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Sound effects libraries where the file names and metadata follow the Universal Category System (UCS), championed by renowned sound supervisor Tim Nielsen & more
Recorded using only bird calls, musical instruments, voice and whistling techniques, IMAGINARY BIRDS contains over 200 different organic and realistic songs of non-existing birds. Recorded with a Sennheiser MKH 8050 with ultrasonic content, you can use the sounds as is, pitch-shift them or combine individual sounds to create new bird songs.
• 227 sounds recorded with MKH 8050
• 96KHz/24bit
• Each file contains several variations of the songs
• Recorded dry, no reverb added
• Ideal for cartoon, sci-fi, adventure films, video games, creature design, soundscapes…
Buckle up (your harness)!
Climbing Gear Foley Vol. 1 contains textural sounds of lead-climbing paraphernalia manipulated by an experienced climber. This library emphasises the fine detail of equipment, allowing you to immerse audiences in the intensity of the sport.
Our Audio Craftsmen recorded interactions with a harness, rope, carabiners, and quickdraws to create a selection of authentic, material sound effects. Sounds of metallic clip-ins, plastic straps, friction-filled rope pulls, squeaking locks, hardhat rattles (and more!) enable you to inject your climbing sequences with gritty realism.
Use this library for any mountaineering- and climbing-themed projects in the TV. Film and Game industries.
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.
Like many of you, we found ourselves overwhelmed with the sheer volume of different wind SFX libraries out there, yet somehow always a bit underwhelmed. At Silverplatter Audio we set out to change that. We wanted to create the ultimate wind library that we would actually want to use ourselves, and hopefully you’ll feel the same way!
To accomplish this, we built a custom Jenklin Disc to create separation between our microphones, similar to how our head separates our ears. We then placed this specially designed Jenklin Disc inside a slightly modified Rode Blimp. The result was an incredibly natural-sounding wind recording that captured the true essence of the environment.
The versatility of these wind sound effects is truly remarkable. This pack offers a wide range of recordings, capturing everything from gentle breezes to powerful storms. It’s perfect for recreating the immersive atmosphere of a raging tempest or simply adding a subtle touch of tranquility with a gentle gust of wind.
A massive haunted voices collection with fully 596 audio files and 2 hours of otherworldly audio to cover all of your haunted voice needs for film, games, television and interactive web.
All files were carefully selected from hours upon hours of ultra high resolution recordings of talented vocal actors, then designed and processed using state of the art hardware and software audio manipulation tools.
Performances include ghostly moans, growls, yells, casting spells, whispers, goblins, fairies, small creepy creatures, infants, breathing, seance sfx, screeches and more!
The creepy eeriness of a soul’s voice penetrating through the borders of life and death to communicate with the living – bring your listeners into the terrors of boldly and tastefully designed otherworldly communication with… Voices From Beyond.
Ankers Audio presents a collection of sound effects which detail the felling of trees of all sizes – up close and personal. Felling cut hinges, creaks, crashes, branches falling and timber impacts are all included giving you the perfect library to craft scenes of catastrophic destruction!
Recorded in 96kHz/24bit by a fully qualified arborist, this library brings you directly into the danger zone of one of the worlds most dangerous jobs.
By removing all chainsaws from the recordings you are left with the intricate sounds of wood fibres being severed and torn – a rare place for a microphone to be…
All works to trees were carried out by professional arborists following sustainable best practice.
5% of 2023 sales have been donated to the Woodland Trust!
5% of 2024 sales have been donated to Trees for Cities!
This project was made in mind for game developers and sound designers to put ease on creating custom gory sound effect layers within your project. This project comes with many Squishes, Squelches, Stabs, Cracks and Bone Breaks that can be layered to create the desired effects to ensure your sounds are fully unique. You can to use the sounds as is or get creative as you want with the pack to add something unique to your project.
SOUNDS FOR MALFUNCTIONS AND FAILED TRANSMISSIONS
GLITCHES is made to be your “go-to sound pack” for all kinds of frame drops, transmission breaks, user interfaces or science fiction projects. A big collection of hi-tech single glitches featuring various complex pre-designed glitches brings the best glitch sounds into your studio. Build your own custom glitches by layering and processing single sounds or take profit from the pre-designed sounds when doing sound design on the fly. These hi-tech glitches are a must-have for any creative looking to expand their sonic repertoire!
A UNIQUE SCI-FI CONSTRUCTION KIT
All sounds were designed from a variety of analog and digital source materials like semi-modular synthesizers, feedback loops, recorded TVs, various analog noises and broken hardware pieces. We then processed the sounds with distortion/saturation, granular and delay effects and out came a great toolbox for all situations where you need glitch sounds.
Take a step into our new library, Footsteps! Walking, Running, Jumping sounds and more have been paired with a slew of different ground textures and environments such as Dirt Paths, Laminate Flooring and Cemented Pavements, ready for use without having to leave your room.
Film-makers, Composers and sound designers alike; each sound within this library can be utilised creatively within any film, tv or video game project.
All sounds were recorded in 24Bit 96kHz allowing further sonic manipulation in our acoustically treated Foley suite. We then meticulously edited and tagged the files with extensive UCS compliant metadata for ease of use.
Car Driving Interior aims to capture the sound of realistic, genuine everyday driving inside two selected vehicles. A Porsche Cayman GTS sport car and a Subaru Outback suv.
Car Driving Interior aims to capture the sound of realistic, genuine everyday driving inside two selected vehicles. These recordings are captured from driving on busy city streets, highways and quiet roads. One can find steady drivings as well as varieties of manoeuvres at different speeds and manner.
The two selected vehicles are a Porsche Cayman GTS sport car and a Subaru Outback suv. The Cayman has a very cosy interior and its sporty nature gives it a very robust character. The Outback in comparison sounds very spacious and deliver a lot of nuances and subtle rattling textures.
German engineering in its high performance.
I would love to introduce you to the 2019 Porsche 911 – RPM Collection sound library for your sound editorial and designing purposes.
After lots of thought and planning, I managed to record, clean, and edit the recording for an extensive and easily accessible editorial experience to your production.
The RPM Collection gives you a large range of multi-microphone proximate and one-meter distance recordings of the engine, as well as a broad variety of details of the exhauster. This masterpiece of engineering got recorded on a vehicle lift to gather sounds from unreachable angles, catching all the richness and details of the engine.
With a large collection of Idling, Reverse, Steady RPMs, Revs, Accelerations and Decelerations, you will be able to use these sounds as a wonderful organic layer to your vehicle sound designs and edits.
Let your designing imagination be the limit of your creation!
Royal Blue Audio
A Journey with Sound
UK Small Town Bundle contains five libraries with more than 124 sounds including ambiences, room tones, vehicles and unique sounds captured in northern England. With a total runtime of 328 mins and a file size of 10.68 GB, the libraries cover a variety of areas like canals, housing estates, shops, markets, traffic, parks, forests, industrial estates, interiors and much, much more.
Fiat 126 is a tiny car designed in the early 1970s to replace the classic Fiat 500. It was the most popular car in Poland from the late 1970s until the late 1990s. The idiosyncratic sound of its two cylinder, 0.65 Litre engine became an icon of the Polish everyday life. Fiat 126 was also common in Italy and Cuba.
This library contains all basic sounds this car can make, like driving at various speeds on tarmac and dirt roads, pass-bys and parking. Then there’s foley sounds of all the switches, opening doors etc. Don’t miss the particularly rich sound of the cold start of the aged engine.
The car we recorded was made in 1999. All its sounds are relevant for cars produced between 1994 and 2000. Earlier versions did not have the electronic starter and they wouldn’t beep when the choke was open. Cars made until about 1985 had a different dashboard so some of their switches would sound different (compare pictures for reference). The engine (and its sound) however was the same from the early 1970s until the end of production in 2000.
109 stereo files, 18 mono files, all UCS compliant.
I would love to introduce you to sound library that is a little different:
“Resistance” is a library that I’ve created while working on a Game Collaboration and an animation series – and it has been essential to my sound designs and editorial touches towards the final product in all productions. It has truly proven itself as being as a really helpful asset in a number of different circumstances, from characters growth and transformations to jumping elements in a cartoon style!
This library contains 72 files – and every single one of them is provided with variations for an expanded use for your production. All sound elements were recorded under controlled conditions to ensure that all the details of the sounds were captured in a dry recording environment.
All the content has been recorded with two kinds of microphones: RODE NT2A gave the sounds their low-mid detail; and a Sennheiser ME66, which is a shotgun microphone with a strong characteristic in the high mid frequencies.
Let your designing imagination be the limit of your creation!
FREE and incl.: With the Library Resistance you will receive the MINI Library Crackling Plastic. It comes with 27 Files whit 85 individual sounds.
A sound library of the digital electronic world of 1s and 0s created from digital sources.
Sounds include glitch, static, snaps, pops, interference, signal malfunction, dropouts, data transmissions, unreferenced issues, bad clocking or incorrect timing effect and pitch/time manipulation.
This extension to the PassBy sound effects series brings you a truckload full of Sporty Cars Pass Bys. Recorded at “Nürburg Ring“, Germany.
All sounds were cleaned and edited for direct use in your projects.
These sounds come in handy not only for for the obvious purpose but also work great as design elements and as a great starting point to create a vast number of whooshes and other pass-by and motion effects.
You will find 103 files with multiple cars passing by and 104 files with single car Pass Bys. The files are not named after specific cars/manufacturers.
Enhance your sound design repertoire with the Home Barista prop set, offering 90 high definition sound clips capturing the essence of crafting your favorite hot beverage. Immerse your audience with the authentic sounds of an automatic drip coffee maker, espresso machine, french press, pump thermos, coffee grinder, tea kettle, and all the accompanying elements for preparing coffee and tea. These 96 kHz, 24-bit mono and stereo WAV files come complete with comprehensive file lists and broadcast WAV compliant metadata, ensuring seamless integration into your soundscapes and elevating the auditory experience for your audience.
Street Dogs is a collection of field recordings from a sleeping city with a huge population of free-ranging dogs.
Many of us have likely worked on nighttime scenes where the bark of a dog in an empty street adds just the right touch of depth, desolation, and a sense of space. A few well-known recordings of this type are commonly utilized, but Street Dogs offers a broad range of fresh, untapped tracks of stray dogs.
Captured in nightly streets with natural acoustics, this collection features a variety of locations and perspectives, including both individual dogs and groups. Additionally, there are several chilling captures of dog fights that will make the hairs on your neck stand up.
The recordings were made in AB stereo with a spaced pair of microphones, providing a wide stereo width that creates an expansive, vivid listening experience on speakers. This setup also allows for flexibility, enabling you to narrow the stereo width as needed, making the recordings perfect elements for crafting detailed and immersive ambiences.
Every track has been thoroughly edited and tagged with metadata.
Disclaimer: All recordings are genuine field captures; there was no interaction with the animals during the recording process. Any dog fights captured in the recordings were not initiated by the recordist.
Stadium Crowd Vol. 1 captures an immersive symphony of emotions reverberating around a UK stadium packed with over 80,000 people. The library includes a cacophony of cheers, jeers, groans, and moans, giving a genuine sense of the passionate energy in the stands.
This library was recorded during a professional wrestling event, making it an ideal choice for productions featuring exhilarating sports scenes filled with heightened excitement. Experience the resonant thuds of body slams, the distinct chime of bell dings, and the vibrant chorus of crowd chants.
These sound effects are not only suitable for productions infused with pro wrestling themes, but can also elevate any scene with an enthusiastic stadium crowd.
Combine these sounds with our Football SFX Bundle Vol. 1 & Vol. 2 to build a myriad of enthusiastic fanfares.
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.
A meticulously crafted sound library that offers a plethora of workplace ambiences and sounds, transporting your audience to bustling offices, serene lobbies, humming server rooms, and much more. Immerse your audience in the essence of bustling urban workspaces.
All aboard!
Steam Train Vol. 1 delivers authentic sounds of a British steam locomotive.
Whistles, chugging, wheels on railway tracks, steam hissing, passenger voices, engine clicks and more were captured in the heart of the industrial revolution – the North West of England.
These field recordings were carefully captured and edited by our Audio Craftsmen, resulting in a concise collection of mechanical, industrial steam train sounds – complete with rattles, clanks and chugga-chugga-choo-choos!
Use this library to enhance period settings, design steam train scenes, and reference an age gone-by. Ideal for TV, Film, Documentary and Game projects alike.
All sounds are delivered in 24Bit 96kHz format allowing further sonic manipulation, and have been tagged with extensive UCS-compliant metadata for ease of use.
Immerse yourself in the picturesque landscape of Secret Passage Ranch, a stunning horse ranch nestled in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley. Home to over 50 horses, cows, chickens, and dogs, this tranquil sanctuary is where our team spent a month capturing the mesmerizing sounds of these majestic animals. From the rhythmic gallops of horses to the peaceful grazing of cows and the soothing clucking of chickens, we meticulously recorded every enchanting moment. Our audio files are available in both 24 bit / 96 kHz and 32 bit / 192 kHz, ensuring unparalleled sound quality for your creative endeavors.
The S1000RR superbike with its nervous instant response and its violent and aggressive sound is one of the most powerful motorcycles in the BMW range. It can reach a top speed of 300 km/h and can go from 0 to 100 km/h in 3.1 seconds.
Our sound pack contains multiple tracks of onboard and exterior recordings of passbys, start-stops, idle, revs, burnouts, driving, constant loops at various RPM and acceleration and deceleration ramps for use in granular synthesis tools.
Specifications : In-line 4-cylinder, 4-stroke, 999cc, 199 HP, 6-speed.
Multiple mic perspectives
This sound pack includes 12 synchronized channels of exterior and onboard perspectives. The exterior recordings are mono and stereo, while the onboard microphones capture the engine, the exhaust and the driver perspectives. The library also includes a custom mix of onboard mics for an easy integration.
Gear used
Sound Devices MixPre-6 II • Zoom F6• Zoom H6 • Neumann Kmr81i • LOM Usi Pro • Sennheiser MKH 8040 • Sennheiser MKH30 • Oktava MK012 • LOM MikroUsi • Shure SM57
Metadata
This sound library is UCS compliant and comes with fully embedded metadatas compatible with Soundly, Soundminer and Basehead.
A massive 496 Audio Files of detailed and balanced recordings of handwriting performances. Scribbles, erasing, check marks, blackouts, colouring, circles and crosshatches for each writing tool are in this complete Foley library.
You get mechanical pen and pencil clicks, cap pop-offs and snap-ons, squeaky pens and thick markers, crayons, ball point pens, felt pens, erasers, highlighters and sharpies.
Capturing the detail of the subtle sound with zero background noise is an art in itself! For these recordings, we found that the best results were achieved using an LCR configuration. A tightly positioned Rode NTG3 shotgun mic for the centre was used, along with a pair of slightly pulled back Sennheiser MKH 8040s to provide a gentle stereo image. The environment we used was our “dead room”, completely silent and reverb-free for this type of recording (this neat little room approaches a mini anechoic chamber) Reliably transparent and highly recommended, a Sound Devices Mix-Pre-6 was used to capture the final recordings.
This pack includes 107 files of 6 Gamelan instruments and 1 Harp. This library is a sample pack of sound textures ranging from scarping, single tones, spinning notes, intervals, and playing the Gamelan instruments with various mallets.
Recorded with 2-3 microphones and from 2-3 mic positions, you have a pretty good range of sound textures to choose from!
We used this library mainly to add tonal qualities and textures to our RPG Magic SFX Pack 3 – Elemental. Now you can also have access to these recordings!
Kawaii UI Bundle
Footsteps Vegetation
$59
Potion Sound Effects
$19.99
Power Up Sound Effects
$29.99
Bowling Sound Effects
$19.99
Motion Graphics
Modular UI
Animal Hyperrealism Vol IV
WET and SLIMY - Foley Recordings
Forests and Mountains
Horror Jumpscares
The Still Line
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