Playable Sound Libraries

Sound effect based instruments for sound design and music composition

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Bundles Beautiful Bells Bundle Play Track 2000+ sounds included, 358 mins total $189

Discover one of the biggest collections of bells ever recorded with nearly 6 hours of sound.

Beautiful Bells BUNDLE contains the solo ringing of 76 swinging bells and 135 stationary bells, captured in 62 bell towers, carillons, chapels, churches, cathedrals, basilicas and clock towers across France, with unprecedented quality. Most of the sounds were recorded inside bell towers.

Swinging bells are struck by a hanging clapper. They have a natural pitch modulation due to the Doppler effect, and a timbre modulation due to varying orientation. They produce a deep and lively sound and are mostly used to announce masses, religious holidays, weddings and funerals.

Stationary bells are struck by external hammers. They have a steady and rich tone, with a long sustain. They are mostly used as musical instruments in carillons, to indicate the hour in clock chimes or to alert the population in tocsins.

Every bell size and pitch is represented in this library, from huge 10 ton bourdon to tiny carillon bells weighing a few kilograms. You will find bells founded from 14th to 21st century with a great variety of timbres and tunings, over a range of more than 5 octaves. The sounds are sorted by note from D2 to G7.

The library contains 2 carillons with 54 bells and 10 bells, available as sound files and virtual instruments (NI Kontakt and EXS24 with round robin).

You will also get 15 peals of multiple bells, called plenum.

By sorting the solo sounds by location, you can recreate authentic bell combinations. You also have the freedom to create any custom combination or use the sounds as instruments in musical scores.

All the sounds in this library were recorded in bell towers or as close as possible to provide great sonic precision and optimal signal-to-noise ratio.

Over 12,000 kilometers were traveled during six months to get you one of the most exhaustive swinging bell collection ever recorded.

SUMMARY:

• Contains BEAUTIFUL BELLS Vol 1 & BEAUTIFUL BELLS Vol 2
• A total of 227 sounds recorded in 62 locations
• Wide variety of bells (size, age, tuning)
• Contains the ringing of 10 bourdons
• 2 carillons virtual instruments
• Contains peals of multiple bells
• Contains a collection of 10 small ancient bells
• All notes from D2 to G7
• Metadata with detailed information about each bell

SPECS:

• 96KHz/24bit
• Very low noise
• Metadata UCS-compliant
• Mainly recorded with Sennheiser MKH 8040

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Foley Sound Effects Edward Foleyart Instrument + WAV Bundle Play Track 35600 sounds included $109

Save as Bundle! Edward Foleyart Instrument and both meta tagged WAV Libraries (The Foleyart Collection + AddOn: Extended Footsteps).

Edward brings real recorded and natural randomized Foley Artist footsteps to every audio production studio – and offers high end quality and parameters to adjust distance and environment based on Native Instruments Kontakt engine.
Edward Foleyart Instrument supports the free NI Kontakt 5 Player!

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Cinematic & Trailer Sound Effects Antisystem Play Track 575+ sounds included $59

AntiSystem, a brand new collection of 570+ Horror Sci-fi one-shot samples and loops with a technoid approach, created in collaboration with South American sound designer Matias Cerviño and SampleTraxx.

Antisystem delivers tension and excitement with a genre-crossing, detailed hard-hitting sound design. Especially suitable for horror and sci-fi projects, it brings to the table a complete arsenal of unmistakable signature sound effects.

1,6 GB of WAV samples with Key Information, 15 Categories, and 17 Kontakt Instruments ready to be fired in your next project.

Inject a new wave of sonic madness!

Categories:
Atmosphere
Atmospheric Elements
Cinematic Movement
Crescendo
Feedback Larsen
Glitch Stutter
Hit Design 1
Hit Design 2
Loops with Kontakt tempo sync
Low Hit
Low Key Elements
Ramp Up Woosh By
Reverse
Rise
Topping Elements

Features:
1.6 GB of content
15 Categories
570+ Wav samples 48/24 with key information
17 Kontakt Instruments – Full version 5.8 needed
Kontakt Free Player not supported

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Bundles 2017 InspectorJ Bundle 2602 sounds included, 214 mins total $52.50

5 InspectorJ SFX libraries created in 2017 at a permanent 50% discount, including:

•Hidden Voices: Bodyboard (727 MB, $15)
•Piano Mallet FX (1.62 GB, $25)
•Piano Mallet Strikes (1.44 GB, $25)
•Toilet Flush (1.92 GB, $15)
•Wooden Fence Destruction (265 MB, $25)

For a discounted total of only $52.50 (Originally $105 if bought separately)

HIDDEN VOICES: BODYBOARD (727 MB, $15)
This collection of sounds brings you 1,000 unique sounds at 96KHz/24-bit stereo created entirely from a bodyboard. From several creature sounds to computerized sounds, this library is extensive with 642 designed sounds with 11 different styles of vocalization, as well as all of the 358 base sounds that were the ingredients for the vocalizations. If you are looking to spice up your creature vocalization palette, then this library is certainly for you.

PIANO MALLET FX (1.62 GB, $25)
This collection of sounds brings you 509 FX sounds of various scrapes, hits and glissandos across the piano strings with a metal mallet, offering significant number of variations. Every sound was recorded at 96kHz/24-bit stereo.

PIANO MALLET STRIKES (1.44 GB, $25)
Recorded at 96kHz/24-bit stereo, this collection of sounds brings you 463 sampler-based metal mallet strikes with five variations. As opposed to playing the piano normally, these sounds were created by striking the string with a metal mallet, creating a harsher attack and a unique plucky percussive sound.

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)

TOILET FLUSH (1.92 GB, $15)
From toilets to urinals, trains to planes, this library explores the many different flushing sounds that can be heard in American and European bathrooms.

The flushes were recorded in several varieties; the toilet lid up, the toilet lid down, the recorder close to the toilet, the recorder distant from the toilet, and even some of the refilling cycles as well as the dreaded sound when a toilet won’t flush.

Of all the flushes recorded, 55 are from European toilets, 29 from American toilets, 14 from urinals, 7 from a train, and 6 from a plane, for a total of 111 unique flushing sounds with over 50 minutes of refilling cycles.

WOODEN FENCE DESTRUCTION (265 MB, $25)
This library delivers a huge number of recordings of various snaps, drops, scrapes and impacts created by venting anger on a large wooden fence panel. 471 of the 519 included sounds were recorded at 44.1KHz/24-bit stereo and the remaining 48 were recorded at 44.1KHz/16-bit stereo. Ideal for any destructive sound!

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Cinematic & Trailer Sound Effects Cinematic SFX Series Play Track 300+ sounds included $29.25

The suspense is building with the with Cinematic SFX Series! Find out what it sounds like with Vadi Sound Library.

About the Cinematic SFX Series

With the Cinematic SFX Series, make your audience feel the atmosphere you want to create with 300+ fresh sounds.

This pack includes sounds of cinematic hits, booms, stingers, trailer sounds and much more. It gives you access to the designed sound effects, transition sound effects, and explosions sound effects that your project calls for – ready to be used as-is, or as building blocks for further creative sound design work.

This is a bestseller pack that’s been designed after heavy research of the existing cinematic sound effects out there and exploring how to bring a fresh new angle of sounds to this important genre.

218 sound files in 24bit/96 KHz .wav format with easy-to-navigate naming. It was recorded over a 6-month period, in collaboration with film makers and prerecording supervisors.

Keywords including Actions, Parts, Equipment and Style
Cinematic, trailer, hit, boom, stinger, transition, impact, pass-by horror, resonance, woosh, metallic, glassy, shimmer, saturation, designed, drum, cyber, texture, materials, swoosh, magic, spell, riser, ambience, creepy, eerie, brass, heavy, soft, reverse, film, game, movies, video, music.

What else you may need
You may also want to check out our Cinematic Whooshes & Transitions SFX Pack for access to clean and processed sounds, including futuristic sounds, pass by, power ups/ downs, movement, machine, and more sound effects.

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Cinematic & Trailer Sound Effects Cinematic Whooshes & Transitions Play Track 294 sounds included $29.25

Suspense, mystery, dynamic and epic atmospheres… and action! Find the true sound of it with Vadi Sound Library.

About Cinematic Whooshes & Transitions

Cinematic Whooshes & Transitions features 294 unique audio files that will keep your audience on their toes! This SFX pack has both organic and clean sounds and processed sounds of transitions and whooshes, including swipes, futuristic sci-fi sounds, tonal, pass by, power ups/ downs, movement, machine, and more.

You will get brand-new whooshes and transitions, from cinematic and magic to dark sci-fi and anime and movements and nature elements, swishes, flutters, destructive impacts in various speeds and intensity. 294 fresh sounds in 24bit-96kHz .WAV format with easy to navigate naming. With the usual Vadi Sound craft and attention to detail.

Keywords including Genre, Texture, Style, Action, Mood
Whoosh, Cinematic, Trailer, Transition, Metal, Atmospheric, Noisy, Flyby, Bullet, Ricochet, Space, Spaceship, Pass-by, Texture, Saturated, Sci-fi Horror, Flame, Dark, Swoosh, Airy, Stop, Envelope, Power Down, Sub, Frequency, Base, Malfunction, Flow, Flutter, Scream, Vehicle, Motorcycle, Engine, Glitter, Sweep, Robot, Thunder, Crackle, Squeak, Debris, Chopper, Glitter, Abstract, Jet, Engine, Glitch, Siren, Laser, Drone, Fire, Slow, Low, Fast, Airy, Thick, Windy, Warm, Distorted, Liquid, Electric, Double, Glassy

What else you may need
You may also want to check out our Cinematic Series SFX Pack for access to cinematic hits, and booms, stingers, trailer tools, and more sound effects.

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Mechanical Sound Effects 70s Electric Cash Register Play Track ~270 sounds included, 39 mins total $18

Clicky and rolling metallic sounds from an old metallic Sweda cash register from the 1970s + a bonus Kontakt MIDI instrument.

Grab our Old Cash Registers Bundle here and get this and three mechaincal cash registers from the early 1900s at a discounted price

Great source material for designing all sorts of odd mechanical insects, robot or machine movement, mechanical UI buttons or just actual cash registers in shopping scenes. ~270 sounds in 165 files.

We recorded the cash register with high quality microphones from multiple perspectives – even with a lavalier microphone hidden inside the machine for super dry mechanical sounds and contact microphone attached to the back for beefy low end that can be mixed in to make your sounds feel heavier. We even added punchy ready-to-use detailed mixes of all the microphones. Recorded in a professional noise free recording studio, giving you the complete freedom to shape the sounds as you please

We experimented to explore all the sonic gems hiding in the machine. You’ll find sounds of the electric number indicators rolling when pressing the payment button, creepy click-clacky insect-like movements, thin metallic movements and impacts and foley sounds from touching and handling the cash registers.

The library has been tagged with extensive metadata and has been tested in Soundminer, Basehead, Soundly and Pro Sound Effects’ Search to make it easy to find the sounds you are looking for.

The library comes with a Kontakt instrument (requires full version of Kontakt 6) with several round robins and multiple microphone positions that be used to add mechanical rhythms to your music, or easily sync the sounds to pictures with MIDI notes.

The 70s Electric Cash Register library includes:

– Mechanical click-clacky insect-like movements
– Beefy rolling sounds from electric number indicators rolling when pressing the payment button
– Several metallic drawer movements
– A huge variety of mechanical buton clicks
– Foley and impacts from handling the register
– Several microphones from different perspectives as well as a punchy ready-to-use detailed mixes of all the microphones
– A Kontakt Instruments with several round robins and multiple microphone positions that be used to add mechanical rhythms to your music, or easily sync the sounds to pictures with MIDI notes

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Mechanical Sound Effects MaK (Mouse & Keyboard) Play Track 1800 sounds included $17.50

MaK is a Kontakt instrument which replicates the sounds of a person using various computer keyboards, mice, or touchscreen devices. This allows you to very quickly perform the foley of using one of these devices via midi.

There are 15 devices available in MaK: 5 Keyboards, 5 Mice, 2 Touchscreens, and 3 digital keyboards. Each of these devices has been meticulously recorded at a number of different velocities for a very realistic playback performance.

The majority of the devices have 5 velocity layers; from soft to hard. Each of these velocity layers have 32 different samples: 16 for the press sound, and 16 for the release sounds of each device. That’s 160 samples per device! MaK will randomly trigger press and release samples for each layer based on the velocity you play the notes. Easy to use controls allow you to adjust additional layers of randomness in both velocity and pitch. All of this adds up to realistic devices, and convincing performance. This library requires the full version of NI Kontakt (not included)

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Footsteps Sound Effects Footsteps Play Track 750 sounds included, 15 mins total $14

Whether it’s for animation, live action production or a videogame – Blue Sugar Audio’s ‘Footsteps’ library will help you bring your characters to life!

This Footsteps library includes 5 types of footsteps: bare feet, heels, sneakers, work boots and dress shoes -each tied to their own little character- sneaking, walking and running on 5 different surfaces: concrete, laminate, dirt, metal and hollow wood. The great variety in high quality samples will help you create three very natural sounding paces.

As a courtesy the library also includes Kontakt files -compatible with the full version of kontakt 5 only- so you can Foley your way through your production in a flash!

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Instruments Kalimba Play Track 550 sounds included, 5 mins total $12
Attention: This is NI KONTAKT instrument, so you need full version of KONTAKT (at least version 5.5.2) to run and play it. It will not work in KONTAKT Player!

However, this library contains 96kHz WAVs in separate folders for each of three kalimbas if you don’t have (or need) KONTAKT.

Introducing KALIMBA: the first KONTAKT instrument from KEDR Audio!

Here you will find two models of high-end kalimbas, as well as a bonus: prepared low-quality rattling kalimba to add some low-fi textures to your music or sound design.

All were recorded with condenser and contact stereo mics and have separate controls for both microphones levels. Also, the use of five round-robins for each mic allows to achieve variability and human-alike sound.

All three instruments are built on the same KONTAKT engine with many useful controls: room and contact mic gain, AD envelope, low-pass filter with resonance, chorus, reverb, delay and three-band equalizer.

What you get:
- Two high-end kalimbas, plus a bonus: an old, low-fi, rattling prepared kalimba
- Separate folders with 96kHz/24Bit multi-take WAVs for each of kalimbas to use in sound design or other (non KONTAKT) samplers
- Metadata for search engines
- KONTAKT engine with three effects, a low-pass filter and a three-band equalizer.
System requirements:
- Full version of Native Instruments KONTAKT 5.5.2 and higher
Gear Used:
- Sound Devices MixPre-6, BarcusBerry Planar Wave 4000, Sennheiser MKH8040/MKH30
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Mechanical Sound Effects Antique Accordion Play Track 570+ sounds included $36

A killer antique accordion full of paper crinkles, key clacks, sick sounding wheezes and old wood creaks. The antique accordion was rescued from a local antique shop. It has a hole in the bellows that creates a distinct wheezing sound, and it is loaded up with strange squeaks, pops and paper textures.

We rolled on this instrument for about an hour, and did everything from flicking the keys to dropping and pounding it. The accordion took some abuse, but in the end what it gave back was a wealth of old sounding textures you can’t fake.

This instrument was recorded at 24 bit 96k, in dual mono – with an AT4050 for a wide perspective and a Schoeps CMC6.MK4 for a close perspective. Comes with 57 .wav files and 19 Kontakt .nki files (the .nki files require the full retail version of NI Kontakt 4.2.3 or later)

Note: Can be used without Kontakt too! All Kontakt instrument libraries include fully unlocked and accessible metadata tagged .wav files. You don't need any version of Kontakt to use these files as a standalone sample library.

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Materials & Texture Sound Effects Lockdown Play Track 1700+ sounds included $46

Get a huge variety of simple or complex lockdown mechanism sounds with a wide array of different latches and impacts with Lockdown, a performable Kontakt instrument and sound effects library.

We brought in dozens of props big and small to generate a massive array of source material recorded at 24 bit 192kHz. These included cameras, carabiners, wrenches, rack cases, knives, can openers, tongs, crimpers, solder suckers, file cabinet doors, vehicle doors and servos and much more – all with multiple unique performances per set.

Great care was taken to record each performance with the highest sonic quality and detail. We chose a pair of MKH50s in XY as our primary setup, creating a big, clean stereo image on every sound.

Lockdown is divided into two parts –
elements and designed:
The elements collection has all of the source recordings in their unaltered states. Each sound is edited, cleaned, volume matched and carefully metadata tagged.

The designed collection uses samples based on the elements recordings that have been transformed into entirely new and different sounds using heavy processing and layering. It was created to produce interesting design and transition sounds quickly and easily. Lockdown includes over 500 fully lockdowns of all sizes and scales.

Lockdown highlights
• more than 1700 elements files
• 192 kHz source recordings
• 500 heavily designed sounds
• 96kHz designed collection
• 2 full kontakt instruments (full version of Kontakt 5.5 required)
• soundminer and bwav metadata

Note: Can be used without Kontakt too! All Kontakt instrument libraries include fully unlocked and accessible metadata tagged .wav files. You don't need any version of Kontakt to use these files as a standalone sample library.

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Other Instruments Little Boxes Play Track 1000+ sounds included $54

Little Boxes is a curated collection of four unique sound sets designed to compliment one another sonically and texturally. These textures move from acoustic to electroacoustic to analog synthesis – all programmed into beautiful Kontakt 4 instruments (full NI Kontakt
4.2.3 or later required).

Comes with the following four boxes:

Box 1. Earthquake Detector:

A small device meant to be hung flat on the wall, the balls will swing and strike the strings if the ground begins to move.
This box was shaken, plucked, strummed, performed and ebowed to produce a beautiful palette of acoustic string textures.
In Kontakt those sounds evolved into a group of instruments that ran from folksy, zither like patches to lush, shimmering pads.

Box 2. Folktek Microgarden:
A handmade DIY electroacoustic device, this box is built by Arius Blaze at folktek and features a uniquely electric sound while still allowing for very expressive performances.
Capable of percussion, pads, boings and buzzes, this is a unique and versatile box.
In Kontakt the sounds evolved into an exotic group of instruments ranging from synth pads and percussion kits to vintage otherworldly sonic spectra.
a truly unique piece.

Box 3. MFO Weird Sound Generator:
A DIY analog synth built from a kit, this box yields a broad palette of thick, dynamic, chunky synth tones and evolving textures.
After tweaking knobs and rolling for hours, each chunk of sound that made the cut was carefully edited, tagged, and then further sculpted to achieve its final state.
In Kontakt a broad palette of luscious pads, thick warm basses, and polyphonic instruments emerged from the source textures.

Box 4. Dementia Labs optical theremin:
A DIY circuit bent one-off custom theremin, this one features an elaborate unlabeled patchbay, a bunch of unlabeled knobs, and a light sensor as a modulator.
This box yielded tons of static and crunchy textures, as well as some very retro sounding musical pads.
The Kontakt patches turned into a pile of far out synths, analog crackles, and fuzzy goodness.

Note: Can be used without Kontakt too! All Kontakt instrument libraries include fully unlocked and accessible metadata tagged .wav files. You don't need any version of Kontakt to use these files as a standalone sample library.

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User Interface (UI) Sound Effects Textrobot Play Track 165 sounds included $21

TEXTROBOT is a NI Kontakt instrument designed to help you in the sound design of UI sounds and to produce retriggered samples for VFX text animations.

All 165 sounds are easily accessible using a MIDI master keyboard from the first octave. You can choose a category to load a set of samples and play it manually, or in the retriggered way (if active) by holding down the note. The full version of NI Kontakt is required to use this library.

Sound categories:

• Click (10 samples): very tight, clicky sounds for UI interface usage or small text VFX
• Bleeps (16 samples): it contains bleeping sounds, tones, and alerts for telemetrics and sci-fisound design
• Big Size (16 samples): a collection of low frequency sounds for big title animation
• Percussive (22 samples): organic and processed percussive sounds like shakers, maracas, and woods for multimedia apps or menu sound design
• Fun (30 samples): a collection of funny sounds for cartoonish motion graphics
• Digital (20 samples): glitches and lo-fi sounds for experimental videos
• Keys (28 samples): keyboards, typewriters, and mouse sounds
• Mechanical (23 samples): switches, clangs, squeaks, and metal impact sounds for mechanic motion graphics

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Hum, Buzz & Glitch Sound Effects Squelch Play Track 100+ sounds included $18

The Squelch sound library is a collection of 6 radios, walkie talkies, and CBs recorded both through the speakers and in some cases through the line outs. Each device served up a broad palette of static, beeps, clicks, squelches, and random idle chatter.

Comes with 93 recordings with hundreds of individual sounds + one Kontakt instrument (instrument requires the full version of NI Kontakt 4 or higher).

The Kontakt instrument is a unique performable radio device designed for experimentation and discovery of the broad palette of sounds. It also includes a classic spring reverb unit with a custom interface created from a Pioneer SR202W. See the Kontakt interface here.

These authentic radio recordings are useful in sound design/film applications and can be twisted out into musical and sound design effects.

Note: Can be used without Kontakt too! All Kontakt instrument libraries include fully unlocked and accessible metadata tagged .wav files. You don't need any version of Kontakt to use these files as a standalone sample library.

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Metal Sound Effects Harmonics Play Track 168 sounds included $29

HARMONICS is a new designed sound collection that explores the inner beauty of resonating metals to create an extensive set of inspiring sonic material for sound design and film scoring – proudly presented by SampleTraxx.

Metal happens to have the right combination of speed of sound and decay. Different metal shapes produce a broad spectrum of soundscapes and tones.

HARMONICS investigates this hidden magic by designing and layering these unique timbres.
The result is an extensive set of designed evolving textures and designed metal elements which are great to create sound cues in minutes, metal hits, passby-reverses and evolving drones.

The nature of this soundpack doesn’t call for compressor or maximizer. Close attention has been paid to preserve the original dynamic excursion of each sound and fully enjoy its natural vibration and evolution.
Having a wide dynamic range guarantees more freedom in layering and arranging different elements to create endless variations.

The sonic material contained in the pack is all presented in a designed fashion and different levels of design are provided: from simple elements to evolving multilayered soundscapes and textures, all based on metallic sources. No external sounds apart from metals have been added to the mix.

Features:
86 Designed Textures and Elements (dur. up to 1’10″)
37 Hits (Hi and Low Designed Hits)
10 Drones
26 Pass-by Reverse
9 Tibetan Bowl (Raw Recordings)
9 Kontakt Instruments -Kontakt 5.5 full required for these (free player not supported)

Note: the WAV themselves files can be used without Kontakt

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Drones & Mood Sound Effects Motion Textures Play Track 184 sounds included $48

Motion Texures is a broad library with a narrow purpose: to draw sonic lines and create gently moving sonic textures.

The concept is that consistent sound of friction will translate well to visual design elements that have CG and text movement on screen.

We recorded the friction sounds of dozens of small to medium sized props in constant motion. Major categories include metal, plastic, cloth, wood and skin. Some of the most interesting sounds came from the props that had small cavities such as the spray can lid and the water bottle. The constant changing of the cavity state relative to the mics creates strange vocal sounds.

Once the sounds were recorded we employed a proprietary smoothing process as a second pass to the sounds and provided them in addition to the original textures. These smoothed out sounds still have the organic quality of the original recordings, but with far fewer transient events. The end result are sounds that feel straighter than the more circular sounding original textures.

Inside of the Kontakt instruments we stacked layers and effects to create a broad base of deep and interesting textures. Many of the Kontakt presets mangle the sounds far beyond recognition of the original recordings.

Motion Textures features
• 92 unique original samples
• 92 smoothed samples
• 25 Kontakt unlocked design .nki files
• 22 Kontakt unlocked raw texture .nki files
• .nki files require full version of NI Kontakt 4 or higher

Note: Can be used without Kontakt too! All Kontakt instrument libraries include fully unlocked and accessible metadata tagged .wav files. You don't need any version of Kontakt to use these files as a standalone sample library.

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Drones & Mood Sound Effects Indecent Machines Play Track 347 sounds included $37

Indecent Machines is a sci-fi sample pack inspired by a concept of mechanical disrepair and emergent AI consciousness. It features 1.7 gigabytes of 24-bit/96khz samples and bundled Kontakt kits, created by producer/sound designer Chad Glenn.

These sounds originated from field and studio recordings of various machines which were then processed through custom DSP algorithms using Kyma and other sound design tools.

The result is a unique set of mutant robotics, mechanical snippets, evolving textures, rhythmic artifacts and menacing atmospheres appropriate for music and sound design projects of all kinds. Features 347 .wav files and 5 Kontakt kits (full version of NI Kontakt required for the Kontakt files).

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Drones & Mood Sound Effects Signal Return Play Track 250+ sounds included $24

Signal Return is a performable Kontakt instrument and soundset designed to create a wide variety of interesting and textured sounds.

All of the source material comes from recordings of various devices feeding back into themselves either electrically or acoustically. No software based speaker emulators or distortions were used in the creation of these sounds. Comes with 250 .wav files – more than 2 hours of recordings + 22 Kontakt instruments (these require the full version of NI Kontakt 5.0 or higher).

Note: Can be used without Kontakt too! All Kontakt instrument libraries include fully unlocked and accessible metadata tagged .wav files. You don't need any version of Kontakt to use these files as a standalone sample library.

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Cinematic/Trailer Instruments Aphelion Play Track 1500+ sounds included $59

Aphelion brings you a slew of powerful cinematic sound effects, suited for trailers, videos, film, music and games. The library comes jam-packed with 760 24 bit, 96kHz sound effects in total, processed and designed for maximum impact.

We've got a long history doing factory sounds for world-leading synth and virtual instrument developers across the globe, but this is our debut release under our own name – hope you enjoy it!

New version 1.5:

This is an updated version of Aphelion which features 842 samples, 334 loops at 110 BPM, 468 Kontakt Presets and 94 Kontakt Multi-sounds, an optional, brand-new Kontakt GUI, additional Pulses, Drones, Ambient soundscapes and more

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Electricity Sound Effects Electronic Drain Play Track 300 sounds included $19

Need electric sounds such as sparks, current flows and electric arcs? Electronic Drain is a collection of electric and electronic sources specifically designed for movies, audio logos and trailers. The library includes new and experimental sound material generated using the most cutting-edge digital signal processing techniques.

Providing digital, organic, raw and designed sounds Electronic Drain delivers a rich sonic complexity and a wide range of possible variations. Sounds have been further processed and looped in Kontakt to offer a larger number of possible combinations.

Electronic Drain comes with 1.1 GB and 300 .Wav files + 11 Kontakt instruments. The Kontakt instruments require the full Kontakt 5 or higher – the .wav files can be used without Kontakt.

Features sounds such as:
Bleeps • Current Flow • Electric Arc • Glitch • Interface Design • Electricity • Magnetic Field • Sparks – designed • Sparks – long • Sparks – mid – short • Static • Voltage Stutter

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Playable Sound Libraries Mokarpa Play Track 48 sounds included $22
MOKARPA

is a bizarre and unique harp for Ni Kontakt based on a custom-made musical instrument by Italy-based guitarist Paolo Balestri.

He crafted Mokarpa using guitar strings mounted on a Moka, the iconic Italian coffee pot.

The sounds is harmonically rich, delicate with metallic resonances and with a dreamy flavor.

It’s suitable for fantasy soundtracks, lo-fi hiphop, R&B, cinematic and chill tracks.

The Kontakt instrument allows you to adjust the sound with a custom scripted GUI.

Key Features
- 48 total wav samples
- Microphone and Pickup recordings (sources can be mixed in the gui)
- 2 round robin
- 3 dynamic velocity sample (soft, medium, hard)
- 3 convolution with noises: Grain (the noise of coffee grains handling to give a granular and organic feel), Moka (the noise of coffee pot boil to give a sense of motion), Gas (the noise of cooker to give an airy hissing taste)
- ADSR Envelope
- Low Pass and Hi pass Filters
- Drive and Reverb FX
MOKARPA WORKS ONLY WITH FULL KONTAKT 5.8.1 or ABOVE (NOT COMPATIBLE FREE KONTAKT PLAYER)
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Other Instruments Burroughs Protectograph Play Track 100+ sounds included $24

The Burroughs Protectograph that we acquired was manufactured around the turn of the 20th century and had a single unique function – to stamp and emboss checks for banks. The Burroughs corporation has been around since 1886, and was an early force in the adding machine, check stamper and typewriter industries. This Protectograph version had an electric mechanism that would move large printheads down through a ribbon and would stamp a check hard and repeatedly for as long as the print key was held down. Our machine was acquired in perfect working condition.

Its keys have a short through but a satisfying clack, and the punch mechanism is a huge whir stamp sound than can cycle if the punch button is held down. We rolled with the case both on and off, which revealed very different sounds from the main electric mechanisms.

We ran the whole session with three perspectives miked up – front by the keys, in the back by the punch and a wide perspective perfect for bgfx placement. The front and back mics were Schoeps CMC6.MK4 and the wide mic was an AT 4050 in omni about 5 feet away. Listen to the straight examples give a clear accounting of the type of sounds we got from this machine, and the bent examples show what can really be done with those sounds and the Kontakt instrument.

Key features for Burroughs Protectograph
• 3 mic perspectives of each performance
• 10 unique articulation groups
• 10 + performances per articulation
• 13 Kontakt .nki files (unlocked)
• .nki files require full version of NI Kontakt 4 or higher
• photographs and video stills

Note: Can be used without Kontakt too! All Kontakt instrument libraries include fully unlocked and accessible metadata tagged .wav files. You don't need any version of Kontakt to use these files as a standalone sample library.

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Mechanical Sound Effects Oliver Typewriter Play Track 450+ sounds included $30

3 mic perspectives give full coverage on an antique typewriter in good working condition. The typewriter had a loose front plate and we clacked, hit and dropped it for a wide range of cool typewritery sounds. The Kontakt instrument presets requires the full version of NI Kontakt 4.2.3 or later.

Note: Can be used without Kontakt too! All Kontakt instrument libraries include fully unlocked and accessible metadata tagged .wav files. You don't need any version of Kontakt to use these files as a standalone sample library.

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Playable and performable sound effects libraries are a fantastic tool for bringing the soundscape of your project to life with varied sounds, while making it easy for you to sync up with on-screen events. They're particularly suited for Foley type performances such as footsteps, but can also be used to perform other sonic elements like movement, clothing and more. The playable sound effects libraries come with either their own UI or as instruments for players such as Kontakt. In addition to the obvious sound design advantages of these playable sound libraries, they can also be used for musical projects, theater / live events and similar where performable sound effects are desired.

Playable sounds commonly found in this category:

Clothing, Foley, footsteps, movement, musical, music, walking, whoosh

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Game Audio Packs - Game Sound Effects Libraries Quute UI – Modern & Cute User Interface Sounds Play Track 506 sounds included
Rated 5.00 out of 5
$29
Add playful charm and polished precision to your apps, games, devices, and everything in between with Quute UI. This carefully crafted collection of sonic treats strikes a great balance between vibrant and sophisticated, with over 500 carefully curated and ready-to-use sound effects. From crisp button clicks and snappy pops to smooth swipes, delightful selects, and charming notifications, each sound is fine tuned for intuitive feedback. Whether you’re building a sleek app, developing a vibrant game, or working with dynamic motion graphics, Quute UI gives you the sounds to bring your User Interface to life.

Perfect For
· Mobile & Desktop Apps
· Video Games
· Animation & Motion Graphics
· Smart Devices & Wearable Tech
· Film, TV & Commercials
· Interactive Kiosks & Installations
· Websites & Social Media
· Kids’ Media & Edutainment
· Product Demos & Walkthroughs
Features

Over 500 tastefully designed sound effects.

Edited with precision to ensure minimal latency & optimal responsiveness for seamless integration directly into apps, games, and devices.

UCS-compliant with fully embedded metadata, making it easy to search and organize.

High Quality – 96kHz, 24-bit WAV files.

Robust Mono Compatibility, helping the sounds translate excellently across all devices, big or small.

100% Royalty-Free – Use in unlimited projects, no extra fees.
Keywords
Click, Tap, Button, Press, Touch, Toggle, Push, Select, Confirm, Notification, Message, Text, Achievement, Accept, Tactile, Activate, Verify, Tick, Scroll, Type, Adjust, Pop, Bubble, Plip Plop, Like, Sparkle, Magical, Crystal, Chime, Shimmer, Anime, Twinkle, Interact, Interface, Navigation, Alert, Response, New, Unlock, Success, Level Up, Upgrade, Victory, Complete, Reward, Trophy, Celebration, Prize, Win, Goal, Correct, Approved, Positive, Finished, Back, Undo, Discovery, Haptic, Motion, Swipe, Slide, Swish, Virtual Assistant, Droid, Communication, Data, Telemetry, Signal, Beep, Emergency, Computing, Scanning, Emote, Calculating, Loading, Transmission, Delete, Cancel, Deactivate, Remove, Decline, Deny, Error, Refuse, Reject, Incorrect, Mistake, Wrong, Invalid, Block, Failed, Hi-Tech, Futuristic, Menu, Console, UI, Keypad.

Additional Download Information
This download includes two types of file structures to suit different workflows:
– Individually edited files for ready-to-go direct integration into your games, apps, and devices.
– Grouped/Glued files containing 4–10 sounds per WAV, ideal for Sound Designers who prefer this type of file management.
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Metal Sound Effects Just Chains Play Track 973 sounds included
Rated 5.00 out of 5
$14

As you’ve probably guessed from the title, this SFX library is all about metal chain sound effects. Various sizes of chains were pulled, dropped, shaken, rattled, whipped, hung, dangled and jingled.

These sounds could come in handy for a wide range of purposes like morning star swings / whips, coin ringing, chain metal armor movements, hoists, addons for footstep movements and many more.

So if you’re after any kind of metal chain sounds, this SFX library is one to get!

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Cinematic & Trailer Sound Effects Forged In Fury Vol 1 Play Track 394 sounds included $17

Forged in Fury Vol. 1: Modular Sounds for Epic Combat

Break down, customize, and master every detail of your combat effects with Forged in Fury Vol. 1, a collection of 394 brutal sounds in 192kHz/24. Includes katana, heavy axe, metal claws, and layer-by-layer edited vocals for total control.

🔪 Katana (193 sounds):
Double whooshes, precise slashes, impacts, blood splatters.
Mix layers of edge and secondary effects (e.g. combine a quick whoosh with a feminine scream).

🪓 Heavy Axe (96 sounds):
Powerful whooshes, crushing blows, equip sounds, blood effects.
Combine the roar of metal with the sounds of breaking bones.

🔗 Metal Claws (37 sounds):
Mechanical opening/closing, scratching, cutting whoosh.
Ideal for fast movements and surprise attacks.

🗣️ Male & Female Voices (68 Sounds):
War cries, moans of pain, grunts of effort.
Use them alone or synced with weapon effects.

✨ Key Feature:
Each sound includes its own editable layers (e.g. whoosh + impact + blood). Do you want a bloodless ax swing? only the whoosh of a katana?, only blood? Modify it instantly.

🎚️ Studio Quality:
Recorded in 192kHz/24-32 bits, delivered in 192kHz/24 bits. Perfect for toning down, adding distortion or manipulating without losing clarity.

More about the pack
– Intuitive file naming
– All you’ll ever need regarding katana, heavy ax and claw [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 other than the one described, remember that the world of sound is totally subjective.

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Creature Sound Effects Bowed Cactus Play Track 553+ sounds included, 60 mins total $110

•In Bowed Cactus, get a visceral collection of bowed and plucked cactus from the deserts of the American Southwest. Take a violin bow to a cactus spine and hear guttural screeches with intense, physical energy. Hear plucked needles popping in rich organic granulation. Hear thick, bowed spines growling like supernatural animals and single needles stuttering with real grit.
•This library offers you an extensive collection of sounds from a unique organic sound source. Cactus sounds are incredibly soft and intimate in real life, but when recorded from two inches they morph into otherworldly creatures brimming with ultrasonic energy. I hope you are excited by their sound designing potential and I can’t wait to hear what you create!

2% FOR THE ENVIRONMENT & CARBON NEUTRAL:
• Two percent of the price of this library is donated to an environmental cause, as an “artist royalty” for the planet!
• Carbon offset credits were purchased to offset my field recording travel for this library.

KEY FEATURES:
•Animalistic vocalizations
•Visceral scraping
•Wild screaming harmonics
•Rich ultrasonic energy up to 50kHz
•Guttural mid-range and bass stuttering
•Intricate granular textures of plucked needles
•Multiple similar sounds are grouped into single audio files with s fade ins/outs between each sound.
•Please note: the “Pitch Shifted Demo” was made to demonstrate the potential of the sounds in this library. However, Bowed Cactus does NOT include pitch shifted sounds, only mastered field recordings.

TEXT MARKERS:
•Named markers are included in each file to help find interesting events in files with multiple variations.
•Markers are included in the Soundminer and BWAV description fields starting with the prefix “Marker Text”.

FILE LIST & METADATA:
•View larger version or Download CSV
• A spectrogram is included for each audio file. Double click on the photo in the file list to enlarge.

BLOG POST:
•Read behind the scenes stories from this field recording trip in my blog post: Supernatural Cactus Creatures.

MORE INFO:
• Read 40+ user reviews for Thomas Rex Beverly Audio
• Read my Field Recording Mastering Rules and learn more about how these recordings were mastered.
• Browse the Library Info Master List to compare specs on all my libraries.
• Browse the Metadata Master List to search my entire catalog.
• MD5 and SHA 256 Checksums are included for each zip file in my catalog. Use these hashes to check the integrity of your downloaded files.

GEAR USED:
•Sennheiser MKH 50 and 30 in Mid/Side
•Sennheiser MKH 8040 Matched Pair in ORTF
•Sound Devices 702
•Rycote MS Blimp
•Rycote ORTF Blimp

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With A Sound Effect, Asbjoern has created a web site where our international community can browse, learn, and share the vast fruits of our labors. Together we are accelerating the very real potential power of sound design as a recognized art form.

Wylie Stateman

Supervising sound editor,
The Hateful Eight, Inglourious Basterds, Kill Bill: Vol. 1

A Sound Effect is an excellent resource for us to keep our animated films sounding unique and exciting.

Gabriel Guy

Re-recording Mixer, Walt Disney Animation Studios:
Frozen, Big Hero 6

A Sound Effect is a great asset to have discovered.

We found the site very easy to navigate, purchasing and downloads were effortless and the effects themselves are awesome! Asbjoern has done us all a great service.

We’ll definitely be back!

Wayne Pashley

Supervising Sound Editor/Re-recording Mixer, The Lego Movie & Mad Max: Fury Road

There are many great independent sound effect libraries available these days. The main problem with having so many, is keeping track of them!

A Sound Effect is a great hub, and is one of the first places I visit to look for sounds by category or genre. I started coming here to see if I could find libraries that I knew I had heard, but forgot WHERE I had heard them.

And in the process discovered libraries I never would have found otherwise. Great work! Keep it up!

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Sound designer:
Lord of the Rings & The Hobbit trilogies

We're always looking for new sounds to mangle, so when A Sound Effect had a holiday sale, I tried them out.

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Director, Digital - Source Sound Inc.

A Sound Effect is a wonderful resource for indie sound effects libraries. On top of that, it has some of the finest sound design, film and game audio interviews!

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founder of The Audio Spotlight

I often need very specific types of sounds so I've become a big supporter of independent recorders.

Until now I've always had to go to their individual websites. Now I can find them all in one place.

And, Asbjoern is great to work with!

Bob Bronow, CAS, MPSE

Re-recording Mixer, Sound Designer: Deadliest Catch, Ax Men, The Wrecking Crew

A Sound Effect is a well curated boutique sound effects shop and a great place to find industry interviews and learning resources.

George Vlad

video game sound designer

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