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Bat Cave is an immersive field recording album by Sound Effect Stacks, capturing the rich acoustic environment of a bat-inhabited cave from noon to dusk. Recorded deep in a natural cave setting, this collection highlights the unique bat activity throughout the day—featuring detailed cave room tones, fluttering wingbeats, bat vocalizations, and the intensifying sounds of hundreds of bats preparing to emerge at dusk.
From quiet ambient textures to dynamic bursts of movement and communication, this album offers an authentic soundscape ideal for use in films, games, installations, or deep listening. Perfect for sound designers, nature lovers, and audio storytellers seeking rare and high-quality wildlife recordings.
Need a light? Plug not answering? We got you.
This Smoking, Vaping, Getting High SFX library is here for you and your vices. This library is full of sizzling, sparking blunts/bowls, and bubbly bongs, and cough cough hitting different vape pens.
Recorded at a higher sample rate perfect for your everyday cigarette sound effects or add crazy processing for high sound design (get it….?)
These SFX hit different. Elevate your stash.
Need a Light? We’ve Got Your Audio Fix
Welcome to the ultimate collection of premium smoking, vaping, and getting high sound effects. Our meticulously crafted library delivers authentic audio that will elevate your productions to new heights. Whether you’re creating films, games, podcasts, or multimedia projects, these sounds hit different.
What’s In The Stash?
Our comprehensive sound effects package includes:
Elevate Your Production Value
Recorded at a higher sample rate perfect for your everyday cigarette sound effects or add crazy processing for high sound design (get it….?). From subtle background elements to featured audio moments, these sounds deliver authentic atmosphere to any project. Transform ordinary scenes into extraordinary experiences with our premium audio assets.
Quality Assurance Note
No stoners were harmed in the making of this library, just buds.
What Creators Are Saying
“Puff, puff, but don’t pass on this library”
“Looking for that creative spark? These SFX provide the inspiration”
Everything About This Library Is HIGH
Don’t let subpar audio bring down your production quality. Our smoking and vaping sound effects library delivers the authentic audio experience your audience expects. Spark creativity and elevate your projects with our premium collection.
Ready to take your audio to new heights? Add to cart now and download instantly.
Unleash the sonic power of the gong with Aum Audio’s Gongs sound effects library.
Step into the sonic world of Shawn Aceto Sounds with a unique collection of gongs. Crafted by the metallurgist master Shawn Aceto and brought to life by master performer of the shamanic sound, Eddie Funxta.
These gongs are sonic marvels, designed to produce a full spectrum of tones, from primal, earth-shaking crashes to ethereal whispers that linger in the air. Add emotional vibrations and dramatic depth into your projects from a unique source in the gong and musical instrument industry.
Four selected gongs are included in this collection. Rain, Shri Yantra, Soul Voyager and Star Child. A variety of striking mallets, friction mallets, and percussive sticks were used along with Funxta’s touch and finesse to provide a multitude of takes for a wide selection of emotional impacts to choose from. Ringing decay lengths are from short 3 second accents to almost 2 minute sustains with some having big low end. Get it on and let’s bang a gong.
Royalty-free for commercial use in any of your creativity, such as film, television, radio, gaming, podcasts, audio books and more.
• 240 files totaling 5.87 GB, about 150 minutes
• Recordings of the 40″ Rain, 32″ Soul Voyager, 32″ Star Child, 28″ Shri Yantra gongs
• Various takes of mallet strikes, flumie friction rubs, percussive taps
• Files are BWAV format in stereo 96k at 24bit resolution, metadata enabled
• Universal Category System (UCS) standardized naming convention
• Product description, metadata sheets & EULA
• Artwork
Thunder Drums is a sound effects library designed to deliver powerful low-frequency impacts, rumbles, and strikes for cinematic sound design. It features non-traditional percussion instruments, including a thunder tube (spring drum), loose drumheads, and large plexiglass sheets, struck with mallets and drumsticks to produce a wide range of impacts, thunder-like rumbles, deep strikes, and heavy drum hits.
In addition to raw recordings, the library includes designed elements enhanced with granular processing, distortion, and impulse response reverbs. Perfect for sound design in film, games, and trailers where powerful hits and low-end energy is needed.
All sounds were captured using a Sennheiser MKH 8050 microphone and Zoom F6 recorder at 32-bit / 192kHz, and are delivered as 24-bit / 192kHz WAV files. The library includes 185 files (512 sounds), is 3.7 GB in size, and is fully UCS-compliant with embedded metadata.
Unlock the power of high-quality audio with our Electric Bike Flight Risk Sound Effects Pack. This collection features 39 meticulously recorded sounds at 24-bit, 96kHz for stunning clarity. Each sound is tagged with UCS metadata for seamless integration into your projects. Perfect for enhancing electric bike simulations, video games, or multimedia applications, these sounds capture every detail of the ride. Elevate your audio with professional-grade, immersive effects designed for realistic and dynamic experiences.
Take your mixes to the next level with this Ultimate DJ Effects Sound Pack! Featuring 80 premium sound effects in 24-bit, 96kHz for crystal-clear quality, this pack is perfect for DJs, producers, and performers. Every file is UCS-metagged for seamless organization and quick access. From scratches, risers and impacts, sweeps and vocal cuts, these sounds add energy and excitement to any production or DJ set. Elevate your sound, download now and start mixing like a pro!
This sound library focuses on the detailed handling of two different types of ammunition belts: a long 7.62x51mm belt with spent shells, and a shorter .303 British belt loaded with live bullets.
A variety of actions were recorded, including handling, shaking, sliding, and pickup/drop movements on various surfaces and inside both wooden and metal ammo boxes. The combination of metal links and cartridges provides a rich palette of mechanical textures, manipulations, and impacts.
Captured using both stereo and mono setups, this collection offers foley recordings suitable for weapon handling design, military props, mechanical sound layering, and more.
Gear used
MixPre-6 II • MKH30 • MKH8040 • C411 • MKH416
Metadata
This sound library is UCS compliant and comes with fully embedded metadata compatible with Soundly, Soundminer and Basehead.
We’ve launched a new recording series focused on typewriters, and for this first volume, we’ve included four distinct models:
– Olivetti ET Personal 55
– Olivetti Lettera 31
– Olivetti Pluma 22
– Olympia SM2
This library contains a total of 1008 high-quality audio files, and—as in all our sound libraries, each track includes multiple takes to give you flexibility and variety.
In the preview, what you’ll hear is a combination of all microphones used simultaneously to give a full, rich perspective of each sound.
🔊 What’s Included
This collection captures every mechanical nuance and interaction possible from the included machines, such as:
– Individual keystrokes for each letter, numbers, and special keys (both isolated and sequential)
– Mechanical movements, gear shifts, and levers
– Paper roller actions
– Powering on the electronic typewriter
– Carriage movements with detailed gear and rail recordings
– Sounds of the Olympia SM2 case being handled
– Side levers, paper insertion and release mechanisms
We also used a Geofon contact microphone to capture internal vibrations and mechanical resonances, offering a layer of realism rarely found in typewriter recordings.
🗂️ Well-Organized & Easy to Use
All files are uniformly named and sorted by machine and action type, making it easy to drag, drop, and find exactly what you need in your workflow.
🎧 Recording Approach & Equipment
All sounds were recorded at very close range to ensure exceptional detail and clarity. The recording setup included professional-grade equipment:
– Sound Devices MixPre-6 II
– Sennheiser MKH 8050
– Sanken CO-100K
– Tascam Portacapture X8
– Geofon
This high-fidelity setup allows you to alter pitch or stretch audio while preserving sonic integrity, making these sounds ideal for both hyper-realistic and creative sound design.
✅ Professional Quality Standards
– Recording resolution: Captured at 32-bit / 192 kHz, delivered at 24-bit / 192 kHz
– Editing: All files were meticulously cleaned to remove room reflections, background noise, and handling artifacts
🎯 Ideal Applications
– Video games: Add depth and realism to vintage or stylized interfaces and props
– Film & documentaries: Use authentic machine sounds for historical accuracy or background texture
– Multimedia projects: Perfect for immersive installations, art pieces, or stylized animations
📦 Technical Details
– Total Files: 1008
– Format: 192 kHz / 24-bit WAV
– Gear Used: Sound Devices MixPre-6 II, Sennheiser MKH 8050, Sanken CO-100K, Tascam Portacapture X8, Geofon
“Yogyakarta River Stream” is the latest immersive auditory creation from Sound Effect Stacks, a master of capturing the unseen and the unheard. This album invites you to experience the untouched rhythms of Indonesia’s Yogyakarta, where the heartbeats of the land are woven into every ripple and rush of water.
Through meticulous field recordings, Sound Effect Stacks has crafted an evocative journey along the myriad streams and rivers that flow through this mystical region. Each track serves as an intimate snapshot of the dynamic waterways—some gentle, others powerful—all unified by the hum of nature’s constant motion.
From the soft murmur of a mountain spring to the louder cascades of rivers cutting through Yogyakarta’s vibrant landscapes, the album invites listeners to close their eyes and let the water’s story unfold. The clear, flowing currents, the delicate sounds of rain-soaked leaves, and the ambient sounds of distant wildlife blend to create a rich tapestry of auditory experiences.
In “Yogyakarta River Stream,” Sound Effect Stacks showcases a deep respect for both the power and the stillness of water. This album is more than just a collection of field recordings—it’s a spiritual journey, capturing the essence of Indonesia’s rivers and the balance between nature’s raw force and its peaceful tranquility.
Let yourself be carried by the rivers of Yogyakarta, guided by Sound Effect Stacks’s carefully layered soundscapes. Perfect for those seeking to escape into nature, to meditate, or to simply be swept away in the beauty of the world’s most ancient sound—the flow of water.
This sound library has been captured during an open-access day at a motorbike racetrack. The recordings deliver the raw energy of motorcycles pushed to their limits in a real-world setting.
Multiple sessions were recorded from various perspectives: the final corner, the main straight, and a distant position capturing the broader soundscape. The library features a mix of stereo setups for close passbys, a mono microphone for focused character, and an ambisonic rig offering an ambient perspective. A wide range of engine types are represented, from small-displacement bikes to high-performance machines.
From sharp corner entries to high-speed flybys, this library offers a dynamic range of passbys, approaches, and ambiences ideal for motorsport scenes, racing games, or high-energy sound design.
Gear used
Zoom F6 • MixPre-6 II • 722 • Usi Pro • MKH30 • MKH8040 • Kmr81i • NT-SF1
Metadata
This sound library is UCS compliant and comes with fully embedded metadata compatible with Soundly, Soundminer and Basehead.
A high-octane collection of sci-fi engine sounds designed to power futuristic vehicles, starships, drones, and advanced machinery. With layered boosts, charged accelerations, and energetic propulsion, this pack delivers cinematic engine sounds with punch and scale—perfect for games, trailers, film, and sci-fi storytelling. Give your machines the roar of tomorrow.
🚀 What’s Inside?
✔️ Engine Boosts: Aggressive power surges, acceleration bursts, energy charges, and propulsion blasts.
✔️ Sci-Fi Motions: High-velocity thrusts, futuristic drives, and stylized engine pulses.
Useful for films, video content, and games, this pack provides ready-to-use, professionally designed sound effects, tailored for creators who need polished sounds without extra processing. The Ultra High Resolution version may contain more variations and audio files than the High Resolution pack, with pristine 192 kHz quality that ensures excellent flexibility for projects requiring additional processing.
All files are recorded 32bit, 192 kHz, with RØDE NTG1, Line Audio Omni1 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.
Yogyakarta Thunder is a raw, immersive field recording project that captures the electric soul of a storm in Kulon Progo, a rugged region west of Yogyakarta. Recorded entirely on location, this album documents the raw force of thunder, the whisper of wind through tropical trees, and the intense silence between lightning strikes.
Every track is a real moment—unfiltered and alive—delivering the atmosphere of a storm as it unfolds in the heart of Java. From distant rumbles to sky-splitting crashes, Yogyakarta Thunder invites listeners into a sonic experience that is both meditative and powerful.
Created by Sound Effect Stack, this album is part of our mission to bring authentic environmental sounds to life. Whether you’re a sound artist, ambient enthusiast, or simply drawn to the rhythm of nature, Yogyakarta Thunder offers a deep connection to the elements.
Let the storm tell its story.
All files are recorded 32bit, 192 kHz, with RØDE NTG1, Line Audio Omni1 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.
All files are recorded 32bit, 192 kHz, with RØDE NTG1, Line Audio Omni1 and FEL Clippy XLR EM272 microphones, Sound Devices MixPre-6 II recorder. Library contains wav files of driving and foley, mechanical and electrical sounds. It is also available in UCS.
All files are recorded 32bit, 192 kHz, with RØDE NTG1, Line Audio Omni1 and FEL Clippy XLR EM272 microphones, Sound Devices MixPre-6 II recorder. Library contains wav files of driving, foley, mechanical and electrical sounds. It is also available in UCS.
All files are recorded 32bit, 192 kHz, with RØDE NTG1, Line Audio Omni1 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.
The NSL Metal Bundle includes 3 New Sound Lab sound libraries.
401 high resolution WAV files – 8 GB
Resonant Metal is a sound library built around the resonant and tonal characteristics of metal. It features a wide variety of recordings—from small, high-frequency metal tones to large, heavy impacts with long sustain. The focus is on metallic sounds with rich overtones, clean transients, and tonal clarity.
The library includes both raw recordings of real-world metal objects (bowls, trays, heavy pans, rods, tools, etc.) and a selection of designed sounds. These designed elements include processed impacts, pitch-shifted scrapes, granular textures, and reversed hits.
Every sound was recorded using a Sennheiser MKH 8050 microphone and a Zoom F6 recorder and files are delivered in high-resolution 24-bit / 192kHz WAV format.
All files are recorded 32bit, 192 kHz, with RØDE NTG1, Line Audio Omni1and 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.
Adaptive Triggers is a sound library focused on the unique haptic mechanics of the PlayStation DualSense game controller. At the heart of this collection are detailed recordings of the controller’s adaptive triggers and rumble features, captured to showcase a range of mechanical and tactile sounds.
To generate these sounds, custom trigger behaviors were programmed using reWASD mapping and DualSenseX controller software. This allowed for the creation of varied press patterns, resistance levels, and haptic feedback combinations. We created a wide range of sounds: from gritty, grinding trigger pulls to rhythmic press sequences, mechanical clicks, and deep rumbles. These sounds were captured using a Sennheiser MKH 8050 microphone paired with a Zoom F6 recorder, ensuring ultra-clean recordings with extended high-frequency detail—ideal for pitch manipulation.
The result is a versatile set of controller-based source material, perfect for creating sci-fi weapon reloads or trigger pulls, futuristic interface interactions, robotic mechanisms, or experimental percussion layers for music and sound design.
The final collection includes 150 WAV files delivered in 24-bit 192kHz format, with a total size of 668 MB. All files are fully UCS-compliant and include detailed metadata for easy integration into your workflow.
Controllers is especially well-suited for:
Futuristic interface design and control systems
Weapon mechanisms or sci-fi gear in video games and film
Robotic movements, servos, or haptic feedback emulation
Experimental percussion layers in music production and sound design
Library Specifications:
Source: PlayStation DualSense controller
Focus: Adaptive triggers & haptic rumble mechanisms
Reprogramming Tool: reWASD / DualSenseX (custom trigger tension, click patterns, rumbles)
Microphone: Sennheiser MKH 8050 (supercardioid)
Recorder: Zoom F6 (32-bit float, 192kHz)
Final Format: 150 WAV files at 24-bit / 192kHz (Mono)
Library Size: 668 MB
Metadata: UCS-compliant with embedded keywords
The Master Gun Browning M2-HB Sound Effects library is recorded using a large array of various microphone configurations, we recorded shots from several distances in an open shooting range in the Nevada Desert.
Our raw shots features a total of 26 channels including 12 Stereo and 2 mono sources. All of our close and mid spaced pair Microphone options can be used as two independent mono microphones. The right side of every spaced pair will have more Mech than its left side counterpart.
Every single gun has been recorded using the same gain settings on the same recorders, and we have level matched each microphone option between the same calibers so your 50ft microphones will be the same or similar across all libraries that share the same calibers. This makes mixing large amounts of weapons easier as the loudness and character of each gun is predictable.
Our foley features a total of 4 audio channels with 1 Stereo and 2 mono sources, including the Sanken CO-100k which captures frequencies above 100kHz for extreme pitch shifting workflows.
Created from the ground up we’ve designed a collection of game-ready mixes for your next project. If you are creating your own custom weapons system and would like to use our designed mixes in your project, you can use our no-tail options which are our realistic designed mixes without our tail layers. Just drag, and drop.
All files contain extensive metadata to provide you with the fastest and easiest workflow possible. Metadata can be read and processed by audio management tools. Some digital audio workstations feature an included search tool that can also read embedded metadata.
The Master Gun RPK-74 Sound Effects library is recorded using a large array of various microphone configurations, we recorded shots from several distances in an open shooting range in the Nevada Desert.
Our raw shots features a total of 28 channels including 13 Stereo and 2 mono sources. All of our close and mid spaced pair Microphone options can be used as two independent mono microphones. The right side of every spaced pair will have more Mech than its left side counterpart.
Every single gun has been recorded using the same gain settings on the same recorders, and we have level matched each microphone option between the same calibers so your 50ft microphones will be the same or similar across all libraries that share the same calibers. This makes mixing large amounts of weapons easier as the loudness and character of each gun is predictable.
Our foley features a total of 4 audio channels with 1 Stereo and 2 mono sources, including the Sanken CO-100k which captures frequencies above 100kHz for extreme pitch shifting workflows.
In addition to the unsuppressed shot recordings, we’ve also sampled the RPK-74 with a suppressor attachment. The suppressed RPK-74 was sampled right after the unsuppressed recordings using the exact same microphone setup as the unsuppressed version. This provides you a seamless transition between the unsuppressed and the suppressed recordings.
The suppressed recordings also have the added benefit of muting the shot layers which helps bring out the intricate details of the mechanism (mech layers).
Because adding a suppressor to the firearm increases the weapons muzzle velocity, the fire rate of the suppressed weapon is slightly faster than its unsuppressed counterpart.
Created from the ground up we’ve designed a collection of game-ready mixes for your next project. If you are creating your own custom weapons system and would like to use our designed mixes in your project, you can use our no-tail options which are our realistic designed mixes without our tail layers. Just drag, and drop.
All files contain extensive metadata to provide you with the fastest and easiest workflow possible. Metadata can be read and processed by audio management tools. Some digital audio workstations feature an included search tool that can also read embedded metadata.
The Master Gun MK14 Mod 0 EBR Sound Effects library is recorded using a large array of various microphone configurations, we recorded shots from several distances in an open shooting range in the Nevada Desert.
Our raw shots features a total of 28 channels including 13 Stereo and 2 mono sources. All of our close and mid spaced pair Microphone options can be used as two independent mono microphones. The right side of every spaced pair will have more Mech than its left side counterpart.
Every single gun has been recorded using the same gain settings on the same recorders, and we have level matched each microphone option between the same calibers so your 50ft microphones will be the same or similar across all libraries that share the same calibers. This makes mixing large amounts of weapons easier as the loudness and character of each gun is predictable.
Our foley features a total of 4 audio channels with 1 Stereo and 2 mono sources, including the Sanken CO-100k which captures frequencies above 100kHz for extreme pitch shifting workflows.
In addition to the unsuppressed shot recordings, we’ve also sampled the MK48 with a suppressor attachment. The suppressed MK48 was sampled right after the unsuppressed recordings using the exact same microphone setup as the unsuppressed version. This provides you a seamless transition between the unsuppressed and the suppressed recordings.
The suppressed recordings also have the added benefit of muting the shot layers which helps bring out the intricate details of the mechanism (mech layers).
Because adding a suppressor to the firearm increases the weapons muzzle velocity, the fire rate of the suppressed weapon is slightly faster than its unsuppressed counterpart.
Created from the ground up we’ve designed a collection of game-ready mixes for your next project. If you are creating your own custom weapons system and would like to use our designed mixes in your project, you can use our no-tail options which are our realistic designed mixes without our tail layers. Just drag, and drop.
All files contain extensive metadata to provide you with the fastest and easiest workflow possible. Metadata can be read and processed by audio management tools. Some digital audio workstations feature an included search tool that can also read embedded metadata.
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