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Vehicle sound effects and recordings – cars, helicopters, motorcycles, airplanes, ships, trains and sci-fi
Traffic Pass Bys Vol. 2 is the second instalment in our popular Traffic Pass Bys sound effects series.
This collection of hand-picked sounds encompasses a wide range of traffic pass-by effects, including different types of vehicles and speeds.
Using this library you can craft your own custom traffic soundscapes or twist these sounds into sci-fi vehicles, moving atmospheres or designed whooshes .
Sounds were recorded with the Zoom H6 and omni-directional Clippy EM272 stereo microphones. All sounds are delivered in 24Bit 96kHz format allowing further sonic manipulation and have been meticulously edited and tagged with extensive UCS compliant metadata for ease of use.
including:
– External recording
– Internal recording
– 3 Spots, 6 mics
– Eng start, idle, maneuvers, drive, shtdwn, passby
– Slow, medium and fast
– 48 KHz, 24 bit
– 6 x schoeps ccm4 (card and omni), sys AB, Zoom F8
– RAW files only
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.
The following is a Large Airboat single license sound effects library (with Metadata).
Specification: 1970 18 feet Airboat with a 1947 AVCO Lycoming brand v6 aircraft motor
(8.8 liters, 350 horse power)
Number of Wave Files: 70
Runtime: 3 hours and 4 minutes
Format: 32 bit, 96 kHz wave files
Library size: 19.2 GB (uncompresed), 10.9 GB (compressed .rar file)
The Onboard recordings are in 3 and 4 separate channels (Helm, Motor, Exhaust, and Prop -> propelle)r. 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 recording is in MS stereo (Mid-Side).
Definitions & FAQs:
This library can also be used if you need prop plane sounds (because of the aircraft engine).
Onboard: Sounds heard from driver and passenger perspectives (in or on the vehicle)
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.
Special thanks to Captain Mike Reark!
This Suzuki SV motorcycle is modified from the original with a beefier exhaust. It sounds unique by itself but with two different perspectives on the exhaust and engine you get total control of what elements you want. Each engine and exhaust recording has a custom blend option so you don’t have to make any edits, they’re ready to go. This library includes drive bys at various speeds up to 60 MPH, static revs, moving revs, idling, engine on, engine off, engine braking, and more! Add this grizzly motorcycle to your library for some mad maxian, dystopian goodness!
All files are recorded 32bit, 192 kHz, with RØDE NTG1, RØDELink Lav, FEL Clippy XLR EM272 and Shure VP88 microphones, Sound Devices MixPre-6 II recorder. Library contains wav files of driving, interior and exterior foley, mechanical and electrical sounds.
From the bustling crowds and speeding tuk tuks of Kandy, to riding on clattering diesel trains through the island down to the buzzing cicadas and lapping waves of the rural south coast, this library captures a huge range of the rich and vibrant textures of an incredible country.
All files are recorded 32bit, 192 kHz, with RØDE NTG1, RØDELink Lav and Shure VP88 microphones, Sound Devices MixPre-6 II recorder. Library contains wav files of driving, interior and exterior foley, mechanical and electrical sounds.
Essential Audio – Starship Interior Ambience is a new set of Ambience sounds for uh, the Interior of your Starship.
35 sounds ranging from smoothly cruising through space to ominous pulsing sounds that immediately inform you that you have entered the Alien Queen’s Egg Chamber. And everything in between!
Also includes several sounds that are perfect for UI and Instrument panels.
Citroen C2 (Diesel) is a comprehensive collection of high quality, compact, city car sfx
All recordings of engine and exhaust were captured at 192kHz 32 bit with Sound Devices MixPre-3 II + DPA4062 (Extreme SPL) and later converted to 24bit.
All interior recordings were capture at 192kHz 24 bit with Sound Devices MixPre-6 + DPA4060, Sennheiser MKH8040, Sennheiser MKH8060
Pass-by were recorded with Sony PCM D100
Each recording comes with 2-4 different perspectives
Library consists of:
EXT Engine + Exhaust (32SFX 3.84GB)
EXT Pas-bys (4SFX 74MB)
FOLEY (4 perspectives: driver, passenger, front center, trunk) (348SFX 557MB)
INT Driving (4 perspectives: driver, passenger, front center, trunk) (58SFX 3.3GB)
All SFX have baked-in UCS-compliant metadata.
Download includes:
192KHZ 24BIT version
RECORDED WITH:Â Sound Devices MixPre 6, Sound Devices MixPre 3 II, DPA4062, DPA4060, Sennheiser MKH8060, Sennheiser MKH8040, Sony PCM D100
EDITED, CREATED AND MASTERED WITH: Pro Tools, Brusfri.
All files are recorded 32bit, 192 kHz, with RØDE NTG1, RØDELink Lav and Shure VP88 microphones, Sound Devices MixPre-6 II & Zoom F3 recorders. Library contains wav files of driving and exterior foley, mechanical and electrical sounds. It is also available in UCS.
There are no Onboard sounds in this sound effects library. Download is compressed .zip file.
For Mac users we recommend UnRarX. For Windows users we recommend WinRar.
This is an external only sound effects library of an Astar AS50 Helicopter performing a Startup, Idle, Lift, Fly Away, and Flybys (with metadata). The 7 ready to use wave files are in 24 bit, 96khz, stereo wave files with runtime of 10 minutes.
The Indy Cars race car sound effects library delivers an action-packed day at the races. Craft exciting and authentic racing scenes in your projects with immersive interior driving sequences, expansive racetrack ambiences, lively pit crew sounds, and roaring race car pass-bys.
Recorded by iconic sound designer and composer Alan Howarth (Army of Darkness, Total Recall) at various indy car tracks including the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, the street circuit of Long Beach, and the Laguna Seca Raceway, these racecar recordings will transport your projects straight into the excitement of race day. Create a genuine racetrack atmosphere with the energetic crowd and booming PA announcements, and utilize the thrilling energy of indy car engine sounds for vehicles in your films and games.
Each sound file is embedded with detailed metadata to help you find the exact sound you need with quick, intuitive search.
This sound library is part of the Complete Craig Carter Collection, containing a wide range of train recordings.
Recorded over Craig’s 34 year career as an esteem Australian sound designer, this library consists of a variety of trains, train stations, train depots.
Visit edible-audio.com for behind the scenes photos, contact information, sound library updates and exclusive deals.
All files are recorded 32bit, 192 kHz and 24bit, 96 kHz with Rode NTG1, Rode Lavalier and Shure VP88 microphones, Sound Devices MixPre-6 II recorder. Library contains wav files of driving, interior and exterior foley, mechanical and electrical sounds.
All files are recorded 32bit, 192 kHz, with Rode NTG1, Rode Lavalier and Shure VP88 microphones, Sound Devices MixPre-6 II recorder. Library contains wav files of driving, interior and exterior foley, mechanical and electrical sounds.
Only ground transportation. Sounds of cars, engines and bikes. 63 sounds to enhance your story telling
Recorded with:
The Dodge Challenger R/T sound library includes 25 takes from a 1971 American muscle car. This classic vehicle features a 500+ hp V8 440 c.i. engine with Edelbrock Performer heads, Hooker headers and Magnaflow X-pipe system, and a 3 gear automatic transmission. There are 434 clips in 15.27 gigabytes.
10 exterior perspectives (22 channels) depict the car passing, approaching, and departing at four locations and multiple distances. The 10 onboard perspectives (11 channels) include driving at slow, medium, and fast speeds from the engine, exhaust, and interior. The car is driven with gearshifts, steadies, and ramps. The collection also gathers idles, blips, horns, and various sound fx. Every clip is synchronized across all perspectives and comes with 18+ fields of Soundminer, BWAV, and MacOS spotlight metadata.
Get the roaring sounds of a 1974 Ferrari Dino. This Daytona 246 GT edition Italian made exotic car is a 5 speed manual mid-engine v6, and it's known to be The Ferrari without an exterior Ferrari badge.
53 wave files were captured in 24 Bit, 96 kHz – and the combined recorded driving time is more than 28 minutes.
Onboard Settings:
Channel 1 = Exhaust 1, Channel 2 = Exhaust 2, Channel 3 = Engine 1,
Channel 4 = Engine 2
External Passby Settings:
Stereo in Left and Right Channels
Onboard perspective sounds are from 4 separate channels.
Cabin Stereo, Engine and Exhaust
External perspective sounds are from one MS (mid side) handheld stereo mic and one XY stereo mic (in fixed positions).
Sound Designers and Editors can use mid channel from MS if mono is needed.
Explore an impressive collection of sounds from the Soviet VAZ car. In this library you will find the sounds of starting, idling, various accelerations, maneuvers, and braking, Comrade!
Externally the microphone set-up comprised a Neumann U 87, a Schoeps CMC6/MK4, and a Sennheiser MKH 416. The engine and exhaust were captured by a Neumann U 87 each, and wheel recordings were done by a Sennheiser MKH 416. We also recorded details such as the doors, the horn, switches, windshield wipers, and gear shifts, with a Neumann U 69 deployed to the interior.
From quiet and slow, to loud and wild, it’s all here. If your project requires an auditory trip down Soviet memory lane, look no further. Immerse yourself in the atmosphere of an icon of automotive history with our library of VAZ sounds!
You say Fiat, I say VAZ. Listen to this while I step on the gas!
All files are recorded 32bit, 192 kHz, with RØDE NTG1 & FEL Clippy XLR EM272 microphones, Sound Devices MixPre-6 II recorder. Library contains wav files of driving and mechanical sounds. It is also available in UCS.
Spaceship Flying By Vol.2 is a sound effect library for creating exciting scenes in science fiction films, cartoons, animations and video games.These sounds convey the feeling of dynamic and fast spaceship flights, immersing the listener in the world of intergalactic adventures.
Spaceship Flying By Vol.2 includes flybys of 30 spaceships.
There are 3 variations of sound duration: 5, 15 and 30 seconds (+- 2 sec.), including 5
variations of spaceship movement in position in the stereo image, namely:
As a result, each spacecraft has 15 options for flying past.
Demo files for review (5, 15 and 30 second versions of the spaceship flybys “Stereo To Mono”) from the sound set “Spaceship Flying By Vol.2” in mp3 format with watermarks can be downloaded from this link.
Recordings from a rare vintage Soviet bus from the 1950s.
1953 PAZ 651.
Recorded with Sound Devices 744, 2x Sennheiser mkh 8040, Sennheiser mkh 416 and 2x DPA 4006a.
Onboard driving + exterior passes, maneuvers, doors etc.
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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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.
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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