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A collection of authentic Italian motorcycles and scooters – includes recordings of models like the Guzzi, Ciao Piaggio, Vespa and Ducati. Recordings include pass-bys, onboard, starting, idle, stopping, horn honking – and even skidding.
Each sound file has been carefully named and tagged for easy search in Soundminer and is Universal Category System (UCS) compliant.
(see the full track list below).
This library has just been updated with 72 new recordings (47+ minutes) of motorcycles & scooters such as the APRILIA 150cc, LAMBRETTA 125cc, MALAGUTI 50cc, MOTOMORINI Scrambler 1200cc, MV AGUSTA F3 600, PIAGGIO X9 500cc and a VESPA 125 ET3 PRIMAVERA
The ‘Street Sweeteners’ SFX pack is a meticulously edited collection of sound effects derived from hours of long-form recording sessions around different parts of the city of London.
‘Street Sweeteners’ are characterful street sounds with personality that will naturally bed into your city scenes and are sure to enhance your soundscape and bring any street scene to life.
The library features:
City buses (double decker, single deck)
Brake squeals/screeches
Sirens
Vehicle horns
Garbage trucks
Car pass bys
Motorbikes, mopeds & scooters
Trailer/haulage vehicle rattles and shakes
Locations used include; rooftops, balconies, street sidewalks, busy junctions and intersections, rush-hour traffic jams, quieter residential streets and built-up housing estates.
All of our sounds have been recorded in high-quality 24bit, 96kHz using Sound Devices, Sennheiser, Sony and DPA recorders and microphones. Additionally, each file has been tagged with detailed Soundminer and UCS metadata to speed up workflow and increase organization.
Please note there are five files recorded at 48kHz and 6 files recorded at 44.1kHz all the rest are 96kHz.
G4F SFX08 Harley Davidson is a high-quality sound library from Harley Davidson for the Heritage Softail model. All the files have been meticulously recorded, mixed and meta-tagged for rapid use. Road movies, documentaries, video games, sound design of dragsters, cartoons… for a wide range of uses.
We used an Aeta 4minx recorder, a pair of Schoeps ORTF and an AKG C414 to boost the center of the stereo sound. An SM58 placed near the exhaust also allows you to add the characteristic “throaty sound” of the Harley that can be mixed to suit your requirements.
Each exhaust is on a separate file and is precisely the same length as the ORTF/C414 file for easy synchronization.
Aways – False starts – Accelerations – Gear shifts – On-board camera – Handling of the bike – Horn – Stops / Braking
Number of files: 39 high-quality 96KHz / 24 bit (of which 7 of the exhaust “up close”)
Size unpacked: 1,27 GB (zip archive of 1,02 GB)
Microphones: Schoeps MSTC-6, AKG C414, SM58, Aeta 4minx, Nagra Seven
Sound Recorders / Designers: Marie Doyeux and Alexandre Schnepf
Biker: Jean-Luc Avril
UCS Naming and Classification
European Sirens is a large collection of 320+ European siren sound effects – captured from ambulances, firefighter trucks and police cars in up to 6 different perspectives.
It features drive-by’s, aways, and arriving sirens shot in different perspectives. In-depth recordings of eight different police sirens, three firefighter sirens and three ambulance sirens are included. All sounds are Soundminer metadata embedded.
Road Riders brings a new twist on what you'd normally expect to hear from a motorcycle.
With a focus on capturing the unique sound of Ducati's higher-end motorbikes, the 2012 Ducati Panigale and the 2011 Ducati Monster.
These titans have a unique sound that can be used for many things beyond motorcycles, including spaceships, cinematic whooshes, and a variety of other sci-fi vehicles.
• 2012 Ducati Panigale (pass-bys, revs, idles, ignition, parts)
• 2011 Ducati Monster (pass-bys, revs, idles, ignition, parts)
• designed pass-bys
• Shepard tone loops for accelerations and decelerations
• Bonus files of the 2012 Yamaha FZ8
• Bonus files of the 2001 Honda Shadow
A collection of ambulance, police and fire truck sirens, captured in Italy. Features both cars, fire trucks and motorcycles – and comes with doppler pass-bys, stationary, close, distant and in-car siren recordings. A bonus selection of car/house alarms is also included, for a total of 15 minutes of howling siren recordings!
Each sound file has been carefully named and tagged for easy search in Soundminer and is Universal Category System (UCS) compliant.
(see the full track list below).
The BMW K100 rs Motorcycle library was recorded by placing 2 dpa 4060s on the engine, and two ME4 on the bike itself.
I then used a pair of cm3s to catch drive bys, and a few takes of driving with the boom pointed at the muffler while riding.
It contains wild foley of clicks and gear changes and sound of engine servo before ignition starts.
It is straight forward and has many different varieties so that you will be able to us it for all of your applications. Feel free to inquire about special sounds or takes before you buy here.
This library gets you 97 minutes of binarual recordings of wind noise, captured inside the helmet as a motorcycle rides along the highway. The speed ranges from a slower pace all the way up to 100 – 130 km/h, and features both acceleration, variable and constant speeds, as well as occasional sounds of passing traffic as captured from inside the helmet. The helmet is a flip-up type of helmet, and the motorcycle is a Honda NC 700D.
Recorder: Tascam dr100 mk/III, Microphone: DPA 4060 miniature omni
The Mopeds SFX library delivers the sounds of no less than 7 different mopeds. Created in a collaboration between Sonicsalute, sound designer Rune Palving (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, 1864, and Tordenskjold), and sound designer Peter Albrechtsen (Antichrist, The Queen of Versailles, and The Idealist).
The included mopeds range from new and non-modified models, to many characteristic-sounding (old and wrecked) models – as well as one heavily-tuned moped.
Onboard driving and maneuvering (long onboard drives) • Ambiences • Passbys • Circles • Incoming/aways • Start/stop • Revs • Horns • Fuel covers
Jump to light speed and conquer the galaxies of your SCI-FI WARFARE project with this comprehensive, meticulously recorded, edited and mastered sound effects collection of any FUTURISTIC VEHICLES & SPACESHIPS needed for WAR in SPACE! Perfect for use in any SCIENCE FICTION themed or shooting video game or film, animation, or any other project that requires the Highest Quality futuristic SPACESHIPS, VEHICLES, or VESSEL sounds!
Designed by our team of AAA-industry veterans and huge fans of STAR WARS, STAR TREK, BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, and many more, FUTURISTIC VEHICLES is the most complete one of a kind SFX library that will add a massive value for your audience to your sci-fi project!
Whether you have squadrons needing SMALL VEHICLES like:
Or MEDIUM-sized spaceships like:
Or HUGE spaceships like:
No matter the size of your futuristic vessel, this pack delivers all you could want for your SCI-FI VEHICLE needs!
Also included are:
Included are also extremely rare background ambience sounds for SPACESHIPS INTERIOR BACKGROUND ENVIRONMENT AMBIENCE LOOPS.
FREE GIFT: We’ve included free sounds from our Vehicle libraries, that are a perfect fit for futuristic vehicles!
DOWNLOAD NOW to take your project to light speed with DRIVING, DIVING, FLYING, HANDLING, SHOOTING and MORE!
With over 510 audio files and 170 original cinematic-quality sounds, we went the extra mile by creating multiple sound variations for each vehicle/weapon, various vehicle sizes, and numerous actions and maneuvers that each performs, handling noises and other foley, alternate sound sequences and looping versions of moving or idle engines, mechanics, lasers and laser beams, startups, shutdowns, hits / detonations / explosions and more.
All spaceship engine sounds are designed to seamlessly re-produce a complete start-to-finish process:
1. Engines ON
2. Idle Engine Loop
3. Take Off
4. Flying Loop
5. Landing
6. Idle Engine Loop
7. Engines OFF
If placed in order and crossfaded a few milliseconds in between sounds, the most realistic and smoothest sound for spaceship engines will be produced!
ADDITIONAL FEATURES:
MASSIVE SAVINGS: The Sci-Fi Sound Effects Bundle combines essential futuristic sounds—weapons, spaceship engines, vehicles, robots of all shapes and sizes, ambiences, alien creatures, voiceovers, and more—into one comprehensive package. Save significantly by purchasing the bundle instead of individual packs. Click here to explore the bundle and save!
This library brings you a comprehensive sound effects collection of a ’94 Piaggio Sfera roller scooter and its 50cc 2-stroke engine.
You get everything you need to bring any scooter scene to life. Electric- and kick-start ignition, idle- and steady-driving loops, idle mixtures, pass-by, approach, pull-away and brake as well as well as several foley sounds for helmet, kick-stand, trunk and kickstarter.
And of course lots of diverse on-board driving sounds.
After carefully strapping some very expensive microphones all over an electric scooter bike, I hit record and set out to capture the highest resolution e-bike recordings on the internet! With all microphones on-board the scooter, I am able to bring you a very hard to get perspective of recording. Since I recorded this with so many different microphones, I am also giving you the ability to highlight different sound focuses: there are mics specifically directed toward the tires and ground to capture that raw grip of the tires against the road, a stereo pair following the bike to capture the debris kicked up by the bike, and finally a set of binaural microphones that capture the feeling of being on the bike from the driver’s perspective, all captured at a stunning 192kHz, 24 bit.
The booming and serrated voice of a 100th anniversary edition American classic is upon you. And this Fat Boy had quite a lot to say. Mostly in a dialect of deliciously loud and explosive transients.
You’ll find that this library not only covers glorious engine dynamics and potato-y straight pipes, but also various switches, mechanics, linkages, electrical functions, the horn, and even a guardian bell. There are pass-bys and encircled recordings in both mono and MS formats (the latter of which are left raw for you to decode at gain and width settings appropriate to your needs), static running captures, and a structure of engine throttling that can give you delicate control over the engine’s power.
Get up close and personal with British engineering in this superb motorcycle sound library!
This library is sampled from a brand new 2017 Triumph Street Twin 900 cc motorcycle. It combines classic motorcycle engineering with modern technology to create a truly unique sound.
In this library you get a large variety and perspectives of revs, idles, drive bys up to 50 mph, drive ups, drive aways, engine breaking, onboard driving, accelerating and more! Enjoy feeling like you’re riding this brand new modern vintage motorcycle!
Dirt & Asphalt Volume 1 is the first addition of vehicle and transportation recordings from Black Edge Sound Studios. This library contains a selection of recordings from 3 road bikes, with additional bonus content from other road motorbikes.
All 3 bikes have been recorded externally and with onboards to provide a wide range of editing options for film, TV and video game applications. Acceleration and deceleration ramps have also been provided so the content can be replayed using granular synthesis techniques most commonly used in video game applications.
Output Audio have experience in the racing game genre as part of the team that recorded a wide variety of high performance vehicles for the video game ‘Need For Speed Rivals’.
Classic vehicles is a jam packed high-quality classic vehicle sound library filled with fantastic engine starts, engine revs, engine idles, door opening/closing, kick starts and much much more! Recorded at 24 bit/192 kHz you’ll be able to pitch/bend these sounds to your hearts desire to create some truly monstrous sounds! The vehicles in this library are: a custom 1930 Ford Model A with a V8 flathead engine & a 1967 Triumph Bonneville. Let this pack be a small but powerful addition to your sound FX library.
This sound collection covers a wide range of sounds produced by the Vintage 125CC motorcycle Vespa 1962 . All sounds recorded with high end equipment – 24 bit and 96KHz
All the files are mono. The stereo impression in the demo is created by means of panning.
In this collection of high quality sound-recordings you’ll find several tandem and multitrack recordings. Please note that phasing issues between the MKH 8070 and the DPA4061’s are perfectly normal because of fluctuating time differences. The 4061’s are always onboard, fixed and in phase in contrast to the MKH8070 which was handheld on the roadside or handheld pointing at the exhaust while driving along as a passenger.
Besides that also important to note:
The 5 LOOPED SOUNDS are not unique. They
are edits from the larger driving sounds. I just put these in for your convenience should you
quickly need some loops for your project. This is also true for one of the the Revs soundfiles.
(Heavy revs) I thought I just cut this one too for your convenience to quickly have a list of all
relevant revs in this library. So those six soundfiles are the only double content.
Equipment:
Recorders
Microphones
The Yamaha YZ250 Dirt Bike SFX library from Watson Wu delivers the sounds of this 2004 motorcycle with a 250cc 2 stroke engine. Files are divided into external static sounds, external following sounds, foley sounds, and onboard sounds. Captured Onboard – from the driver's point of view. External recordings: External Static is from a fixed stereo microphone. External Following is from an MS Stereo Shotgun mic following the traveling dirt bike.
Get the sounds of the the Honda VTX 1300 – a distinctive cruiser motorcycle.
Its 1300cc displacement is right in the sweet spot between the zippier 750 models and the massive 1800 road warriors. This particular one was equipped with a set of custom Vance and Hines Big Shots exhaust pipes early in its life, giving it a distinctive and throaty note that can be heard up and down the highway. The VTX line is also known for its distinctive transmission, which gives a meaty ‘clunk’ with every shift.
This library is a set of recordings that were made using a combination of onboard and exterior mics at a variety of useful speeds, as well as free running on the highway. Its a smaller set, but very distinctive and useful.
We recorded multiple channels on every movement:
• Onboards consisted of Line audio CM3, Crown PZM and Sanken COS11 mics
• A handheld MKH416 rig covered bys and exteriors
After a half day of recording we had material ranging from idles and slow starts to fast bys and highway runs.
This library gets you 130 minutes of stereo recordings from an intense off-road motorcycle racing event, captured on a late autumn day with ideal weather conditions.
Two-stroke and four-stroke engines compete together. The race track is about seven kilometers long with a high difference in elevation. The library features sounds such as race starts, test laps, roaring passbys, struggling engines as the bikes go up and down the hills, single bikes and groups + lots more sounds from the event.
Get the sound of the Tunturi Maxi ‘Pappatunturi’, a Finnish moped model from 1974 with 2 gears and pedals. The library features external, onboard and foley recordings. OnBoard recordings feature 3 different channels: Engine1, Engine2 and Exhaust. All 3 channels of OnBoard sounds can be layered and will line up nicely in your audio editor.
I took out a MZ TS150 2 stroke Motorcycle and recorded approaches, departures, pass bys, circling in a grass parking lot, engine revs, idoling, etc.
I recorded this library with 2x dpa 4060s, 2x ME2, an sm57, sennheiser 416 and a pair of cm3s recorded in an xy pattern. I set up the cm3s on a mic stand, and followed the action with the 416, with 5 onboard microphones capturing sounds on the bike as well.
In the 179 files, there are 8 syncable takes of pass by's at different rpms with the onboards and 2 different exterior perspectives. Everything has been labeled in Soundly with metadata.
You will find what you need to cover any small 2 stroke engine motorcycle in here. With purchase, I offer you to email me at [email protected] and I will send you the protools session that has the sync'd files and original audio if you would like even more coverage of individual microphones (if that is something you are into). Feel free to email me with any inquiries before purchase.
Dirt & Asphalt Volume 2 is the second addition of vehicle and transportation recordings from Output Audio. This library contains a selection of recordings from two motocross events and two practise sessions, with additional bonus content provided as race atmospheres.
AMCA Motocross Classes Included:
MX1/MX2/Experts/Seniors Unlimited classes
Engine Sizes Included:
85cc/125cc/250cc/450cc engines
All bikes have been recorded externally at a range of driving speeds performing stunts and manoeuvres in a competitive race environment. Jumps, pass bys and accelerations from groups and individual riders are all included so the content can be used to recreate a wide range of motorbike driving action!
Do you need an inspiring collection of carefully edited expressive engine sound fx loops?
Loopable Motors 1: Small Engines is a huge collection seamlessly looping engine sounds from ten different engines. The package includes steady engine loops with multiple RPMs, recorded in 96 kHz, 24-bit for creative sound design. Matching start and end clips are included for many loops for easy drag & drop game implementation or sound editing.
Finding high quality, steady engine recordings and editing them to usable, looping clips can be a really time-consuming task. This sound library is designed to give you plenty of creative material to work with in your next project.
Special Edition includes all the steady engine loops plus 25 accelerations for LeSound Audiomotors plugin.
Library highlights:- 10 combustion engines
– 444 sound files (148 sound with 3 pitch versions)
– Power generators, ATV, compressors, lawnmowers, water pumps.
– Multiple RPM speeds (see datasheet)
– Start & end clips for many loops
– Special Edition includes 25 accelerations compatible with LeSound Audiomotors plugin
– 96 kHz, 24-bit stereo WAV files
– 2.23 GB
– Carefully edited, seamless loops
– Soundminer & BWAV metadata
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