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BOOM Library proudly presents CYBER WEAPONS, the next generation sound effects library for futuristic, modern and Sci-Fi weaponry. From small sidearm-grade lasers to planet-melting beams of destruction, this bundle offers the whole range to pick from.
Design your own creations with the Construction Kit with over 3,600 source sounds. Launch an all-out galactic assault with ready-to-use sounds from the Designed collection. Time to pimp futuristic combat scenes with just the right sound!
CINEMATIC HITS DESIGNED
READY-TO-USE CINEMATIC HIT SOUND EFFECTS
Pre-designed for super-fast and professional results – simply drag them into your project. Those sounds really are something very unique as this collection is going to be your new quality source for absolutely stunning, innovative and breathtaking hits & impacts. Instantly boost your project to the next level by applying these royalty free and ready-to-use sound effects.
DESIGNED BY PROFESSIONALS FOR PROFESSIONALS
Hand-picked and thoroughly produced by our team of sound designers, we give you a powerful toolset of heavy cinematic hits that will drive your audience’s speakers and subwoofers to the maximum. Get ready for ground-shaking and absolutely phenomenal designs.
SKATEBOARDING SOUND FX – POPS, GRINDS, SLIDES AND MORE
The skate park: skateboarders busting pops, grinds, and slides, while others take pictures of the scene or just hang out and have a good time. We’ve focused this collection on capturing all the noisy excitement. This pack is crammed with genuine audio atmospheres and radical FX – from WHEEL ROLLS and OBSTACLE IMPACTS to BOARD HANDLING and BAILING. Need some realism to your skate park scene or game? Look no further.
WHAT’S INSIDE
TWO RECORDING ANGLES
With this SFX library you get a vast variety of gun handling and Foley sounds needed for almost any type of hand weapon or rifle. Each sound comes on one mono close track and one stereo mid distance track. 410 royalty free SFX delivered in 70 files per track.
WHAT WE RECORDED
WHAT’S SO SPECIAL ABOUT THIS LIBRARY?
Impressive and high quality gun shot sound effects are invaluable but they’re only half the battle. Our Micro BOOM – GUN HANDLING library gives you the perfect other half: Gun Foley sounds!
Whether for an intense firefight, its aftermath or preparation, GUN HANDLING has you covered.
Our planet has a fascinating sonic spectrum, and every season, nature offers us an impressive and unique sound composition. We have recorded the most interesting and iconic landscapes the only way that truly reflects the sonic character of earth as precisely as possible: Using the unparalleled Schoeps ORTF3D Surround Set. Harness these first-rate sounds to shape your projects in the most authentic and multi-faceted way possible, from the ground up in 3D Surround or Stereo.
As the sun retreats to lend vast landscapes their spectacular appearance, an equally astounding sonic world emerges.
Now available in immersive 3D Surround.
WHAT’S INSIDE
WHAT’S INSIDE
CONTENT-RICH AND MUSICAL
This library contains 1.2 GB of data delivered in 550+ files. Great jingles, newly designed from our award-winning sound designers and composers of Dynamedion – the leading European game audio studio.
ALL SHAPES, SIZES, MOVEMENTS AND MATERIALS
Tons of clicks, buttons and slides, categorized in different styles (wooden, metallic, glassy, arcade, digital, generic, etc.).
TECH SPECS
Files 553
Sounds 2140
Size 1.2 GB
Strengthen your productions with characteristic, intimate and authentic European city ambiences including:
Daytimes & Seasons • Historical Places • Cultural Sites • Transportation & Traffic • People • Industrial • Abstract • Commercial • Natural Environments • Location Perspectives
Enjoy Europe with its rich variety of sound palettes throughout all different countries from city to city.
The sounds come without much action in the foreground to provide a very clear and detailed acoustic image of each environment, giving you the perfect background noise layer to break the silence in your post production project.
The recorded locations vary from streets and restaurants over squares, harbors, markets, commercial areas, parks, and busy shopping areas to industrial zones and construction sites. This library can easily be used in stereo productions as well. Either choose the listening angle yourself or use the stereo version (included in 3D SURROUND).
What’s inside
IMPACTS, BARBELLS, METAL, HITS, HAMMERS, CRUNCHES, CLEARS, IRON, BARS, SMASHES, CRASHES, BRASSES, PENDULUM, CLOCKS, STICKS, CARS, DOORS, CHAINS, COFFERS, CONTAINERS, DISTORTED, RATTLES, HATCHES, METALBOXES, BICYCLES, SWORDS, SQUEAK, ROBOTS, SWEETENERS
Designing vehicle sounds for motion picture? Done with the engine? Let’s tackle the other 50% – tire, wheel and chassis interactions.
Create highly dynamic and authentic skids, bumps, friction, rolling noise and much more with a high variety of wheel configurations, ground materials and perspectives. Customize and automate everything in real-time!
GRIP requires a free iLok account
CREATURE & MONSTER SOUND FX – PERFECT FOR YOUR GAME OR MOVIE
Roaring dragons, grunting orcs, evil zombies, banshees, giant worms, aliens, tiny insects, you name it. Our CREATURES sound FX library comes packed with thousands of high-quality sound effects ready to breathe live in your undead or living creatures.
PERFECT FOR STANDALONE USAGE
NEON was built to deliver yet unheard creative sound design and sonic quality. Each sound has been hand-crafted and had to pass the very critical ears of every involved sound designer. This process took us longer than usual, but the result speaks for itself. More than 700 professional sound effects are waiting for you to drop some jaws.
PERFECT TO DESIGN YOUR OWN ASSETS
NEON contains pre-processed and designed source material that is useful for sound designers to create their own assets. Our regular BOOM Library DESIGNED collections are highly processed and mastered for fantastic instant results in your projects, whereas our regular CONSTRUCTION KITS contain our raw and cleaned source recordings. NEON fills the gap in between. The sounds are less processed, leaving enough room to further mangle, process and enhance them to add your personal twist to it, making NEON a perfect toolset for fast and efficient modern sound design.
PERFECT FOR TRAILERS
NEON is the ultimate weapon for futuristic and modern trailer sound design. Adding these massive blasts, ingenious hits and gripping movement sounds and whooshes to your project, will make them sound cutting-edge, whether you like it or not.
TECH SPECS
ROOM TONES USA – 3D SURROUND AMBIENCES
Our fourth entry of our famous sound effect series 3D SURROUND is now available: After ROOM TONES EUROPE comes ROOM TONES USA.
As you’d expect from a library labeled “room tones”, the sounds come without much action in the foreground but with a very detailed acoustic image of each room, giving you the perfect basic noise layer to break the silence in your post production project. The recorded rooms vary from hallways and warehouses over cafes, offices, basements, apartment rooms, laundry and boiler rooms to industrial rooms and even an underground bunker. ROOM TONES USA covers all different scenarios you could possibly need, delivered fully surround with unprecedented precision, spatial impression and clarity. Undoubtedly, this can be easily used in stereo productions as well. Either chose the angle yourself or use the stereo version (included in 3D SURROUND).
THE COMPLETE NATURE AMBIENCE TOOLKIT
NATURE ESSENTIALS is the first SFX library from a series of absolutely stunning nature recordings by Emmy-winner and nature recording genius Gordon Hempton. Hempton has searched the globe for more than three decades to record nature at its most pristine.
PREMIUM SELECTION OF NATURAL SOUNDSCAPES
NATURE ESSENTIALS offers all the necessary ingredients to immediately produce stunning natural soundscapes. The sonic palette includes wind, rain, thunder, streams, surf and a wide selection of ambiences and wildlife vocalizations. These sound files are unmixed so you can confidently present actual places or creatively mix something uniquely yours.
USEFUL CATEGORIES AND GUIDES
In addition, these files are embedded with metadata offering geographic location, the bird species or animals that are heard, plus advice on how to use a particular sound to achieve best results.
This Library is also part of The Complete Quiet Planet Bundle.
Libraries from Quiet Planet are covered by a special EULA - read it here.SONIC DIVERSITY – INCREDIBLE RECORDING QUALITY
Increased available water at the edges of streams and rivers allows for plentiful plant growth, resulting in added food and shelter, which, in turn, increases wildlife diversity and translates into greater sonic diversity. An added plus is higher humidity. Humid atmospheres are more elastic than arid atmospheres and therefore propagate sound faster and more clearly to your microphones, resulting in excellent sound quality.
EXCEPTIONAL REVERBERATION
From a sound designer’s perspective, these lush and varied locales also often feature a unique tubular echo due to overhanging vegetation and the landforms cut by the flowing waters. Factor in the much higher biodiversity than in adjoining habitats and you can generally count on mesmerizing soundscapes that will delight your audiences.
This Library is also part of The Complete Quiet Planet Bundle.
Libraries from Quiet Planet are covered by a special EULA - read it here.THE LAST NATURE AMBIENCE LIBRARY YOU WILL BUY
High quality nature and ambience sound effects are a real treasure when it comes to designing the backround ambience of a movie or game scene. If you’re looking for such sounds, you’ve just found the Holy Grail. With this package you’re ready for the next sound design decades.
Contains all 17 stereo packs of our QUIET PLANET® nature series. You will have full access to the unique spectrum of these vivid regions with all their depth. It will definitely enrich your portfolio!
1000 SELECTED SOUND FILES FROM ALL OVER PLANET EARTH
THE COMPLETE QUIET PLANET® – BASICS features a thorough collection of 1000 stereo files from all 17 QUIET PLANET® nature packs.
WHAT’S INSIDE
A VALUED POSTPRODUCTION UTILITY
These faintest of all ambiences are remarkably useful in audio production – from replacing digital silence, restoring frequency lost in processed files, to naturalizing cultural ambiences and increasing the dynamic range of your production, applying QUIETUDES will soon become a key, everyday part of your routine. The noblest application of QUIETUDES will be the raising of your audience’s awareness of the eloquence of silence.
This Library is also part of The Complete Quiet Planet Bundle.
Libraries from Quiet Planet are covered by a special EULA - read it here.WHAT’S INSIDE
RECORDED BY GORDON HEMPTON – THE SOUND TRACKER®
New and truly fascinating: CANYONS is a SFX library from our remarkable series of high quality nature recordings by Emmy-winner and nature recording genius Gordon Hempton. He has searched the globe for more than three decades to record nature at its most pristine.
BEAUTIFUL ECHOES FOR ABSOLUTELY AUTHENTIC AMBIENCES
Canyons have bright reflections and a deep resonant echo, making them a Holy Grail for nature sound libraries. The key to using Canyons to produce compelling sound designs is paying attention to the echoes as they vanish into a seemingly never ending space, allowing them to change and transform as they flow down a rock-walled corridor to ultimately disappear below the threshold of hearing.
This Library is also part of The Complete Quiet Planet Bundle.
Libraries from Quiet Planet are covered by a special EULA - read it here.REMARKABLE SIGNATURE SOUNDS
UPWELLINGS holds exceptional geothermal sounds such as churnings, thuds, bubbly hiss or sloshing brews. This exotic power captures and holds the audience’s attention.
GIGANTIC POOL OF AMBIENT RECORDINGS
Shipping with over 8 GB of audio material, a total playtime of over 8 hours and a total of 181 high-quality audio files, the CONIFEROUS FORESTS library will add depth and nuance to all natural environments you will envision in your sound design.
PURER, SIMPLER, SPACIOUS
The overall quieter and more serene environment of CONIFEROUS FORESTS inspires otherwise subtle and hidden treasures to take the spotlight: Going into fine detail and capturing signature sounds and isolated messages to hallmark a particular moment is one of this library’s many strengths. From lone elk boldly declaring the extent of their territory to a beetle taking off – CONIFEROUS FORESTS effortlessly places vast dynamic ranges within your grasp to achieve profound and impeccable sound design.
This Library is also part of The Complete Quiet Planet Bundle.
Libraries from Quiet Planet are covered by a special EULA - read it here.VARYING AMBIENCES WITH EVERY SEASON
DECIDUOUS FORESTS are intimate and harmonious spaces. Their sound character is much quieter than that of tropical forests – but nonetheless spectacular. Their loudness varies and changes with the seasons, as the angle of the arriving solar energy gradually impacts their character. Winter, spring, summer or fall – you’ll find what you need to create the whole acoustic range of different weather conditions and day times in this collection, e.g. dawn onsets with early birds, day birdsongs and insects, wind drips and frogs, passing flocks, rainy storm aftermath…
LIVELY ABUNDANCE
DECIDUOUS FORESTS is especially rich with songbird and insect ambiences. The sheer selection of birds included in these all-natural hardwood ambient recordings ranges from American Robin, Barred Owl and Darkeyed Junco to Ruffed Grouse, Tufted Titmouse, Whippoorwill and so many more. Whether talkative, rhythmic, active or relaxed, their bird songs shape the unique characteristic of these natural cathedrals as the echo or afterlife of the original sound has a pronounced forest acoustic.
This Library is also part of The Complete Quiet Planet Bundle.
Libraries from Quiet Planet are covered by a special EULA - read it here.CHARACTERISTICALLY DIVERSE DAYTIMES
The TROPICAL FORESTS library literally melts you into an exotic soundscape. You’ll find recordings of every time of the day, from dawn until dusk and throughout the whole night, with fine gradations to do justice to the ever-changing acoustic diversity of the forests.
INDIGENOUS ANIMALS AND WEATHER INCLUDED
These ambience recordings include various tropical animals such as birds (solo and duet), insects, frogs, monkeys, owls, cicadas or eagles. As a matter of course, the library comprises different weather conditions like various wind levels, dry or wet, rainfall and even a full 1.5 hour recording of a tropical thunderstorm.
This Library is also part of The Complete Quiet Planet Bundle.
Libraries from Quiet Planet are covered by a special EULA - read it here.WHAT’S INSIDE
A CLEAN STAGE TO SHAPE YOUR EXPERIENCE
DESERTS are simple, spacious and lack echoes. Quiet prevails. Even so, you’ll want to challenge your audience, jolt them from their comfortable seats and immerse them in this inhospitable habitat. Do not be afraid to use harsh insects, driving winds, or even startle your listeners with a sudden, loud, unexplained alarm call of a strange bird nearby. Then settle them with expansive concerts, such as a reassuring gecko chorus composed of thousands of point-source clicks in step with the setting sun. All this is included in DESERTS – WEATHER & WILDLIFE which gives sound designers the easiest access to super-authentic soundscapes.
COVERING EVERY ANGLE
We offer you super-clean sounds from different deserts (temperate vs tropical), different times of day (morning, day, dawn) and different weather conditions. In addition you get very rare and clean sounds of desert wildlife.
This Library is also part of The Complete Quiet Planet Bundle.
Libraries from Quiet Planet are covered by a special EULA - read it here.With A Sound Effect, Asbjoern has created a web site where our international community can browse, learn, and share the vast fruits of our labors. Together we are accelerating the very real potential power of sound design as a recognized art form.
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