They help you hear about the latest audio jobs, sound stories from the community, new indie SFX releases, and audio events around the globe - and you're more than welcome to join!
As a bonus, we've also added in 9 additional sound community tools and resources that'll hopefully come in handy too below:
If you find a resource below that’s particularly useful to you, I have one small request: Please share it with your friends, colleagues and elsewhere in your network, so more people can benefit from it. Thanks in advance!
– Asbjoern
Facebook groups
The Audio Jobs group on Facebook is a rapidly-growing place for finding and sharing audio opportunities around the world. As a job seeker, it allows you to stay updated on what’s out there – and as an employer (or someone who simply spotted a great job opening), it lets you share new opportunities with a large selection of worldwide audio professionals:
Want excellent sound stories & guides from the film & game audio communities? You’re very welcome to join the new Sound Stories group to get exactly that – with content from the hand-picked members of the exclusive Sound Story Network:
Looking to grow your network, learn about new sound tools and audio approaches, meet potential customers, find new talent & collaborators, and much more? That’s what events are highly useful for, and the Audio Events group lets you find and share audio-related events with others in the community:
Are you after a place to announce new sound effect library releases, or ask for help tracking down rare or hard-to-find sounds? The Independent Sound Effects group is here to help with that:
→ Get the latest Sound Stories from the exclusive Sound Story Network on Twitter here
→ Hear about the very latest independent sound effects libraries on Twitter here
Bonus: More community resources
If you’re looking for the best books on sound, check out Julien Matthey’s excellent list, enhanced with ongoing suggestion from other members of the worldwide audio community:
Want to meet up with friends and colleagues in the game audio community? Game audio groups often arrange local audio community meetups, talks, trips and other social events – and the Worldwide GameAudio page maintains an excellent list of community groups around the world:
We’ve shared 1000s of Audio Jobs on Soundlister over the years – and if you’d like to search through the archive, we’ve now added a new search tool to help you explore those past opportunities. We’ve also added the opportunity to see all posts tagged with a specific job title, allowing you to effectively browse by title too.
Over the years, we’ve posted a myriad of sound related stories here on A Sound Effect – and we’ve got a handy search feature for you here, making it a lot easier to find the sound stories and guides that interest you:
Soundlister offers an overview of more 1000s of audio professionals from all over the world – so when you’re looking for audio pros for your next project (whether it’s audio directors, composers, field recordists, foley artists, sound editors, sound designers, re-recording mixers or voice actors), Soundlister lets you see who’s out there.
As an audio professional, Soundlister lets you showcase your skills and be discovered by those who need them. It offers an easy way to present your showreel, highlight your favorite projects and let visitors know where to find you on social media:
As you may have noticed, A Sound Effect is home to a huge number of independent sound effects, and thanks to the predictive, dynamically-updated site search engine we’ve implemented, finding what you need is (hopefully) made a lot easier. And if there’s something you can’t find, you’re always welcome to ask and we’re glad to help out.
The Audio Mentoring project is a volunteer undertaking, spearheaded by a group of seasoned game audio pros – and if you want to take your game audio skills to the next level, it offers a fantastic opportunity to learn and grow. If you want to give something back to the community, you can also apply to become a mentor yourself. It’s a brilliant initiative (and it’s completely free), so be sure to check it out below:
If you want to find interesting sites, podcasts, stories and noteworthy new sound initiatives, check out the dedicated blog category featuring sound community highlights:
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Cinematic & Trailer Sound Effects Four Elements – Elemental Magic Play Track 3050 sounds included, 251 mins total $149
Master the Art of Bending the Elemental Forces
Unleash the raw power of fire, water, earth, and air with this comprehensive 9 GB sound library featuring 3050 high-quality sound effects across 630 files. Whether you’re designing cinematic soundscapes or enhancing video games Four Elements delivers the tools you need to harness the energy of the natural world.
Construction Kit – 2443 Sounds
A treasure trove of raw, organic, and processed sounds including seamless loops divided into Fire, Water, Air, Earth and Explosion categories. Customize every detail with an extensive selection of sound components.
- Organic Fire: Campfire sizzles, torch whooshes, and flame bursts.
- Processed Fire: Distorted impacts and unique crackles.
- Organic Earth: Rock crashes, gravel scrapes, and heavy stone hits.
- Processed Earth: Stylized rumbles and granular textures.
- Organic Water: Ocean waves, hydrophone bubbles, and fluid splashes.
- Processed Water: Underwater whooshes and stylized liquid smashes.
- Organic Air: Bamboo swishes, cloth movements, and pressure bursts.
- Processed Air: Filtered gusts and dynamic noise sweeps.
- Explosion: Firework detonations, Butane bursts, and cinematic impacts.
Building Blocks – 416 Sounds
Game-ready sound layers featuring Impacts, Whooshes, and Textures as seamless loops. Elevate transitions and enhance atmospheres with loops and pre-designed sound layers.
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- Earth: Ground-shaking impacts, crumbling terrain, and heavy collisions.
- Water: Cascading waves, serene rivers, and underwater ambiences.
- Air: Whispering breezes, stormy turbulence, and slicing gusts.
Design Kit – 192 Sounds
A collection of ready-to-use sound effects divided into Attack, Bend, and Explosion categories for quick integration into your projects. Perfect for high-energy scenes and immersive storytelling.
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Four Elements gives you complete creative control, blending organic recordings with processed sound layers to meet the demands of any project. Master the forces of nature with Four Elements. Let your creativity ignite.
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THE RAW SOUND OF CINEMATIC FIGHTING VIOLENT COMBAT is a professional sound effects library built for fight scenes that demand impact. Packed with punch sound effects, fight sound effects, and powerful combat sound effects, it delivers everything from raw realism to over-the-top cinematic action. With improved fidelity and greater variation than its predecessor CLOSE COMBAT, this collection gives sound designers production-ready audio for film, TV, and games.
From Realism to Cinematic ExaggerationDial in the tone you need with dedicated categories: Martial Arts, Grounded, Over The Top, and Gory. Whether it’s kung fu sound effects, karate sounds, or exaggerated wrestling hits, you can shift seamlessly from authentic to stylised.
Successor to Close CombatVIOLENT COMBAT builds on the legacy of CLOSE COMBAT with higher fidelity recordings, better-organised categories, and more variation. It’s the ideal companion, giving you the flexibility to cover every style of fight scene.
Sounds That Land With ForceRecorded with a wide range of props and techniques, each fighting sound effect has real weight. Where needed, selective pre-processing boosts impact, avoiding the flat results of real fight recordings.
Production-Ready and VersatileEqually at home in film, TV drama, high-end game audio, or immersive theatre. From knockout sound effects to stylised fight sequences, Violent Combat is ready to drop straight into your mix.
Included Sounds – KEYWORDS
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638 meticulously processed stereo fire spells sound effects recorded in 96 khz and 24 bits for high audio definition.
The collection comes with hundreds of variations, more than 1 hour of content and many different type of fire spells. It also includes source sounds for more flexibility for your projects.
This collection is perfect for any films, video games or trailers.
The library is fully focused on fire spells. You will find simple one shot magic firebolt, powerful high level fire spells, fire sword, berserker enchantments and so on. Spells such as fireball, firewall, rain of fire, meteor, fire nova, magma storm, pyroblast, sword of Avernus, etc. are included in this library.
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