Electricity Sound Effects

Electrical zaps, electricity current sparks and other power, thunder and lightning crackling sounds. Also check out the Hums, Buzz & Glitches category

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Car Sound Effects Electric Vehicles vol. 1: Renault Fluence Play Track 111 sounds included, 123 mins total $50

Looking for electric car sounds? This library delivers 111 files / 123 minutes of 96k recordings in mono and stereo of the Renault Fluence Dynamique electric vehicle.

The Reanult Fluence was one of the first medium sized electric vehicles in Europe, originally produced in 2012. The car is based on the Renault Megane conventional vehicle.

In these recordings, we have recorded the engine with contact mics, capturing the raw sound of the otherwise very quiet electric engine.

We also have a lot of tire sounds on different surfaces, gravel, asphalt and rumble strips on the highway, as well as passby sounds.

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Environments & Ambiences The VHS & Betamax Sessions Play Track 159 sounds included, 180 mins total $20

The VHS & Betamax Sessions assembles a collection of vintage, lo-fi sounds taken from over 80 tapes from everybody’s favorite magnetic video recording formats.

Inside this collection, you’ll find over 3 hours of background ambiences taken from assorted home videos, ranging from sports crowds, outdoor ambiences, water parks, amongst other oddities; ready to be dropped onto the late 70s, early 80s flavored projects and retro-futuristic user interfaces.

Complementing the material found inside the tapes, there’s also rewind, fast forward, tape insertion and removal sounds from both players for your foley aspirations.

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Sci-Fi Sound Effects Inaccuracy Play Track 152 sounds included, 15 mins total $22

“INACCURACY” is a collection of 152 digital glitches, errors and malfunctions. These sounds were created using a great variety of audio sources (from vocalizations to, even, designed Sci-Fi weapons) processed with extreme changes in time, velocity and pitch to obtain very direct and aggressive glitches.

The sounds in “INACCURACY” are great for any kind of Sci-Fi production (games, trailers and movies).

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Destruction & Impact Sounds Designed Sci-Fi Play Track 546+ sounds included, 90 mins total
Rated 5.00 out of 5
$25
Designed Sci-Fi features 546 cinematic sci-fi sound effects, alien textures, ambiences, drones, space cities, deserted crystalline caverns, vast hives of digital insects, distressed metal impacts, abstract user interface sounds, transitions, and more.

Created with modular synth equipment (Mutable Instruments, Intellijel, Doepfer, Erica Synths, Make Noise, Arturia, Expert Sleepers, 2hp, Ladik) recorded into an Emu E5000Ultra Sampler, then processed digitally using a variety of techniques and high-end effects.
Designed Sci-Fi highlights:

546 24bit / 96kHz WAV files / 700+ Sounds / UCS (Universal Category System) Meta-tagged (Soundminer)

104 Alien Textures

46 Harmonic Textures

30 Simple Textures

50 Ambient Effects

108 Chaotic Effects

93 Nano Effects

38 Organic Effects

77 Transition Effects
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Sci-Fi Sound Effects Light Sabre Play Track 63 sounds included, 5+ mins total $9

Ok, ok, before you hit the preview button…back in school a friend made a short film with lots of fighting and light sabres. Who doesn’t want to try their hand at making those? This was my valiant attempt as a fledgling sound designer. They ain't the real thing but perhaps useful nonetheless. Enjoy!

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Sci-Fi Sound Effects Broken Robot Play Track 87 sounds included $12.99

This library is a small “utility” collection of sounds great for use as Robot/Machines but also great for UI and Weapon design elements. Servos, various metal objects and analog synths were recorded as source material to create this library. The library includes raw servo recordings and meticulously performed or designed robotic/machine-like sounds.

Bonus – Forge Sound Design Tool Sample Map

If you own the Forge Sound Design Toolkit this library also comes with a specially curated sample map. The sample map can be loaded into the sampler for randomization and the creation of more complex sounds.

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Environments & Ambiences Thunder & Rain Play Track 46+ sounds included, 23 mins total $13

Thunder & Rain is a sound library that delivers the recordings of two storms. It includes a total of 46 audio files, split into three folders: STEREO, MS and UPMIX 5.1. It also comes with 40 audio files in the AS REC MS (NO De-Noise) folder.

De-noise was applied to most of the recordings, to only preserve thunder FX, but you have the NO De-Noise folder included too.

Create your own thunder ambiences with the included Winds/Storm/Rain files (in the preview below, I used the Rain file in addition to thunder files).

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Hum, Buzz & Glitch Sound Effects Phono Play Track 108 sounds included
Rated 5.00 out of 5
$15

Looking for vinyl noises, crackles, pops and buzzes? PHONO is a set of textures lovingly recorded from the blank spots of old and new vinyl records.

Comprised of various loops pops and decays, this collection spans the range of what a needle on an empty track can sound like.

108 flavors of rhythmic noise, crackles, hiss, pops, buzzes, bumps and air – packaged, looped, and ready to go. Great straight or with fx.

Note: Can be used without Kontakt too! All Kontakt instrument libraries include fully unlocked and accessible metadata tagged .wav files. You don't need any version of Kontakt to use these files as a standalone sample library.

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Electricity Sound Effects Hard Drives Play Track 385 sounds included, 1 mins total $64

The Hard Drives sound effects library features recordings of four hard disk drives (3.5 inch – 5400 & 7200 RPM). All essential hard drive sounds are included (boot up, read/write/copy/delete, power down) that will work great for general computer sounds and ambience.

Each hard drive was opened up, manipulated, and ultimately destroyed to create a collection of raw, abstract and unique sounds. Found materials such as metal, cardboard, plastic, and tools were used to control the hard drive's motor, platter, and head actuator. These sounds work especially well for creating the sounds of mechanical robot movements, electric motors, and futuristic machinery.

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Electricity Sound Effects Analog Noise Play Track 327 sounds included $29.95

A sound library of the organic electronic world of inherent signal noise created from analog sources.

Sounds include hum, buzz, hiss, static, distortion & overdriving, feedback loops, signal malfunction, dropouts, crackling, fuzz, and glitch.

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Hum, Buzz & Glitch Sound Effects Signal Interference Play Track 40 sounds included, 40 mins total $12

Signal Interference contains 40 feedback loops generated from a no-input mixer, each running for 1 minute for a total of 40 minutes of audio corruption. These unique sonic textures feature crackles, hums, buzzes and glitches to suit a wide array of multimedia projects which require the sounds of malfunctioning machinery, twisted signals and future tech gone wrong.

All files are 24 Bit/96 kHz with embedded metadata.

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Mechanical Sound Effects Electric Motors Play Track 148 sounds included $12

Electric Motors is a collection of 148 recordings of small and large motors performing various activities, including rotations, general movement, pulses, speed changes and more.

The collection is divided into 10 folders, according to the sound type:
• Changing: 8 (Moderating from one speed or position to another)
• Cooling: 3 (Slowing down and cooling after being deactivated)
• Function: 5 (Various multi speed movements)
• Long: 21 (Long sustained single movements)
• Medium: 20 (Short and medium length single movements)
• Part: 8 (Functioning singles machine parts, isolated from the main unit)
• Pulse Multiple: 31 (Multiple energy pulses)
• Pulse Single: 29 (Single energy pulses)
• Rotator: 15 (Rotating sounds)
• Unstable: 8 (Broken and unstable motors)

All sounds recorded and edited at 24-bit / 96kHz, with embedded meta data and accompanying spreadsheet.

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Hum, Buzz & Glitch Sound Effects Optical Drives Play Track 280 sounds included $64

The Optical Drives sound effects library features recordings of computer optical disc drives (two internal desktop CD/DVD-R and one internal laptop slim CD/DVD-R slot-load).

Two induction coil pickups were used to record the electromagnetic fields emitted by the drives, capturing a very unique set of sounds and textures. These range from sharp percussive bleeps, glitchy static and noise, to electromechanical motor sounds, and drones. You'll find use for many applications, including UI interface design, transitions, sci-fi, robot/servo sounds, technology, and computer sound effects.

Recordings include all functions of the DVD drives, e.g. disc loading, reading, writing/burning, spin up/down, errors, and disc ejecting. Also, each drive was taken apart and manipulated to create additional sounds.

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Hum, Buzz & Glitch Sound Effects Radio Imaging SFX Play Track 50 sounds included $25

RADIO IMAGING SELECTION is a collection of 50 stereo 24-bit 44.1Khz radio ready imaging elements for CHR and HOT AC radio Jingles, StationID, Liners and Dj Drops.

All sounds are royalty free and ready to be included in your radio productions.

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Sci-Fi Sound Effects Slinky Pews and Pows Play Track 156+ sounds included, 24 mins total $5

Sounds for you to use for sci fi lasers, thin sheets of ice and electricity popping sounds recorded with a contact microphone and a slinky.

Inspired by thin ice sound recordings and huge pictures of power lines, I recorded a slinky with a contact microphone in order to get some sounds for some thin ice. I ended up with a lot of sci fi lasers and “star trek torpedos.” With some cool bouncing popping electricity stuff, take a listen and pick up a copy to throw in your library when creating sci fi stuff and/or some electricity being sent through power lines!!

Here is a little demo. I think some cool sounds were captured. with the 96k recording you can pitch it quite harshly and get some fine stuff…..the last 2 laser “blasts” have been pitched for you to hear. the first one at 20% of the original speed and the last at 15%. Feel free to send me an email if you want to hear more.

Don't be fooled at the size of 350mb and 24 minutes….there is all the sounds you could want from a slinky in here. :D

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Electricity Sound Effects Electricity – Sparks N Arcs Play Track 218+ sounds included $79

Need electrical sounds? Electricity-Sparks N Arcs delivers more than 200 files of 12,000 volt sparking electrical arcs, industrial welders, electrical shorts, Taser gun discharges, Van Der Graph Generator and custom-made Jacob’s Ladder for those classic sci-fi lab effects… even the sounds of the electrocution of an innocent pickle.

These hard-to-find sounds of massive power and electricity are perfect for adding sizzle to video games, movie projects and multimedia.

All sounds were recorded at 96k/24 bit with multiple microphones. Embedded with metadata (Soundminer, Broadcast Wav)

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Bundles The Complete Collection Play Track 1582+ sounds included, 521 mins total $100
The Complete Collection contains 1582+ sound effects from every sound library that we have released so far. It features Sci-Fi, Fire, Ice, Mecha, Rocks, and Plastic sound effects and field recordings, including ambiences, drones, textures, swooshes / wooshes, impacts, glitches, sequences, and more. Royalty-free.

Included libraries:
- Designed Sci-Fi – 546 files / 3.06 GB
- Designed Fire – 255 files / 1.17 GB
- Designed Circuits – 272 files / 1.58 GB
- Designed Mecha – 47 files / 190 MB
- Designed Ice – 47 files / 236 MB
- Designed Rocks – 60 files / 309 MB
- Designed Plastic – 146 files / 490 MB
- Designed Atmospheres – 82 files / 4.47 GB
- Designed Glitch Scenes – I – 30 files / 745 MB
- Designed Statics – 53 files / 1.07 GB
- City Ambiences: Berlin – 44 files / 5.9 GB
- 9+ Hours in total
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Mechanical Sound Effects 70 Servo Sounds Play Track 70 sounds included $29

This is your library for authentic servo sounds used for robotics, motors or sci-fi. It features over 70 servo motor sounds in stereo. Only professional servos from rc-planes were recorded. Finish your next project in lightning speed. Simply drag and drop the sounds into your DAW.

Key features:

• More than 70 servo motor sounds (100 MB)
• Slow, medium and fast servo movements + buzz and hum sounds
• One sound per file for easy and fast workflow
• No contact mic recordings, only condenser mics were used for natural sounding files
• 24 Bit / 96 kHz / WAV / stereo / low noise recording – perfect for pitching
• EBU/BWF and WAV-Metadata made with Soundminer for use in any DAW
• All sounds are royalty free and instantly downloadable

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Ambisonic Sound Effects Ambisonic – Synthetic Sphere Play Track 10 sounds included, 51 mins total From: $5

Synthetic Sphere is a collection of spatialised synthetic pads, mixed in an ambisonic format for a complete 360 interactive soundtrack. Multiple layers of pads, tones and amorphic FX are spreaded across the sphere, resulting in a truly immersive experience. These pads include gentle movement across 3D space, creating rich ambiances but without catching to much of the listener attention.

This collection is great for post production, VR/AR experiences, game developers and any real-time 3D audio engine.

All files are tagged and categorized for your convenience – supporting tag filtering browsing applications.

This package includes 10 Samples – Total 51 minutes of content.

Supported formats: First Order AmbiX and Stereo (Total of 20 files).

Download a B-Format Ambix demo here: Demo

The library is also available in a stereo only version.

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Environments & Ambiences Nature’s Fury: Rain, Wind, Thunder Play Track 197 sounds included, 300 mins total $135

Nature’s Fury: Rain, Wind, Thunder is a massive collection of storm sounds to help you build your environments.

Whether you need a light rain ambience all the way up to heavy rain, howling winds, and cracking and rumbling thunder blowing through your scene – we have you covered. We even isolated some low rumbling thunder to be used in your sound design.

Consider this a storm toolkit that comes with three 4-minute long 5.1 surround designed thunderstorms to get you started!

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Mechanical Sound Effects Servo Play Track 600+ sounds included $75

A collection of motor and machine sounds, recorded in ultra-HD 24-bit 192k resolution. You’ll find a variety of electric motor sounds in this library, from sources such as cameras, car electronics, tools, pencil sharpeners, shavers, immersion blenders, disc ejects, radio controlled (RC) cars and many more. All ready to bring your robots and sci-fi scenes to life.

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Drones & Mood Sound Effects Harsh Noise Play Track 40 sounds included, 40 mins total $12

Harsh Noise is a collection of analog feedback loop manipulations where traditional audio equipment is pushed to extremes and sent spiralling out of control.

Featuring glitched-out signal malfunctions, huge walls of noise and piercing high-frequency tones, these sounds will really set the mood for any abstract scenes, unsettling moments or technological nightmare situations in your productions, particularly if working to a horror, science fiction, dystopian or experimental theme.

With each file coming in at 1 minute in length and recorded at a high resolution of 24/96, you are invited to go beyond the source material and explore your own sonic territory by way of editing, filtering and processing to suit your needs.

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Drones & Mood Sound Effects Circuits Play Track 30 sounds included, 27 mins total $39

A collection of textural recordings of electric and electronic sound sources.

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Travel & Transportation Subway Play Track 58+ sounds included, 133 mins total $49

An in-depth collection of subway recordings, captured in Kyiv, Ukraine. There are platform ambiences, train interior and exterior, escalators, underground tunnels with people.
Recorded in quadro on Nevaton MC 50 QUAD; in double-MS on Oktava MK-012 set; in stereo on AKG C414 pair. The double-MS recordings were encoded to quadro and the sources (Mid, Side, Rear) included as well.
DMS at the end of file name means Double-MS recording; Quadro means direct quadro recording; AKG means stereo recording.

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