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A special collection of snow and ice sound effects, winter ambiences and cold environments
Featuring all of Edible Audio’s archive including in one complete bundle.
Audible Silence | Bluebird Bicycle | Car Parks | Churches | Doors | Electromagnetic Fields | Environmental Protest | Espresso Machine | Flight | Flowing Water | Garbage Impacts | Gutters & Drains | Hospitals | Human Body | Industrial | Laos | Leaf Rustle | Libraries | Lifts & Elevators | Melbourne CBD | Monsoon Rain | Museums & Galleries | Ocean Floors | Overhead Aeroplanes | Parks | Planets | Public Pools | Public Spaces | Rainforests | Roomtones | Sauna Steam | School Playgrounds | Shorelines |Stairwell Doors | Streets at Night | Sub-Aquatic | Tasmania | Tinnitus | The Netherlands | Thunderstorms | Tortured Piano | Traffic | Universities | Urban Desolation | Urban Winter |
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European mountain forest Soundscapes, Ambiences and Textures,
sound library with more than 5h 30 mins of recordings. In total 11.6 GB, 100 files of high-quality recordings.
Long nature recordings. Without noise pollution and air traffic.
Soundscapes of the forest recorded in all seasons.
Soundscapes and ambiences, backgrounds and textures for your project. Some recordings are
more present others are more in the background. Nocturnal recording included as well as “background silence”.
Anthrophony (human made) sounds in the woods included (logging, vehicles, etc.).
The maximum peak level on all recordings is -5 dBFS (for great dynamic range, great headroom, no dynamic compressors are applied on recordings). Recorded with various microphones and microphone techniques. Recording info included in metadata chunk (equipment, microphone technique).
Four types of heavy, howling, whistling wind with gusts and slowly evolving intensity. Type 4 has some otherworldly and alien character. Lots of variations with around 88 recording time of howling winds. Could be used to recreate wind gusts, hurricanes, typhoons, high altitude or winter atmospheres. To have even heavier sound try to pitch it down a bit.
Multichannel recordings of the ice (in sync): stereo, mono and underwater/under ice recordings. Audio tool for further sound design, production etc.
Multichannel, recordings of the ice; Surface/underwater recordings of the ice. Check the sound list for info/ object of recording.
Each multichannel recording (or position/place of recording) is in a separate folder. Each channel/recording is Metadata tagged with description of equipment/format/character. Each multichannel recording (each folder) consist of:
–Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 4 Ch STEREO Mix, all channels mixed together (surface and underwater), ready for use stereo file
–        Ch 01-MID, mono file, front/MID microphone-cardioid, RAW
–        Ch 02-SIDE, mono file, SIDE microphone-figure of eight, RAW
–        Ch 03-HYDRO LEFT, mono file, Left side hydrophone, RAW
–        Ch 04-HYDRO Right, mono file, Right side hydrophone, RAW
–Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â STEREO HYDRO Mix, stereo file, two hydrophones mixed together, ready to use underwater/ice stereo file
–Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â STEREOÂ (surface) file
You can use mono channels to create your own mix (or use it as mono) or use a stereo-ready to use file (or combination of both).
Using mono recordings/files for multichannel mixing can be very creative for SFX, or maybe in film, for example, to accompany first surface (frame) and then underwater (frame) separated, or half submerged camera (frame).
For mixing stereo (surface) files (microphones) you will need an MS matrix (plugin). This is a very creative tool which allows you to control the amount of stereo field or front to side ratio of the sound captured. If you are not familiar with MS there is a ready to use stereo (surface) file and you can use/mix it with underwater/ice file(s).
(for MS: Sennheiser MKH40 – front microphone/cardioid and Sennheiser MKH40-side microphone/ figure of eight.) Hydrophones are Aquarian audio H2a XLR.
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Experience the crisp and immersive sounds of winter with The Ultimate Snow & Ice Bundle. This comprehensive sound effects library is an essential resource for professionals in film, gaming, and multimedia projects, seeking to create authentic winter soundscapes.
This collection includes a vast array of high-quality sound effects:
Recorded with high-quality gear, including Zoom H1N and Zoom H4, these sounds offer unparalleled clarity and realism. The library is perfect for professionals seeking to enrich their audio projects with detailed and atmospheric winter sound effects.
When my wife and I were taking a little vacation in the woods of Hardwick, Vermont, I was awestruck by just the utter absence of any anthropogenic noise around us. Whenever there was a car coming through, you’d hear it from miles away, and, with it being late November, there were no bird calls for the majority of the time.
In a small patch of forest near Nichols Pond lies a network of creeks and water runoffs that are ideal for capturing undisturbed, serene sounds of water flowing. Stable temperatures meant that there was very consistent snow melt and the flow of the water stayed steady throughout many hours of recording.
As a result, this single-purpose library contains long-form recordings of these creeks that will excel wherever the sounds of water flowing are desired with not even the slightest hint of looping. With the exception of two babbling brooks captured in stereo during a hike, all recordings are 10 minutes long and captured in AmbiX (Ambisonic B-Format) for the greatest possible flexibility when it comes to placing them in a virtual environment.
These recordings are free of edits and include stereo versions for dragging and dropping without the need for Ambisonic decoding. As a special treat, three long-form recordings are also accompanied by a Geofón track that captures the vibrations caused by the water in the nearby soil.
Recording Specs: 24 Bit / 96 kHz AmbiX & Stereo. 48 kHz Mono Geofón Recordings
Channel Formats:Â AmbiX (Ambisonic B-Format), Stereo, Mono
File Format:Â WAV
Size: 4.6 GB Stereo & Geofón, 8.3 GB AmbiX, 12.8 GB total
Gear used: RØDE NT-SF1 Ambisonic Mic, LOM Geofón, LOM Uši Pro, Zoom F6, Zoom F3
Processing:Â Level adjustment, Fade Ins/Outs, AmbiX to Stereo Conversion (perspective-optimized)
Discover the captivating world of Ice Cracking & Breaking, a meticulously crafted sound library designed for professionals in film, video games, and multimedia projects. Experience the pristine and immersive quality of ice sounds in various textures and scenarios.
This library offers a diverse range of ice sounds, from gentle cracking to the intense breaking of thick layers. Each sound is captured using state-of-the-art equipment, ensuring the highest fidelity and usability in various post-production scenarios.
Perfect for sound designers and audio professionals, this library adds a layer of realism to your scenes involving ice environments. Whether it’s for a documentary set in the polar regions, a suspenseful moment in a video game, or special effects for an animation, these sounds will elevate your production’s audio experience.
Snow & Ice Textures is a meticulously curated sound effects library designed for professionals in film, gaming, and multimedia production. This collection features 40 high-quality sound effects, capturing the essence of snow and ice environments with unparalleled realism and detail.
It includes snowball impacts, footsteps, Icey crunches, crackling and other various snow/ice texture sounds.
In the winter of 2013-2014, both the Northeast and the Northwest were slammed with snow, ice, wind, and blizzards. The SkewSound team braved the frigid cold and recorded what we could: footsteps, compression, breaking ice, body falls, and much more.
Our content was obtained during storms and their aftermath in Seattle, WA, Portland, OR, and Salem, MA. The frostbite SFX library contains some great impact sweeteners and sounds unique to winter temperatures. You won’t be disappointed!
A footstep library built from long walks in cold and snowy conditions. Recorded in a remote, deserted Swedish forest, miles away from the nearest road.
Different types of snow and boots were recorded as well as different paces:
• Crusty
• Thin/hard packed
• Deep
• Frozen stairs and porches
• Stomps/scuffs
• Sneakers
• Leather boots
• Kamiks
Each track is easy to edit into multiple single footsteps for sweetening your tracks with real snow.
This library consists of 380 different sound effects ranging from footstep to metals gliding through snow! With each surface, there are a variety of different footsteps, impacts, jumps, metal foley and more.
You can also hear the sound of banjos, jingle bells and more sizzling on dry ice! (The banjo sounds great, trust me.)
Types of snow/ice surfaces:
This Sound-Pack features a diversity of 84 Samples including Norway’s bests Waterfalls, Rivers, Ocean Shores, City Life, Harbours, Ferrys, Birds, Ice Cream Trucks and many more !
Get the wintry sounds of snow scrapes, slides, crunches, impacts, snowballs, debris, whooshes, and footsteps.
Most of this snow was recorded in 4-6 feet deep snow at about 10,000 feet elevation in the Eastern Sierras in varying temperatures.
Recorded with a Sound Devices 702 recorder + stereo pair of Sanken CS-1e microphones. The recordings are captured in 24 bit / 192 kHz and come with extensive metadata.
From the snow-covered slopes of Mammoth mountain, to the ice-filled shores of Duluth, Minnesota, this library brings together some terrific subzero sounds for your next snow-themed project. With ski and snowboard bys, chairlifts, cold winds, and even melting icicles, this is surely a collection you don't want to miss. Recorded with the stunning Sennheiser Ambeo microphone, each ambience is delivered in both AmbiX and FuMa formats, as well as Stereo, 5.1, and 7.1.
What’s more- a 360 video reference is provided to offer a fully immersive image of the sound effect being captured!
We're proud to offer our inaugural bundle package, which includes the first four VSCRL libraries- The Park, The Road, The Snow, and The Beach. This collection comes at an incredible deal, and is the ultimate showcase of the immersive and VISCERAL quality of our ambisonics.
Recorded with the stunning Sennheiser Ambeo microphone, each ambience is delivered in both AmbiX and FuMa formats, as well as Stereo, 5.1, and 7.1.
What’s more- a 360 video reference is provided to offer a fully immersive image of the sound effect being captured!
Prepare for shivers! Frozen Footsteps is a huge library of winter footstep & foley sounds recorded on 8 expressive and cold surfaces in real -20 °C (and below) temperatures.
Containing over 2400 sounds in 81 files, Frozen Footsteps foley sfx library is created for game and film sound design. If your game needs winter footstep sounds, or you are missing some authentic source material to take your studio foley tracks to the next level, this is the library for you.
All surfaces were recorded in real movement with multiple walking and running velocities. Frozen Footsteps library includes also real jumping and landings sounds. Jumping sounds are often missing from other foley libraries, but are extremely useful for creating character movement sounds for games. This package gets you covered.
7 surfaces were recorded during two freezing winter nights in a quiet rural area in Finland. Everything from ground to trees was totally frozen and covered in frost. However, snow hadn’t fallen yet. This special moment allowed recording footsteps on unique surfaces that are usually under snowpack. To make the package complete, the frozen snow sounds were recorded later, with real crusty snow. In freezing temperatures, as well.
All sounds were carefully edited in iZotope RX and Pro Tools 12 removing the background and clothing noise. This was quite a task, but it was worth it. This makes the sounds extremely clear, versatile, and easy to use.
Library highlights:- 8 frozen surfaces
– 2400+ sounds in 81 sound clips
– Sneak, walk, run, jump, slide, scuffs, and more
– 96 kHz, 24-bit stereo WAV files
– 1.20 GB
– Carefully edited & noise-free
– Soundminer & BWAV metadata
NSL – Water Movements is a 96 Files Sound-Pack essentially composed of Water Materials. You will have access to many samples: Waterfalls, Streams, Rivers, Torrents, Drains, Gutters and many more…
A larger focus on wind – with trees, brush, crickets, and other sounds often included. There are also plain wind sounds recorded on exceptionally quiet wilderness winter nights that can be layered over most every project for several minutes or longer. Additionally includes some branches breaking in high winds and rain patter.
NSL – ATMOS Vol.1 is a 40 Files Sound-Pack composed of Backgrounds Sounds made to be used in Dolby Atmos Format. You will have access to many samples: Forests, Rivers, Airfields, Alpine Mountains, Winds, and many more sounds…
Christmas time. The time of the year everybody calms down and settles. The period is also dominated by a lot of festivities, shopping and winter actions.
To bring you the christmas cheer, this library includes a broad variety of musical instruments, city ambiences, foleys and ready to use scenes.
Merry christmas!
A superb collection of quiet alpine ski slopes and realistic onboard ski and snowboard recordings. The Alps pistes are known for their great snow and peaceful ambiance.
We captured the calm atmosphere and expressive whooshing and carving on these quiet ski slopes. Recordings range from high speed alpine skiers and distant voices of snowboarders, to a small class, on a variety of pistes. We also recorded onboard the ski lifts and crowds while waiting in line.
More info on how this library came together on our blog.
Nolan Sound Library – ALL IN ONE Bundle.
Get 1500+ Files in one bundle: Nature Soundscapes, Radio Noises, Motocross, Foley Sounds, Spain Ambiences, Planes, Airports, New York Life, Mountains Winds, Forests and many more…
Also includes the NSL in ATMOS Format for big productions.
Winter Parks by Badlands Sound features 31 ambiences of parks in or near the city recorded during the winter months. These sounds are three minutes long and are loopable allowing for easy editing while cutting ambiences for the projects you are working on. This was recorded in 96k / 24 bit with high level professional gear: Sound Devices 702t, a pair of Sennheiser MKH 8040’s and a Rycote in ORTF configuration.
A collection of 206 ice tension, creaking, and breaking sounds, recorded in a dense pine tree forest in Sweden.
• Very long tension creaking sounds
• Multiple breaking sounds
• Ice impacts on ice
• Ice impacts into ice water
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