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Unleash the Terror: Introducing “Risers” – A Haunting Sound Effects Collection
Prepare to plunge into the depths of fear with “Risers,” a meticulously crafted sound effects album designed to elevate the tension and dread in your projects. This comprehensive collection is divided into two chilling sections: powerful Risers and unsettling Stutter Glitch Risers.
Drawing inspiration from the darkest corners of horror, “Risers” is built upon a foundation of terrifying elements. Immerse your audience in the grating sounds of grinding gears, the piercing intensity of screams, and the bone-chilling echoes of horrific groans. We’ve woven in the unsettling buzz of anxious flies, the clanging resonance of iron chains, and a pervasive undercurrent of unsettling horror symphony to create a truly atmospheric experience.
This album boasts a rich tapestry of sound, incorporating both a multitude of acoustic instruments for organic texture and depth, alongside diverse synthesizer sounds for unique and unsettling sonic landscapes.
Inside “Risers,” you’ll discover:
All sounds are delivered in pristine WAV format, recorded at a high-fidelity 96000K sample rate with a 24bit depth, ensuring maximum audio quality and flexibility for professional use.
These chilling and innovative sounds are perfect for:
We’ve included three demo previews showcasing a glimpse of the terror that awaits. These are just a small sample of the unsettling sounds within “Risers.”
INFRA is a collection of 200 (24 Bit / 48 kHz, wav, UCS) signature booms, pings, and atmospheric elements for horror productions with a disturbing and dissonant feel. This library is perfect for composers and sound designers who want to create terrifying soundscapes.
The sounds in INFRA were all carefully crafted to evoke a sense of unease and dread. From the deep, reverberant booms to the sharp, piercing pings, these sounds will make your blood run cold.
INFRA also includes a variety of short and intense atmospheric elements that will disconcert your listeners making their skin crawl.
INFRA is the perfect tool for creating truly terrifying soundscapes. Whether you’re working on a short film, a trailer, a feature film, or a video game, this library will give you the sounds you need to make your audience feel an intense sense of dread.
Check the playlist. It shows with clarity what you will get!
“Minacious” is a collection of 369 sounds suited for horror/paranormal productions.
If you need to induce tension, fear and oppression in your game, movie or trailer and evoke the sensation that someone or something is hiding and watching you ready to scare or kill, this library full of textures and atmospheric elements is great for you.
The library consist of 50 WAV files at 24 Bit / 96 kHz with 6 variations in each file. You will get metallic movements, abnormal textures, dark pianos and guitars, dark vocals, atmospheric elements, reverses, noises and glitches.
Also you will get the sources used to create the pack. 69 WAV files at 24 Bit / 96 kHz. Pianos, vocal effects, guitar noises and metallic cups are some of the things you will encounter in the sources section.
The sounds in this pack can be used to add rare textures to musical compositions too.
If you liked my library “DARE“, you are gonna love this one.
“Conduct Disorder” is a collection of 215 intense sounds.
Thanks to the distorted and heavy feel of the pack this sounds effects are suitable for horror and sci-fi productions. If your project needs an “in your face” approach this library is perfect for you.
You will find: Alarms, pings, atmospheric elements, hits, noises, energy bursts, stutters and cinematic movements.
Get “Conduct Disorder” and grab people’s attention to provoke fear and tension in them.
Unsettling Creaks and Squeaks – Extension I is the first extension to the very popular “Unsettling Creaks and Squeaks” sound library.
It delivers door and furniture creaks and squeaks, creaking leather, rubber and balloons, door handles, disturbing metal on metal squeaks and much more.
This sound effects library is a composite collection of 345 files with even more single sounds of unsettling and and unpleasant squeaking and creaking elements. It’s a great starting point for designing a vast number of different soundscapes in various genres – from just using the sounds as general Hard Effects, through Science Fiction to Horror. All sounds are production ready: Cleaned, edited and leveled, and all with with embedded BWF Metadata.
“Affright” is a collection of 208 sounds (Wav, 24 Bit / 48 kHz) aimed to induce tension, fear and urgency in horror productions.
You will find looped percussive elements (clocks, metals, hits, alarms, musical elements and more at 75 bpm), designed rhythmic elements (75 bpm) and fx (atmospheric elements, reverses, noises, risers, drops).
If you are a musician who wants to define the building blocks of an intense horror track or maybe you are a sound designer who needs to create a musical moment in a scene from a sound design perspective, this library can help you to achieve those things.
Metals, vinyl noises, voices, ukuleles, flutes, guitars and clocks were used to create this intense pack of 164 loops and 44 Fx.
Check the main demo!! It was created very quickly using only the sounds of the pack with NO ADDED EFFECTS, only mixing the levels of the sounds and shows you the intensity of what you can create with this library!!
Need to create suspense, tension and movement in your production? AXmos Cinematic Guitars is great for you.
Atmospheric elements, crazy chords, impacts, movements, reverses, soundscapes, distorted melodies, musical sound design and transitions are some of the things you will find in this collection, produced using a stratocaster type electric guitar. For that reason the sounds have a deep and musical feeling with such versatility that you can use them as effects or to enhance musical productions, generate a sound design musical moment and even compose tracks.
Apart of being a great library for Horror or Sci-fi games and movies, this collection is great for trailers too.
Atmospheric elements (designed, distortion, high, low and tremolo) • Chords (evocative chords, dark arpeggios and fantasy) • Impacts • Melodies • Movements • Pads • Reverses • Soundscapes (surreal and tension) • Transitions
Welcome to “INFILTRATION”, a collection of 161 sound effects aimed to be used in modern espionage/infiltration productions.
From intense low frequency atmospheric elements to powerful synth movements this 1.4 GB pack can be your secret tool to enhance trailers, movies, games or musical compositions. See it as a powerful kit to create a modern espionage feel in your production.
As a bonus I included the sources (24 sfx) used to create some of the sounds in the library.
Sounds included:
Atmospheric element_Low • Fx_Alert • Fx_Synth_Drop • Drone_Pulse • Fx_Snare_Synth_Tension • Fx_Transition • Fx_Movement • Fx_Distant_Atmospheric • And More
Need to create suspense, tension, action and mystery in your production? “The Case” is great for you.
This pack is Inspired by crime/investigation movies and series, and contains 185 sounds (Wav, 24 Bit / 48 kHz) aimed to enhance the tension and drama of movies, games, series, trailers and musical compositions.
You will find deep Bass Loops, powerful Percussive Loops (kick, hi-hat, hits, metal), Cinematic Melodies and notes (synth, clean electric guitar, percussive piano) and Fx (soundscapes, atmospheric elements, drops, hits and impacts).
You will get:
• 37 bass loops
• 37 cinematic melodies
• 67 percussive elements
• 44 Fx
This library has a nice mixture of sound design and music. It can be used to create moments of suspense and tension from a sound designe perspective or from a musical perspective thanks to the bass/percussion loops and melodies.
SECLUSION is an intense collection of signature Braams and Atmospheric elements for Dystopian and Horror productions. 140 files (24 Bit / 48 kHz, WAV) of pure sonic angst!
If you are a trailer composer the Braams included in the library will inject energy and tension in your track grabbing people’s attention. But if you are an editor or sound designer the Atmospheric elements will set the right tense mood for your scene thanks to the terrifying nature of the sounds.
Features:
-140 Sound effects (73 Atmospheric elements, 67 Braams)
-24 Bit / 48 kHz, WAV
-1,2 GB
-Key information
-Universal Category System (UCS) compliant
Are you searching for the sound that makes blood run cold, the echo that heralds the Unseen? INTRUSIVE offers a unique collection of 120 dissonant ping sound effects (24 Bit / 48 kHz, WAV), designed to elevate your horror and trailer productions to the next level.
INTRUSIVE provides you with an original and unsettling sonic palette. Each sound has been carefully crafted to evoke the tension and suspense your audience craves.
-Create Oppressive states: Immerse yourself in a world of dissonance and build the perfect soundtrack for your most chilling scenes.
-Announce Danger: Use the dissonant pings to foreshadow the Inevitable, warn of the presence of the unknown, and heighten tension to the maximum.
-Add a Touch of Originality: Set your productions apart with unique sounds that will spark curiosity and terror in equal measure.
Why Choose INTRUSIVE?
-Superior Quality: All our sounds are high-quality and ready to use in your projects.
-Unparalleled Variety: Explore a wide range of dissonant pings, from the most subtle to the most strident.
INTRUSIVE comes with a free Sound Effects library exclusive to A Sound Effect customers, LOW POINT: Trailer Booms. You will get 35 meticulously crafted sounds to deliver maximum impact and emotional resonance to shake the very foundations of the screen. LOW POINT provides the perfect sonic foundation for your most epic trailers.
Introducing STRINGENT – a spine-chilling collection of 152 sound effects (68 files, 24 Bit / 96 kHz, WAV, UCS) created using a violin and a classical guitar.
STRINGENT features haunting tortured strings (fiercely recorded bowed strings and then processed), distorted textures, hits, eerie atmospheres and atmospheric elements, strange movements, massive booms, cinematic transitions and carefully crafted loops at 120 bpm. Sounds aimed to evoke fear and tension in your listeners and making their hearts race.
STRINGENT has all the elements you need to create a truly terrifying soundscape, a must have toolkit for horror trailer composers looking to craft an unique sonic experience that will leave your audience on the edge of their seats.
Each sound was designed to evoke a tense and tortured feel and the result is a captivating collection of unforgettable sounds.
Listen to the main demo. It was created using ONLY the sounds of the library. Also there are other demos showing some of the sounds of the pack individually.
Need to create suspense, tension and mystery in your production? “UNSOLVED” is great for you.
Inspired by crime/investigation movies and series, this pack contains 141 Sound Effects (Wav, 24 Bit / 96 kHz) aimed to enhance the tension and drama of movies, games, series and trailers.
You will find atmospheric and musical elements with a powerful cinematic feel that can be used in musical context too, making this library a great addition to your collection.
EN POINTE is a collection of 200 sounds (24 Bit / 48 kHz, Wav) aimed for horror productions.
Musical boxes recordings (musical notes and mechanical sounds) were digitally tortured using distortion, compression, extreme pitch shifting and other sound design techniques to provide you with a nice selection of rare and powerful textures.
You will find: Broken boxes, dissonant textures, atmospheric elements, glitches, tense loops (scenes, clocks, interference, mechanical malfunctions) energetic bursts and wind-up key movements.
EN POINTE is an exploration in sound design. You will find effects with a very clear musical box sound but also extreme ones with unrecognizable reminiscences of the original sources.
Check the demos to have a clear vision of what you will get.
Designed Sci-Fi features 546 cinematic sci-fi sound effects, alien textures, ambiences, drones, space cities, deserted crystalline caverns, vast hives of digital insects, distressed metal impacts, abstract user interface sounds, transitions, and more.
Created with modular synth equipment (Mutable Instruments, Intellijel, Doepfer, Erica Synths, Make Noise, Arturia, Expert Sleepers, 2hp, Ladik) recorded into an Emu E5000Ultra Sampler, then processed digitally using a variety of techniques and high-end effects.
Here you find a composite collection of designed, frightening Whooshes, creepy Transitions and haunting Movements to spice up your Trailers, Cut Scenes, Games and Movies.
From ancient fantasy to futuristic horror projects, here you’ll find the appropriate sound that brings out the goose bumps.
Subtile haunting movent sounds, roomy squeaks, harsh disurbing noises, magical whooshes, soaking reversed horror, terryfying stingers, …
All sounds in this bundle were created by heavy sound design, layering and automation. Using hundreds recorded sounds of impacts, scrapes, swishes and anything else that has a unique motion envelope.
Even breaks, endings and transitions of all different kinds of music will get that extra kick with this sound library – it gets you the sounds that’ll bring out the goosebumps.
A meditation on the most versatile audio tool with which we are biologically equipped, we have carefully crafted this collection of mouth noises to provide you with highly dynamic and almost unpredictable organic audio fare. However, we tried to explore less conventional noises and specifically avoided the usual burps, coughs, throat clears, etc. Captured from a single male voice actor, this collection includes squishy spurts, saliva smacks, guttural loops, pops, clicks, cracks, inhales, exhales, and air bursts.
A particular part of this library is the intentional use of creating soft distortion from moving air over the mic membranes in specific ways. This helped add low end and saturated elements to many of the sounds. The wide spectral coverage of this library makes it easy to blend many of the sounds together to achieve some truly diffused but balanced soundscapes. Don’t try to tame this library, unleash it! We’ve successfully used these in explosions, engine layers, organic rummaging, shots, ambient clouds, UI, and more. Enjoy!
A very lean library made to offer a quick go-to sound set for designers who need the natural popping, snapping, and cracking sounds of human joints.
A collection of rending, snapping, and striking bamboo SFX + some extra added goodies.
This library recorded a creepy, old, metallic, and huge storage door. It contains metal impacts, creepy metal squeaks, creeks and rattles. Use this SFX to create crazy sound design, especially for horror movies.
The library was recorded with:
Zoom F8 device, and Ntg3 Rode Mic
Unleash sonic chaos and chilling unease with BIAS, a collection of 70 sound effects of pure cacophony and dissonance (24 Bit / 48 kHz, wav, UCS).
Dive into a world of cacophony: hear the anguish of tortured laments and the bewildering clash of instruments colliding in discordant harmony.
Venture into the realm of dissonance: encounter the haunting movements of rare, detuned pianos, the nerve-jangling friction of intense violin interactions, and unsettling textures that weave a palpable sense of dread.
Although it is a simple and small library, BIAS is not for the faint of heart. Is aimed to the sound designer, trailer composer, and artist seeking to evoke unease, tension, and the beautifully broken.
LAPSE is a collection of 134 trailer clocks (24 Bit / 96 kHz, WAV, UCS). Is a simple and straightforward library for creating the famous and well know trailer clock sound.
This pack is a powerful kit of designed ticks, ready to be dropped in your session and create a tense and dark track.
You will find the classic ticks and more. LAPSE is a great addition to your collection.
Need to create a tense atmosphere to induce madness, craziness and fear in your Horror or Sci-fi project? DISTORTED PERCEPTION is the library for you.
Abnormal melodies, strange sound movements, transitions and distorted cinematic impacts are some of the things you will find in this collection; sounds with a distorted, saturated and tense feeling to grab people’s attention and provoke fear, tension and suspense in them.
You can also use the sounds to enhance musical productions or create some nasty and crazy musical moments, thanks to a nice selection of percussive elements. The library contains two musical compositions using only the sounds in this library (using the percussive sounds with some of the atmospheres and transitions). Apart of being a great library for Horror or Sci-fi games and movies, this collection works well for trailers too.
Sounds included:
Atmospheric elements: Abnormal melodies, feedback and tense drones • Cinematic basses • Saturated bass drops • Distorted cinematic impacts • Sci-fi impacts • Sound movements • Noises • Percussive elements: Drum kicks, distorted drum kicks, hi-hats, snare drums, movements and sequences • Transitions
AMORAL is a collection of 104 (24 Bit / 48 kHz, wav, UCS) signature chaotic violin strings.
This pack of dark and cacophonous sound effects is great for musical horror compositions/trailers and will help you to create a sensation of fear and dread in your productions.
Violins were digital mangled and manipulated with different sound design techniques to offer You a beautiful and tense collection of surreal sounds, impulsive movements, glitched textures, distorted elements and cinematic effects.
Check the DEMO. It shows with clarity what you will get.
If you want to terrify your audience - whether it's for a game, movie or another project that calls for bone-chilling sounds - the horror sound effects libraries from the independent sound community are a fantastic tool for making that happen.
They give you everything from haunting ghost sounds, gruesome and gory sound effects and demonic possessions, to frightening and disturbing ambiences, screams, whispers and grotesque zombie sounds - making sure your audience will get a sonic experience that's sure to leave a mark.
Bones breaking, breathing, chains rattling, creaking doors, demonic laughter, footsteps, ghostly whispers, gore splatter, heartbeats, knife slash, monster roar, music box, screams, screeching violins, siren, stabbing, thunder, water dripping, wind howling, zombie groan
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Q: Are these sounds royalty free?
A: Yes, they're royalty free, and no attribution is required
Q: Who has recorded and designed these sounds?
A: They're created by the independent sound community, and have been recorded by some of the best recordists and sound designers on the planet. There's a constant flow of brand new sound libraries coming from the community, giving you the absolutely freshest sound effects available anywhere. Oh, and by getting sounds from the community, you support individual sound designers and sound recordists – that’s a pretty cool thing too.
Expand the timbre of your horror violins and cellos with CIRCUS, a sinister sample pack featuring 180 WAV sounds of screeching or high-pitched string noises, perfect for horror music and dark sound design.
This collection offers a curated selection of screeches, high-tension tremolo, heavy jeté strokes, dark demonic textures, finger patterns, chaotic string elements, clock loops and bow accents.
Create haunting atmospheres, perfect for horror, thriller or experimental soundtracks. Every element has been designed to unsettle and disturb, blurring the line between music and noise.
The asset list includes but is not limited to: hippos, hyenas, vultures, dwarf mongooses, elephants, African cranes, parrots, tigers, pigmy hippos, rhea ostriches, brown bears, pheasants, wildebeests, African wild dogs and many more. The content has been recorded at 192KHz with a Sanken CO100K, an Avisoft CMPA and a Sennheiser 8050 for center plus two Sennheiser MKH8040 for stereo image.
The resulting ultrasonic spectrum is rich and allows for truly extreme manipulation of the content.
Unleash the raw power of fire, water, earth, and air with this comprehensive 9 GB sound library featuring 3050 high-quality sound effects across 630 files. Whether you’re designing cinematic soundscapes or enhancing video games Four Elements delivers the tools you need to harness the energy of the natural world.
A treasure trove of raw, organic, and processed sounds including seamless loops divided into Fire, Water, Air, Earth and Explosion categories. Customize every detail with an extensive selection of sound components.
Game-ready sound layers featuring Impacts, Whooshes, and Textures as seamless loops. Elevate transitions and enhance atmospheres with loops and pre-designed sound layers.
A collection of ready-to-use sound effects divided into Attack, Bend, and Explosion categories for quick integration into your projects. Perfect for high-energy scenes and immersive storytelling.
Four Elements gives you complete creative control, blending organic recordings with processed sound layers to meet the demands of any project. Master the forces of nature with Four Elements. Let your creativity ignite.
Keywords:
Elements, Fire, Water, Earth, Air, Wave, Water, Liquid, Rock, Cast, Stone, Pebble, Torch, Gas, Flame, Campfire, Sizzle, Burst, Scrape, Whoosh, Impact, Texture, Attack, Bend, Bending, Explosion, Processed, Surge, Quake, Hit, Flow, Burn, Ignite, Drop, Smack, Destruction, Rumble, Hiss, Blow, Wind, Cloth, Movement, Underwater, Bubble, Ocean, River, Lake, Firework, Firecracker, Bang, Blast, Detonation, Magic, Fantasy, Forces, Fire Magic, Water Magic, Earth Magic, Fire Air, Fire Effect, Fire Whoosh, Water Whoosh, Seamless Loop, Loop, Fire Cast, Water Cast, Earth Cast, Air Cast
Hyper Thunder is a colossal collection of thunder and lightning, 100% crafted from the ground up using innovative synthesized technics and props recordings. Not a single real life thunder recording was used. using synthesis and props manipulation crafted to deliver impact far beyond natural recordings. Built entirely from innovative synthesis and props recordings, this library pushes the boundaries of weather sound design—perfect for when you need the raw energy of a storm dialed up to cinematic extremes.
Featuring over 800 files, Hyper Thunder spans everything from subtle distant rumbles and rolling thunder to razor-sharp lightning strikes and earth-shaking impacts. With both designed hits and source layers, you have full control—drop in ready-to-use power or sculpt your own stormscapes using the source recordings.
Created in collaboration with Bruits.Studio’s Vincent Fliniaux and Tibo Csuko—longtime SoundMorph contributors to acclaimed libraries like Robotic Lifeforms 2 and WATER— Hyper Thunder blends technical mastery with bold creativity.
From atmospheric detail to explosive drama, Hyper Thunder gives you thunder and lightning that are bigger, subtler, and more versatile than nature itself.
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