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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*
Delve into the depths of terror with this chilling collection of spine-tingling sounds. From the eerie resonance of ringing impacts to the haunting melodies of broken piano strings and haunted violins, each sound is carefully crafted to send shivers down your spine. Experience the macabre beauty of musical horror as cymbal squeaks and sinister viola notes create an atmosphere of dread and suspense. Perfect for filmmakers, game developers, and sound designers, these recordings will immerse your audience in a world of unrelenting horror and suspense.
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
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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 vÃdeo, 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 vÃdeo, 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. 2Â 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. 1Â 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. 5Â 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.
Haunting Ambiences Vol. 4 is the fourth instalment in one of our most popular series of horror sound effects libraries. This product contains dense, multi-layered construction kits, giving you the tools craft harrowing atmospheres for your terrifying
Haunting Ambiences Vol. 4Â is the fourth instalment in one of our most popular series of horror sound effects libraries. This product contains dense, multi-layered construction kits, giving you the tools to craft harrowing atmospheres for your terrifying projects.
Our Audio Craftsmen recorded and designed unusual, unnerving sounds – including screaming voices, chair creaks, bangs, dripping water, bug movement and more – to elicit maximum unease in your audiences. The result is a series of construction kits comprising abandoned sewer, haunted living room, breeding chamber, ghost rider, engine room and eerie forest ambiences.
Also included are split stems with the same running length to encourage experimentation and allow mixing and matching across the library.
This library can be used for constructing unsettling 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.
Spell Variations Vol. 4 marks the grand finale of our magical sound series, delivering a diverse and powerful collection of spell effects. Inside, you’ll find summonings, blood spells, petrifications, healing spells, dark incantations, and much more!
This volume includes 255 high-quality sound effects, organized into 27 distinct spell types, each with multiple variations (3 to 17) to ensure no spell sounds the same, even when reused across your project.
Each spell type is carefully named and sorted into individual folders, giving you intuitive navigation and maximum flexibility for magical scenes, game effects, or cinematic transitions.
Recorded, edited, and mastered in 192 kHz / 24-bit, these sounds deliver exceptional clarity and full adaptability for pitching, layering, or creative processing.
A must-have library for professional sound designers seeking drag-and-drop magical sounds for video games, trailers, animations, or any audiovisual production.
More about the pack
– Intuitive file naming
– All you’ll ever need regarding magical sounds [Use them again & again
Use the sound effects over and over, in any of your projects or productions, forever without any additional fees or royalties. Use the SFX in your game, in your trailer, in a Kickstarter campaign, wherever you need to, as much as you want to.
– Totally mono compatibility
– All sounds have several variations.
– Use your imagination and feel free to use any sound for a creature other than the one described, remember that the world of sound is totally subjective.
– For any questions or problems: [email protected]
Features
– 255 spell sounds
– Number of Audio Waves: 255
– Format: 192KHz / 24 bits
– Win/Mac: Yes
– Minutes of audio provided: 19:21
Audiobeast is proud to present our second sample library; the only library of its kind to focus entirely on weapons being fired in urban environments! For this recording session we were given access to a military training site known as a FIBUA (Fighting In Built-Up Area) consisting of streets with a variety of buildings, vehicles, and exclusive permission to fire weapons in several locations. Pictures of the street and gas station locations and firing points are included.
The aim of this library was to offer the slapback type tails needed for gun sound design for convincing city scenes in film, games and tv production. It’s always been difficult to find gun recordings in a city environment so we hope this library helps sound people everywhere.
This Library contains over 3 GBs of weapons being fired in multiple urban environments, a street, outside of a gas station and inside of a tower block. 218 WAV files of single shots, bursts and many with multiple takes, all recorded at 96 khz 24 bit, with heaps of information on microphones used and distance from the firearms.
Various distances were captured, from the DPA4062 on the guns themselves, to the distant other end of the street 100 metres away. To add, some mics were positioned around corners, a nearby graveyard, through walls and in armored vehicles to capture a variety of perspectives.
Minimal cleanup on the recordings was carried out very carefully so as not to introduce any artefacts into the recordings, they are presented as raw as possible.
If you need a wider selection of interior gun recordings please check out our first library – The London Warehouse Firearms library
MAGIC – ALCHEMY is a professional sound effects library built from real chemical reactions and elemental forces. It delivers short, character-rich magic sound effects perfect for spellcasting, magical UI design, and fantasy storytelling. Designed to sit cleanly in a mix and shimmer with personality, these spell sounds are ideal for games, trailers, audio dramas and more. Real reactions, recorded with obsessive detail.
No digital fakery here. Every sound in MAGIC – ALCHEMY began as a live experiment — alcohol burning in jars, butane growling through pipes, fuses igniting, water swirling in glass. These are true-to-life textures, captured in a lab-grade recording setup. The result? Magical sound with depth, realism, and spark..
These are not long, cinematic flourishes. This library is about immediacy — short, dry, punchy magic effects that are easy to slot into your project. Ideal for game asset design, magical feedback sounds, and trailer moments where clarity counts.
Need a healing chime, a cursed hex, or something more ambiguous? The Designed section is grouped into Holy, Cursed, and Neutral categories — giving you emotional options that match your scene’s intent, whether you’re crafting a fantasy RPG or a subtle magical interaction.
Whether you’re layering magic for a fantasy film, adding interactive audio to a mobile game, or creating rich textures for audiobooks or theatre, MAGIC – ALCHEMY fits right in. It’s mix-ready, flexible, and full of sonic character.
Florida Thunder by Eric Berzins contains 111 distinct wav files with over 200 dry thunderclaps and over 300 thunderclaps with rain. All files were recorded in the US state of Florida between 2021 and 2025. Florida has more lightning strikes than any other U.S. state! All files have been meticulously edited and cleaned, and have embedded UCS-compliant Soundminer metadata.
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