounding muddy.
192KHZ 24BIT • 10.6GB • 52 FILES • 151 MIN • UCS
Lake Skadar Vol1: Winds & Ambiences is a first installment of the Lake Skadar series, showcasing the unparalleled sonic richness of the Lake Skadar National Park in Montenegro, a UNESCO nominee.
This library is a result of a massive effort put into the recording, editing, and (minimal)mastering process to deliver the highest quality sound effects.
The recordings were captured using a multi-microphone setup and stretched over several days to capture the essence of the location in all its sonic glory. The library features a whopping 2.5 hours of top-notch recordings of wind sound effects and general “air” ambiances.
With 52 files of high-quality recordings, you can listen to general airy ambiances of Lake Skadar, gentle winds being carried across the lake, distant frogs and birds, moderate and strong wind gusts that make the whole lake with its inhabitants silent, creaking trees and snapping branches, wind traveling through leaves and reeds, distant villages at night, and more.
The library comes packed with rich metadata, making it easy for you to find and sort the files you need for your projects. The files are also UCS compliant.
I highly recommend listening to the entire preview as it showcases the remarkable sonic diversity of this library. Keep in mind that the preview is only 10 minutes long, whereas the entire library features over 2 and a half hours of recordings.
For more details check the SFX LIST
EDITED AND MASTERED WITH: Acon Acustica
RECORDED WITH: ORTF (2x Sennheiser MKH8040), Audio Technica BP4025, Sony PCM D100, Sound Devices Mixpre-3 II, Sound Devices Mixpre-6
Make any of your projects a thundering success with this Stormy Weather pack.
Beautifully dark and moody atmosphere to really add an ambience to your project.
Recorded in rural France during a storm.
Recorded and exported in 192Khz 32bit float so you can get the most out of all the textures and movement of the thunder.
Ambience Vol.1 is the first library in our Film, TV & Game Essentials range. If you are a working sound effects editor, sound designer, film maker or game designer… this really is content for everyday usage! And we say that with some experience working across multiple film, TV and video game productions. This library covers all of the practical, go-to sound categories that sound editors use on a daily basis working with fiction, factual, animation and interactive world design.
Urban and suburban areas. This library contains a broad selection of city and suburban recordings, featuring activity from people in exterior and interior settings, clearly audible footsteps and movement on exterior surfaces like pavements, alleyways and walla at different densities. Sirens, street sounds and signature city environments are all included in this selection.
Interiors and Room Tones. One of the staples of sound effects editing, the background room tone. Useful for ADR editors and sound effects editors alike, this library features a number of tones, background hums and ambience that will provide the perfect bed for set dialogue, ADR and replacing missing interior shots from set. Our room tone content also makes the perfect edition for sound editors looking to enhance the audio from set or create a realistic environment scene. From perfectly still rooms to interior weather recordings, this selection can bring your interior scenes to life in any genre or story.
Nature. Vol.1 wildlife and natural environment selection includes ambiences from Brazil, Costa Rica, Mexico, England, Wales and Thailand. Featuring dense rainforests, jungle trails, native villages, hillsides, farmland and fields. From pristine natural environments to rural countryside shared with people, there are options to cover exotic and European exterior spaces that will prove useful across multiple genres and most everyday applications. Wide spread bird species are featured in these nature recordings that remain common across Europe and North America, such as guls, pigeons, ducks and more. The rural recordings included also contain common farm animals like sheep in fields.
Water. With so many textures and possible settings for water, this selection aims to provide some common use cases. Various intensities of sea waves, tidal sounds, waves against man made features and natural shorelines are included along with inland rivers, streams and water features. Elements like dripping, trickling and splashing all add detail and enhance any background mix or ambience design that contains these visual attributes.
Whatever the Weather… we’ve got you covered! This library contains multiple selections for rain and wind, along with enhanced detailed elements like howling, whistling, rain on specific surfaces, interior weather, exterior suburban weather and thunder. Nothing soaks the ground and sounds quite like tropical rain, thats covered too… with contextual weather recordings from Brazil and Mexico. Springtime rain from England and close reflections from rain splashing down in urban areas, the choice and flexibility featured in this set is not often seen in a single collection and represents great value for sound professionals to use again and again on productions.
From industry veterans to first time designers, this collection will prove useful on almost any production and add value to even the most established of sound effects collections. Recorded using Tascam, Sound Devices, DPA, AKG and Sennheiser equipment… and more than a decade in the making!
Recording at Thousand Island Lake in Zhejiang Province, China. Also known as Qiandao Lake, this beautiful location consists of 1078 islands of all different shapes and sizes which naturally brings with it enchanting nature sounds! With a living and breathing landscape, this area is home to many insects, wildlife, natural water sources and remote villages.
Featuring recordings of countryside roads, large groups of insects and cicadas, Chinese town chatter, Chinese street sellers and old Chinese boats this pack captures the essence of Thousand Island lake. Includes 25 audio tracks all recorded at 24bit / 44.1 kHz with UCS metadata.
Nature’s Fury: Rain is a collection of a wide variety of rain on various surfaces: light, heavy, splatty and more!
This portion of the library contains light, medium, and heavy rain. There are even tracks labeled “splatty” for locations where the water built up on roofs or in trees and caused a cacophony of splat sounds.
Rain And Thunder gives you recordings from the beginnings of raindrops from the sky, through the various stages from nascent raindrops to torrential downpours, ending with the remains after the rains of splattering drop impacts, various drainage systems and settling back down into the earth.
This library contains only binaural recordings which are meant to be experienced with headphones as 3D audio.
Add a sense of authenticity to any cold climate in your game or film by using recordings that were made with great effort to capture the wild nature of Denali avoiding human interference.
To help preserve the natural beauty of Alaska, 10% of each sale of this library will be donated to The Alaska Conservation Foundation. https://alaskaconservation.org
Nature In Hong Kong – Essential SFX Kit is a productive sound library that includes excellent quality nature ambient – all exclusively recorded in Hong Kong. The collection features sounds from natural terrains like forests, grasslands, highlands, mountains, valleys, streams, ocean, underwater in days and nights, from spring to winter. Capturing the biodiversity of Hong Kong with sound of birds, insects, amphibians, frog, hawks, monkeys and more. From long scene ambience to animal call sample, explore the wilderness Hong Kong in this more than 1 hour journey.
Created with heart and sweat. Sincerely selected from the extensive library featuring more than 100 stunning natural locations of the Pearl of the Orient in akinkk.com. A more than 2 years’ journey in one click, in sighting of transformation of a passionate greenhorn to the world-wide reported field recordist.
Experience the undiscovered side of Hong Kong
Adventure to the obscure nature soundscape of Hong Kong with exquisite field recording. Follow the track and guide your listener from forest to ocean, and from the sunbath to the rainy day. The sound of nature was recorded and processed for the use in theatre, games, film, video and commercial audio projects. Enjoy your coffee time without taking care of cut sheets and royalty reporting, as the Kit is royalty free for commercial use.
All of the sound effects files are delivered in 96kHz/24bit .wav file format in premium sound quality. Includes 40 field recordings of nature in 2.53 GB audio files. Saving your tight budget, the entire Nature In Hong Kong – Basic SFX Kit is included.
Content:
2.53 GB of audio samples
40 lightly processed and edited field recordings of nature – all recorded in Hong Kong
All in 96k/24bit .wav files
Includes the entire Nature In Hong Kong – Basic SFX Kit
Designed specifically for theatre, games, film, TV, video, motion graphics & commercial productions
Audio background for various types of natural environment
1 hour and 12 minutes of premium nature sounds
Includes pdf metadata and description list
Reference id for locational information in akinkk.com
18 forest recordings – days and nights, birds, cicadas, frogs leaves and more
8 water, ocean and underwater recordings – stream, waves, underwater and more.
7 rain and weather recordings – thunderstorm, rumbling, rain, wind
5 bonus clean animal sample – monkey, bee, hawk and more
2 bonus UNIQUE Hong Kong hiking experience ambience – Cantonese and overheads
All Royalty-Free
EXTRA STORMS – is an auxiliary sound library containing 153 unique sound effect files of storms. From distant brewing storms and slow growing showers to windy thrashing torments and bombastic cracks. Whether it’s a background of booming thunder and rain or a windy storm you’re looking for; This Extra sound effects library will help supplement the moody weather needs, of your next project. Extra Storms comes in at over 4 hours and was recorded at 192kHz / 32bit using an ultrasonic microphone. All of our libraries comply with the Universal Category System naming convention standard, allowing for accurate and easy granular searches.
This collection explores New Zealand through three unique sound libraries.
“Wilderness” transports you to the diverse ecosystems of both North and South Island, from alpine forests to wetlands and coastal shores, filled with bird calls and wildlife sounds.
“Geothermal” captures the intense volcanic activity in North Island, with geysers, bubbling mud, hot springs and steam vents.
“Subterranean” explores the underground world, with ambiences of caves, abandoned mines, and tunnels, revealing the rich echoes and shifting textures of these hidden spaces.
With almost 10 hours of recordings, this bundle offers a rich palette of sounds that will bring your project to life.
Cover photo by Harry Bradley.
Stereo and Surround
Recorded with double mid-side and AB microphone setups, this library is delivered in 5.0 (L/R/C/Ls/Rs) and Stereo.
92 Surround files + 280 Stereo files
Gear used
Zoom F3 • Zoom F6 • Usi Pro • MKH30 • MKH8040
Metadata
This sound library is UCS compliant and comes with fully embedded metadata compatible with Soundly, Soundminer and Basehead.
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