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Ambience recordings from around the world
Take an acoustical tour through Vienna, Austria with this sound effects library recorded by Ana Monte. It features recordings from the downtown area, churches, touristic areas and busy restaurants, subway stations and more!
20 read-to-use stereo and surround (5.0) tracks with all the appropriate metadata ready to be used on your next production.
Vienna City Ambiences – Stereo:
– 20 ready-to-use ambiences in stereo
– 1.31 GB
Vienna City Ambiences – Surround:
– 20 ready-to-use ambiences in 5.0 surround(split mono)
– 100 split mono files
– 3.34 GB
Vienna City Ambiences – COMPLETE Pack:
– Surround + Stereo downmix bundle for maximum savings!
– 120 files
– 4.66 GB
Berlin Ambiances II is 115 minutes / 3,7 GB of pure Berlin in 32 separate files – recorded in 24 Bit / 96 kHz A-B stereo, with Primo EM172 omni capsules. All files are UCS-compliant.
This collection is focused on lively locations such as markets, museums, playgrounds and shops, and features several takes from each location (in most cases). I wanted the sound of Berliners more than anything else, so here are sounds from Kreuzberg, Friedrichshain and Mitte. Whether it’s drunks on Alexander Platz or the lunch crowd in Markthalle 9, I tried to capture a good spectrum of public, everyday life in Berlin.
As always, you get searchable file names and comprehensive metadata in CSV and ODS (OpenOffice) format. This allows you to import the metadata into your favorite librarian software.
You get:
Get the authentic sounds of Lisbon, Portugal in this SFX library by Ana Monte. It includes recordings from various Lisbon neighborhoods, places such as a bakery, big market, bus ride, coffee house, construction site, airport, pub, museum bookstore, busy and quiet restaurants and more. It also features a 5.1 recording of a train ride in the world-famous Train 28 Lisboa Street Train.
Craft a cozy ambience, design sci-fi room tones, and add characterful textures with over an hour of fridge recordings from 26 files.
NSL – Ubrique is a 44 Files Sound-Pack composed of Spain Life Sounds, All Royalty-FREE to use in your productions. You will have access to many samples: Spain Neighbourhoods, City Life, Farm Animals, Nature Winds, and many more sounds…
Sri Lanka Soundscapes Vol.2 – Countryside is the second volume in the Sri Lanka Soundscape Library Series.
This library features typical sounds recorded in the rice paddy’s and farms and beaches of Southern Sri Lanka. It features, ambiences containing local animals and birds (did someone say Peacock), insects, remote villages, Ocean waves all in quiet secluded environments. The library serves as a great palette of local and unique sounds within quiet countryside environments to really ground and localise any projects. Contains a mix of ambience recordings and some shorter animal specific SFX.
A particular highlight for me on this collection was capturing the sound of a duck farting as it plodded away (see movement and fart file at 00:07)- cutting edge stuff.
Sounds recorded in Stereo 24bit/48kHz and UCS compatible.
Get the other collections here:
Sri Lanka Soundscape Vol. 1-3 Collection
Sri Lanka Soundscape Vol. 2 – Rural Countryside
Sri Lanka Soundscape Vol. 3 – Vehicles
This sound library features typical soundscapes from Switzerland, cow herds, pasture valley, sheep herds, cowbells, forest, mountain, tractors, … fresh air.
Welcome to UK Cities: London On-The-Go Ambiences. Travel through the city, with these beautiful ambiences recorded at various unique locations in London. Find the true sound of it with Vadi Sound Library.
About London On-the-Go Ambiences
You will find yourself at the park, airport, then underground on a train and outside a park, then at Camden Town, at Primrose Hill, and many other locations. Have a taste of 132 fresh sounds in your ears with this London On-the-Go Ambiences sound effects. It includes sounds from many different environments like crowds, subway, train ambiences, elevators, cafes, and interior walla, announcement sounds and room tones at the airports from London in 132 sounds, 24bit/96kHz .WAV files and detailed naming.
Total length of this library is 130 minutes.
We captured a wide array of ambiences so that you can easily adapt them to your other UK or similar location needs. The length of the files is high so that you can meet your ambience needs with just a few of these sounds. The locations are both interior and exterior. It captures the soul of the vibrant city, recorded on sunny days in April.
You will hear small, medium, and big crowds, chilling at a park, chatting at cafes or outside a pub, on the street and at the subway and airports. You will get hold of low or no walla atmospheres and room tones. You will travel on the subway and stop at a lot of stations and hear the usual announcements! You will get the unique feel of each location like a local travelling through the city.
Keywords including Locations, Ambiences, Mood
London, ambiences, city, sounds, atmosphere, walla, crowd, elevator, Camden market, busy, street, British, English, traffic, Camden Town, café, Easter Friday, Regent Canal, night, evening, Saturday, chill, pub, bridge, pass by, walk, announcement, Primrose Hill, construction, cars, people, chatter, eating, chatting, park, calm, birds, rumble, airport, gate announcement, Stansted, room tone, lounge, train, subway, metro, rain Edgware, Euston, Finsbury Park, Highbury & Islington, Harlow Town, King’s Cross, St Pancras Station, Mornington Crescent, Seven Sisters, speed, Ticketgate, Tottenham Hale, train announcement, interior, exterior, film, game, video.
What else you may need
You may also want to check out our Ambiences from Japan and Ambiences from China Sound Effects Packs for access to different unique ambiences of the world.
According to the Spanish National Forest Inventory, 51 % of the Spanish total surface is covered by forestlands. This collection of sounds is the biggest nature recording project we have done in Surround Sound LAB.
Sound editors and designers Oscar de Avila and Barto Alcaine, among with Surround Sound LAB main recordist, Alvaro de Iscar are the main recordists of this Library. We have covered Asturias, Leon and Segovia Forests.
This large compilation of registers is designed to perform real nature sounds in your films and postproduction projects.
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!
Pachamama is a background focused library that features uncharted sounds from Bolivia and Peru. This library invites you on a spiritual journey through the bustling city of La Paz to the sacred mountains of Machu Picchu.
This unique collection is comprised of various atmospheres recorded at different times of day – from the drunken hot spring party at night to the pensive street market in the morning. The library is also recorded with an emphasis on indoor perspective ambiences, perfect for your upcoming bedroom scenes.
Recorded and mastered in 24 bit/96 kHz, the library is passionately described with emotive yet precise words, and it is UCS (Universal Category System) compliant.
Gear Used: Roland R26, four channel built-in microphones (OMNI and XY), four channels merged down to a stereo file.
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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.
EXTRA SEEDS – is an auxiliary sound library containing 46 unique sound effect files of real seeds. From counting and picking, to pouring, stirring and handling. Whether it’s seeds, nuts or spices you’re looking for; This Extra sound effects library will help supplement any of your seed handling needs, for your next project. Extra Seeds comes in at over 26 minutes 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 authentic South African Walla library will give any production a true sense of South African flavour with a variety of voices and languages.
Featuring in-studio recordings with all South African cast, for a real South African feel without the distractions of exterior noise. These organic crowd murmurs, ambient dialogues, and background chatter reflect a variety of local languages, dialects, and cultural settings, making them perfect for film, TV, games, and immersive audio experiences. Elevate your sound design with the unmistakable authenticity of South African walla!
This library features ambiences recorded in China’s Sichuan Mountains, captured primarily from dusk to dawn using drop rig recording equipment. While I aimed to exclude all human-made sounds in this collection, one of my favorite recordings has the sound of distant Buddhist prayer bells chiming as birds begin their morning chorus. A couple of files contain minimal human presence, but the vast majority are purely natural soundscapes. Finding locations free from human activity in China is difficult, making these recordings especially valuable.
The recordings are enriched with UCS naming conventions and detailed metadata, including identifications of many sub-tropical bird species identified using Chirpity and Merlin Bird ID. Some species you can expect to hear include Cuckoo Birds, Great Barbets, Koels, Nightjars, Thrushes, and Roosters.
Listeners can experience low-noise natural ambiences featuring dawn bird choruses, frogs and crickets at night, bat activity, water sources, and rainfall recordings.
*Note: All sounds in this library are included in the Soundscapes of Modern China (SSMC) collection.
Beautiful Bells Vol 2 contains the solo sound of 135 different stationary bells, captured in 39 bell towers, chapels, carillons, churches, cathedrals and clock towers across France, with unprecedented quality. Most of the sounds were recorded inside bell towers.
Stationary bells are struck by external hammers. They have a steady and rich tone, with a long sustain. They are mostly used as musical instruments in carillons, to indicate the hour in clock chimes or to alert the population in tocsins.
Every bell size and pitch is represented in this library, from huge 8 ton bourdon to tiny carillon bells weighing a few kilograms. You will find bells founded from 14th to 21st century with a great variety of timbres and tunings, over a range of 5 octaves (from G2 to G7).
The library contains 2 carillons with 54 bells and 10 bells, available as sound files and virtual instruments (NI Kontakt and EXS24 with round robin).
All the sounds in this library were recorded in bell towers or as close as possible to provide great sonic precision and optimal signal-to-noise ratio.
Over 12,000 kilometers were traveled during six months to get you one of the most exhaustive stationary bell, chime and carillon sound collection ever recorded.
• A total of 135 different bells, sorted by note from G2 to G7
• Wide variety of bells (size, age, tuning)
• 2 carillons virtual instruments
• Contains a collection of 10 small ancient bells
• All notes from G2 to G7
• Metadata with detailed information about each bell
• 96KHz/24bit
• Very low noise
• Metadata UCS-compliant
• Mainly recorded with Sennheiser MKH 8040
Every now and then an opportunity comes along that you just cannot pass up. The chance of going on a recording trip to Zimbabwe alongside someone who knows the area and many locals was exactly that.
I traveled to Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe in August of 2023. As the dry season and the coldest time of year was still in full swing, the land is dry, and animals travel long distances to reach watering holes and rivers to drink. With the trees dried out and few insects in sight, the soundscape across the steppes is eerily quiet day and night, save for the large number of helicopters flying tourists around during the day.
Not only was it an utterly inspiring experience just taking in the beauty of nature and the warm spirits of the people I have met, it was also an exercise in navigating the challenges of anthropogenic noise becoming more prevalent around the globe. With this time of year being the height of tourism season, capturing the sounds of nature meant having to find pockets of silence to avoid the sounds of helicopters, safari trucks, and trains carrying coal.
By resorting to drop rigs, overnight recording, and getting up before sunrise to record, I captured a wide range of birds, mammals, and ambiences that will let you recreate the soundscapes of this vivid nation in your projects. Of course, I also had to capture the incredible majestic power of Victoria Falls’ namesake waterfalls, both in stereo and Ambisonic format.
A portion of the sales proceeds for this library will be donated to local conservation efforts including Painted Dog Rescue, African Wildlife Foundation, as well as CARE‘s efforts in providing food and nutrition security, climate resilient livelihoods, economic development, education, and water.
Read my Article about the Trip here!
NSL – Everyday Life is a 216 Files Sound-Pack essentially composed of Backgrounds Sounds. You will have access to many samples: Forests, Cities, Transports, Amusements Park, Abandoned Places, Mountains, Room Tones and many more sounds…
Get ready to dive into one of the most authentic and evocative sound libraries we ever created. Take a transcendent journey across 28 countries, spanning the last 7 years.
In this exclusive library, we have meticulously curated the most enthralling and previously unreleased ambient sounds we’ve ever recorded. It showcases a diverse collection of 60 unique ambiences, spanning various locations and time periods.
These files are not in any other of our library, they are totally new releases.
With ‘Soundscape Odyssey 1,’ you’ll gain access to a truly distinctive and immersive collection of global ambiance. Experience the world through our unique perspective and discover soundscapes like never before.
Forest, Town, Swamp, Grassland, Suburb, Urban, Underground, Transportation, Tropical, Park, Lakeside, Misc, Market, Celebration, Alpine, Public Space, Seaside, Sport, Protest, Restaurant, Water,…
Stephane Fufa Dufour has been recording and traveling for the past eight years, with the last five years devoted to intense “field recording” as a digital nomad on all continents. Along the way, he has collected precious sonic gems, exploring unique, unusual, and diverse soundscapes that span a wide variety of cultures and locations, from anthropophony to pure biophony.
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!
In this library you will find recordings of environments recorded in public places in Portugal such as train and bus stations, markets, supermarkets, beach and streets.
These sounds are perfect for background sound design in movies, games, documentaries, art installations, etc.
These sounds were all recorded with the stereo match pair microphone Clippy EM 272.
After working these sounds in post production, this library comes with 25 incredible pulic places ambient sounds.
One of Soundbody’s super libraries. A whopping 15GB of premium Spanish sound. Everything you’ll need for projects focusing on the rich flavours of the Iberian Peninsula.
From the bustling boulevards of Buenos Aires to the wild beauty of Patagonia, this library covers all areas of humanity and the wilderness. Including wild life and urban activity. Covering a wide variety of necessities for South American post production projects. Full MetaData, identified wildlife with their respective images embedded. See Buenos Aires for urban ambiences.
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All sounds were recorded using the Sennheiser MKH 8020 Stereo Pair and Sound Devices Mix-Pre 6.
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From the bustling crowds and speeding tuk tuks of Kandy, to riding on clattering diesel trains through the island down to the buzzing cicadas and lapping waves of the rural south coast, this library captures a huge range of the rich and vibrant textures of an incredible country.
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