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Tall Tale Sound is an independent sound effects provider, founded on the belief that all media creators should have affordable access to high quality sound effects & recordings, regardless of the size of their budget or production.
Take a step back 20, 30 or 40 years in the past with this collection of vintage telephone ringing sound effects.
Recorded using a variety of techniques, this collection of 50+ sounds of 5 styles of 21st century telephones is sure to send you in the way-back machine to a time when cords were short and the phone rang LOUD.
Swish! Zip! Zoom!
Zipping quickly past your ear is this short collection of speeding metal!
Using a simple hand held sling shot and large amount of various metal objects, this collection of 31 speeding sounds is perfect for your next war scene, gun battle or old west saloon show-down.
From the mundane to the oddly fascinating, this collection of caps spinning, lids cracking and corks popping, screeching, scraping and twirling will elevate your next dinner, kitchen or pub scene with something exciting and different.
Recorded with a variety of household objects as well as creatively found items, this selection of sounds were recorded in studio and in house. The emphasis was to capture only the tops being removed from the products, with effort made to pickup as little handling noise or finger touches as possible.
Objects recorded include:
• beer bottles
• soda cans
• jelly jars
• cookie jars
• jewelry containers
• champagne bottles
• milk cartons
• liquor bottles
• shampoo bottles
• soap bottles
• teapots
• and much more!
There’s something thrilling about the sound of glass breaking. Whether it’s the danger involved or the difficulty of the recording process, glass breaking sound effects remain a very difficult but useful tool in the sound editors library.
Over the course of a few years and several recording sessions of various size, this collection of glass breaking sounds came to be. From small cups, plates, and bottles to large jugs, jars and windows, the sounds found on display here are designed to convey the violence and danger associated with glass breaking. Be careful; they are loud!
In addition to the ‘dry’ library of sounds, a useful ‘wet’ library of re-amped, or “Worldized” sound effects has also been included. Consisting of 54 out of the 83 included glass smashing sounds, this second tonal option was prepared in two locations; one, a tall, narrow concrete stairwell, and the other an interior living room complete with furniture and unruly early reflections, for a total of 108 additional files for your choosing.
Combined, the Fragile! Glass Smashing Sound Effects library from Tall Tale Sound presents you with 191 mono & stereo sound effects, ready for download today.
Get ready to get active and listen to this pack of treadmill sound effects!
Deep in the neglected basement home gym lives this early 1990’s entry level electric treadmill. Captured close to the belt, you’ll find samples of this exercise equipment both with and without the sound of the users footfalls. Perfect to compliment any training or exercise scene, or general moving machinery, this pack contains 8 unique sounds across 16 mono and stereo files, recorded at 24bit 96khz. Recorded in M/S stereo, all mono tracks were sourced from the centre mic of the M/S rig.
With the warm weather of spring comes this sound pack full of moving water sound effects. From the gentle babble of a brook to the rushing speed of a waterfall to the soft trickle of a nearby stream, this pack is designed to add realism and movement to your next project.
Recorded in a variety of provincial parks around beautiful British Columbia, Canada, all sounds were recorded in 5 minute takes, then edited down to 3 minute loopable stereo files. Extreme care was taken into isolating all recordings from the surrounding environment, all while capturing a natural and lifelike sample of the snow melt and other natural water sources.
Can’t wait for quitting time? Then have a listen to this sound pack of office & general business related sound effects.
Made up of over 100 edited sounds recorded on the job (not in the studio) at 24bit/96khz in M/S Stereo, this pack is a perfect compliment for any office, workplace or business scene. You’ll find sounds of printers, fax machines, photo copiers, paper shuffling, telephones ringing, chairs rolling, paper shredding, cash drawers, elevators, clocks ticking, HVAC ambience and more.
Don’t wait until the weekend, pick this up today!
Let this Foley sound effects pack help you get through the day with a collection of sounds focused on the household bathroom. This is your morning routine, recorded!
Recorded in a small apartment bathroom for a close perspective, this collection of sounds are designed to have only a slight amount of natural room reverb. This is ideal for allowing the editor to just drop the files in a project and move on, while still maintaining that natural sounding, yet close & intimate, perspective.
Sounds include splashing, shaving, flushing, drying, clipping, blowing, trimming, cleaning and many more sounds for your next bathroom, lavatory, locker room or dorm room scene. This Foley sound effect pack contains over 100 stereo files, recorded & mastered in M/S Stereo at 24bit/96khz with Pro Tools comments metadata.
Pull up a chair, grab a biscuit and enjoy this pack of Foley sounds focused around a tea party.
Inside you’ll find 80 individual files, recorded in mono at 24bit 96khz, ready to be dropped into your next film, game or television project. These Foley effects are recorded to provide a close mic’d perspective of tea cups, mugs, plates, spoons, kitchen drawers and more to add realism to any high tea, afternoon coffee, or late night diner scene.
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