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Bundles MASTERGUN – Savage 110 Play Track 686 sounds included From: $15

The Master Gun Savage 110 Sniper Rifle contains 20 microphone perspectives delivered at 192kHz Broadcast WAV files with UCS Standard Soundminer metadata. (64 Total Files, 3.03GB Total).

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Bundles MASTERGUN – M14 SOCOM Play Track 490 sounds included From: $20

The Master Gun M14 SOCOM Assault Rifle contains 20 microphone perspectives delivered at 192kHz Broadcast WAV files with UCS Standard Soundminer metadata

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Bundles MASTERGUN – AKS-74U Play Track 717 sounds included From: $15

The Master Gun AKS-74U Assault Rifle contains 20 microphone perspectives delivered at 192kHz Broadcast WAV files with UCS Standard Soundminer metadata.

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Car Sound Effects Nissan Qashqai 2010 compact crossover SUV sport utility vehicle Play Track 233 sounds included, 32 mins total $60

All files are recorded 32bit, 192 kHz, with RØDE NTG1, RØDELink Lav and FEL Clippy XLR EM272 microphones, Sound DevicesbMixPre-6 II recorder. Library contains wav files of driving, interior and exterior foley, mechanical and electrical sounds. It is also available in UCS.

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Bundles MASTERGUN – RPK Play Track 1173 sounds included From: $15

The Master Gun RPK LMG contains 20 microphone perspectives delivered at 192kHz Broadcast WAV files with UCS Standard Soundminer metadata

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Bundles MASTERGUN – SVD Tiger Dragunov Play Track 440 sounds included From: $20

The Master Gun SVD Tiger Dragunov Sniper Rifle contains 20 microphone perspectives delivered at 192kHz Broadcast WAV files with UCS Standard Soundminer metadata.

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Bundles MASTERGUN – Kel Tek KSG Play Track 585 sounds included From: $15

The Master Gun Kel-Tek KSG Shotgun contains 20 microphone perspectives delivered at 192kHz Broadcast WAV files with UCS Standard Soundminer metadata

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Bundles MASTERGUN – AIMS-74 Play Track 752 sounds included From: $20

The Master Gun AIMS-74 Assault Rifle contains 20 microphone perspectives delivered at 192kHz Broadcast WAV files with UCS Standard Soundminer metadata

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Bundles MASTERGUN – AKM Play Track 968 sounds included From: $15

The Master Gun AKM Assault Rifle contains 20 microphone perspectives delivered at 192kHz Broadcast WAV files with UCS Standard Soundminer metadata

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Bundles MASTERGUN – FN FAL Play Track 667 sounds included From: $20

The Master Gun FN FAL Assault Rifle contains 20 microphone perspectives delivered at 192kHz Broadcast WAV files with UCS Standard Soundminer metadata

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Bundles MASTERGUN – IWI Galil MAR Play Track 675 sounds included From: $20

The Master Gun IWI Galil MAR Assault Rifle contains 20 microphone perspectives delivered at 192kHz Broadcast WAV files with UCS Standard Soundminer metadata

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Universal Category System (UCS) Glory Bike TR8088W 2015 tricycle Play Track 12 sounds included, 5 mins total $30

All files are recorded 32bit, 192 kHz, with RØDE NTG1, FEL Clippy XLR EM272 and FEL Pluggy XLR EM272 microphones, Sound Devices MixPre-6 II & Zoom F3 recorders. Library contains wav files of driving and exterior foley, mechanical and electrical sounds. It is also available in UCS.

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Car Sound Effects 1929 Ford Model A Play Track 171+ sounds included, 54 mins total $199

Specification: 1929 Ford Model A classic car, 4 Cylinder, 37 horse power.

Onboard sounds are from four separate microphones.

Cabin Left, Cabin Right, Engine, and Exhaust.

Foley effects and External perspective files are in stereo format.

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Universal Category System (UCS) Tomos APN-6 1981 moped motorcycle Play Track 50 sounds included, 15 mins total $50

All files are recorded 32bit, 192 kHz, with RØDE NTG1, RØDELink Lav and FEL Clippy XLR EM272 microphones, Sound Devices MixPre-6 II & Zoom F3 recorders. Library contains wav files of driving and exterior foley, mechanical and electrical sounds. It is also available in UCS.

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Mechanical Sound Effects Can-Am Ryker 900 2019 3-wheel touring motorcycle Play Track 39 sounds included, 15 mins total $50

All files are recorded 32bit, 192 kHz, with RØDE NTG1, RØDELink Lav and FEL Clippy XLR EM272 microphones, Sound Devices MixPre-6 I recorder. Library contains wav files of driving and exterior foley, mechanical and electrical sounds. It is also available in UCS.

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Bundles Exterior Vibrations Bundle Play Track 407 sounds included $92

The Exterior Vibrations Bundle contains over 400 raw contact microphone recordings of dynamic movements captured in exterior environments.

2.51 GB of tonal, textural sounds were captured by our Cudio Craftsmen using stereo-configured contact mics. Interactions with a huge range of surfaces and materials (including metal, plastic, water, wood, plants and vehicles) were made to produce an abstract collection of hits, scrapes, drags, knocks, squeaks, taps, shakes, bounces, braams, creaks and more!

This organic bundle is perfect for designing or incorporating into abstract projects. Their resonant, slightly unnerving quality also facilitates design and processing for horror and sci-fi projects.

The entire bundle is delivered at 24 Bit. Vols. 1 and 2 are delivered at 96kHz, and Vol. 3 at 192 kHz. All sounds have been meticulously edited and tagged with extensive UCS compliant metadata for ease of use.

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Bundles MASTERGUN – Zastava PAP M77 Play Track 687 sounds included From: $15

The Master Gun Zastava PAP M77 Sniper Rifle contains 20 microphone perspectives delivered at 192kHz Broadcast WAV files with UCS Standard Soundminer metadata. (54 Total Files, 4.93GB Total).

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Foley Sound Effects Suzuki Bandit 1200S 2001 standard motorcycle Play Track 65 sounds included, 13 mins total $50

All files are recorded 32bit, 192 kHz, with RØDE NTG1, RØDELink Lav and Shure VP88 microphones, Sound Devices MixPre-6 II & Zoom F3 recorders. Library contains wav files of driving and exterior foley, mechanical and electrical sounds. It is also available in UCS.

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Car Sound Effects Zastava 750 1955 subcompact supermini car Play Track 154 sounds included, 32 mins total $60

All files are recorded 32bit, 192 kHz, with RØDE NTG1, RØDELink Lav and FEL Clippy XLR EM272 microphones, Sound Devices MixPre-6 II recorder. Library contains wav files of driving and exterior foley, mechanical and electrical sounds. It is also available in UCS.

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Universal Category System (UCS) Suzuki DL650 V-Strom 2017 sport touring motorcycle Play Track 69 sounds included, 16 mins total $50

All files are recorded 32bit, 192 kHz, with RØDE NTG1, RØDELink Lav and FEL Clippy XLR EM272 microphones, Sound Devices MixPre-6 II recorder. Library contains wav files of driving and exterior foley, mechanical and electrical sounds. It is also available in UCS.

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Household Sound Effects Typewriters Play Track 247 sounds included, 6 mins total $40

7 models, 247 sounds. All files are recorded 32bit, 192 kHz, with RØDE NTG1 and FEL Pluggy EM272 microphones, Sound Devices MixPre-6 II and Zoom F3 recorders. The library is also available in UCS.

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Bundles The Complete BOOM Ultimate Buyout 180000 sounds included ~~From: $15,842~~ From: $9,790

FOR THE HIGHEST DEMANDS – YOUR COMPLETE SOUND LIBRARY
This is the ultimate collection for professional and high quality sound design. All 80 original BOOM Library packs guarantee you the right sound at the right time for professional post-production, trailers, games, movies, TV shows and anything else that needs a striking sound design.

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Vehicle Sound Effects Toyota 02-5 FD F 25 1989 forklift Play Track 49 sounds included, 11 mins total $40

All files are recorded 32bit, 192 kHz, with RØDE NTG1 and FEL Clippy XLR EM272 microphones, Sound Devices MixPre-6 II recorder. Library contains wav files of driving and exterior foley, mechanical and electrical sounds. It is also available in UCS.

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Car Sound Effects Zastava Florida In 2002 compact car Play Track 206 sounds included, 29 mins total $60

All files are recorded 32bit, 192 kHz, with RØDE NTG1, RØDELink Lav 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.

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Mechanical sound effects libraries

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.

Mechanical sounds commonly found in this category:

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: 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.

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Cinematic & Trailer Sound Effects Creaking – Ropes, Cables, Wires Play Track 377+ sounds included $38

Over 375 sounds of creaking materials, including breaking cables, ropes under tension and about to split, wires and strings under stress, metal friction causing tension. Recorded with a combination of Sanken CO100K and Nevaton microphones for full frequency sound content. Saved as 192KHz these files allow for high resolution editing. Useful for impact sounds in cinema, games or documentary, but also for cartoon sounds or even creature sounds as many of the recordings contain vowel-like screeching and scraping.

Imagine a scene where a rope is about to break over an edge, an object being torn by a huge cable, a wooden structure about to collapse under stress and so on… Our brain is triggered by those rattling sounds or spine-breaking cracks coming from little fibers being split apart, parts of the structure creaking, wires scraping over edges…

These sounds can be perceived as delicate but have a great psychological impact as we interpret these and know what is about to happen. So suspense is built with both background and close-up sounds. Useful when building tension, when creating a sense of upcoming climax, these sonic elements will work out to amplify the details that are often important but not always visible for the eye.

All the source material and recording are acoustic, there are no digital effects applied. This guarantees natural organic harmonics, even way beyond our hearing. Pitching down the 192 KHz files will let you discover another collection of sounds!

You can find the following libraries in this collection >

Push & Pull, Heavy Weight, Acoustic Low Frequency Movements

Screeching, Squeaking, Scraping Old Objects

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Cinematic & Trailer Sound Effects Push & Pull, Heavy Weight Play Track 119 sounds included $32

The Push & Pull Heavy Weight Low Frequency Movements Library contains acoustic recordings that will fit the need for huge doors, large gates, heavy loads, massive objects, sliding tombstones, shifting masses and so on… All sounds are clean with no effects added for easy use and editing. Recorded at 192 KHz with Nevaton and Sanken CO100K microphone, the full spectrum allows for quality source material.

You will find variations of trembling, rattling, shoving, scraping, bouncy objects and materials being pushed or pulled.

This sound FX library is part of a series of recordings available:

Creaking – Ropes, Cables, Wires

Screeching, Squeaking, Scraping Old Objects

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Mechanical Sound Effects Old Engines Grab Bag Play Track 486 sounds included, 265 mins total $129

“Old Engines Grab Bag” is a pack of numerous old, unique and characterful engines from early 1900s. It’s a massive collection of 56GB multitrack 192kHz recordings of old tractors and stationary engines, both diesel and gasoline fueled.

The intention wasn’t to cover vehicles driving, but to get isolated and very closely recorded mechanical elements of engines and exhaust pipes as a source material for sound design. There are many starts, idles, revs, offs, RPMs variations, backfires etc. Some are heavy and large sounding, some are small and funny. Tractors were captured EXT and most of stationary engines INT, but since they are very closely recorded there is just a little amount of reverb on most of them.

Most of engines are 1 or 2 cylinders and low horse power and their RPMs are also low. Thanks to this, many of those sounds aren’t tonal and can easily be used as additional layer with other design elements. They work great for adding vintage character, designing junky or funny vehicles, crazy huge steampunk machines or engines malfunction.

Sounds were recorded using multi-mic setup: Sanken CO-100k (most of the time pointing mechanical parts), Sennheiser MKH-8060 (mainly for isolated exhaust pipe), Schoeps CMC6XT mk41/mk8 (general image) and part also with Trance Audio Inducer contact mics (adding unique mechanical perspective).

The library is delivered as multitrack 192kHz files, as well as stereo mix of all microphones. Thanks to using microphones with extended frequency range, drastic pitch changes can be applied.
All files have extensive metadata created in Soundminer, including leg picker with microphone labels.

Demo files include pitched sounds, which are not delivered with library.

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Electricity Sound Effects Polarity Play Track 975 sounds included
Rated 5.00 out of 5
$90

Polarity delivers more than 950 sounds of electricity, science and technology – captured in several locations around the world, from electricity museums to science labs. About 50% of the library is all about electricity, with various types of Jacob’s Ladders, Tesla Coils, Ruhmkorff lamp and all sorts of impactful bursts of energy.

Then we go through welders, plasma spheres, 3D printers, starting to cover a more broad technology theme – like old phones, telegraphs, dynamo wheels, rotary dials, whirling watchers, alarm, lab centrifuges, something scientists call a roller and a rocker, servo sounds, neon lights, a wimshurst machine and sparklers.

Many sounds in this section were captured from vintage equipment, from a 1928’s tram to old telephone switchboards, high voltage levers and control surfaces.

All content was recorded at 192KHz with a Sanken CO100K, a couple of Sennheiser 8040 and a Neumann 81i, translating into final assets that have plenty of ultrasonic content, ready for the most extreme manipulation.

Bonus: Two extra libraries included for free: This library also includes two additional releases from Mattia Cellotto - for free: Crunch Mode delivers 230 crunchy sounds made with a variety of vegetables, fresh bread, pizza crust and a selection of frozen goods. The Borax Experiment gets you 158 squishy, gory, slimy and gooey sounds.

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