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PIANO FX is an extensive selection of 500 meticulously recorded and processed WAV files, focusing on dissonance, tension, and impact. Designed to enhance horror, thriller, and suspense-driven soundscapes, this collection explores the piano’s raw and expressive potential beyond traditional harmonic structures.
Core Features:
• Music Box & Toy Piano FX – Fragile, eerie, and detuned textures, perfect for unsettling childlike melodies and psychological tension.
• Piano Clusters (Low & Mid-Range) – Dense, resonant note groupings that generate deep, evolving tension.
• Trilling Piano Strings – Agitated, unstable textures that enhance sonic dissonance.
• Reverse Piano FX – Eerie, unnatural swells for cinematic buildups and unsettling transitions.
• Piano Stingers – Sharp, high-impact tonal strikes for dramatic punctuations.
• Hits & Impacts – Processed percussive piano effects designed for weight and depth.
• Phantom Note Strikes – Isolated, haunting resonances that evoke spectral presence.
Each sound has been carefully recorded, processed, and designed by sound designer Alessandro Romeo to integrate seamlessly into modern trailer music, film scoring, and experimental sound design. The toolkit provides a versatile foundation for composers looking to push the boundaries of cinematic tension, offering a balance of organic rawness and designed precision.
Futurescapes is a collection of ten highly stylized 5.1 surround soundscapes, as well as a toolkit of the elements used throughout. These 4 hours of audio are perfect for sci-fi, horror, and thriller settings – anytime you need some deep tension. Whether you need ready-to-go soundscapes for your projects, or you want to mix-and-match elements with your own material, this collection is perfect.
Screams of Agony is a library designed for provocative soundscapes from the extremes of horror to comedy. This library, designed for customizability and versatility, features nearly 20 different people recorded in a treated, studio vocal booth, pushing the limits of their voices. The performers were given the direction of scream like you’re being tortured”. The resulting recordings range from blood curdling, to goofy. You may feel a shiver run up your spine, or find yourself laughing uncontrollably over the vocal performances presented here. These recordings are as useful in the foreground as they are in the background of the soundscape and absolutely soar when layered together for ambiences of mayhem or apocalypse or glazed with reverb for surreal, dreamlike effects.
MASSIVE CREATURELING – 334 files of Creatureling sound effects, at varying distances and intensities. From gentle snorts and playful growls to aggressive movements and violently loud vocalizations. Massive Creatureling comes in at over 2 hours and 46 minutes, of strangely cute purr-like noises to full-on meltdown outbursts. For your next fantasy or science fiction creature and monster project. Recorded when a strange creature was caught in a cage and waited for animal control to pick it up, they said it was a dog… Massive Creatureling filenames are in the Universal Category System format with additional Metadata baked-in.
Don’t need a Massive amount of Creatureling 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.
*No Animals or Creaturelings were harmed in the making of this sound effects library*
From woodland logging to horrifying killers, this collection of chainsaws will help build any scene you need.
We follow up Vol 1-3 with the 4th instalment of the Sinister Series .
For this volume we used a noise box, which we recorded directly from its onboard contact microphone through some guitar pedals, using the Boss PS2, DD7 and the RV6 as well as the TC Electronics Quintessence, which enhanced the characteristics of the noise box giving you a variety of reverb, delay, distorted and pitched one shot hits. Creating some Eerie, Scary, Horrorfull and down right Sinister hits which can be used across horror, thriller or suspense projects to create tension, impact and jump scares.
Sinister Textures 4 will give you enough audio to give your project the sound of horror, thrill or suspense boosting your project to the next level. Sinister Textures 4 has been edited to allow a drop in ready and Royalty Free sample pack. These Samples can be used in a variety of projects from Sound Designing/Compositions for TV, Film, Documentaries and Video Games. UCS Compliant and Metadata is attached to the samples
In this library you will find sounds of flowing water recorded during the afternoon.
The sounds were recorded at the Benémola fountain near the city of Loulé, Algarve, Portugal.
After working these sounds in post-production, this library comes with 12 flowing water sounds.
288 files • 96 kHz/32 Bit • 3.74Go • 54:29 mins
Introducing Homemade Waterphone: a daring journey into the realm of experimental sound design. Crafted from scratch, this unique instrument is the culmination of our quest to forge an otherworldly sonic experience.
Designed as the ultimate tool for crafting horror stingers, thrilling ambience, and spine-chilling sequences, Homemade Waterphone offers an unparalleled range of possibilities. By seamlessly blending contact microphone and stereo microphone recording techniques, we’ve unlocked a vast spectrum of sounds, spanning from earth-shaking sub-bass to ethereal high frequencies.
Each sound within this library has been meticulously captured using top-of-the-line equipment, ensuring unparalleled audio quality. Every detail has been painstakingly refined through individual editing, resulting in a collection of sounds that are both captivating and immersive.
Delivered in Broadcast Wave format, with embedded metadata for seamless integration, Homemade Waterphone promises a fast and effortless workflow. Whether you’re scoring a horror film, crafting a spine-tingling video game soundtrack, or exploring the depths of experimental music, this library is your key to unlocking a world of sonic possibilities. Are you ready to dive into the unknown?
Respecting all complaints from the UCS system.
In this library you will find cinematic impacts sounds with impact and texture variations.
After working these sounds in post production, this library comes with 35 incredible cinematic impacts sounds that will bring your vídeo, trailer or movie to life.
Nolan Sound Library – ALL IN ONE Bundle.
Get 1825+ Files in one bundle: Trains, Norway Nature, Nature Soundscapes, Radio Noises, Motocross, Foley Sounds, Spain Ambiences, Planes, Airports, New York Life, Mountains Winds, Forests and many more…
Also includes the NSL in ATMOS Format for big productions.
This soundlibrary arises from recordings with plugins and effects.
After working these sounds in post production, this library comes with 20 incredible drone sounds that will bring your vídeo, trailer or movie to life.
Size: 378 MB
Files: 24 • Including metadata
Sample Rate: 48Hz – 24 Bit WAV
Duration: Approx. 22 min
Gear: Virtual Plugins
Delivery: Instant – blazingly-fast
License type: Royalty-Free
We’ve Bundled together our Sinister Textures Sample Packs
This includes:
Sinister Textures 1
Sinister Textures 2
Sinister Textures 3
This has to be the most Sinister Bundle ever, full of Sinister Sounds and Textures to fulfil your Horror based needs
Sinister Textures will give you enough audio to give your project the authentic sound of Horror boosting your project to the next level. Sinister Textures has been edited to allow a drop in ready and Royalty Free sample pack. These Samples can be used in a variety of projects from Sound Designing/Compositions for TV, Film, Documentaries and Video Games. UCS Compliant and Metadata is attached to the samples
We recorded these samples using Ed Devane’s Magnetic Piezo, the Korg CM 300 and the LOM Geofon. We recorded a variety of metal objects being hit with a variety of different items and then edited these sounds to create clock based tick/tocks
Included:
Single Hits
Single Hits with Reverb
Singles Hits Reversed
Single Hits Reversed with Reverb
Multi Hits (which is the Single Hit turned into a loop)
Multi Hits with Reverb
Multi Hits Reversed
Multi Hits Reversed with Reverb
We’ve given you the dry version to design your self or use the samples already pre drenched in the same reverb for consistency to use straight away in any project. You can mix the single hits to create unique tick/tock patterns as well. Not only are these great for clock based tick/tocks, but the single hits can also be used as percussion for compositions or to add to other layers to create impact hits.
Sinister Textures 3 has been edited to allow a drop in ready and Royalty Free sample pack. These Samples can be used in a variety of projects from Sound Designing/Compositions for TV, Film, Documentaries and Video Games. UCS Compliant and Metadata is attached to the samples
GEODRONE was created by recording various objects using the LOM Geofon, we recorded items such as a Cooker, Dish Washer, FishTank, Fan, Freezer, Fridge, Dryer and Electronic Devices, we then edited these recordings to give you full on Drone and Bass effects.
Geodrone can be used to layer up or to create massive amounts of tension and unease within any project. GEODRONE has been edited to allow a drop in ready and Royalty Free sample pack. These Samples can be used in a variety of projects from Sound Designing/Compositions for TV, Film, Documentaries and Video Games. UCS Compliant and Metadata is attached to the samples
ABANDONED is our horror trailer music toolkit. Initially created and released by Grant Borland and Jake Dijak, we’ve decided to add it to the growing list of products here at ASTS, and even added new sounds to it – Courtesy of James F Brown III.
It features 13 categories: Bass FX, Breaks & Creaks, Cello Design, Creepers (Textures), Cigar Box Guitar, Downers, Drones, Hits, Designed Piano, Risers, Signature Sounds, Swells & Sweeps, and Ticks. A fully functional horror toolkit that is bound to make your tracks the scariest they’ve ever been!
Hades was created with one thing in mind. DARK. This sample library covers your bases on all things dark and brooding, and is the perfect tool to break out for tracks that need that bit of tension in them. Some sounds lean into horror, while others remain more versatile. Drag and drop our samples into your track and you’ll quickly develop that dark edge to any production.
Includes cluster plucks, string blasts, scrapes, drags, Piano SFX, signature sounds, risers, dark vocals, and plenty more.
The Prime Accord is our unique spin on trailer SFX. Created with a specific vision and a whole lot of love by James Brown, The Prime Accord brings some of the most unique and cutting edge sound design in the cinematic space. The Prime Accord was a initially created to act as a modular set of sample packs, each one focused on a particular set of sounds, all relating to prime numbers. The complete edition takes all five of those packs and bundles them into one cohesive product.
Includes Corrupted Voices, Twisted Signatures, Risers and Transitional Elements, Heavy Impacts, and Drastic Sub Booms.
Waterphone Designed Vol. 2 is a collection of Risers, Stingers and Swells. Created by recording and manipulating sounds from the unique instrument, the Waterphone.
Captured using a contact microphone and guitar pedal board, and played with a violin bow and various drum beaters. Our Audio Craftsmen then meticulously edited and designed 30 unique sounds inspired by iconic sci-fi and horror films such as The Matrix, Alien & Blade Runner.
This library is a perfect addition to Film, TV & Game productions or trailers with a cinematic, experimental or abstract edge. Use these sounds in sci-fi, horror, thriller and action projects to create moments of mystery, eeriness and tension.
All sounds are delivered in 24Bit 192kHz format allowing further sonic manipulation and have been meticulously edited and tagged with extensive UCS compliant metadata for ease of use.
Reverb Chamber Designed Vol. 1 is a collection of swells, risers and pass-bys designed from recordings captured in a reverb chamber.
Our Audio Craftsmen manipulated voice, objects and actions in a live, reflective room to create richly reverberant sounds. These were then edited, processed and designed to create uniquely tonal swelling and dropping effects perfect for enhancing key moments in your story.
This library is a perfect addition to Film, TV & Game productions with a dark, otherworldly, or experimental tone. Use these sounds in in sci-fi, thriller, horror and fantasy projects to mystify, unsettle and intrigue your audiences.
All sounds are delivered in 24Bit 192kHz format allowing further sonic manipulation and have been meticulously edited and tagged with extensive UCS compliant metadata for ease of use.
Reverb Chamber Vocals Vol. 1 features dramatic vocal phrases performed in a reverb chamber.
Our Audio Craftsmen recorded voice and whistles in a highly live room to produce performances with rich reverberation. These were then layered and designed for dramatic, haunting effects.
This library is a perfect addition to Film, TV & Game productions with an otherworldly, experimental or abstract edge. Use these sounds in in sci-fi, thriller, horror and fantasy projects to create moments of mystery, eeriness and tension.
All sounds are delivered in 24Bit 192kHz format allowing further sonic manipulation and have been meticulously edited and tagged with extensive UCS compliant metadata for ease of use.
In this library you will find a dark ambience sounds.
These sounds are perfect to use in movies, trailers, games, documentaries, etc.
These sounds were all created by me on virtual synthesizers.
After working these sounds in post-production, this library comes with 10 dark ambiences.
Cinematic Horror Storeroom – Volume 2 is a collection of spooky, gnarly, gritty and screeching loops. There is a variety of sounds in it, all scary! It’s great for underscore, rhythmic suspense, building tension or to convey fear and anxiety.
The library’s interface is made up of three sections:
Strange Game Ambient Loops library is a meticulously designed & game ready ambience loop library created to help you make stunning and immersive audio environments quickly. Great for horror, fantasy, adventure, 3D, 2D mobile app games, motion graphics, film and audio productions. With over 3 hours of game locations, tension, dark moods, you’ll be well equipped to create the perfect feel and soundscape that brings your production to life.
Haunting Ambiences Vol. 5 is the fifth in our popular series of horror ambience libraries. It comprises multi-stem construction kits, allowing you to build unique horror atmospheres through custom layering, panning and mix & matching.
Featured in this library are differently themed horror ambiences, including a boiling witch’s cauldron, radioactive creature screams in an abandoned building, a mad scientist’s twisted laboratory, haunted hotel lobby movement, sacrificial chanting and synthesized nightmare sounds. To make these ambiences, our Audio Craftsmen recorded a multitude of real-world and synthesized sounds, then processed and manipulated them for the ultimate harrowing effect.
This library encourages you to experiment in crafting your own backgrounds for both digital and live horror projects, including films, games and escape rooms.
All sounds are delivered in 24Bit 192kHz format allowing further sonic manipulation and have been meticulously edited and tagged with extensive UCS compliant metadata for ease of use.
If you want to terrify your audience - whether it's for a game, movie or another project that calls for bone-chilling sounds - the horror sound effects libraries from the independent sound community are a fantastic tool for making that happen.
They give you everything from haunting ghost sounds, gruesome and gory sound effects and demonic possessions, to frightening and disturbing ambiences, screams, whispers and grotesque zombie sounds - making sure your audience will get a sonic experience that's sure to leave a mark.
Bones breaking, breathing, chains rattling, creaking doors, demonic laughter, footsteps, ghostly whispers, gore splatter, heartbeats, knife slash, monster roar, music box, screams, screeching violins, siren, stabbing, thunder, water dripping, wind howling, zombie groan
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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.
Expand the timbre of your horror violins and cellos with CIRCUS, a sinister sample pack featuring 180 WAV sounds of screeching or high-pitched string noises, perfect for horror music and dark sound design.
This collection offers a curated selection of screeches, high-tension tremolo, heavy jeté strokes, dark demonic textures, finger patterns, chaotic string elements, clock loops and bow accents.
Create haunting atmospheres, perfect for horror, thriller or experimental soundtracks. Every element has been designed to unsettle and disturb, blurring the line between music and noise.
The asset list includes but is not limited to: hippos, hyenas, vultures, dwarf mongooses, elephants, African cranes, parrots, tigers, pigmy hippos, rhea ostriches, brown bears, pheasants, wildebeests, African wild dogs and many more. The content has been recorded at 192KHz with a Sanken CO100K, an Avisoft CMPA and a Sennheiser 8050 for center plus two Sennheiser MKH8040 for stereo image.
The resulting ultrasonic spectrum is rich and allows for truly extreme manipulation of the content.
Unleash the raw power of fire, water, earth, and air with this comprehensive 9 GB sound library featuring 3050 high-quality sound effects across 630 files. Whether you’re designing cinematic soundscapes or enhancing video games Four Elements delivers the tools you need to harness the energy of the natural world.
A treasure trove of raw, organic, and processed sounds including seamless loops divided into Fire, Water, Air, Earth and Explosion categories. Customize every detail with an extensive selection of sound components.
Game-ready sound layers featuring Impacts, Whooshes, and Textures as seamless loops. Elevate transitions and enhance atmospheres with loops and pre-designed sound layers.
A collection of ready-to-use sound effects divided into Attack, Bend, and Explosion categories for quick integration into your projects. Perfect for high-energy scenes and immersive storytelling.
Four Elements gives you complete creative control, blending organic recordings with processed sound layers to meet the demands of any project. Master the forces of nature with Four Elements. Let your creativity ignite.
Keywords:
Elements, Fire, Water, Earth, Air, Wave, Water, Liquid, Rock, Cast, Stone, Pebble, Torch, Gas, Flame, Campfire, Sizzle, Burst, Scrape, Whoosh, Impact, Texture, Attack, Bend, Bending, Explosion, Processed, Surge, Quake, Hit, Flow, Burn, Ignite, Drop, Smack, Destruction, Rumble, Hiss, Blow, Wind, Cloth, Movement, Underwater, Bubble, Ocean, River, Lake, Firework, Firecracker, Bang, Blast, Detonation, Magic, Fantasy, Forces, Fire Magic, Water Magic, Earth Magic, Fire Air, Fire Effect, Fire Whoosh, Water Whoosh, Seamless Loop, Loop, Fire Cast, Water Cast, Earth Cast, Air Cast
Hyper Thunder is a colossal collection of thunder and lightning, 100% crafted from the ground up using innovative synthesized technics and props recordings. Not a single real life thunder recording was used. using synthesis and props manipulation crafted to deliver impact far beyond natural recordings. Built entirely from innovative synthesis and props recordings, this library pushes the boundaries of weather sound design—perfect for when you need the raw energy of a storm dialed up to cinematic extremes.
Featuring over 800 files, Hyper Thunder spans everything from subtle distant rumbles and rolling thunder to razor-sharp lightning strikes and earth-shaking impacts. With both designed hits and source layers, you have full control—drop in ready-to-use power or sculpt your own stormscapes using the source recordings.
Created in collaboration with Bruits.Studio’s Vincent Fliniaux and Tibo Csuko—longtime SoundMorph contributors to acclaimed libraries like Robotic Lifeforms 2 and WATER— Hyper Thunder blends technical mastery with bold creativity.
From atmospheric detail to explosive drama, Hyper Thunder gives you thunder and lightning that are bigger, subtler, and more versatile than nature itself.
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