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Antique Luggage is our new sound effects library with a varied assortment of suitcase and trunk sounds captured in our acoustically treated Foley suite. This is the only library available online focused specifically on antique suitcases and trunks, reminiscent of those seen in films like Harry Potter, Paddington, Breakfast At Tiffany’s, and Titanic.
Our Audio Craftsmen captured different vintage suitcases including: dropping, opening and closing, rattling handles, locking and unlocking, searching inside the suitcase, tapping, and much much more. All of the sounds were then meticulously edited, meta tagged and made UCS compliant so you can find your desired sounds and drag them straight to your projects effortlessly. All the files are available unprocessed in 24Bit/96 kHz which gives you a lot of room for sonic manipulation if required.
This library is perfect for use in your films, documentaries, video games and other projects, also a great addition for sound designers to their general audio collection. The included effects are particularly relevant to scenes from historical eras.
Travel through time with our new sound effects library, Antique Telephone. Everything you need from dialling numbers to ringing sounds, this collection is perfect for your films, documentaries, video games and other projects, especially those with historic settings.
Our Audio Craftsmen exclusively captured various sounds of a genuinely aged candlestick telephone. The recordings include: fast and normal variations of individual numbers (rotary dials), picking up, dropping ear piece, placing telephone on table, ear piece falling down, telephone ringing and much, much more. This is the most extensive and faithful capturing of a ‘Bell’s style’ vintage telephone available anywhere online.
All sounds were recorded in 24Bit 96kHz allowing further sonic manipulation in our acoustically treated Foley suite. We then meticulously edited and tagged the files with extensive UCS compliant metadata for ease of use.
How many times have you needed to create a small mechanical movement, a gadget click and lock, high-tech tiny gears, or metallic Foley weapon handling?
Sound design is about thinking outside the box – or sometimes deep into the box. Micro Mechanisms is a masterful collection that delivers the world of micro mechanical movement into your toolkit. Think about watch rotation, combination padlock, cryptex, clock ticking, tiny latches, ratchet or even a vintage toy sewing machine.
Recorded at 24 bits 96 kHz on a Sound Devices Mixpre-3 with a pair of MKH 8040, these sounds can easily be pitched down without any quality loss.
Various little machine sounds such as cardiac monitor, mimeograph machines, computer sounds from the ’80’s, paper folding, dentist drill, etc.
Take your latest projects back on a journey through history with our Antique Typewriter, meticulously captured by our team of Audio Craftsmen at 96khz 24bit. Both models recorded are 1929 Royal Portable Typewriter Model P’s. All sounds within this pack exhibit each of the wanted characteristics of antique typewriters, from the respooling of the colour ribbon to its more essential operational writing and key-pressing tones.
Film-makers, Composers and Sound Designers alike; each diverse timbre and voice of the typewriter can be utilised creatively within any of your projects! All sounds have also been made UCS compliant with extensive metadata, helping to speed-up your workflow and stay on track within the organisation of your session.
Each stereo sample delivered to you is completely unprocessed, clean and raw, giving you that true timeworn, historic typewriter sound. However, the high sonic quality delivered in this pack gives you the freedom to sound design to your hearts content, let your imagination loose in the past!
Take your projects on a journey through time with the sound effects from our brand new library, Antique Gramophone. Sounds created in this pack are from a genuine antique portable gramophone, manipulated in our acoustically treated Foley suite. Included in this pack is each of the wanted characteristics from an antique gramophone. Including; the needle sliding off the track, hand cranking, record scratches, slowing and speeding up the record and movement of the actual case itself.
Film-makers, Composers and sound designers alike; each sound within this library can be utilised creatively within any film or video game project. All sounds have also been recorded in 24Bit 96kHz and made UCS compliant with extensive metadata, helping to speed up your workflow and stay on track within the organisation of your session.
Each sample delivered to you will give you an authentic, historical gramophone sound. However, the high sonic quality delivered in this pack gives you the freedom to sound design to your heart’s content, letting your imagination run wild throughout history.
This release features 110 recordings of a high-end, hand-built Italian espresso machine and commercial-grade coffee grinder. All functions of the machines were recorded including brewing coffee, steaming milk, steam/hot water wands, water boiler, pump, grinder and other coffee prep accessories.
The library is great for traditional coffee prep/cafe ambience, and also easy to turn into experimental steam punk mechanical type sounds.
All content was captured with a Sanken CSS-5 Stereo Shotgun mic in both mono and 120 degree stereo mode. The microphone was mounted in a full Rycote windshield kit and connected to a Sound Devices 702 recorder.
All files are recorded 32bit, 192 kHz, with RØDE NTG1, RØDELink Lav and Shure VP88 microphones, Sound Devices MixPre-6 II recorder. Library contains wav files of driving, interior and exterior foley, mechanical and electrical sounds.
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A collection of 200 essential clock sound effects, including various different ticking sounds (mechanical, antique & cuckoo), antique chimes (Westminster & singles) and many seamlessly loopable files!
The sounds are fully compatible with the Universal Category System (UCS) – a public domain initiative establishing a standardized category list for the classification of sound effects.
Note: All of these sounds (and more!) are included in the 96 General Library (get 3,000+ SFX for FREE!)
This library contains various metal impacts, hits, clanks, drops. More than 700 individual sounds and 30 metal objects types. From tiny to bigger. Source material for great variety of uses. Recorded in stereo/mono 24 Bit/96 kHz. Due to big number of individual sounds they are represented in form of sets that contains several sounds but grouped via type of a sound.
All files are recorded 32bit, 192 kHz, with Rode NTG1, Rode Lavalier and Shure VP88 microphones, Sound Devices MixPre-6 II recorder. Library contains wav files of driving and exterior foley, mechanical and electrical sounds.
All files are recorded 32bit, 192 kHz, with Rode NTG1, Rode Lavalier and Shure VP88 microphones, Sound Devices MixPre-6 II recorder. Library contains wav files of driving and exterior foley, mechanical and electrical sounds.
All files are recorded 32bit, 192 kHz, with Rode NTG1, Rode Lavalier and Shure VP88 microphones, Sound Devices MixPre-6 II recorder. Library contains wav files of driving, interior and exterior foley, mechanical and electrical sounds.
All files are recorded 32bit, 192 kHz, with Rode NTG1 and Shure VP88 microphones, Sound Devices MixPre-6 II recorder. Library contains wav files of driving and exterior foley, mechanical and electrical sounds.
Gun Handling Series: Handguns is the first library in the gun foley series. It includes a wide range of famous handguns used by the military, police, and other special forces.
All sounds were recorded in high-resolution 24bit/96kHz with three microphones.
It features various mechanical sounds with multiple takes for each handgun like mag loading, mag insert, slide action, etc. This library will be useful for video games, movies, TV shows, and other weapons-related projects.
The datasheet list provides detailed information about all sounds.
You can purchase the complete library or each weapon separately.
These sounds will certainly bring more details to the action and shooting scenes of your projects.
– List of handguns –
Beretta 92 FS • CZ 75 • Desert Eagle • FN Five-Seven • Glock 17 • HK USP • Jericho 941 • SIG Sauer P226 • Smith & Wesson 1911 • Tanfoglio • Walther PPQ
All files are recorded 32bit, 192 kHz, with Rode NTG1 and Shure VP88 microphones, Sound Devices MixPre-6 II recorder. Library contains wav files of driving and exterior foley, mechanical and electrical sounds.
This huge sound library has been meticulously recorded over countless hours of perusing the depths of second-hand stores and charity shops. The library contains an original set of peculiar toys and other oddities. While ideally suited for Foley, this pack is also sure to delight any sound designer or fan of original and unusual sounds. It features mechanisms, pop-ups, clicks, winding, jangles and shaking, to name just a few actions. If you’re looking for unusual sounds to mangle, then this just might be the pack for you!
All files are meta-tagged (Soundminer) and labelled.
Recorded using Neumann KMR 81i and Sound Devices field recorder. Very lightly mastered using Izotope RX8 Advanced.
Recording of the Olivetti Linea 98 manual typewriter, known at the time to be the most expensive on the market.
This pack will give you access to a wide variety of sounds like keystrokes, typebar mechanisms, buttons, switches, levers, mechanical movements, paper sheets manipulations, bells and many more.
Each sound effect has multiple variations and is delivered in four formats :
3 mic perspectives
This sound pack have been recorded using 3 mic configurations and each actions have been performed multiple times so you can find the perfect sound for your sound design process.
Gear used
Sound Devices MixPre-6 II • Sennheiser MKH 8040 • AKG C411 • Rode NTG5.
Metadata
This sound library is UCS compliant and comes with fully embedded metadatas compatible with Soundly, Soundminer and Basehead.
UK Residential & Industrial contains a diverse offering of exterior suburban sounds captured during field recording sessions by our team of Audio Craftsmen. The sound effects in this library will make a wonderful addition to your collection and are perfect for use in films, documentaries, commercials, and video games. They work well for projects based in the UK, but are equally well-suited to projects with an international setting.
The team journeyed extensively through various suburban environments, recording quiet streets and rows of houses, traffic of differing intensities, parks with children playing and dogs walking, and distant and up-close construction. All sounds were captured in real-world locations to deliver an honest sonic representation of residential areas within the UK.
The included sounds have been precisely edited so that you can simply drop them into your project timeline and are provided dry in 24Bit 96kHz allowing for further sonic manipulation if required. All files are tagged with extensive metadata to allow you to search for and select the desired sound with ease.
Some of the included sounds are: Clock tower bells tolling, birds chirping in a quiet neighbourhood, light traffic passing by, distant hums of a busy construction site, a dog barking in the park and much, much more.
All files are recorded 32bit, 192 kHz, with Rode NTG1 and Shure VP88 microphones, Sound Devices MixPre-6 II recorder. Library contains wav files of driving and exterior foley, mechanical and electrical sounds.
This library features recordings of sounds that were dubbed to 25 year old cassette tapes and then played back using a unique cassette manipulation device. The cassette tape reels are controlled manually by hand via a turning knob, allowing for speeding up/slowing down the pitch and speed while also controlling the rhythm, much like scratching vinyl. The existing sounds recorded to tape combined with the wow and flutter of the worn out tape, and manual speed playback create unique new sounds, including glitched tones, gritty blips, scratching, and percussive hits.
All files are recorded 32bit, 192 kHz, with Rode NTG1 and Shure VP88 microphones, Sound Devices MixPre-6 II recorder. The library contains wav files of driving and exterior foley, mechanical and electrical sounds.
Industrial, gas boiler room / domestic household gas boiler room included)
Industrial, gas boiler room in operation. Boilers, pumps, sensors, tank, electronics and a variety of pipelines.
Recorded with MS stereo rig (Sennheiser MKH 60/30) via Sound Devices mixer/recorder and with JRF contact mics (see photos).
Metadata included with description, info about equipment used and mic position.
All files are recorded 32bit, 192 kHz, with Rode NTG1 and Shure VP88 microphones, Sound Devices MixPre-6 II recorder. Library contains wav files of driving and exterior foley, mechanical and electrical sounds.
Want sounds of buttons, switches, levers or gears - and other mechanical sound elements that clink, clank, whir, squeak and grind? These mechanical sound effects libraries offer you an extraordinary toolbox of recordings - from the tiniest gears to gigantic bucket-wheels, and everything in between. Recorded from a wide range of perspectives and featuring both construction kit elements and designed sounds, these sound libraries come in handy for any project that calls for mechanical sounds, or as sonic building blocks when designing robots, motors, machines and other contraptions that call for that mechanical sound.
Clank, whir, beep, click, hiss, buzz, hum, rattle, screech, thud, squeak, crackle, pop, sizzle, grind, roar, bang, snap, creak, chime
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Q: How do I download the mechanical sounds?
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Q: Are these sounds royalty free?
A: Yes, they're royalty free, and no attribution is required
Q: Who has recorded and designed these sounds?
A: They're created by the independent sound community, and have been recorded by some of the best recordists and sound designers on the planet. There's a constant flow of brand new sound libraries coming from the community, giving you the absolutely freshest sound effects available anywhere. Oh, and by getting sounds from the community, you support individual sound designers and sound recordists – that’s a pretty cool thing too.
Spell Variations Vol. 4 marks the grand finale of our magical sound series, delivering a diverse and powerful collection of spell effects. Inside, you’ll find summonings, blood spells, petrifications, healing spells, dark incantations, and much more!
This volume includes 255 high-quality sound effects, organized into 27 distinct spell types, each with multiple variations (3 to 17) to ensure no spell sounds the same, even when reused across your project.
Each spell type is carefully named and sorted into individual folders, giving you intuitive navigation and maximum flexibility for magical scenes, game effects, or cinematic transitions.
Recorded, edited, and mastered in 192 kHz / 24-bit, these sounds deliver exceptional clarity and full adaptability for pitching, layering, or creative processing.
A must-have library for professional sound designers seeking drag-and-drop magical sounds for video games, trailers, animations, or any audiovisual production.
More about the pack
– Intuitive file naming
– All you’ll ever need regarding magical sounds [Use them again & again
Use the sound effects over and over, in any of your projects or productions, forever without any additional fees or royalties. Use the SFX in your game, in your trailer, in a Kickstarter campaign, wherever you need to, as much as you want to.
– Totally mono compatibility
– All sounds have several variations.
– Use your imagination and feel free to use any sound for a creature other than the one described, remember that the world of sound is totally subjective.
– For any questions or problems: [email protected]
Features
– 255 spell sounds
– Number of Audio Waves: 255
– Format: 192KHz / 24 bits
– Win/Mac: Yes
– Minutes of audio provided: 19:21
Audiobeast is proud to present our second sample library; the only library of its kind to focus entirely on weapons being fired in urban environments! For this recording session we were given access to a military training site known as a FIBUA (Fighting In Built-Up Area) consisting of streets with a variety of buildings, vehicles, and exclusive permission to fire weapons in several locations. Pictures of the street and gas station locations and firing points are included.
The aim of this library was to offer the slapback type tails needed for gun sound design for convincing city scenes in film, games and tv production. It’s always been difficult to find gun recordings in a city environment so we hope this library helps sound people everywhere.
This Library contains over 3 GBs of weapons being fired in multiple urban environments, a street, outside of a gas station and inside of a tower block. 218 WAV files of single shots, bursts and many with multiple takes, all recorded at 96 khz 24 bit, with heaps of information on microphones used and distance from the firearms.
Various distances were captured, from the DPA4062 on the guns themselves, to the distant other end of the street 100 metres away. To add, some mics were positioned around corners, a nearby graveyard, through walls and in armored vehicles to capture a variety of perspectives.
Minimal cleanup on the recordings was carried out very carefully so as not to introduce any artefacts into the recordings, they are presented as raw as possible.
If you need a wider selection of interior gun recordings please check out our first library – The London Warehouse Firearms library
Florida Thunder by Eric Berzins contains 111 distinct wav files with over 200 dry thunderclaps and over 300 thunderclaps with rain. All files were recorded in the US state of Florida between 2021 and 2025. Florida has more lightning strikes than any other U.S. state! All files have been meticulously edited and cleaned, and have embedded UCS-compliant Soundminer metadata.
MAGIC – ALCHEMY is a professional sound effects library built from real chemical reactions and elemental forces. It delivers short, character-rich magic sound effects perfect for spellcasting, magical UI design, and fantasy storytelling. Designed to sit cleanly in a mix and shimmer with personality, these spell sounds are ideal for games, trailers, audio dramas and more. Real reactions, recorded with obsessive detail.
No digital fakery here. Every sound in MAGIC – ALCHEMY began as a live experiment — alcohol burning in jars, butane growling through pipes, fuses igniting, water swirling in glass. These are true-to-life textures, captured in a lab-grade recording setup. The result? Magical sound with depth, realism, and spark..
These are not long, cinematic flourishes. This library is about immediacy — short, dry, punchy magic effects that are easy to slot into your project. Ideal for game asset design, magical feedback sounds, and trailer moments where clarity counts.
Need a healing chime, a cursed hex, or something more ambiguous? The Designed section is grouped into Holy, Cursed, and Neutral categories — giving you emotional options that match your scene’s intent, whether you’re crafting a fantasy RPG or a subtle magical interaction.
Whether you’re layering magic for a fantasy film, adding interactive audio to a mobile game, or creating rich textures for audiobooks or theatre, MAGIC – ALCHEMY fits right in. It’s mix-ready, flexible, and full of sonic character.
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