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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
“The Shoe Collection: Soft Hardwood- Leather Dress Shoe“ by Periscope Post & Audio, provides 22 high quality footsteps files on soft hardwood floors with the leather dress shoe. 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 448 footsteps between the mono and stereo files!
These sound files are also UCS metadata tagged
Strengthen your productions with characteristic, intimate and authentic European city ambiences including:
Daytimes & Seasons • Historical Places • Cultural Sites • Transportation & Traffic • People • Industrial • Abstract • Commercial • Natural Environments • Location Perspectives
Enjoy Europe with its rich variety of sound palettes throughout all different countries from city to city.
The sounds come without much action in the foreground to provide a very clear and detailed acoustic image of each environment, giving you the perfect background noise layer to break the silence in your post production project.
The recorded locations vary from streets and restaurants over squares, harbors, markets, commercial areas, parks, and busy shopping areas to industrial zones and construction sites. This library can easily be used in stereo productions as well. Either choose the listening angle yourself or use the stereo version (included in 3D SURROUND).
What’s inside
It’s Cold… It’s Dark… And the snow has frozen over…. Time To Shovel
Driveway Ice Snow Shoveling is a collection of Shoveling Recordings and various ambiences taken while shoveling.
Shovel Recordings recorded using the LOM UsI Pro Microphones feeding into the Zoom H1 Recorder, at 24 bit, 96kHz, clamped onto the shovel. Recordings include Digs, Scrapes, Scoops, Debris, Pokes, Stabs, and more!
Ambience recordings recorded using the Sony D100 Recorder, at 24 it, 192kHz, at various positions. Recordings Include Distant Shoveling, Car Pass Bys, Icy and Crunchy!
Stay in the nice warm house.
All files are meta-data tagged and updated using the Universal Category System in Soundminer, Basehead, and Soundly.
Voice of God is a versatile sfx pack that will provide you with a large selection of game phrases recorded by a deep male character.
Inside are +400 lines of text, and +1200 files; It includes useful words and functional phrases (Directives, Orders, Instructions, Helps, Commands, Comments); Along others god-like related scripts.
This sublime holy voice character will perfectly match out-of-the-screen voice-over or narratives, that requires neutral, divine, authoritative, sacred, or challenging moods.
All files are professionally edited and mastered, ready to use in any projects, meta-tagged, and available in 96KHz/24bits and 44KHz/16bits.
PRE-BAKED AND DRY
3 versions included which provide you more creative possibilities:
• Dry (the original recordings well edited)
• Wet (already applied effects that reinforce ‘god-like’ character)
• Wet Stereo (same applied effects but in Stereo)
“Collected Ambiences“ – Series description:
Each library of the “Collected Ambiences“ series features 33 various Stereo Ambiences.
All recorded with Sound Devices 744T, Sonosax SX-R4+, Sennheiser MKH8040 ORTF, Sennheiser MKH8050 + MK30 MS, RODE NT1-A or Sony PCM-D100.
All files were cleaned, edited and most of the files loop seamlessly.
Collected Ambiences – Volume XII
Countryside, Heavy Duty Gardening, Riverside, Rain, Zeppelin, Garden, Trainstations
Voices of the Farm captures the vibrant and authentic soundscape of rural life, recorded over several years in barns, stables, fields, and farmyards across Asia, America, Africa, and Europe. From the deep lowing of cattle and the playful bleats of goats to the piercing calls of roosters at dawn and the gentle ambience of open pastures, this collection reveals the true voices and atmosphere of the countryside.
The library includes over 500 sounds, organized into 122 files:
100 focused recordings of individual animals and groups
22 natural ambiences captured in real working environments such as barns, stables, meadows, chicken coops, and open fields
All recordings are carefully edited, organized by species, and fully UCS-compliant with detailed metadata, ready for direct use in Soundminer and professional workflows. The clear folder structure makes navigation simple and efficient.
Whether you need the quiet intimacy of a single goat bleat, the energetic life of a barnyard, or the pastoral calm of rural landscapes, Voices of the Farm offers a versatile sonic palette ideal for film, television, games, and interactive projects.
Many of these recordings also serve as a great foundation for creature sound design, thanks to their expressive textures and organic tonal qualities.
Authentic British walla and crowd atmospheres recorded in pubs, restaurants, beer gardens, cinemas, and bustling high streets of Liverpool and Manchester. From soft pub murmurs to lively, drunken conversations, this library delivers the unmistakable buzz of British public life — perfect for film, TV, and game sound design.
Bring the unmistakable sound of Britain to your projects with this exclusive, carefully curated library of walla, crowd, and conversational recordings. Captured across a variety of real-world locations in Liverpool, Manchester, and surrounding Northern cities, this collection of almost 3 HOURS delivers the true sonic texture of British life.
From the gentle hum of pub chatter to the raucous energy of beer gardens, every recording has been designed to transport your audience straight into the heart of bustling British spaces.
What You’ll Hear:
Pub & Bar Walla – from quiet weekday pints to lively weekend nights
Restaurant Crowd Atmos – natural, conversational dining environments
Exterior Bar & Beer Garden – laughter, glasses clinking, distant conversations
Young Adults Playing Games – perfect for casual social settings
Cinema Pre-Screening Hushed Walla – intimate, anticipatory crowd murmur
Scouse / Liverpool Accent Exterior Vox (Miscellaneous) – a true regional flavour
Drunk Conversations – rowdy, slurred, and full of character
Family Playing Games Next Door – subtle, domestic walla for off-screen scenes
Whether you’re designing sound for film, television, games, or immersive audio experiences, this library gives you access to an authentic palette of British public life that’s hard to capture elsewhere.
Hello Creators!
Here’s my new pack: “Minimalistic Clicks SFX (UI)“
100 Clicks!
I wanted to create a sound pack of “clicks” but this kind of clicks that sound more minimalistic, more subtle :)
They can be used in different styles of video games or other media projects.
I hope you enjoy implementing this sounds in your project!
Related Packs (created by me)
Coins Sounds
General UI Sounds
Making-Off
All this sounds were originally recorded with a Zoom H6 (cardiod microphone), and were processed in Logic Pro X, mainly editing the recorded material but also I used the Logix Pro X sampler.
A powerful collection of 108 extreme wind ambiences, recorded on a remote sub-Antarctic research station in the Southern Ocean by Andy Leeder.
Ranging from 50 to 150km per hour gusts, Sub-Antarctic Winds delivers raw recordings of both interior and exterior storms — including howling winds with open doors, turbulent gusts outside, and reverberant building-shaking hollows.
Captured over a full 12 months, you’ll hear the strongest southern ocean winds and storms of the year. From locations across the island, inside a vast array of research station structures, and outside in the elements among the cold, sands and tussocks.
These wind ambiences will be perfect for setting the scene in wild weather films, games and other projects. They impose a powerful environment and lend authenticity to any extreme moment you create, indoors or outdoors, or even otherworldly winds with recordings from unique research station locations.
Sound Boosters – Affordable, Premium-Quality Libraries to Elevate Your Creative Workflow!
Big, Large, Massive, MEGA GEAR! Boost your sound palette with ultrasonic sounds that can be pitched, stretched, and manipulated to mechanical extremes. Add the perfect punch to your creations with designed mechanical snaps, creaks and massive machine motion. Whether you’re building from scratch or enhancing your sounds, Mega Gear delivers the raw power and intensity your project demands.
This pack includes:
• 181 ultrasonic and designed sounds for extreme manipulation
• Massive mechanical actions including metal gears, creaks, snaps and stomps
• Massive Machine Motion Sequences
• Perfect for steampunk, puzzle, city builder, horror, survival or factory games
• Fully UCS-standardized filenames, with rich metadata
With a minimum of 8 variations per action, this library is perfectly suited for both game audio and film, offering the versatility and depth required for high-quality production!
All files are recorded 32bit, 192 kHz, with RØDE NTG1, Line Audio Omni1 and FEL Clippy XLR EM272 microphones, Sound Devices MixPre-6 II recorder. Library contains wav files of driving, interior and exterior foley, mechanical and electrical sounds. It is also available in UCS.
WINTER WITHOUT THE FILTER
SEASONS OF EARTH – EUROPEAN WINTER: AUTHENTIC SNOW & ICE SOUND EFFECTS
Step into a world of pure winter ambience where every snow sound, creaking tree and distant wolf howl is captured exactly as it happened. European Winter gives you ice sound effects and snow sound effects that aren’t dressed up or sweetened – they’re field recordings, honest and raw. Perfect for when your scenes need authentic winter sounds that feel truly alive.
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EXTRA STORMS – is an auxiliary sound library containing 153 unique sound effect files of storms. From distant brewing storms and slow growing showers to windy thrashing torments and bombastic cracks. Whether it’s a background of booming thunder and rain or a windy storm you’re looking for; This Extra sound effects library will help supplement the moody weather needs, of your next project. Extra Storms comes in at over 4 hours 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.
Panormos is a small town in Greece. You can hear the sounds of waves from the road overlooking the beach, and people playing and having fun in the sea. The town also has ambient sounds of cicadas, distant human movement, muffled walla, and cars passing by. At night, very light cicadas and distant cats can be heard. There’s also the sound of waves lapping at the dock and boat creaks.
The town features a main road with cafes, noisy cicadas, and trucks. Buses arrive and depart, and there are other large vehicles. You might hear random Greek men shouting in the street.
From a hotel balcony in Panormos, you can hear background air conditioning, sporadic cicadas, distant chatter, and very distant birds. At other times, constant but quiet cicadas, close voices, and people playing in the pool are audible. In the early morning, quiet cicadas, noisy swifts, and distant cockerels can be heard. Near the town church, you can hear distant wall and closer movement, along with light wood pigeons.
A detailed collection of high-quality recordings of tableware interactions. Featuring a wide variety of spoons, forks, knives, cups, plates, and glasses on different surfaces — glass, wood, and cloth — this library captures everything from soft placements to sharp impacts, delicate clinks, drags, and realistic handling. Perfect for enhancing realism in film, TV, games, and sound design.
Serve up realism with our Table Tennis Sound Effects Library, featuring high-quality recordings of every aspect of the game—serves, rallies, smashes, bounces, and more. Captured in professional settings, these sounds provide crisp, authentic detail perfect for film, TV, games, and podcasts. Each file is UCS-metatagged for effortless integration into your workflow, ensuring fast search and organization. Whether you’re creating a high-stakes sports scene or casual gameplay atmosphere, this library delivers the sonic accuracy your production needs.
Unlock the power of high-quality audio with our Electric Bike Flight Risk Sound Effects Pack. This collection features 39 meticulously recorded sounds at 24-bit, 96kHz for stunning clarity. Each sound is tagged with UCS metadata for seamless integration into your projects. Perfect for enhancing electric bike simulations, video games, or multimedia applications, these sounds capture every detail of the ride. Elevate your audio with professional-grade, immersive effects designed for realistic and dynamic experiences.
Step into the unexpected tranquility of a world often overlooked. Yogyakarta Hospital Ambience is an immersive sonic journey that captures the raw and unfiltered sounds of life within one of Indonesia’s most bustling medical centers. Recorded with care and precision, this album offers a rich tapestry of hospital noises: the soft hum of fluorescent lights, the distant murmur of nurses’ conversations, the faint beeps of monitoring equipment, the shuffle of shoes on tile floors, and the occasional soft voice of patients or visitors in passing.
Sound Effect Stacks, known for their meticulous field recordings, has brought the intricate details of hospital life to your ears, transforming the mundane into something meditative. This album does more than just document – it invites listeners to reflect on the subtle beauty that exists in these everyday sounds, to find a sense of calm in the chaos, and to experience the therapeutic power of ambient sound.
Perfect for those seeking ambient soundscapes to study, meditate, or simply unwind, Yogyakarta Hospital Ambience offers a captivating and unique auditory experience. Whether you’re interested in sound design, field recording, or simply exploring the ambient textures of human life, this album opens a window into a space we often overlook.
Dive deep into the sounds of Yogyakarta’s healthcare environment and discover the quiet symphony that plays in the background of our shared human experience.
This sound library has been captured during an open-access day at a motorbike racetrack. The recordings deliver the raw energy of motorcycles pushed to their limits in a real-world setting.
Multiple sessions were recorded from various perspectives: the final corner, the main straight, and a distant position capturing the broader soundscape. The library features a mix of stereo setups for close passbys, a mono microphone for focused character, and an ambisonic rig offering an ambient perspective. A wide range of engine types are represented, from small-displacement bikes to high-performance machines.
From sharp corner entries to high-speed flybys, this library offers a dynamic range of passbys, approaches, and ambiences ideal for motorsport scenes, racing games, or high-energy sound design.
Gear used
Zoom F6 • MixPre-6 II • 722 • Usi Pro • MKH30 • MKH8040 • Kmr81i • NT-SF1
Metadata
This sound library is UCS compliant and comes with fully embedded metadata compatible with Soundly, Soundminer and Basehead.
All files are recorded 32bit, 192 kHz, with RØDE NTG1 & FEL Clippy XLR EM272 microphones, Sound Devices MixPre-6 II recorder. Library contains wav files of driving and mechanical sounds. It is also available in UCS.
We recently visited Shanghai, and our BNB had an electric mahjong table — so naturally, we recorded it. Hear all the mechanical sounds it makes, from the magnetic dice roller to the automatic shuffler and dispenser. We also captured manual shuffling, as well as tile and table foley. Many of these sounds can be repurposed for designed mech SFX as well.
This library features a Sonic Snapshot into the sonic signature of Shanghai, China. Hear traffic ambiences from a city with the world’s highest EV adoption rate, street sweeper bells played by workers driving three-wheeled trucks loaded with cardboard, walla from art galleries and metro stations, and the low-frequency drones of passing ships in the Huangpu River at the Shanghai Bund.
All files are recorded 32bit, 192 kHz, with RØDE NTG1, Line Audio Omni1 and FEL Clippy XLR EM272 microphones, Sound Devices MixPre-6 II recorder. Library contains wav files of driving and foley, mechanical and electrical sounds. It is also available in UCS.
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