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Vehicle sound effects and recordings – cars, helicopters, motorcycles, airplanes, ships, trains and sci-fi

  • The Panzer IV Ausf. G medium tank sound fx collection of a Maybach HL 120 TRM 12-cylinder gasoline engine with 296 hp.

  • Recording of a 2018 Mercedes AMG GT R sports car with a twin-turbocharged V8 petrol engine.

  • This sound library boasts a comprehensive collection of sound recordings that capture the character of rural passenger trains throughout the United Kingdom.

    All of the recordings were taken at locations in and around Norfolk and feature trains that are typical of current rural train services in many parts of the country.

    Features:

    • Station arrivals and departures recorded from the station platform.
    • Pass-bys and other lineside recordings.
  • City Life Sound Effects Underground Parking Play Track 35 sounds included, 29 mins total $75

    An underground parking is a place where you don’t feel safe. A squeaky door, a car in approach or simply someone playing with keys. Once again you will have a lot of possibility with those surround sounds for creating space and depth.

    About Ambisonics:
    This is an Ambisonics sound effects library - and by using the free SoundField SurroundZone 2 plugin you can convert the B-format files into your preferred format (stereo, 5.0, 5.1, 6.0, 6.1, 7.0 or 7.1 surround). Note: The library also contains ready-made stereo mixdowns for your convenience.
  • TRAIN SOUNDS FOR ANY PROJECT
    The SB106 TRAIN IMPACTS Sound Effects Library is a collection of massive metal hits, designed train pass-bys and metallic brake friction for sound design manipulation. The perfect package for creating your own whooshes, stingers and other unique sound design uses.

    YOUR SECRET FOR UNIQUE SOUND DESIGN
    We recorded massive metal impacts, closeup brake frictions and other interesting unique train sounds to use for sound design manipulation. Use these huge bass filled hits to create interesting stingers and booms — drop them into your LFE channel and really feel the sub bass rumble. These sounds are a little out of the ordinary, but that is what makes them so awesome. Combine this library with SB105 TRAINS, and you’ll be able to create everything from realistic to subjective train experiences. Every file has Soundminer compliant metadata embedded, and an organized file naming structure, for ease of use and quick searching.

  • Environments & Ambiences Trains (SB105) Play Track 94+ sounds included, 150 mins total $50

    REAL TRAIN SOUNDS FOR ANY PROJECT
    The SB105 TRAINS Sound Effects Library has a variety of train ambience, train horns, train passbys and more for building realistic train scenes and sound design manipulation.

    YOUR SECRET FOR REALISTIC TRAINS
    We recorded train horns, pass bys, brakes, ambience, slack action and more from Amtrak, Passenger and Freight trains. After days of recording, we carefully edited and chose sounds we would use in our own projects. The unique and differentiated horn and horn doppler sounds alone are worth the cost of this library. Every file has Soundminer compliant metadata embedded, and an organized file naming structure. The 94 sounds in this collection will help you elevate your project and bring realism to any train scene.

  • A car or a spaceship?

    Introducing the “Cupra BORN Sound Library” – an electrifying collection of premium sound effects specifically captured to fit your project. This vehicle has a futuristic humming sound with multiple sonic layers. We recorded the audio of the car with 2 different stereo setups along with tyre noise, motor sound and interior giving you complete editing flexibility.

    The library consists of a wide variety of both onboard and exterior sounds. We recorded exterior pass-bys at various speeds, arrivals, and takeoffs. An extensive amount of onboards, driving at very slow paces with both steady and varying speeds, city driving, higher speeds, various accelerations and decelerations at various paces. The library offers over 12GB of sound in total.

    All of the takes have labelled ISO tracks and a mix for each take for your convenience. Sounds captured at 24bit/96khz and have embedded UCS-compliant metadata. Enjoy.

  • Underwater recordings of the sea recorded with one or two hydrophones.

    Geophony and anthrophony underwater sounds: sounds of the waves, shallows, deep sea, port, harbour, diving, ship, sea traffic and other. Underwater ambiences and textures.

    Note that the background crackling of the sea is present in the majority of the recordings. 

    All recordings are recorded with Aquarian audio H2-a XLR hydrophones and Sound Devices field mixer (preamps are Lundahl input transformers for warmth of the sound). Special suspension for the hydrophones is used to avoid (handling) rumble. For “stereo” recordings hydrophones were spaced 1m apart  to get some time difference (or Depth of field). There is a mono recordings recorded with one hydrophone too. 

    Max peak level is around -5dBFS. No compressors or dynamic tools were used in editing.

  • Jaguar iPace – An electric SUV designed by Ian Callum, launched in 2018. This is the first fully electric car created by Jaguar.The sound of the car or what Jaguar calls an “acoustic alert system” was designed ahead of legislation requiring all-electric vehicles to emit an exterior sound to notify pedestrians of its presence.

    The library consists of a wide variety of both onboard and exterior sounds. We recorded foley of doors, knobs, locking mechanisms etc. Exterior pass-bys at various speeds, arrivals, and takeoffs. An extensive amount of onboards, driving at very slow paces with both steady and varying speeds, city driving, higher speeds, various accelerations and decelerations at various paces. The library offers 19.5GB of sound in total.

    The way car sound is set up is it’s emitting a tone through exterior speakers at speeds up to 30mph, which then fades away while starting to feed an interesting tone through interior speakers to compliment the feeling of acceleration for the driver and passengers.

    All of the sounds have labelled ISO tracks and also a mix for each take for your convenience. Sounds captured at 24bit/96khz. Enjoy.

  • Car Sound Effects Ferrari F8 Tributo Play Track 84 sounds included, 117 mins total $120

    This is a sound library of a Ferrari F8 Tributo mid-rear-engined supercar with a 3.9 L twin-turbocharged V8 engine that produces 710 horsepowers, outputting 770Nm of torque. It has the most powerful Ferrari-produced engine to date (as of Jan 2022). 

    The recording was done during the vehicle’s performance test session. The majority of the onboards cover engine and exhaust sounds with Dpa 4062 installed on exhaust and Dpa 4061 placed within the engine compartment. The library has over 100 minutes of Ferrari’s onboard audio covering a wide variety of sounds when the car was on track. This includes full-speed runs, slow and cool-down laps, drifting sessions, take-offs with launch control, and donuts. 

    Passbys were captured by both stereo and mono ​field-based ​setups yielding a wide variety of sounds such as takeoffs, ​full, medium and slow speed ​passby​s​,​ ​passes mid-drifting, burnouts and interesting takes attempting to send the Ferrari into drifting. Library also contains some natural tyre squealing and the sound of the car passing over the curbs at high speed.

    The car also had a stereo setup installed within the interior produced limiting results due to frequent radio chatter.  What was usable is edited alongside the onboards.

  • Car Sound Effects Nascar – Car Race Play Track 31+ sounds included, 57 mins total $25

    NASCAR – car race. Recorded in NOS stereo and MS stereo.
    Clean recordings without any crowd (except few files), air traffic, birds…

    Recorded with Sound Devices 744T/Mix Pre recorder, Sennheiser MKH mics, Rode NT1 (matched pair) mics, Rycote blimps (windjammers). Tripod used, recorded from hand-following the object (check sound list for info).

    Recorded on Grand prix circuit. Long recordings. Metadata tagged with detailed description of equipment and object of recording.

    RAW files, without any eq., and dynamic manipulation (compressors/limiters etc.). Maximum peak level is -5 dBFS .

  • The Harley Sportster is an iconic motorcycle whose sound captures the essence of Harley. This library gives you three unique perspectives (engine, exhaust, and field) of the same moments so you can time transitions, angles, etc. with the sounds you use. This library includes a bonus option of the engine and exhaust microphones carefully blended together so you get a robust option for every sound ready to go.

    Featuring drive bys up to 60 MPH, engine braking, honking, accelerating, decelerating, on board city driving, and more! Don’t miss out on this total package Harley sound library of the Harley Sportster XL 1200CX Motorcycle!

  • All files are recorded 32bit, 192 kHz, with RØDE NTG1 and FEL Clippy XLR EM272 microphones, Sound Devices MixPre-6 II recorder. Library contains wav files of driving and exterior foley, mechanical and electrical sounds.

  • Train Sound Effects Japan: Bullet Trains Play Track 104 sounds included, 333 mins total $80

    Japan: Bullet Trains is a collection of exterior recordings and interior ambiences of a variety of Japanese bullet trains which includes passbys, arrivals, idles, departures and ride ambiences.

    Description:

    The shinkansen, or bullet train, is a symbol of Japan’s economic and technological prowess. Streaking by at speeds of up to 200mph, their sound pierces over miles of empty farmland. In rare spots where you can get near the tracks, the air pressure bursts of these trains passing by can knock you off-balance.

    Recording coverage between models vary quite a bit, so please check the tracklist to get a sense of what is available per bullet train model.

    Note: The W7 series bullet trains were recorded within their first month entering service, well before they had time to wear-in.

    Models represented in this collection:

    • W7 Series (2015-)
    • N700 Series (2007-)
    • E5 Series (2009-)
    • 800 Series (2004-)
    • E2 Series [Currently Being Withdrawn] (1997-)
    • E4 Series [Currently Being Withdrawn] (1997-)

    (Dates indicate the service years for the model, not the specific age of the train recorded)

    These recordings were originally part of the Japan Sound Effects Collection Kickstarter campaign that was successfully funded in 2015.

    All recordings have meticulously written Soundminer metadata embedded in them and comply with Universal Category System naming standards. Included in the download folder is also an excel file and CSV file with all of the metadata fields.

    Equipment Used: Tascam HD-P2 | Rode NT4 | Rode NTG3

    Details:

    • Files: 104
    • Size: 10.3 GB / Compressed 6.7 GB (3 rar files)
    • Duration:  333 Minutes
    • Format: Stereo & Mono
    • Resolution: 24-Bit / 96KHz
    • Metadata: Soundminer, CSV, BWAV
    • Current Version: 2.2
  • Car Sound Effects Subaru WRX GD Turbo – Race Track Play Track 13+ sounds included, 66 mins total $36

    This sound library features 9 minutes of driving, recorded on small race track. Boxer engine with unequal length header combined with force induction and high pitch blow off valve makes a great sounding onboard. In addition to designed onboard, you’ll find interior stereo (in sync with engine) and RAW files ( 2 engine, blow off valve, 2 exhaust inputs). Here’s a video from recording session:

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  • Travel & Transportation Real Everyday Driving Play Track 16 sounds included, 400 mins total $35

    A library for all those situations where high revs and speeding into a corner wont do. We created the library with run of the mill cars, driving around town, at the speed limit.

    Its a combination of manual and automatic cars with stop, start, accelerate, drive, coast, idle, brake, and turn.

  • The 2020 update to Farm Equipment features modern and older tractors, smaller motors including gators and mowers, as well as farm atmos elements like parlor motors and pumps.
    All recorded on farms across Devon, uk.

  • 1951 Minks motorcycle from Soviet times.

    We used close up mics (dpa 4006, mkh 416), medium dist mics (OM1) and distant mics (Audio Technica BP4025). Large variation of exterior recordings (many bys, stops, aways, various speeds, with horn and without etc). Also some onboard recordings.

    Machine: Minsk/Moskva 1951 Motorbike, CCCP

    Mics:
    DPA 4006 x 2 – for Close up sounds and close up bypasses
    mkh 416 from 1-3 meters away and close passes
    OM1 omni 1-3 meters away and close passes
    Audio Technica BP 4025 XY- 20 meters away, so from a bit of distance

    AKG c391 rigged on the bike (has some rattle and connection problems) since we didn’t have spa 4061 or anything small on us that day.

    Recorders used:
    SD 702
    SD Mixpre + Sony PCM D100
    SQN 4s + Tascam DR70d

  • Recording of a Ferrari 488 from 2016 with a 3.9-litre twin-turbocharged V8 661 horsepower engine.

    The Ferrari 488 exotic car sound collection features 302 clips in 19.39 gigabytes of audio. It features the sound of the 2016 Italian sports car’s 3.9-litre twin-turbocharged V8 661 horsepower engine performing in 17 takes.

    The sound bundle includes 9 onboard and 10 exterior perspectives. The 21 exterior channels capture the car travelling at fast, slow, and medium speeds on straightaways and around corners at close and distant perspectives. The 10 onboard channels recorded engine, exhaust, and interior driving at steady RPMs, with gearshifts, and with ramps. Also included are starting, stopping, passing, and other exterior maneuvers.

    Every sound effect is embedded with over 18 fields of Soundminer, BWAV, and MacOS Finder metadata. In addition, every take is provided aligned and ready for tandem-track mixing and editing in Reaper and Pro Tools session.

  • Dirt & Asphalt Volume 1 is the first addition of vehicle and transportation recordings from Output Audio. This library contains a selection of recordings from 3 road bikes, with additional bonus content from other road motorbikes. The library also contains acceleration ramps for use in granular playback engines.

    Road bikes included:
    • Yamaha 450cc Thumper
    • Triumph 600cc Dual Fuel Injection
    • Aprillia RST 1000cc Futura
    • A selection of bonus pass-bys and externals from a range of high performance bikes

    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.

    Library highlights:

    AMCA Motocross Classes Included:
    MX1/MX2/Experts/Seniors Unlimited classes

    Engine Sizes Included:
    85cc/125cc/250cc/450cc engines

  • Car Sound Effects Toyota RAV 4 II 2.0 16V Diesel Play Track 90+ sounds included, 76 mins total $45

    Toyota RAV 4 II 2.0 16V Diesel sound library features 89 high quality files recorded with multi mic setup. Engine was recorded in sync with cabin interior ambients, and you can expect different styles of driving. From casual city driving, through accelerations on a highway up to rpm ramps and constant rpm loops for game audio. In addition to engine recordings, this sound effects library features exterior passes, whooshes and other road related sounds recorded in mono and stereo. Last but not least, different foley were recorded to cover exterior and interior activities.

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  • Pack your bags! This sound library has everything you need to recreate the sonic experience of flying on a commercial airline or waiting to line up at the airport!

    All aircraft recordings are taken from inside the aircraft, all airport ambiences were taken from the Dallas, Chicago, or Buffalo airports. Sounds include airport ambiences, inflight cabin room tone, inflight walla, airport walla, engine sounds, flaps, take-offs, landings, runway bumps, overhead compartment opening and closing, seat belt buckles, airplane bathroom sounds, captain and flight attendant intercom correspondence and more!

    You might think your ears are popping as the subtle sounds of change in altitude are captured in this library. Whether you need short wallas or ambiences or an entire recording from take-off to 10,000 feet this library’s got you covered! All sounds recorded at 24 Bit / 96 kHz.

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  • Car Sound Effects Rally Cars Vol.4 Play Track 123 sounds included, 25 mins total $49.90

    This library includes 123 rally car sound effects, recorded at rally service areas and the race track. Pass bys, idles, revvings and other car engine sounds.

  • This comprehensive sound collection contains all sound effects made by The Sound Pack Tree. It includes more than 10,000 diverse sounds from a large variety of categories such as:

    Ambiences, Animals, Aviation, Bells & Dings, Boats & Ships, Bubbles, Cars & Trucks, Cartoon, Chains, Clocks, Construction, Computer, Creak & Squeak, Creatures, Doors, Dropping, Electronic Devices, Electricity, Elevators, Engines, Fire, Foosball, Footsteps, Handcuffs, Handwriting, Household, Ice, Impacts, Industrial, Interface, Keyboard & Mouse, Kitchen, Machines, Magic, Marbles, Money, Motorbikes, Motors, Nature, Noise, Office, Open & Close, Paper, Pedestrians, Playing Cards, Rainforest, Ringtones & Phones, Rummage, Sci-Fi, Scissors, Shepard Tones, Spray, Starships, Static, Suction, Switches, Textures, Tools, Traffic, Travel, Trains & Stations, Transitions, Typewriter, Unreal Ambiences, Vehicles, Ventilation, Villages, Walkie-Talkie, Walla, Water, Weather, Whooshes & much more!

    All sound files have been edited carefully to be as useful as possible in post production and game audio workflows. Wherever applicable, sounds are seamless loopable. All sounds have clear, catchy file names and rich metadata keywords. The duration of this library is 44 hours while all files have been edited to a meaningful, non-exaggerating length.

    Two versions are included in your download – you can either choose one or download both of them:

    1. Combined Version
    Combined Version
    Variations of a sound are combined into one file – best for Soundminer, BaseHead, etc.
    3,765 files / 74 GB / 44 hours

    2. Split Version
    Split Version
    Variations of a sound appear as individual files – best for video editors, game audio, etc.
    10,417 files / 74 GB / 44 hours

    The audio content of both versions is 100% identical.

    All files from all 17 sound libraries yet released by The Sound Pack Tree are included – and additionally, more than 3,500 various sound FX.

    This one-folder library is made for quick & easy use, not for endless searching. You will find common sounds as well as tons of rarities and practical material, so this sound library serves the novice as well as the established sound designer.

Vehicle sound effects libraries

Vehicle sound effects libraries


The independent sound effects community offers you a huge collection of vehicle sound effects libraries - giving you everything from sounds of propeller and jet aircraft & helicopters, bicycle sounds, car sound effects, and motorcycle recordings, to sounds of ships, drones, trains, trucks, busses, and vans. You also get uncommon categories like designed spacecraft sounds, and military-type vehicles.

The vehicles are driven, flown, sailed and handled in all sorts of ways to give you a great selection of sounds to work with. And with so many different vehicle brands available, you'll stand an excellent chance of finding the sound of exactly the one that matches your project.


Vehicle sounds commonly found in this category:

Acceleration, braking, driving, engine, honk, jet, landing, motor, sailing, skid, speed, takeoff, throttle, transmission


Vehicle sound FAQ:

Q: What are some of the most popular vehicle sounds?
A: Click to sort the category by most popular vehicle sound effects libraries


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Q: How do I download the vehicle sounds?
A: Add the sound libraries you're interested in to the cart, and complete the checkout - you can then instantly download your chosen vehicle 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.

Trending vehicle sound libraries:

  • Car Sound Effects Extreme Drift Play Track 360 sounds included, 220 mins total $49

    The Extreme Drift SFX library includes 360 HQ (24bit/96kHz) close and distant range perspective, auto racing recordings. Audio material of vehicles, drifting and maneuvering around race tracks at various speeds and densities taking corners and speeding on long straightaways.

    You will find idle engine sounds, powerful engine revs, slow and fast starts, crazy accelerations and wild breaking, roaring overtakings, tandem battles, tire screeches and skids echoing beautifully in the air. The audio found in our library is not limited to startups, shutdowns and gear shifts, but also offers ambiences of pit lane and working team crews.

  • Introducing Extreme Drift 2: the highly anticipated sequel to our acclaimed sound library Extreme Drift!

    With 376 audio files recorded at 96kHz/24-bit, experience the thrill of high-speed drifts, powerful engine rev-ups, blistering accelerations, and more.

    This time, we’ve added 74 interior perspective files for an immersive cockpit experience. Ideal for filmmakers, game developers, and all audio professionals, Extreme Drift 2 takes your projects to the next level.

    Get ready to feel the rush!

    SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS

    CURATION APPLIED

    We meticulously curated each sound, removing unwanted environmental noise and ensuring clarity.

    INTUITIVE FOLDER STRUCTURE

    Sounds are organized into easily navigable categories:

    Drifts
    Engine Rev Ups
    Accelerations
    Pass Bys
    Turns
    Drive Offs
    Interior Perspectives

    DETAILED METADATA INCLUDED

    Each sound is embedded with comprehensive Soundminer metadata, facilitating effortless browsing and editing across various platforms.

    CAR MODELS COVERED

    Honda Civic
    BMW 320
    Peugeot 206
    Renault Clio
    Subaru Altezza
    Subaru Impreza
    Toyota Yaris

  • Mechanical Sound Effects Old Engines Grab Bag Play Track 486 sounds included, 265 mins total $129

    “Old Engines Grab Bag” is a pack of numerous old, unique and characterful engines from early 1900s. It’s a massive collection of 56GB multitrack 192kHz recordings of old tractors and stationary engines, both diesel and gasoline fueled.

    The intention wasn’t to cover vehicles driving, but to get isolated and very closely recorded mechanical elements of engines and exhaust pipes as a source material for sound design. There are many starts, idles, revs, offs, RPMs variations, backfires etc. Some are heavy and large sounding, some are small and funny. Tractors were captured EXT and most of stationary engines INT, but since they are very closely recorded there is just a little amount of reverb on most of them.

    Most of engines are 1 or 2 cylinders and low horse power and their RPMs are also low. Thanks to this, many of those sounds aren’t tonal and can easily be used as additional layer with other design elements. They work great for adding vintage character, designing junky or funny vehicles, crazy huge steampunk machines or engines malfunction.

    Sounds were recorded using multi-mic setup: Sanken CO-100k (most of the time pointing mechanical parts), Sennheiser MKH-8060 (mainly for isolated exhaust pipe), Schoeps CMC6XT mk41/mk8 (general image) and part also with Trance Audio Inducer contact mics (adding unique mechanical perspective).

    The library is delivered as multitrack 192kHz files, as well as stereo mix of all microphones. Thanks to using microphones with extended frequency range, drastic pitch changes can be applied.
    All files have extensive metadata created in Soundminer, including leg picker with microphone labels.

    Demo files include pitched sounds, which are not delivered with library.

  • Fully Universal Category System (UCS) compliant sound effects library of isolated tire skids (without any engine sounds!). This library offers detailed recordings of various drifting sounds on tarmac with both onboard and exterior microphone perspectives – 22 files, 16 min 43 sec, a total of 472mb (24bit/96khz).

    The onboard recordings were captured with DPA 4060 and Sennheiser MKH 8020 microphones.

    The exterior recordings have both stereo and mono perspectives and were captured with Neumann KM184 and Sennheiser MKH 8060 microphones.

    Cars recorded: Porsche Taycan Turbo (2021) and Toyota GT86 (2014).

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