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About Military Radio Chatter SFX Pack
It calls out to you from the depths of war! This pack contains male radio communication sounds that is suitable for military settings in your projects. To make the most organic texture possible, we present you sounds that were recorded in high definition 24bit/96KHz with a real walkie talkie.
This is a collection of 120 Military Radio Chatter Male Voices and radio signals with many different scenarios and typical military phrases and commands spoken through various walkie talkies and radios as well as interference and static.
This intelligence collection, with the most common intercepted communications captures a volume of communication, to or from field to the base unit about raid, action, suspect, suspected parties such as terrorists or spies, determining their next move and whether there is cause for alarm. These range from a steady flow of encrypted communications to interrupted communication and strict alarms and crisis phrases – with background radio signals.
The voice actor’s tone is confident and energetic so easy to integrate to meet your needs for any war or sci-fi game projects and films that you are working on.
List of Phrases and commands
Hawk 1: “Hawk 2, Hawk 1, Over,”
Hawk 2: “Go Ahead Hawk 1, Over,”
Hawk 1: “Hawk 2, Enemy Tracked 2 Kilometer (Km) West, Break …”
Hawk 1: “Take Cover 2 Km East At Delta Shack, Read Back, Over,”
Hawk 2: “I Read Back: Enemy Tracked 2 Km West, Take Cover 2 Km East At Delta Shack, Over,”
Hawk 1: “Correct, Over,”
Hawk 2: “Wilco, Over,”
Hawk 1: “Roger, Out,”
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Say: “[Their Call Sign], This Is [Your Call Sign], Radio Check, Over,”
Wait For: “[Your Call Sign], This Is [Their Call Sign], Roger, Over,”
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The Russians Have Everything East Of I-95, My Sector’s Gonna Fall Within The Hour,”
We’ve Lost Contact With Annapolis, Where’s The Air Support?”
Counter-Battery Fire Is Unable To Engage, Enemy Paratroopers Have Infiltrated Their Positions, We Are Cut Off, I Repeat, We Are Cut Off,” (After A While,) “Broken Arrow, Broken Arrow, Drop That Thousand-Pounder On The Red Smoke, Now,
Interrogative, Can Your Harriers Take Out The Interchange At I-495 And US-50? Over,
I Have Visual On Enemy Armor In The Vicinity Of The MSR, How Copy? Over,”
Roger 3-2, Goliath Copies All, Go Ahead,
2-1 Bravo, 2-1 Alpha,,, Interrogative:,,, What Is The Status Of The Man Down? Over,
Wolverine 3, Wolverine 3-2,,, Possible Foot Mobiles With Rpgs Approaching From Your 4 O’clock
3 O’clock, 3 O’clock, Check Your Fire, Check Your Fire,
Mongoose 1, This Is Wolverine Actual, Request Javelin Support On The North Ridge At Map Grid: 225313, How Copy? Over
Roger, Solid Copy, Continue, Over?
Rhino, This Is Rhino 2, We Are Halting To Engage Possible Foot Mobiles Near The National Archives, How Copy? Over
Warhammer, This Is Rhino, How Copy Over?”
Warhammer, This Is Rhino, Good Effect On Target: Building Destroyed, Over,
Wolverine 2, This Is Goliath, You Are Approved To Engage Those Targets
Roger, 3-1 Delta Copies All, We’re Oscar Mike, In Position In Five, Out,
All Warpig Victors, All Warpig Victors, Be Advised: Wolverine-2 Has A Visual On Enemy Paratroopers Assembling Two Klicks North-North-East Of Washington Monument, Veer Left On Route Sierra, Expect Enemy Foot Mobiles To Be On The Right Side, Break, We’re Cleared To Engage, Time On Target, Five Mikes, Out
Rhino 2, This Is Grizzly 2, What’s Your Status, Over?,”
Ambush, Right Side, Right Side
Warhammer, This Is Wolverine, Adjust Fire, System Aided, Over,
Solid Copy On All, Go Ahead, Over,
Roger, I Say Again Line Yankee, Line Yankee: 20 Bravo Tango Romeos 525639, How Copy?
Solid Copy, Do You Have Anymore Marks? Over,
Roger, Solid Copy On All, Stalker, Do Not Engage Unless Compromised And Continue To Report Every Ten Mikes On Enemy Disposition, We Need All The Intel We Can Get On Any Grid North Of The White House, Goliath Out,
Overlord, Overlord,,, This Is Grizzly Actual, Grizzly 2 Has Confirmed Enemy Snipers In Building Alpha 2-5 And Is Requesting Permission To Engage With Thermobaric Laws, Over,
Roger, Engaging With Thermal Rocket,
Wolverine 2, This Is Warhammer, Standing By For Fire Mission,
Ambush, Left Side, Left Side,
Solid Copy, Map Grid Charlie Alpha 336557, Pushing To IP Cadillac,
Charlie, They Are About To Cross Sector Grid 2365 By 254
Driving Aproximately 85 Mph Over
We Confirm That The Targets Are Moving Through A Restricted Zone
Standby For Clearance
Roger Charlie We Are Ready To Rock, Just Give Us The Word,
Oxide-5 You Are Not Cleared To Engage I REPEAT Do NOT Engage
Bravo-2 , Sierra-5 Here, How Copy? Over
Sierra-5, Bravo-2 Reads You, Go Ahead
We Are Currently Engaged In CYA Operations At MSR-Alpha
What Is Your Deviation Time Line Like? Over
Solid Copy, Tango-5 , 40 Meters Standby For Deviation Orders Over
Tango-5, Move To A Concealed Location Inside Your Grid And Unstrap Your Optics, We Need Your Eyes On The Thermal Leak Until We Can Verify That Its Visible To Sat-Recon, Maintain Readiness And Keep Us Updated , How Copy? Over
Message To Observer, Charlia,Three Rounds, HE Delay In Effect, Three Guns, Omega, Two Rounds, Two Guns, Smoke On The Deck, Request Splash, Out,
Charlie, This Is 2-1 Alpha, Relay To Tensword, Good Effect On Target,
2-3, RPG At Your 3 O’clock,
Ambush, Right Side, Right Side,
Get The Mk 19 On That Sector, Cover That Sector,
Delta-5, This Is Omega-3, Fire Mission, Over,
Omega-3, This Is Delta-5, Adjust Fire, System Aided, Over,
Roger, Delta-5 Copies All, 8 Bmps Destroyed, 70 Enemy Foot Mobiles KIA, All Targets Suppressed, End Of Mission, Out,
We’re Observing From A Structure Directly To The East Of The White House, Looking East Down That Road, Call Contact?
Snipers Confirmed In The Building Alpha 3-6, It’ll Be Easier If We Drop The Whole Building, Over
Roger, Engaging With Thermal Rocket,
Contact Left, Contact Left,
What else you may need
You may also want to check out our Spaceship Radio Chatter SFX Pack for access to 348 vocal phrases that are both male and female, alerts, warnings, communications between vessels and also inside the ship, flight requests, asking for help, notifying stations, human radio chatters, spaceship announcements and many more sounds.
UK Football Vol. 2 is the second in our series of candid UK football fan recordings. Crowd reactions and walla were captured during gameplay to bring you a selection of spectator sounds brimming with unique English personality!
This library comprises a variety of activity recorded by our Audio Craftsmen from a pitchside and stands (AKA bleachers) perspective. Inside you will find football impacts, “weeey”s, “awww”s and boos, swearing, yelling, clapping, players shouting, Tannoy announcements, jeering, whistles, as well as encouraging, aggressive, angry, annoyed, sarcastic and fighting spectators!
This collection of football fervour 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.
Irish Countryside Vol. 1 brings you the textural sounds of Malin Head, the windiest place in Ireland and home to scenes from Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
This collection of rural ambiences features recordings of the Malin Head farm, its rugged natural elements and its docile animals. Uncover strong, gusting winds, sheep bleats, a whistling metal fence, the distant roar of the ocean, rain pattering on shed roofs, wind buffeting against a creaking hayloft, the ebb and flow of the tide in the bay, and even a sheep playing with a bucket.
These sounds are ideal for layering emotion, texture and tone into your soundscapes and visual landscapes. Pay homage to Ireland’s sonic beauty in TV, Film, Game and Audio projects with this immersive collection.
All sounds are delivered in 24Bit 48kHz format, and have been meticulously edited and tagged with extensive UCS compliant metadata for ease of use.
In the summer of 2021 I spent about a month in Seattle and did a lot of field recording. One of the most successful sessions was a round trip to Winslow on the Washington State Ferry. The ship is huge and just about everything vibrates sympathetically with the engine pulse. This library includes all of those vibration recordings (Shock-mounted Sony PCM-100; 96k/24bit) To keep things interesting, and somewhat on point, I’ve scoured my personal library for other unique sounds – real and synthetic – which I’ve gathered or created over 30+ years that have some sort of vibration (or vibration-adjacent) element. I was pretty liberal in how I defined it: Quantum foam (Organic or Performed) The result is an eclectic mix – vibration being the through-line.
All sounds have UCS compliant metadata.
Do you need to break something? Game Breakables includes over 530+ designed game sound effects for all those moments where things need to break & shatter. It houses a curated selection of highly practical audio assets that will fill out almost any type of game where collecting, crafting, building, demolition, breaking is needed. Inspired by games such as Angry Birds, Bejeweled, and Temple Run, the Game Breakables sound pack won’t let you down & covers an extensive range of realistic & highly processed sounds in the form of wood, metal, ice, rock, ceramics, magic as well as other popular destruction sound effects types.
Metal can be very tonal and used as an muscial instrument. For this library I used different metalic object and hit them, rubbed them, stressed them, bowed them, plucked them or made them spin.
Among the objects that I worked with were steel wires, iron gates, a saw blade, daggers, cloth stands, aluminium boxes, bells, humming top and much more.
You can hear the metal shring, clang, groan, purr, scream, squeak, scratch, doing, pling, wronk, bang, moo and sing.
The inital idea for this library evolved from a sound art object in Essen, a big hollow tree trunk with some iron strings on the back. I played it many times when walking past it and eventually started a decent recording session.
The sounds can be used to sonify bending iron gates, bridges or other objects but also as samples for producing music. Both tonal or percussive. Lots of them are also very expressive and can be used as a layer in voice design for creatures, monsters, dinosaurs or other giant living beings.
And of course if you want to add character to any weapon (from sword to gun), a tonal element can give it a unique and recognizable audio mark.
Most recordings were made with multiple mics, with one mic being the Earthworks QTC50, catching high frequencies and making the sfx perfect for pitching down fun.
Other mics: Neumann 81i, Schoeps MK41, Shertler Contact, Lewitt 540s, SM57
The Psychedelic Cicadas Bundle contains all three libraries of our unique cicada ambiences. Immerse your audiences in the strange, fascinating tones of this unusual insect, as captured by César Rodriguez Pulido and Guile Martins in Cerrado, Brazil. The bundle offers 165 minutes and 2.77 GB of exclusive content perfect for your natural and abstract atmosphere designs.
All sounds included were carefully captured and meticulously edited for maximum sonic quality, enabling to you drop each sample into your projects with no need for further enhancement or modification.
The entire bundle is delivered at 24Bit/48kHz, and tagged with extensive Metadata.
Warm Countryside is a collection of countryside recordings taken from late April until early September across several locations of Spain.
This library features recordings of vehicle pass bys on bumpy road surfaces, more specify, bridge joints.
There are compact vehicles which give smooth, clean yet robust whooshes. In contrast, heavy vehicles, likes trucks and trailers, give bold, intense clanging and rattling sound. These characterful pass bys, whooshes, are perfect raw material for further cinematic sound design, for example, trailer hits, transitions and more.
Content:
Location A consists of:
26x Compact Car Pass By
13x Multiple Vehicle Pass By
22x Truck Pass By
Location B consists of:
15x Light Truck Pass By
23x Medium Truck Pass By
26x Heavy Truck Pass By
Male Fighting (Vocals)
Expertly crafted Male fighting Vocals to make sure your project packs a punch!
Including:
Male Attacking
Male Fighting
Male grunts
Make attacked/ punched sounds
Male Pain sounds
and War cries
each with 3 different pitches for deeper pitched, averaged pitch and higher pitched Men.
all individual and edited so they can be used easily and effectively
Recorded and exported in 24/192khz so can be modified to suite your project.
Perfect for all forms of projects.
The Air Designed Library is filled with sounds specifically manipulated by our Audio Craftsmen to simulate various aircraft noises. Some of the sounds include; engine whistles, rumbles, thrusters and much, much more. Perfect for Action & Sci-Fi set pieces, this Library can not only be used for aircrafts, but it can also be used in various other scenarios like; air conditioning, explosions and time manipulation to mention a few.
Public Spaces France is a library of high quality backgrounds, sweeteners and walla, all recorded over several years on the city streets of France.
Cafe culture, city nightlife, metro lines, rooftops, alleyways, markets, parks and town squares; the library captures a wide range of city environments at varying times of day and season.
Real French walla with discernible speech removed, creating flexible recordings that can fit a wide range of projects.
With recordings from Paris, Toulouse and Annecy, this library offers new environments, carefully selected for their quality and utility in post production.
In the heart of the Pacific Northwest, Washington State is full of natural beauty found in many different climate zones all within a day’s drive from Seattle.
‘Geese‘ contains a massive array of wild bird sound effects recorded from various canals, rivers, reservoirs and lakes. We are the first in the world to release a nature library with a specific, extensive collection of Goose sounds, which includes flapping wings, fighting, footsteps, paddling, swimming and jumping into water, eating various types of foods, a wide array of vocalisations including groups(gaggles), pairs, individuals and much, much more.
Our Audio Craftsmen meticulously planned our field recording sessions considering time of day, weather conditions and different locations aiming to capture the full range of behaviour these animals display on a daily basis. We visited a variety of spots and spent time learning the behaviours of Geese, allowing us to capture their reactions as both individuals and groups of varying size. We recorded sounds during a variety of scenarios including eating food, fighting each other, and encountering ducks/other water birds. The huge difference in personalities between these birds allowed us to capture distinct vocalisations made while being fed, acting calm, aggressive or being threatened by rivals to their territory (even making sounds that could be mistaken for a dog, chicken or dinosaur!).
We also recorded sounds from different perspectives which include tunnels (both inside and from a far), a gaggle of Geese approaching from a distance, fighting, flying and swimming by as well as close up sounds of eating, pecking and more.
Moreover, all the sounds provided are dry in 192kHz 24Bit. Allowing for uses varying from nature documentaries through to excellent source sounds for creature and vocal design.
709 files • 32 Bit / 96 kHz • 1.37Go • 33:06 mins
Cardboard and Paper is a library with a diversity of different Books, magazines, Leaflets, Posters, maps, Little, medium and large cardboard box. The bundle includes 709 files recorded at 96khz – 24bits.
It’s a package of Manipulation of paper and cardboard. Open, Close, Page Turn, Cracking paper, Flap, page, Book impact, Crumbling paper and cardboard, Tearing and cutting.
All that you need to add and paper texture.
Each sound has been meticulously edited individually, All files were recorded and are delivered in 24bit 96kHz Broadcast Wave files, all embedded with metadata information for easy import and ensure fast and easy workflow.
Excavator Sounds is a library of a recording session during excavation work at home This bundle contains an overall recording of the work done by the excavator and many close microphones take about the Bucket scratching, pouring and digging earth and rocks, The Boom/Stick hydraulic movements, the engine idle, revs, start and stop and the squeaky metal Track rolling on the ground. The bundle includes 100 files recorded in Stereo at 96khz – 32 bits. A great tool to have for any audio production.
Excavator Sounds is a library of a recording session during excavation work at home This bundle contains an overall recording of the work done by the excavator and many close microphones take about the Bucket scratching, pouring and digging earth and rocks, The Boom/Stick hydraulic movements, the engine idle, revs, start and stop and the squeaky metal Track rolling on the ground. The bundle includes 100 files recorded in Stereo at 96khz – 32 bits. A great tool to have for any audio production.
Each sound has been meticulously edited individually. All files were recorded and are delivered in 24bit 96kHz Broadcast Wave files, all embedded with metadata information for easy import and ensure fast and easy workflow.
“The Shoe Collection: Soft Hardwood – 3 Inch Heel“ by Periscope Post & Audio, provides 22 high quality footsteps files on soft hardwood floors with the 3 inch heel. The audio files are recorded at 24bit, 192k with mono and stereo recordings. The Sennheiser MKH-60 was used for the mono files with a slightly more distant mic placement than the stereo files, which were recorded with the Sennheiser MKH8050 and the Sennheiser MKH-30 near the shoe. From different walking speeds, to jogging, sprinting, jumping, hard stops, scuffs, and more! There are several performances with each file to fit the right action you need. That’s a whopping 468 footsteps between the mono and stereo files!
These sound files are also UCS metadata tagged
Suburbs of Chicago: Woods is the 6th in the Suburbs of Chicago Series. This pack takes us deep into another suburban forest preserve. This one drapes the sky in tall trees, providing shade and plenty of trails to walk through. Watch out for small critters jumping around as one recording in this pack caught a squirrel hopping through tall grass and weeds. There are plenty of grass and leaves rustles along with bird chirps. There is also a recording over 10 minutes at the intersection, filled with passing and idle vehicles, right out side the wooded forest preserve. Recorded at 24 bit, 192 kHz using the Sennheiser MKH8050 and MKH30 into a Sound Devices Mix Pre-6.
Over an hour and a half of recordings, all metadata tagged and updated using the Universal Category System in Soundminer, Basehead, and Soundly. As in the all the other packs in this series, you will hear distant traffic and planes throughout.
Ambiences recorded during the month of March 2017 throughout a 3 weeks trip dedicated to the sonic capture.
The library comprises all aspects of the mainland Ecuadorian life, with the 3 geographical tropes: the coast, the highlands (Sierra) and the jungle (Oriente), along with diverse urban settings (in the capital city Quito, and in diverse town size, coastal, Andean and Amazonian)
The itinerary on Polar Steps:
Suburbs of Chicago: Forest Preserve is the third in the Suburbs of Chicago series. Included you will hear bird chirps, tree rustles, bike passes, distant chatter, a small brook and more! This pack consists of 17 audio files, all metadata tagged and updated using the Universal Category System in Soundminer, Basehead, and Soundly. Recorded at 24 bit, 192 kHz using the Sennheiser MKH8050 and MKH30 into a Sound Devices Mix Pre-6. Over 2 hours of recordings! Like in the other packs in this series, you will always hear distant traffic and planes, along with an overhead view of a semi busy highway cutting right through the forest preserve.
Explore the Vibrant Soundscape of South Africa with Our “Vuvuzela” sound effects library!
Dive into the rhythmic echoes of culture and celebration with our collection of Vuvuzela sounds, a truly iconic symbol of South African spirit. This library features an assortment of Vuvuzela recordings, captured from an array of distances and intensities, ensuring you have the perfect blast of sound for any project.
Whether you’re after the raw energy of a stadium atmosphere or a subtle hint of the bustling streets our mono and stereo recordings offer flexibility for your sound design needs.
Unlock the heartbeat of South Africa with these dynamic sounds that are sure to captivate and inspire!
Also available as part of the “South African Bundle” collection.
Metal Bars & Bells: 49 shimmering, oscillating bell-like sounds from various metal objects. UCS-compliant.
No actual bells were harmed in the making of these sounds – but several other metal objects were. Crow bars and stainless steel soap trays are some of the sources of these beautiful, resonant sounds; ranging from clear, distinct glockenspiel-ish, to shimmering, modulated otherworldliness. If you’ve ever wanted to add square tubular bells or wrought-iron percussion to your mix, then this is your thing.
You get:
• Clean, high quality sounds
• All files trimmed to start, for ease of use in samplers
• Several variations per recorded object = organic and expressive productions
• Metadata included in CSV and ODS (OpenOffice) formats
• Add delay & reverb, put on headphones and…Heaven…
The China: Temple Bells & Crowds sound library was recorded in two locations. The first within the Yungang Grottoes, a UNESCO World Heritage site from the Wei Dynasty era, and the second, an ancient Taoist temple built in the Tang Dynasty in the outskirts of Beijing.
The library includes recordings of large prayer bells, Buddhist wind chimes, wooden wishing sticks adorned with twinkling bells, background and foreground crowd walla in Mandarin, Chinese, birds, and other ambient sounds captured on location in stereo. We’ve also included some bonus designed sounds made from the recordings.
These authentic recordings offer a sonic window into the atmosphere of ancient Chinese temples and shrines as they exist today. The sounds can be useful for adding realism to cinematic, game, or multimedia projects requiring an accurate representation of this cultural setting, or as fodder for creating mystical and spiritual designs.
Specs:
34 Sounds – 18 Buddhist Temple, 9 Taoist Temple, 7 Designed Sounds
Total Runtime 48:44
1.64GB in Total
Stereo – 24 bit, 96kHz
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