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Scary, creepy, nasty horror sound effects and gore sounds
A filmic sound construction kit for teasers, trailers & promos
‘Warped Choir’ is the latest state-of-the-art sound effects library from U.S.O. which continues to cross the border between music and sound design.
Warped Choir provides a wide range of meticulously crafted stereo and 5.1 surround sound elements ready to be pumped in your trailer, video game or other audiovisual projects.
Warped Choir contains more than 200 massive dynamic impacts, transitions, soundscapes, epic vocal rises and whooshes, all designed from scratch using a choir concert recording as the unique waveform source in the Symbolic Sound Kyma workstation (many thanks to La Coral Salvé – Laredo, Cantabria | www.coralsalve.com).
When it comes to creating new musical ideas, video and sound editors, sound designers, but also composers, can find inspiration in this intriguing must-have collection.
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!
Drones are essential for every sound designer and composer. Combine and layer Drones to add more depth, tension, and suspense to your track. Drones can act as a great background to any sci-fi scene and make your music more interesting.
This sound library was carefully recorded, processed and crafted to offer a unique toolset for your nightmarish design needs.
Featuring creeping dread of bowed metal wires and strings, as well as menacing stabs and frantic hits. Double bass raw recordings and designed sound effects provide exciting opportunities for unique and twisted layering.
Explore and manipulate meticulously edited source material, drag and drop designed sound effects for instant terror or add gritty details and raw power to music compositions.
With plenty of experimentation and unique processing, this library introduces a fresh sound palette for horror sound design and music.
This Sound Library is a part of the Slava Pogorelsky – Complete Bundle.
WHAT SOUND PROFESSIONALS SAY:
Victor Mercader – AAA Sound Designer (Apex Legends)
“I find myself continuously using Slava’s SFX libraries to blend it’s pristine and detailed sound designs into my own sounds. They always add that cutting edge I am missing and make my sound designs more unique and pristine.”
Enos Desjardins – Sound Designer/Sound Effects Editor (Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning, Black Mirror)
“Slava has been creating some really cool libraries which I find myself using time and again. Really high quality recordings to start with but then the cool processing he has used for example in his cinematic whoosh libraries really stand out. They are not just your standard generic whoosh sounds but are loaded with character and have a unique feel to them that is really fresh and cuts through in the nicest of ways.”
Bjørn Jacobsen – AAA Sound Designer (CyberPunk 2077, HITMAN, DARQ)
“Slava has for several years made high quality sound effects for me to play with. I use his sound libraries across multiple projects as lego blocks of my creations.”
Ginno Legaspi – SoundBytes Music Magazine
“‘Evil Strings Tortured Wires’ is an all-scary affair with plenty of really good, nightmarish, imaginative sounds from authentic materials, like double bass, dulcimer strings and metal wires. Sound-wise, this sample pack is clean and carefully recorded. The editing and processing of sounds is top notch, with sound design techniques applied very professionally. Overall, very gritty and not for the faint of heart.”
Yarron Katz – AAA Composer and Sound Designer
“Slava makes some wonderful libraries. He’s relatively new on the scene and his libraries have come to critical acclaim. He takes some general ideas, like whooshes and he injects some extremely revolutionary and innovative ideas to them, so you’re not getting another whoosh library – you’re getting something very unique, very fresh. He brings some wonderful ideas to the table.”
Ever been stuck alone in an old creepy elevator?
Well now you can relive that experience, with this sound pack!
Including;
Movement of a service elevator
Flickering lights
Pressing lift buttons (with and without lift movement)
Opening and closing of heavy doors
Recorded and exported in 24/48khz
Suitable for and horror based projects (Game or film)
Wind Sculpture is a Sound Effects Library with designed ambiences/drones/pads built from source recordings of the ‘Singing Ringing Tree’ located in Burnley, UK. The source recordings are also included and are provided in 24Bit 96kHz, allowing for further sonic manipulation.
Our Audio Craftsmen travelled to the top of the hills and braved the harsh, cold winds of the British countryside to capture the essence of this magnificent and ethereal singing metal structure. Not only have these sounds never been recorded and offered in an SFX library before, but our team have been the first to use them to create a set of designed ambiences, giving you some fresh material that can set your projects apart with exciting new tones and textures.
These effects are well suited to Film, TV and Video Game projects, particularly Drama, Horror and Sci-Fi genres where a otherworldly wind elements are often needed.
The “Seismic Activities” sound archive contains over 2500 different noises from vibrations, shocks and their resonances. We have taken the trouble to use a set-up of different natural sounds, such as frequency drops, thunder or the sound of deep rumbling, to control two structure-borne sound transducers.
The “Seismic Activities” sound archive contains over 2500 different noises from vibrations, shocks, and their resonances.
We have taken the trouble to use a set-up of different natural sounds, such as frequency drops, thunder, or the sound of deep rumbling, to control two structure-borne sound transducers. We have installed these converters in various locations. For example, we were at a company that produces large roller doors. There we shook all sorts of pipes, high racks, tool cabinets, gates, and the like.
In addition, we worked with many household items to create a variety of sound structures, which should make the use of “seismic activities” particularly diverse.
Almost all of the sounds were generated from a multi-channel set-up made up of Sennheiser MKH80 (ORTF), DPA 4060 (AB) and a Sony DR100. So you can expect the best sound quality. As always, a Sounddevices 744T and a Mixpre were used as recording devices.
As always, all files come with burned in metadata in open standards like iXml, BWAV, ID3 Chunk.
This bundle contains 10 of my most cinematic packs to date.
You will get big and energetic planet explosions, sounds inspired by crime/investigation/espionage movies and series, impact sweeteners, elements to induce tension, beautiful atmospheric soundscapes, sci-fi textures, dynamic transitions and dark guitars!
These packs can be a great tool for horor and sci-fi games, movies and trailers.
Packs included:
Eradication: An exciting small pack of 25 planet explosions.
Unsolved: 141 sound effects inspired by crime/investigation movies and series.
Affix: 100 sounds in 29 files aimed to enhance and enrich cinematic impacts.
Minacious: 369 sounds suited for horror/paranormal productions.
Flute: A simple but beautiful collection of 30 atmospheric soundscapes created using a tin whistle and a bamboo transverse flute.
Quantum State: 30 soundscapes aimed to be used in movies, games and documentary films.
Sense: 75 textures to enrich the sonic world of your Sci-fi production.
Infiltration: 161 sound effects aimed to be used in modern espionage/infiltration productions.
The Transition: 127 transition aimed to enhance atmospheres, create movement and enrich musical compositions.
AXmos_Cinematic Guitars: 150 cinematic guitars to create suspense, tension and movement in your production.
Metal Resonances is a pack full of resonating metal that was made resonant with contact from dry ice. This creates otherworldly metallic tones which we carefully recorded and crafted into this product.
The pack contains everything needed to create all sorts of creaks and cranks and can be used to sound design everything from robots, bridges, hatches, hinges, cars, horror SFX, UI. There are also a very expressive trait to some of the sounds, and can probably be made into weird creatures and other unexpected things.
The entire pack has unique descriptive meta data for each file to make it easy to navigate between the different sounds.
The pack was captured in 96khz and 192khz and some sounds have two different perspectives to choose from. The 96khz version is usually from a close-up handheld perspective or in direct contact with the material, where 192kHz comes from carefully miced up static positions.
Recorded with two Oktava MK 012 in spaced stereo configuration and a Sony PCM m-10
The Zombie Apocalypse has arrived, and the virus is spreading fast. This comprehensive sound library features 20,000 high quality zombie sounds, making it the most complete zombie sound collection ever released.
Expert Vocalizations
In today’s films and video games, zombies have four distinct vocal archetypes. The renowned creature voice talents from The Monster Factory have expertly performed all these vocalizations, covering every genre of zombie imaginable—from the fast-paced, ultra-rabid freshly infected to the slow, hauntingly wailing undead. Our team has been trusted by AAA video game companies for over 15 years, contributing creature vocalizations to games like Star Wars Outlaws, Dead by Daylight, Until Dawn, Hellblade 2, Baldur’s Gate 3, and many more. Their expertise in creating immersive audio nightmares is highly sought-after in the industry.
More Actions and Variations
Unlike typical sound libraries that limit diversity by offering only a few choices, Zombie Apocalypse delivers a wider range of actions and variations. With more options for nuanced performances, you can ensure that the sounds match every movement and action of your characters. The Zombie Apocalypse library covers a wide range of actions and intensity level, including:
• Breathing, Walking, Running
• Idle, Detection, Attacks
• Pain & Death sequences
• Biting, Chewing, Choking, and much more!
For the full list of actions, click here.
Voice Layering Options
For greater customization, we recorded each action with a consistent phonetic script, ensuring that different voice techniques can be perfectly layered together. You can mix 2, 3, or even 4 different voice techniques, giving you endless possibilities to create unique zombie sounds or even non-zombie creatures. Though designed primarily for zombies, this library’s layering capabilities make it versatile enough to design an array of creatures and monsters. It’s the most flexible collection of creature vocalizations available.
Distant Microphone Recording
While recording, we used a second Sanken CO-100K microphone positioned 3 meters away from the first, adding depth and nuance to the recordings. These distant microphone audio files will help you create richer ambiances, ensuring that not all zombies sound the same or come from the same distance.
Unparalleled Level of Audio Quality for Unparalleled Level of Terror
Recorded at Tone Studio in Montreal by James Duhamel, the Zombie Apocalypse library offers pristine audio fidelity with a 192 kHz/24-bit sample rate. This, combined with the talents of trusted voice actors and the increased variety of actions and variations, the layering option to keep your listeners immersed and on edge, makes Zombie Apocalypse the most complete and unique sound library on the market. If it is not the first zombie sound library you have bought, this one will definitely be your last.
Rich Metadata Embedded
Every file comes with UCS naming and detailed metadata, including file descriptions and keywords, ensuring that you can quickly find the right sounds for your project.
Step into a world where phantoms roam the night, sorcerers conjure black magic, and supernatural creatures come to life. With Witchcraft, experience the mesmerizing power of dark magic in stunning 96k/24bit sound. Feel the enchantment and let your imagination soar!
Witchcraft is the culmination of months of meticulous stage and field recording using high-end equipment, followed by an intricate sound design process. Whether you need magical spells, bursts, whooshes, or cast sound effects, Witchcraft has you covered. From massive fireballs, flames, and evil spirits to holy light, water, wind, powerful electric bursts, forest spells, and summons, NI Sound Witchcraft gives you the ultimate edge.
Key Features:
High-Quality Sound: Immerse yourself in the highest quality 96k/24bit audio.
Diverse Magical Effects: A wide range of sound effects including spells, bursts, whooshes, and more.
Easy to Use: Simply drag and drop into your project to create an epic soundscape.
Professional Recording: Created with high-end recorders and microphones for unparalleled sound quality.
Made with supernatural powers in sound design, Witchcraft brings you peak levels of mesmerizing magic for your next project. Unleash the power of dark magic and make your creations truly epic!
Breathe life into your MONSTER REPTILES with this gigantic pack of realistic, royalty-free, high-quality creature voice overs, foley and just about every other sound you’ll ever need! Some of the included sounds are: ATTACK, IDLE SOUNDS, WARNING ROARS, HURT AND DIE SCREAMS, BODY & MOVEMENT SOUNDS … and many more, all in 3 creature sizes – SMALL, MEDIUM, LARGE!
[If you need even broader variety of reptile sounds and sound effects of all other monster species, be sure to get our Complete Creatures pack here instead!]
INCREDIBLE FLEXIBILITY AND EASE-OF-USE
Each audio file is drag-and-drop ready, presented in high-quality MP3 and WAV formats, including many in multiple takes, edits (long, short, fast, slow, looping), with meticulously labeled keywords, so you can create the perfect experience for your players/audience in a matter of moments! Enrich your title in seconds with beautifully mixed, AAA quality sounds brought to you by our team of industry veterans, whose 1,000+ games worth of experience have culminated in this extraordinary pack of sounds.
PERFECT FOR:
…and all other audio-visual productions!
TECHNICAL DETAILS:
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A library of designed ambiences, drones and background textures. Includes designed winds, underwater sounds and more abstract backgrounds.
GLITCHY CIRCUITS is a collection of 220 glitch sound effects.
Glitchy risers, distorted circuit impacts, mangled & overdriven stutters, sparkly tiny one-shots and more.
GC is an experimental sound effects library that delivers all kinds of glitch SFX:
– Heavily distorted and mangled glitches created with a verity of guitar pedals and plugins.
– Glitchy build-ups and risers
– Heavy, cinematic, overdriven glitchy impacts
– Tiny, sparkly glitch one-shots
– Reverberating, feedback-y glitchy drones
All source sounds have been heavily processed with guitar pedals, plugins, recorded through old tape decks
and small speakers.
Perfect for sound designer, gamedevs and music producers.
All SFX have baked-in Soundminer’s meta data
RECORDED WITH: JrF C series, JrF Coil Pickup, Sound Devices MixPre-6, Apogee Duet
EDITED AND MASTERED WITH: Pro Tools, Ableton Live, iZotope RX, iZotope Trash 2, Guitar Pedals,
Old Tape decks, Guitars, Synthesizers, FabFilter, ReFuse, Reaktor, Modular.
278 HD audio transitions designed and processed from source recordings and synthetic instruments.
Various moods and lengths, light and dark sounding. Perfect for video transitions and other multimedia projects.
All files were designed and rendered at 24-bit / 96kHz and include embedded metadata.
• In Giant Pinecones, get a visceral collection of scraped and eviscerated pinecones from the gray pine trees of Northern California. Scrape the razor-sharp hooks of the cone petals and hear guttural scrapes crackling with energy. Hear rolling cones popping and fluttering with rich stuttering tones. Hear fully open cone pedals squeaking with woody vocalizations like supernatural animals and hardy crunches filled with organic grit.
• This library offers you an extensive collection of sounds from a unique organic sound source. Digger pinecone sounds are incredibly soft and intimate in real life, but when recorded from two inches they morph into a unique wooden sound source brimming with powerful glitchy and stuttering textures.
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.
In this bundle you get all currently available parts of the ANGST | Surrounding Horror Series:
ANGST is a collaboration of the sound designers Bony Stoev and Saro Sahihi is the long awaited successor and main chapter of “Surrounding Horror – Prologue”.
It brings you a comprehensive collection of thrilling, abstract horror ambience sound effects in 5.1 surround (SMPTE).
Each soundscape was painstakingly handcrafted to 2:30 minute length with lots of frightening and terrifying sonic events.
It gives your horror-related production just the right amount of heart-stopping texture, leaving your audience with fear crawling up their spines to hold ’em tight.
Also in this bundle is a huge and versatile bundle of construction-kit layers, which can be combined to countless variations and serve as inspiration for your own dreadful sonic nightmares. Some layers were left dry, others were treated with FX. Some are mixed in 5.1 surround others in stereo. To give you both flexibility and instant usability at hand.
Additionally you get all sounds from the Surround Horror Soundscapes library downmixed to stereo.
This bundle contain 7 horror focused libraries.
You will get a powerful collection of sounds great to induce fear, tension and panic in you horror production.
You will find tense percussive elements, oppressive sounds to evoke the sensation that someone or something is hiding and watching you, sounds with a distorted, saturated and tense feeling to grab people’s attention, zombie style sound effects, mutation sounds for bloody and creepy transformations and digital screams to evoke human sensations in a digital world.
These packs can be a great tool for horror and sci-fi games, movies and trailers.
Packs included:
Affright: A collection of 208 sounds 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).
Dare_Small Pack: A small pack of 50 atmospheric elements suited for horror productions to evoke the sensation that someone or something is hiding and watching you.
Distorted Perception: Abnormal melodies, strange sound movements, transitions and distorted cinematic impacts are some of the things you will find in this collection of 146 sfx; sounds with a distorted, saturated and tense feeling to grab people’s attention and provoke fear, tension and suspense in them.
Infected Zone: More than 200 zombie style sound effects. You will find ambiences, drones, musical elements, cinematic impacts, zombie hordes, bites, bone breaks, zombies eating, intestine movements, blood drips, stabs, gunshots, machine guns, vocalizations and more.
Minacious: 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.
Mutation: 200 mutation sound effects aimed to be used in horror/sic-fi productions. The pack is focused on bloody and creepy transformations where you can hear how the flesh, blood and bones of the subject are being transformed and reshaping into something else.
SWAP_Digital Screams: You will find 98 male Digital Screams to evoke human sensations in a digital world. If the character of your game/movie is being plugged-in to a computerized world or suffering pain in this digital terrain, this collection of unique Screams is great for you.
A big new collection of squeaking and creaking sounds – nearly two hours in total, from a wide range of sources.
Shower glass, metal hinges, garage doors, office chairs, plastic handles, rusty ladders, wooden doors, styrofoam, running shoes, bottle corks, plastic containers, medicine cabinets, rubber gloves, plastic bottles, metal coathangers, rusty pipes, wood deckboard, metal springs, plastic straws, wooden baskets, small metal doors, roll-up curtains, large wooden gates, wood floors, metal wheels, screen doors, sliding doors, metal locker doors, rubber extension cords and more.
Woman power of all ages and styles!
Here we have 2227 sounds of female vocalizations for fighting, action, pain, basic reactions, emotions, general gibberish speech and many English words. Less extreme than Beastie Girls 192, you’ll get brand new screaming, shouting, talking, gibbering, hoarsing, whispering, laughing, crying, choking, wheezing, yelping, yawning, moaning, groaning, panting, cheering, breathing, coughing and more.
– 4 different voice characters including English kid girl, English adult woman, 2 non-native speaking women + 2 more extra subcharacters – Cartoon and Creepy Whisper
– 2227 files, start and end without silence gaps for immediate implementation
– 192 kHz / 24 bit file resolution with ultrasonics, 1.58GB unpacked
– source files – cleaned, with equalisation contour
– volume normalized to around -18 lufs
– contact the library creator to order more exclusive vocalizations for your project if needed
Introducing “Killy” character with his heavy growling, screaming, shouting, laughing, gibbering and more.
– 7 sub-characters with various voice-acting styles
– 310 files, start and end without silence gaps for immediate implementation, including dual mic recordings
– 192 kHz / 24 bit file resolution with ultrasonics, 407MB unpacked
– source files, clean
– volume normalized to -20 lufs
Breathe fear and awe into your work with Atmospheric Dread, carefully designed and ever-evolving drones, intertwined with swelling textures.
Inspired by the sound of films such as Arrival, Blade Runner 2049, Interstellar, Alien: Covenant, Prometheus, and more, I’ve created a new Drone library, all whilst listening to the feedback from Aberrant Drones users, and reviewers.
I’ve not only worked on improving the quality of the soundscapes further, but I’ve also broken down files into more manageable chunks, up to around 6 minutes long, and brutally cut out whatever did not feel like it should go in the library.
As a result, Atmospheric Dread is a smaller library, at least compared to the massive Aberrant Drones, whilst delivering 63 minutes of gut-wrenching, eye-widening, and fear-inducing soundscapes.
The library is comprised of 24bit/96kHz .WAV files, all stuffed to the brim with rich, and descriptive SoundMiner metadata, thus allowing you to find what you need immediately.
This library is a collection of 60 Sci-Fi atmospheres, all loop seamlessly, which can be used to represent alien worlds, drones ambiences, spacecrafts, futuristic engines, nuclear facilities, celestial spaces, generators, dark elements and from outer space. Mainly inspired by the Alien saga.
Each file has a duration of one minute with subtle changes over time. Ideal sounds to use as a layer in your sound design or for those project where music and sound design are pretty close.
Files have been designed on the basis of two different TVs buzzing, making a total of 32 buzz files, which have also been included in the collection. Calibrated to -24 LUFS. You can experiment with them to create more sounds, or use them as what they are, a TV buzz.
All files come in 96 kHz/24 bit, with a very descriptive metadata, based on what the sounds represent and which kind of feeling and mood they suggest to the listener.
Soundcloud preview includes all the designed sounds.
Industrial Ambiences – perfect for realistic industrial settings, adjacent to factories, dockyards, warehouses. Subtle intricate backgrounds, eerie man-made areas and horror ambiences. All files at least four minutes in length.
• 53 Tracks Total (25 Day time Tracks, 28 Night time Tracks)
• High Resolution Photographs of Recording Locations Included
• Thorough UCS compatible metadata included in all files
• All tracks recorded and edited at 24bit, 96kHz
• Each Track around 4 Minutes in Length
• 6.9 GB compressed download, 7.5 GB uncompressed
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: How do I download the horror sounds?
A: Add the sound libraries you're interested in to the cart, and complete the checkout - you can then instantly download your chosen horror SFX.
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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