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Vehicle sound effects and recordings – cars, helicopters, motorcycles, airplanes, ships, trains and sci-fi
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:
All aboard!
Trains: Rail Squeals And Passes, first recordings were made back in 2012 where sounds of specific screaming metallic train rails were needed for a documentary. Since then, multiple of the favourite locations for recording the special sounds have been visited, and the sounds have been used in countless features, documentaries and radio dramas. Very different and interesting recordings, some comical and some chaotic and brutal, have made it through to the final commercial set.
When the conditions are right, and trains pass a tight corner at a specific speed, the train wheel cuts into the rails below, making this horrendous sound. This is known as curve screaming, and can produce some really scary metallic squealing.
Besides regular train passes at different speeds, this set has files covering ear piercing rail squeals, breaking sounds and massive rail clacking sounds both from diesel powered and electrical trains.Trains Rail Squeal And Passes included 62 tracks and is about 2.2 Gb big when unzipped. All tracks have been carefully mastered and are all UCS compatible!
All files are recorded 32bit, 192 kHz, with Rode NTG1 and Shure VP88 microphones, Sound Devices MixPre-6 II recorder. Library contains wav files of driving and exterior foley, mechanical and electrical sounds.
All Aboard!
Commercial Aircraft Interior contains a distinct collection of ambient recordings taken onboard commercial aircraft flights over the North Atlantic.
Our Audio Craftsman captured the various stages of an aircraft journey including general onboard ambiences, the plane idling on the runway, take off & landing and some sounds taken from the baggage claim and check-in sections of the airport.
There are also wallas in various languages and the sounds of passengers shuffling in their seats and putting on their seatbelts. We captured recordings from two different plane journeys to get a variety of sounds. This library includes over 50 minutes of audio content, giving you all the ingredients you need to design compelling aircraft and airport soundscapes.
All audio files have been carefully edited so that you can simply drop them into your project timeline and are provided dry in 24Bit 96kHz allowing for further sonic manipulation if required. All files are tagged with extensive metadata and are UCS compliant.
Step right up, step right up, UK Seaside Town & Theme Park contains a varied assortment of sounds recorded from a very popular seaside destination in the UK called Blackpool. We have covered many different areas in the town, including some of the tallest rollercoasters in Europe to close up sounds of waves lapping and interesting rail cars with unique horns. This library will be an amazing addition to sound designers looking for ambiences from a rarely recorded location and are perfect for using in films, documentaries, commercials, video games and other projects.
Our team of Audio Craftsmen went through fascinating spots around Blackpool and captured the most interesting sounds ranging from rollercoaster pass-bys, screams of people riding a rollercoaster, crowd cheering in a circus venue and rock concert, exciting revs of motorbikes and cars, trains and trams passing by, ambiences from café, town centre, fish and chips shop, arcade, train station, beaches with seagulls, close up sounds of waves hitting the shore etc. Furthermore, there are sounds of people chattering, walking by, shouting, laughing, clapping, whistling and much, much more.
All the included sounds are carefully edited and provided dry in 24 Bit, 96 kHz which allowing you for further sonic manipulation. Moreover, all the sounds are tagged with extensive metadata and are UCS complaint to effortlessly find the right sounds for your projects and drag them straight to your timeline.
German engineering in its high performance.
I would love to introduce you to the 2019 Porsche 911 Carrera S sound library for your sound editorial and designing purposes.
The library comes in three dedicated sections: RPM Collection (incl. Idling), Drive-Bys (incl. Approaches and Drive offs) and Interior drive recordings.
After lots of thought and planning, I managed to record, clean, and edit the recording for an extensive and easily accessible editorial experience to your production.
The RPM Collection gives you a large range of multi-microphone proximate and one-meter distance recordings of the engine, as well as a broad variety of details of the exhauster. This masterpiece of engineering got recorded on a vehicle lift to gather sounds from unreachable angles, catching all the richness and details of the engine.
With a large collection of Idling, Reverse, Steady RPMs, Revs, Accelerations and Decelerations, you will be able to use these sounds as a wonderful organic layer to your vehicle sound designs and edits.
The Drive-bys, approaches, and drive-offs section can be essential to maximize the quality of your production! This package includes Mono sound source following and Stereo drives of the 2019 Porsche 911, with velocities starting at Walking Speed, 10km/h – 80km/h to Reverse.
The Interior Drive series portraits the most beautiful driving experience with its unique comforting interior and design. I am thrilled to share with you the quadraphonic interior recordings of the front and rear of the car.
Covering the sounds driving over cobblestone, uneven and normal roads (reverse drive included) at multiple speeds from Walking Speed to 160 km/h!
Side note: The engine becomes nearly silent in times, which leaves us with just a beautiful interior rumble of the car driving over cobblestones.
Let your designing imagination be the limit of your creation!
Royal Blue Audio
A Journey with Sound
German engineering in its high performance.
I would love to introduce you to the 2019 Porsche 911 – RPM Collection sound library for your sound editorial and designing purposes.
After lots of thought and planning, I managed to record, clean, and edit the recording for an extensive and easily accessible editorial experience to your production.
The RPM Collection gives you a large range of multi-microphone proximate and one-meter distance recordings of the engine, as well as a broad variety of details of the exhauster. This masterpiece of engineering got recorded on a vehicle lift to gather sounds from unreachable angles, catching all the richness and details of the engine.
With a large collection of Idling, Reverse, Steady RPMs, Revs, Accelerations and Decelerations, you will be able to use these sounds as a wonderful organic layer to your vehicle sound designs and edits.
Let your designing imagination be the limit of your creation!
Royal Blue Audio
A Journey with Sound
Introducing the “Real Everyday Driving” sound effects library designed for those authentic moments behind the wheel! Say goodbye to high-octane thrill rides and embrace the casual charm of everyday driving. This collection captures run of the mill cars as they navigate the urban landscape at a leisurely pace.
From smooth starts and gentle accelerations to serene cruising, smooth coasting, and natural idling. Whether it’s the subtle sound of the brakes engaging, the comforting hum of a car easing into a turn, or a vehicle obeying city speed limits, our library immerses you in the details of everyday driving.
Each vehicle has been recorded with the following perspectives – interior, engine, exhaust and tyre. Both manual and automatic transmissions.
All files are recorded 32bit, 192 kHz, with Rode NTG1 and Shure VP88 microphones, Sound Devices MixPre-6 II recorder. Library contains wav files of driving and exterior foley, mechanical and electrical sounds.
All files are recorded 32bit, 192 kHz, with Rode NTG1 and Shure VP88 microphones, Sound Devices MixPre-6 II recorder. Library contains wav files of driving and exterior foley, mechanical and electrical sounds.
All files are recorded 32bit, 192 kHz, with Rode NTG1 and Shure VP88 microphones, Sound Devices MixPre-6 II recorder. Library contains wav files of driving and exterior foley, mechanical and electrical sounds.
All files are recorded 32bit, 192 kHz, with Rode NTG1 and Shure VP88 microphones, Sound Devices MixPre-6 II recorder. The library contains wav files of driving and exterior foley, mechanical and electrical sounds.
UK Traffic & Vehicles contains a varied assortment of traffic & vehicular sounds captured during field recording sessions by our team of Audio Craftsmen. The sound effects in this library will make for a fantastic addition to your audio collection and will be perfect for use in short films, documentaries, commercials, and video games.
The team has gone out of their way to bring you a range of different sounds, including vehicle pass-bys and ambient recordings of distant traffic. We recorded a selection of cars, buses, trams and trains from varied perspectives, and all sounds were captured in their real-world locations to give you the most authentic & grounded representation of UK traffic & vehicle sounds to use in your projects.
The 26 files included in this library have been carefully edited so that you can seamlessly drop them into your project timeline and are provided dry in 24Bit 96kHz allowing for further sonic manipulation if required. All files are tagged with extensive metadata to allow you to search for and select the desired sound with maximum ease.
Some of the included sounds are: Interior ambience of a moving bus, distant traffic passing through a tunnel, trains passing overhead, vehicle pass-bys on a wet road, siren pass bys, and a petrol station car park.
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.
All files are recorded 32bit, 192 kHz, with Rode NTG1 and Shure VP88 microphones, Sound Devices MixPre-6 II recorder. Library contains wav files of driving and exterior foley, mechanical and electrical sounds.
All files are recorded 32bit, 192 kHz, with Rode NTG1 and Shure VP88 microphones, Sound Devices MixPre-6 II recorder. Library contains wav files of driving and exterior foley, mechanical and electrical sounds.
The following is a 2020 Lexus LC500 sports car sound effects library (with Metadata).
Vehicle Type: Sports Car
Brand: Lexus
Model: LC500
Year: 2020
Specification: 471 Horse Power, v8, 5.0 Liter, 10 speed gasoline car
There are 37 minutes worth (4.37 GB), 63 ready to use wave files, in 32 Bit, 96 kHz and
additional takes in 24 Bit, 96 kHz. Files are divided into External Following, Foley, and Onboard
sounds. For Mac users we recommend UnRarX. For Windows users we recommend WinRar. The
Onboard recordings are in 4 separate mono wave files. Drag & drop or import each of the files
into your audio editing software, then align them for creative mixing. There are also stereo mixed
versions of the OnBoard recordings.
Onboard Settings:
Chan 1 = Engine Left, Chan 2 = Engine Right, Chan 3 = Exhaust Left, Chan 4 = Exhaust Right
External Settings:
Following (Stereo in Left & Right Channels, tracking the car)
Definitions & FAQs:
Onboard: Sounds heard from driver and passenger perspectives
External: Sounds heard from bystander’s point of view.
If you need specific shots for your film, TV, and video game projects, Watson is available for hire
to record all types of vehicles.
The following is a 2018 Nissan 370Z sports car sound effects library (with Metadata).
Vehicle Type: Sports Car
Brand: Nissan
Model: 370z
Year: 2018
Specification: Modified with an aftermarket HKS brand exhaust, 332 Horse Power, 3.7 Liter, v6,
6 speed manual, rear wheel drive, gasoline car
There are 68 minutes worth (23.7 GB), 170 ready to use wave files, in 32 Bit, 96 kHz. Files are
divided into External Following, External Static, Foley, and Onboard sounds. For Mac users we
recommend UnRarX. For Windows users we recommend WinRar. Ambisonic mic was placed in
Cab of the car. There are various rendered versions from the ambisonic recording (Ambisonic B
Format, 5.1 surround, 7.1 surround, and Stereo).
Onboard Settings:
Ch 1-4 = Cab in Ambisonic Format B, Ch 5 = Engine, Ch6 = Exhaust
External Settings:
Following (Stereo shotgun mic, tracking the moving vehicle)
Static (Stereo mic on a fixed stand for panning)
Definitions & FAQs:
Onboard: Sounds heard from driver and passenger perspectives
External: Sounds heard from bystander’s point of view.
If you need specific shots for your film, TV, and video game projects, Watson is available for hire
to record all types of vehicles.
All files are recorded 32bit, 192 kHz, with Rode NTG1 and Shure VP88 microphones, Sound Devices MixPre-6 II recorder. Library contains wav files of driving and exterior foley, mechanical and electrical sounds.
Sprint Car Racing is a unique collection of sound effects of a sprint car driving through a speedway in Ontario, Canada. This library includes engine acceleration, drifting, high rpm revs, driving away and towards, racing other cars, slowing down, idling and much, much more. Perfect for designing those high octane, explosive, gas-guzzling engine sounds that are often needed in modern car chasing/racing scenes.
The sounds were recorded using either a Sanken CS-M1 or a DPA 4060 and were meticulously edited by our Audio Craftsmen so that you can drag them directly into your projects. They can be used to represent many different types of racing vehicles, sprint cars and motorbikes as the engine sounds are similar to high performance and tuned vehicles of other kinds.
Feed your need for speed with Sprint Car Racing!
The following is a 2021 Toyota Camry car sound effects library (with Metadata).
Vehicle Type: Sedan Car
Brand: Toyota
Model: Camry SE
Year: 2021
Specification: 203 Horse Power, Inline 4, 2.5 Liter, Front Wheel Drive, 8 speed gasoline car
There are 67 minutes worth (7.48 GB), 170 ready to use wave files, all in 32 Bit, 96 kHz. Files
are divided into External static, Foley, and Onboard sounds. For Mac users we recommend
UnRarX. For Windows users we recommend WinRar. The Onboard recordings are in 4 separate
mono wave files. Drag & drop or import each of the files into your audio editing software, then
align them for creative mixing. There are also stereo mix versions of the OnBoard recordings.
The External recordings are in stereo from a static (fixed) position.
Onboard Settings:
Chan 1 = Engine, Chan 2 = Cab Left, Chan 3 = Cab Right, Chan 4 = Exhaust
External Settings:
Static (Stereo in Left & Right Channels from a fixed position)
Definitions & FAQs:
Onboard: Sounds heard from driver and passenger perspectives
External: Sounds heard from bystander’s point of view.
If you need specific shots for your film, TV, and video game projects, Watson is available for hire
to record all types of vehicles.
All files are recorded 32bit, 192 kHz, with Rode NTG1 and Shure VP88 microphones, Sound Devices MixPre-6 II recorder. Library contains wav files of driving and exterior foley, mechanical and electrical sounds.
All files are recorded 32bit, 192 kHz, with Rode NTG1 and Shure VP88 microphones, Sound Devices MixPre-6 II recorder. Library contains wav files of driving and exterior foley, mechanical and electrical sounds.
Trains in Sri Lanka gives you a collection of old Diesel Electric, Hybrid Train sounds. M6, S12, S13 are the Trains from which most of the sounds are from.
It contains idle engines, screeching breaks, train pass by sounds, and the sweet rhythmic sound of moving trains. Also, some unique station ambiance and PA sounds are included too.
The library was recorded with Zoom H5N and Rode NTG5.
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.
Acceleration, braking, driving, engine, honk, jet, landing, motor, sailing, skid, speed, takeoff, throttle, transmission
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A: Yes, they're royalty free, and no attribution is required
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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.
Animal Hyperrealism Vol III is a library containing sounds themed animal vocalisations, from real to designed creatures totaling more than 1700 individual sounds in 279 files.
The sounds were recorded in zoos and wildlife centers. The asset list includes but is not limited to: european red deers, monkeys, reindeers, hornbills camels, crickets, tamarins, boars, frogs, red ruffed lemurs, parrots, and many more.
The content has been recorded at 192KHz with a Sanken CO100K plus a Sennheiser 8050 for center image and a couple of Sennheiser MKH8040 for stereo image.
Part of the cheats section of the library features samples recorded at 384KHz. For these sounds an additional microphone was employed, specifically the CMPA by Avisoft-Bioacoustics which records up to 200 KHz. This microphone was used to record most of the library but the 384KHz format was preserved only where energy was found beyond 96KHz not to occupy unnecessary disk space.
All files are delivered as stereo bounce of these for mics, though in some instances an additional couple of CO100K was added to the sides.
The resulting ultrasonic spectrum is rich and allows for truly extreme manipulation of the content.
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
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.
Animal Hyperrealism Vol I is a library containing sounds themed animal vocalisations, from real to designed creatures totaling more than 1300 individual sounds in 290 files.
The sounds were partly recorded with animals trained for media production, partly recorded in zoos and wildlife centers. The asset list includes but is not limited to: african lions, bengal tigers, horses, donkeys, cows, exotic birds, owls, bobcats, pumas, dromedaries, wolves, dogs, geese, lemurs, gibbons and many more.
All the content has been recorded at 192KHz with a Sanken CO100K plus a Sennheiser 8050 for center image and a couple of Sennheiser MKH8040 for stereo image. All files are delivered as stereo bounce of these four mics, though in some instances an additional couple of CO100K was added to the sides.
The resulting ultrasonic spectrum is rich and allows for truly extreme manipulation of the content.
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