The Foley Vault is home to an ever-growing collection of original Foley recordings.
Each library was captured by professional Foley Artists on our in-house Foley Stage using a Sennheiser MKH50 microphone.
These sounds were originally performed for a variety of feature and short film projects. They have now been compiled and released for you to edit and implement into your own film, game and television productions.
Want wilderness sounds ? Get genuine marmots whistles recorded in French Alps in quiet environnements. Those cute rodents emit loud sounds when they feel a danger. This library contains recordings from different distances, from a few meters to 200 meters. It also includes ultra realistic synthesized sounds, hard to differentiate from real ones, with zero background noise.
The third installment of the Roomtones series features over 100 minutes of immersive Ambisonic soundscapes recorded during a holiday at a beach house. These soundscapes feature distant birds chirping, barking dogs, chatty neighbors, moderate to low traffic, intense fridge hum, and upstairs bumps. Additionally, quiet and neutral takes are provided to be filled later with additional content. Each division includes two different takes with open and closed windows (where applied), adding an extra dimension to these long and evolving sound files. They are perfect for creating both quiet and languid roomtone soundscapes, conveying multiple moods for any desired VR experience.
This sound library is available in both Ambisonics FuMa (B Format) and Stereo (Binaural) formats.
We present here the latest installment in our ongoing effort to curate unique ambiences tailored to urban and suburban scenes in movies and video games.
This collection of ambiences is intended to set the mood against the backdrop of any city scenario and act as a subtle accompaniment to dialogue lines.
Unlike the previous volume, the sounds in this library were recorded worldwide over a period of 5 years.
We have taken great care in selecting and editing them to ensure they carry evocative and rich ‘airtones’.
In fact, they go beyond simple outdoor roomtones, often incorporating sounds of fauna, insects, local culture, and delicate flavorful sonic indications of time and location.
They, however, always stay low-profile and never presents intrusive noise that would interfere unless specified as a marker.
In addition to being a great filler for urban and suburban scenes, this collection will be a great companion when attempting to convey various feelings and moods such as quietude, post-apocalyptic, romanticism, mystery, depression, calmness, poetic, abandonment, nostalgia, freedom,….
For this volume, we have specifically chosen a diverse mixture of recordings from numerous countries across all continents broadening the palette of sounds delivered. These additions will enrich your main sound library and prove useful for a wide range of future projects.
All sounds in this library are in stereo. As extensive travels were involved in capturing these sounds, we decided to focus only on stereophonic capture instead of multichannel, making it more manageable throughout our journey. Nonetheless, these atmospheres embody a great sense of space and can be easily layered and spatialized in a surround space if needed.
The following Sound Library is a Limited Edition 2010 Arctic Cat 650 H1 AWD ATV. The library was recorded at 32bit 192kHz into a Zoom F6 with 3 sets of microphones (Rode NTG5 – Mono, Lom Usi Pros – Stereo01, EM258 – Stereo02).
Specifications
Year: 2010
Engine: 641cc, SOHC, Single-Cylinder, 4-Stroke, 4-Valve
The ultimate sound library that lets you unleash the raw, untamed force of angry machines and manufacturing floors right at your fingertips. Loaded with an assortment of menacing sounds from machine rooms, furnaces, printing lines, and more, this collection will elevate your projects to a whole new level of intensity.
An extraordinary sound library boasting high-quality recordings, rich with the authentic sounds of urban and suburban parks, lush gardens, and tranquil neighborhood backyards.
Immersive Industrial Steelwork Ambiences + Metal Welding, Grinding & Cutting Sounds
A collection of exterior crowd ambiences covering locations like downtown city streets, suburban parks and markets. Canada, USA, Mexico and England.
UK Football Vol. 6 is the fifth in our series of candid UK football recordings. For this instalment, our Audio Craftsmen captured all the fervent fanfare of a women’s football match!
This library included sounds recorded from the perspective of a large crowd in the stands AKA bleacher. You’ll find a lively collection of genuine spectator reactions and gameplay events such as cheers, groans, referee whistle blows, tannoy (PA) announcements, English accents, walla, clapping, shouts, football kicks and much more!
This library is bursting with sports fan energy and is ideal for TV, Film and game scenes requiring passionate voices and performances. Use it to embellish sport backgrounds or boost tension during on-screen competitions.
All sounds are delivered in 24Bit 96kHz format allowing further sonic manipulation, and have been meticulously edited and tagged with extensive UCS compliant metadata for ease of use
In this library you will find ambient sounds at night in a quiet neighborhood.
The sounds were recorded on different nights around midnight in a peaceful and calm neighborhood.
In these sounds you will find dogs barking, cats meowing, cars and motorcycles passing by in the background, among others.
These sounds were all recorded with microphone Audio-Technica BP4025.
After working these sounds in post production, this library comes with 23 incredible ambient night neighborhood sounds.
Tattoo Parlour & Barbershop Bundle features field recordings of two local businesses in Manchester, England. A plethora of objects, activity and movement were captured at a tattoo parlour and barbershop, providing you with detailed and specific sounds grounded in reality.
Our Audio Craftsmen meticulously recorded and edited a multitude of in-shop sounds, including scissor snips, tattoo pen hums, creaky steps, squeaky doors, bottle sprays, item handling, room tone, clipper buzzes and much more!
Use this bundle to enliven tattooing or hairdressing scenes across Film, TV and Game projects.
The entire bundle is delivered at 24Bit 96kHz and tagged with extensive Metadata for ease of use.
Fireworks is a collection of small, consumer fireworks fountains with all the fizz, zip, zap, pop, and crackling that you would expect. There are also 2x 6-minute ambience tracks from 4th of July 2014 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, as people set off fireworks all around the city. You can hear fairly close, and very distant explosions from both municipal and residential displays. These two tracks were edited down from much longer recordings to remove any long pauses in the action. It was a beautifully quiet night, except for the fireworks!
We give you a VIP pass into the sounds of Hollywood with 121 ambiences from the various stages of production and entertainment.
Field recordings covering the sounds of film and television production in studio, on stage and on location. Includes setup and construction crews, production crews filming and recording, strikedown and haul out crews, post production, technical areas, broadcast and transmission facilities, designed ‘on air’ broadcast programming, interiors and exteriors, room tones, red carpet events and award show crowds to celebrate a job well done.
Ambiences from rural Southern Spain is a collection of sounds recorded over summer in a couple of rural areas in Andalusia – Antequera and Los Malagueños, near Malaga. Listen to the stillness of nature, sparse animals and insects in the morning, afternoon and at night. Walk down the quiet alleys and streets in scorching weather to experience what Southern Spain’s soundscapes have to offer.
This library is compliant with UCS (Universal Catalogue System) and recorded at high quality – 192kHz, 24bit.
model year 1981-83 – 3.0 liters, 204 hp
I would love to introduce you to the 1982 Porsche 911 SC sound library for your sound editorial and designing purposes!
This novel collection provides you with an extensive multi-microphone recording session.
By recording the car on a car lift, these recordings give you an unique proximate and one-meter distance recordings of the engine, as well as a broad detail of the exhaust and a stereo image of the interior of the vehicle for all your needs.
All microphone positions (Proximate, One meter distance, Exhaust and interior) have been synched and are provided as labeled Polyphonic Wav files (Multichannel).
For those users who prefer separated files – we have those too! Just use the files which work for you and your workflow best.
Note: The car wasn’t recorded in motion (while driving on the street).Â
With a large collection of Idling, Reverse, Steady RPMs, Revs, Engine cooling, Accelerations and Decelerations you will be able to use these sounds as a wonderful organic layer to your vehicle sound designs and edits.
Additionally, this library supplies you with a small selection of car foley recordings.
Let your designing imagination be the limit of your creation!
Royal Blue Audio
A Journey with Sound
Practical Doors Vol. 2Â continues our series of sound effects for common door uses. Inside is a variety of door closes, opens, slides, slams, knocks, latches, creaks and squeaks!
The library features a large range of perspectives, opening/closing actions, doors, and props, including a shower door, sliding window, bureau drawer, garage door, electronic safe door, hotel room doors, studio doors, unlocking a front door and more!
These sounds provide you with naturalistic, unprocessed options for editing doors in your Film, TV, Game and soundscape projects.
All sounds are delivered in 24Bit 96kHz format allowing further sonic manipulation and have been meticulously edited and tagged with extensive UCS compliant metadata for ease of use.
Welcome to Massanutten Resort, where the serene beauty of the Shenandoah Valley meets the artistry of sound design. Nestled amidst the picturesque mountains, the Mountainside Villas offer a spacious haven for sound designers seeking inspiration in nature’s symphony. The Mountain Townhouse beckons with its 1520 sq ft expanse, inviting you to capture the essence of tranquility within its living room, kitchen, dining room, bathroom, sauna, jacuzzi, bedrooms, and loft. Immerse yourself in creativity with the Mountain Townhouse Audio Playset, boasting 93 meticulously crafted audio files in various formats including ambisonic, binaural, stereo, mono, and XY, all delivered in stunning 32-bit/192 kHz and 24-bit/96 kHz. From evocative ambiences to captivating room tones, impulse responses, and immersive sound effects, this audio treasure trove awaits to elevate your sonic artistry to new heights.
Introducing the second instalment of our captivating “South African Interiors” ambiences sound effects library that transport you straight to the heart of vibrant local life! Dive into this eclectic collection that features a rich tapestry of interior ambiences, from the warmth of cozy shacks to the bustling energy of spaza shops and the rhythmic hum of taxi rides.
Don’t miss the opportunity to enrich your work with these distinctive soundscapes that resonate with the pulse of South Africa! Also available as part of the “South African Bundle” collection.
Sometimes I get a bit carried away recording things – like these 384 sounds of metal lids twisted onto glass jars at varying speeds and pressure.Â
Clicking, scraping and rubbing sounds of metal on glass – excellent design source material and unusual rhythmic sounds.
Audio time : Single files – 12 minutes 32 seconds / Grouped files 16 minutes 42 seconds = 29 minutes approx total audio time
The Foley Vault is home to an ever-growing collection of original Foley recordings.
Each library was captured by professional Foley Artists on our in-house Foley Stage using a Sennheiser MKH50 microphone.
These sounds were originally performed for a variety of feature and short film projects. They have now been compiled and released for you to edit and implement into your own film, game and television productions.
Rub-a-dub-dub, thanks for the grub!
Eateries Vol. 1 features the native sounds of food-providing locations; in this case, a cafe and bakery kitchen.
This library comprises natural cafe ambiences (featuring walla,  cutlery clinking, coffee machine noise, customers placing their orders, machinery hum, and general cafe hubbub) and sounds of a baker preparing food in their industrial kitchen (including cracking eggs into a metal bowl, putting food in the oven, cutting chocolate, pouring sugar, and more).
The immersive quality of these sounds make them ideal for eatery settings or scenes involving food. Use them to craft realistic, dynamic backgrounds in your Film, TV and Game projects.
All sounds are delivered in 24Bit 96kHz format allowing further sonic manipulation and have been meticulously edited and tagged with extensive UCS compliant metadata for ease of use.
Reverses Vol. 3 is an exciting collection of recordings and designed sounds that have been reversed and twisted into new variations.
Our expert team of Audio Craftsmen recorded slamming doors, warehouse machinery, football kicks, church bells, guitar strings and much more. They then made a sonic U-turn and reversed them. The result is a collection of interesting risers and oneshots – ideal for abstract sound design and flashback scenes in your Film, TV & Game projects.
All sounds are delivered in 24Bit 192kHz format allowing further sonic manipulation, and have been meticulously edited and tagged with extensive UCS compliant metadata for ease of use.
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