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Nature & Countryside Ambiences Sky River Sound Nature Essentials Bundle – Volume 1 Play Track 36 sounds included $50

For those who need a broad palette of nature sounds without redundancy, I’m pleased to offer Sky River Sound Nature Essentials Bundle: Volume 1. This bundle contains all of the sounds of the essentials collections from Death Valley, Alaska and Spring in the Pacific Northwest.

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Ambisonic Sound Effects Ambisonic Vienna Play Track 11 sounds included, 60 mins total $60

Vienna, also described as Europe’s cultural capital, is a metropolis with unique charm, vibrancy and flair, and has all the inspiration that you could wish for in order to discover this wonderful part of Europe.

During a small trip from Spain to Budapest & Vienna, we managed to record the most iconic places in the city in truly 360º spatial audio ambisonic format!

We choose ambisonic for our libraries as the most adaptive format in Audio Postproduction. We serve the edited and mastered AMBIX files, and decoded surround format in Dolby ATMOS, 5.1 and ST .

We recorded around 11 beautiful tracks in ambisonic format, 48Khz and 24 bits HD. As always, top quality recordings specially designed for film audio 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!

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Cinematic & Trailer Sound Effects Bass Drops and Downers Vol. 3 Play Track 51 sounds included $21

Let’s get ready to rumble! After the success of our first two volumes, we at 344 Audio decided to return and go to even deeper depths with Bass Drops and Downers Vol. 3! Handmade by our Audio Craftsmen, these 51 effects are designed to bring drama and energy to your productions. Hand crafted using analogue synthesisers and hardware effects, they are guaranteed to give your audience the excitement and suspense you’re looking for; all recorded and supplied to you at 192khz 24bit.

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Magic & Fantasy Sound Effects Sci-Fi & Fantasy Sounds Volume 1 Play Track 108 sounds included, 12 mins total $22.50

The first pack of designed sound effects from Sky River Sound provides you with over 80 sound effects I’ve created taking inspiration from video games in the Sci-Fi and Fantasy genres. Types of sounds you’ll find include ranged and melee weapons, magic spells and rituals, vehicles, UI elements and creature sounds. The sound effects were designed to be ready to be used as they are now, but can also easily be used as building elements for further sound design.

Sale Policy: To keep things simple, I never put any of my libraries on sale or offer any kind of discount. I sell them at a reasonable price given the effort to record and compile them, I find this is the most honest and transparent approach to the sale of sound effects.

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Footsteps Sound Effects The Shoe Collection: Dirt- Hard Sole Dress Shoe Play Track 272+ sounds included $12

“The Shoe Collection: Dirt- Hard Sole Dress Shoe“ by Periscope Post & Audio, provides 22 high quality footsteps files in dirt with the hard sole 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 272 footsteps between the mono and stereo files!

These sound files are also UCS metadata tagged

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Foley Sound Effects The Shoe Collection: Soft Hardwood- Wedge Play Track 472+ sounds included $12

“The Shoe Collection: Soft Hardwood- Wedge“ by Periscope Post & Audio, provides 22 high quality footsteps files on soft hardwood floors with the wedge 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 618 footsteps between the mono and stereo files!

These sound files are also UCS metadata tagged

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Foley Sound Effects The Shoe Collection: Soft Hardwood- Leather Hard Sole Sandal Play Track 360+ sounds included $12

“The Shoe Collection: Soft Hardwood- Leather Hard Sole Sandal“ by Periscope Post & Audio, provides 22 high quality footsteps files on soft hardwood floors with the leather hard sole sandal. 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 360 footsteps between the mono and stereo files!

These sound files are also UCS metadata tagged

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Foley Sound Effects The Shoe Collection: Soft Hardwood- Platform Play Track 626+ sounds included $12

“The Shoe Collection: Soft Hardwood- Platform“ by Periscope Post & Audio, provides 22 high quality footsteps files on soft hardwood floors with the platform sandal. 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 626 footsteps between the mono and stereo files!

These sound files are also UCS metadata tagged

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Foley Sound Effects The Shoe Collection: Soft Hardwood- Rubber Sole Dress Shoe Play Track 308+ sounds included $12

“The Shoe Collection: Soft Hardwood – Rubber Sole Dress Shoe“ by Periscope Post & Audio, provides 22 high quality footsteps on soft hardwood floors with the rubber sole 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 308 footsteps between the mono and stereo files!

These sound files are also UCS metadata tagged

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Bundles Hard Effects | Bundle Play Track 14241+ sounds included $420.80

The SoundBits | Hard Effects Bundle brings together 24 general sound effects libraries of things at work, mechanics, materials, prop-interactions, friction and movements. Such as cars, (electric) tools, electric toys, doors, real whooshes and impacts, metal chains, a motor scooter, stones, handwriting, buttons, switches, antique props, bowling, animals and more.

The “HARD EFFECTS | BUNDLE”
24 LIBRARIES | 14241 FILES | 57.47 GB

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Sci-Fi Sound Effects Sci Fi | Bundle Play Track 6472+ sounds included $272

The Sci Fi | Bundle contains 16 jampacked scifi-related sound effects libraries from SoundBits at an very convincing price-performance ratio.
Everything you need for your next on screend space oddyssey. You get morphing deep space atmospheres, space ship ambiences, interstellar drones, futuristic and steampunk’ish whooshes, pass-bys and blasts, brutal impacts and of course several hundred computer, interface and UI sound effects.

The “SCI FI | BUNDLE”
16 LIBRARIES | 6472 FILES | 75.67 GB

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Environments & Ambiences Collected Ambiences – Volume 13 Play Track 50 sounds included, 275 mins total $24.50

“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 XIII

As volume X this volume also contains 50 various Stereo Ambiences.
City, Traffic, Car-Horn Chorus, Howling Wind, Roomtones, Train Control Room

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Drones & Mood Sound Effects Drones & Moods U.S.O. Bundle $133

The Drones & Moods U.S.O. Bundle includes Hologram Room – vol.1, Kyma Ambiences – vol.1 | Stereo Edition & Kyma Ambiences – vol.2 | Stereo Edition from Unidentified Sound Object. This multi-pack combo provides selected sound libraries at a savings of 25% off the retail price.

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Car Sound Effects Ford Puma 1997 sports car Play Track 206 sounds included, 48 mins total $65

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 only available in UCS.

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Foley Sound Effects Zastava AR 51 1954 military off-road LUV light utility vehicle Play Track 161 sounds included, 43 mins total $65

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 only available in UCS.

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Car Sound Effects Compact Cars 3 Play Track 2385 sounds included, 412 mins total $250

Compilation of 10 different compact cars. Sounds are recorded with RØDE NTG1, RØDELink Lav, Line Audio Omni1, Shure KSM137, Shure VP88, Sonorous Objects SO.3 FEL Pluggy XLR EM272 and FEL Clippy XLR EM272 microphones, Sound Devices MixPre-6 II, Zoom F3 recorders. Library contains wav files of driving, interior and exterior foley, mechanical and electrical sounds.

Packs included:
Automobilwerk Eisenach Wartburg 1.3 1988 compact car
BMW 1 Series E87 2004 compact car
Kia Ceed 2006 compact car
Lada Riva 1980 compact car
Opel Astra H 2004 compact car
Renault Megane 1999 compact car
Seat Leon 2005 Compact Car
Skoda Octavia 2004 compact car
Volkswagen Golf 2008 compact car
Zastava Florida 1988 compact car

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Car Sound Effects Hyundai Tiburon 1999 sports car Play Track 236 sounds included, 47 mins total $65

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 only available in UCS.

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Hum, Buzz & Glitch Sound Effects Massive Soldering Play Track 426 sounds included, 15 mins total $29.99

MASSIVE SOLDERING – 426 files of solder sound effects, from several component repair sessions. From quick zips and zaps, to burning, sizzling and melting sears. Massive Soldering comes in at over 15 minutes, of metallic hisses and harsh bubbling. Bring the power of metallic vapors to your next project. Recorded at 192kHz and 32bit, using microphones capable of recording ultrasonic frequencies. Massive Soldering filenames are in the Universal Category System format with additional Metadata baked-in.
Don’t need a Massive amount of Solder sound effects? We offer ‘Mini’ sound effect libraries as companions for all of our ‘Massive’ sound effect libraries. All recordings are unique to each library with no overlap. Go Mini today, and upgrade to the corresponding Massive library later, when you need more of that particular sound effect.

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Hum, Buzz & Glitch Sound Effects Mini Soldering Play Track 50 sounds included, 2 mins total $6.99

MINI SOLDERING – 50 files of solder sound effects, from several component repair sessions. From quick zips and zaps, to burning, sizzling and melting sears. Mini Soldering comes in at over 2 minutes, of metallic hisses and harsh bubbling. Bring the power of metallic vapors to your next project. Recorded at 192kHz and 32bit, using microphones capable of recording ultrasonic frequencies. Mini Soldering filenames are in the Universal Category System format with additional Metadata baked-in.
Looking for a Massive amount of Solder sound effects? We offer ‘Massive’ sound effect libraries as companions for all of our ‘Mini’ sound effect libraries. All recordings are unique to each library with no overlap. Go Mini today, and upgrade to the corresponding Massive library later, when you need more of that particular sound effect.

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Ambisonic Sound Effects Red Deer Play Track 13+ sounds included $70

A small collection of High quality, close up red deer recordings.

Red Deer Roars and Moans and other vocalisations from different habitats. (mountainous areas and forest)

Recorded over the years during the rutting season, varying distances but mostly up close and face to face with this loud and scary mammal.

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Cinematic & Trailer Sound Effects Twilight Fear Drone Loops Play Track 260 sounds included, 158 mins total $34
Swirl in a vortex of suspenseful audio with Twilight Fear Drone Loops. A fine tuned collection of drones, atmospherics and cinematic horror textures designed to evoke a sense of foreboding and tension. Get 260 custom created atmospheric and textural background loops that are perfect for creating a haunting environment filled with vampires, ghosts, undead and paranormal creatures.

Create your own suspense and tension filled immersive audio experience with ease. Whether you’re setting the scene of a chilling horror film soundtrack, a tense apocalyptic video game, a spooky haunted house, even a crop circle installation, these fear-inducing drone loops provide the sonic foundation to ensnare your audience in a web of uncertainty.
- 260 Total tension and suspense drone loops – royalty free
- All in 24-bit / 96kHz WAV
- 5+ GB of samples and loops
- 118 sound sets / glued files
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Destruction & Impact Sounds High-Freq Havoc Play Track 742 sounds included $49
Electromagnetic Interference and Electronic Chaos Sound Library

Ever found yourself staring at a screen that reads, “Sorry, we are experiencing technical difficulties”? It always seems to happen at the worst possible moment. Have you ever wondered what those “technical difficulties” actually sound like? The answer is right here in the High-Freq Havoc – Electromagnetic Interference and Electronic Chaos Sound Library. When you hear these sounds, chances are something isn’t quite right.

High-Freq Havoc is a trouble-inspired collection of sounds and SFX designed to transmit tension and stress into your project, perfect for moments when “The system is down” or “Something bad is about to happen.” This sound library is packed with a variety of compelling audio elements, including buzzing currents, sharp tonal hums, modulated static, broken transmissions, and both digital and analog EMF noise sources. Whether you’re a sound designer, filmmaker, audio supervisor or indie hobbyist, High-Freq Havoc provides the perfect sounds to signal troubling times ahead.

Get your hands on the High-Freq Havoc – Electromagnetic Interference and Electronic Chaos Sound Library today and capture the attention of your audience with authentic, tension-filled audio.
- 742 total files for wreaking high-freq havoc
- All in 24-bit / 96kHz WAV plus other convenient formats
- 6+ GB of sound for endless possibilities
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Game Audio Packs - Game Sound Effects Libraries Glitch Vault Play Track 500 sounds included, 19 mins total $44
Don’t touch that dial. There’s nothing wrong with the audio in your system. We are controlling glitch transmissions. We control the horizontal malfunction. We control the vertical distortion. We can change the resolution to 8 bit grunge or sharpen to HD crystal clarity. We repeat: there is nothing wrong with the audio in your system. For the next 19 minutes, you are about to participate in a great audio adventure with Glitch Vault sound effects. A dynamic collection of malfunction, error, noise, static, electromagnetic, sci-fi, steampunk, space and interference sounds for infusion directly into your auditory nerves.

Dead on for futuristic or retro sci-fi, building otherworldly atmospheres, layering abstract textures into cinematic trailers, forging interactive sound designs for VR. Glitch Vault gives you the tools to push your sound design to the edge. A loud and lovely mix of tonal chaos, rhythmic pulses, and data-inspired glitches make Glitch Vault an ideal choice for science fiction, cyberpunk, horror, suspense, industrial and experimental projects where sonic malfunction and electro energy take center stage.

Experience the mystery and mayhem which reaches from the inner ear to the outer limits. Listen and enjoy the ride with Glitch Vault.
- 500 sounds for glitichification of any audio project
- All in 24bit / 96kHz WAV plus other convenient formats
- 800+ MB of glitch sounds and effects
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Ice Sound Effects Deep Ice Play Track 133 sounds included $60

Deep Ice is a unique sound collection capturing the organic power and delicate beauty of ice in motion. Recorded with precision on frozen lakes, this library offers an immersive palette of crystalline cracks, deep impacts, and pure debris.
You will find:
– Under-ice recordings with an Aquarian H2d hydrophone: deep cracks and resonant fractures
– Surface recordings in XY stereo with Schoeps CCM4: sharp impacts, hits, textures, cracks, and debris
These sounds are ideal for films and series sound design, video games, and musicals creations. Each recording has been carefully cleaned and formatted to UCS standards.

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Re-recording Mixer, Walt Disney Animation Studios:
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There are many great independent sound effect libraries available these days. The main problem with having so many, is keeping track of them!

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