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Sound effects and recordings of various surfaces, textures, objects and elements – soft, hard, organic, wooden, stone, metallic and lots more
Bowed Cymbal is a collection of 100 bowed cymbal samples using broken cymbals, which gives some very unique tonalities. Also included are 4 sequences designed in 5.1 surround to help spark your creative juices.
Have you ever dreamt of attacking a piano with a metal mallet? Dream no more! This library is available in two versions, a discounted bundle, and also in the further discounted “2017 InspectorJ Bundle” for 50% off!
The sounds have been mapped to Kontakt 5 patches for quicker playing (requires the full version of Kontakt 5), but the raw files are also included. The five different samplers offer you a wide variety of durations:
• Damped instantly (84 sounds; five octaves)
• Damped after 1 second (97 sounds; seven octaves)
• Damped after 2 seconds (97 sounds; seven octaves)
• Damped after 5 seconds (88 sounds; six octaves)
• Sustained fully (97 sounds; seven octaves)
The Norway sound library comes with 44 unique Norwegian sounds (58+ minutes of playtime), featuring recordings of animals and insects, atmosphere, beach waves, glacier sounds, mountain stream, steps and vehicles.
Laundry Mangles is a library full of sounds from vintage machines that once where used in many public washhouses. In some locations they are in use even today.
Basically, the weight of a huge box filled with stones was used to press big pieces of linen, bed sheets or towels wound on rollers below. Early models were operated by hand which was very exhausting and soon the machines were equipped with electric motors and belt drives.
This library delivers sounds from 5 different models of various ages that are operated with a crank shaft or electrical belt drive. All machines have been extensively recorded so that any imaginable perspective and operational state is covered. This includes full runs with belt drive and crank shaft, protective grating handlings, idling motors and much more.
Twisted Zither features recordings of an old zither being plucked, scraped, hit, and shaken. The library includes string hits, wood hits, tones, and different resonant sounds using a number of props such as mallets, african shakers, keys, coins, a metal beam, and fingers.
If you're looking for organic, wooden – and eerie – sounds, this one's not to be missed.
Designed to give you the essential tools to craft unique, ice-themed audio, this toolkit goes beyond just frozen environments. It includes a mix of authentic ice sounds alongside complementary elements, all focused on the central theme of ice. Whether you’re working on icy landscapes, frost weapons, or other frozen elements, this library provides you with the freedom to build your own custom soundscapes.
Frozen Core Vol. 1 – Forge is all about giving you the freedom to build, experiment, and create with sounds that fit your unique vision of ice and frost. With this library, you have the perfect foundation for your projects, while the Source and Processed categories offer the flexibility to take your designs as far as your creativity will go.
Notre Dame de Paris and other monuments large bell rings hours and mass – close recording
Melodic – Single Hit – Multiple Bells
The sounds of touching various objects are among the most frequently used in post-production. Over many years of work, we’ve recorded an extensive library of touch sounds, and now we’ve compiled it all together to share this invaluable material with you!
The majority of the recordings were made in studio conditions, but you’ll also find recordings created in natural room acoustics.
Massive Movement is a collection of enormous sound effects from gigantic structures and machines. It features:
Introducing our new Artbits library which is all about elevators! Such a typical subject to be recorded in the world of sound effects as they generate a large range of mechanical sounds from the emblematic doors, the traction system, all the clicketing metallic parts, and the characteristic acoustic of small cubic space.
FREE SAMPLES of this pack HERE
Get a complete arsenal of steampunk mechanical sound effects for your project. All sounds in the Steampunk Mech SFX Pack are drag-and-drop ready. Every audio file is easily searchable as they were meticulously organized into categories to make it easy to find the perfect sound.
Make your selection from various designed categories to suit the mechanisms in your project. Discover a wide range of sounds perfect for gears, gadgets, cranks, bells, clocks, weapons, workshop contraptions, factory machines, and metal impacts.
Looking for raw recordings as well? We’ve got you covered. Steampunk Mech SFX includes some of the original recordings used to design the sound pack.
Obtain sounds for factory-sized and miniature-sized mechanisms, wood and metal gears, as well as spinning, clicking, ringing, and snapping gadgets. Pristinely recorded and designed, these sounds are a must-have to bring your project that polish you are looking for.
I found a very long disused bore hole in the middle of an Icelandic lava field. I dropped rocks down it, poured water into it, vocalised into it, stroked a rasp file on a plastic bottle stuck into the top of it and other experiments.
The results were insane metallic echoes, delays and reflections.
Unique source material for sound designers and experimental sounds for musical composition
392 single files and 55 grouped files for easy reference.
Files are stamped with UCS compliant metadata in Soundminer
SUPERCHARGE YOUR PROJECTS WITH VOLTAGE
Around us there is an inaudible dimension of sound generated by human technologies and machines. We have captured these electromagnetic fields and present you VOLT, a versatile tool or designing electric sounds with extrem manipulation options. Create energetic movements, sci-fi elements, futuristic engines and weapons, massive impacts or use the sounds as a resource for UI design and the layering of complex ambiences.
This collection brings you 26,76GB of sounds including more than 1800 sfx of electromagnetic recordings as well as pre-designed risers, stingers, drones, user interface sounds and whooshes. You also get a huge toolkit section with loops and oneshots for crafting your own sounds from scratch, optimized for a smooth workflow in samplers like S-Layer.
AN ELECTRIFYING SOURCE OF INSPIRATION
Our sound hunt took us through extensive recordings of screens, household devices, smartphones, computers, car ignitions and interiors, motors, lights, fuseboxes, synthesizers and much more using a Soma Ether stereo setup and a LOM Elektrouši with a Sound Devices Mix-Pre 6 recorder. The stereo recordings of the Soma Ether often result in a dynamic panorama with unique signals on each channel. Since electromagnetic fields extend to very high frequencies, we recorded the sounds in 192khz so you have the full spectrum and potential to let your creativity run wild and design something entirely new.
WHAT’S INSIDE (FILES / SOUNDS)
Anthony James (Video producer)
The VOLT Electromagnetic Fields Sample Pack contains an excellent selection of high-quality recordings that cover the full audio spectrum from deep bass to high frequency which will suit the needs of a variety of editors, musicians, sound designers and producers and as such come highly recommended.
The Foley Vault is home to an ever-growing collection of original Foley recordings.
Each library was captured by professional Foley Artists on our in-house Foley Stage using a Sennheiser MKH50 microphone.
These sounds were originally performed for a variety of feature and short film projects. They have now been compiled and released for you to edit and implement into your own film, game and television productions.
VIOFUEL is a collection of 185 violin textures (24 Bit / 96 kHz, WAV, UCS) ready to be used in your production.
A violin was fiercely played and recorded and then digitally tortured to provide you a nice mix of raw and designed elements with an incredible cinematic feel.
You will find screaming textures, low pitched elements, cinematic movements, surreal drops and glitches.
This library is a great addition to your collection and a must have for trailer composers who want some different violin textures.
Universal Category System (UCS) compliant.
This is NOT a foley library, these live recordings are of fighters training for the Historical Medieval Battles World Championships©. The fighters are dressed in full suits of Armour and use metal weapons, swords, axes and maces for full contact. The fighters train exterior within an enclosure/ring. As the sport is so dangerous recording was done with two booms over the ring to follow the fighters and smaller hand held recorders positioned around the ring to capture the action. Separately staged recordings were done of body falls, impacts and marching.
All recordings are edited labelled A – E and are of the same length so can be layered. Recordings are 24 bit/96k. The recordings are a mixture of mono, stereo and LCR.
Equipment Used: Sanken CMS-7S, DPA4060, Sennheiser MKH60, Neuman KMR 81, Rode NT4, Sound Devices 788,702, Roland R26
19 Set Ups – 106 Tracks A – E – 7gb – 210 mins Total
Recordings by sound designers Stefan Henrix and Steve Browell.
The Northern Light is a sound effects library of a one of a kind vintage schooner from Faroe Islands – Norðlýsið.
The ship has been completed in 1945 and is still operational, serving as a tourist vessel. It is one of the most recognisable watercrafts on The Faroes.
The library is organised into 9 folders:
The 315 sound effects included were recorded before the 2020 renovations of the ship and feature now replaced mechanical parts, equipment and wooden elements.
This library also includes bonus sound effects of the ship’s dock elements, such as the gangway and harbour ambiences.
Recorded, close mic’ed slime textures in the style of autonomous sensory meridian response.
Outside of ASMR play, utilize these sounds in the designing of gore in the horror-movie genre, as bodily viscera & guts; or create otherworldly alien attributes for Science Fiction.
‘Paper Foley’ delivers a collection of more than 170 individual foley-infused sounds of paper.
Inside you will find a wide range of Paper sounds, including actions like turning pages, tearing, smashing, cutting and more. This library is ready to fit your scenes with included textures, such as A4 sheets, book, glossy paper, handwriting, magazine, newspaper, scissors cutting paper and more. Recorded in pristine stereo 24-bit 96Khz resolution using top quality gear, this library offers a variety of sounds ready to be used within your project.
Equipment used:
Sound Devices 702
2x Neumann KM184 microphones
Product Details:
• 172 Paper Foley sounds
• 100% Royalty-Free
• 24-Bit/96kHz
150 Bullet shell falling sound effects on different surfaces: Concrete, Metal, Tinplate, Wood, Water, Ground, Carpet, Snow. 5 separated sound files for each surface.
Pack includes 4 type of bullet shells falling sound effects: Pistol bullet shells, Submachine gun bullet shells, Shotgun bullet shells and 50cal MG bullet shells.
Enjoy it!
“Upright” is a collection of 337 vertical piano sound effects (24 Bit / 96 kHz, WAV) suited for horror productions.
You will find:
-Atmospheric elements: Creepy and eerie atmospheres to induce fear and tension.
-Hits: Direct and complex impacts created with the philosophy of “The Prepared Piano” in mind. You will get strong and atmospheric ones.
-Loops: Rhythmic loops at 75 bpm. You will find clocks, cinematic musical notes and strong cinematic percussive hits.
-Movements and transitions: Friction movements created using mallets and nails over the strings. Crazy granular key movements and transitions.
-Raw elements: Cool elements to create clocks and simple movements.
-Textures: Musical elements and creepy distorted textures.
If you are a musician who wants to define the building blocks of an intense horror track or maybe you are a sound designer who needs to create a musical moment in a scene from a sound design perspective, this library can help you to achieve those things.
Get “Upright” and get that horror feeling you are looking for.
CHECK THE DEMO. It was created using ONLY the sounds of the library!
540 files • 24 Bit / 96 kHz • 4.59Go • 2hrs11:16 mins
Water Experiment is a library regrouping several water recording sessions. This bundle contains many different methods to manipulate and to hear water. In this first bundle of a series, you can hear Water waves ambiance and flap, river stream and different water flow perspectives; Bubbles of water in movement with objects manipulation or only with hand; Blowing and boiling water bubbles; Different sizes of water splash movements and dripping; Spraying water sounds from a water hose, bottle and pump bottle; And movements, splash, flow, and bubbles from underwater recordings. The bundle includes 540 files recorded at 96khz – 24bits.
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.
Here a library of one of the most active volcano in Europe: The Stromboli.
The actual sound library contains 73 sound recordings for a size of 2.6 GB.
Eruptions were recording mainly from three distances:
• at 200m of altitude and 1,3km distance from cratere
• at 400m of altitude and 1km distance from cratere
• at 850m of altitude and 500m distance from cratere
I stayed here one month to manage to have the most diversified eruptions that offer Iddu the volcano. A friend who accompanied me did beautiful shoots with cameras and drone. You can have a look to the video. This project brought us to another one, that’s coming up in the next months, a type of documentary about the whole island and his inhabitants.
So in the future I will add more sounds of Stromboli, the city, the people, the sea, the animals, the ambient etc… that you could listen and download for free on my website.
I wanted this sound library focused on the eruptions, but I put also a few recording of the waves and water because they sound particularly strong and they suggest the volcano’s sound: All the island is little made of “fresh” lava’s rock, that make every impact very resonant in the bass frequencies.
This library contains also a few ambient of the island, his city and his surrounding nature. And some roomtone corresponding to the place where I recorded the eruptions.
All recording made with the Nagra VI. Neumann mics, audio technica MS and Micromix amp for some specifics recording.
Introducing our “Crockery & Surfaces – EMPTY” sound effects library! A world where the simple clink of glass and the gentle thud of mugs come to life. Immerse your audience in a symphony of textures as you explore the sounds of empty bottles, cups, mugs and cans being lifted, set down, and shuffled across a range of diverse surfaces. Think the warm resonance of wood, the crisp clarity of glass, and the metallic echos of steel.
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