The LOADER Is Here - Giving You The World's Easiest Way To Get Independent Sound Effects!

Posted September 17, 2025 by Asbjoern Andersen in A Sound Effect

I’ve got some exciting news for you: We've just launched the Loader here on A Sound Effect – an entirely new and dramatically-improved way to download and manage your indie sound effects. So, what exactly does it do?

With the Loader, you’re able to download and install your sound library purchases in one go - so finally, no more downloading individual archives, and no more unpacking. You can also access all your existing A Sound Effect purchases whenever you like, and get updates when SFX creators improve their releases. Learn more below, and be sure to take it for a spin.

Download the Loader here, learn more about its features here, see answers to common questions here, and get help or share your feedback here. I look forward to hearing what you think!

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Get started here:

1. Download and install the Loader below, 2. In the Loader, connect your A Sound Effect account, 3. You now have access to all your sound libraries from A Sound Effect

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Explore the Loader manual here

Loader Highlights:

• Everything in one place: Everything you buy on A Sound Effect is automatically available in the Loader

• Easy downloads: Instead of having to manually download each file from libraries you purchase, the Loader manages the downloads and unpacks them for you – giving you quick access to your sounds

• Access all your sounds: Refreshing old download links used to be a pretty cumbersome procedure – but with the Loader, you can simply access all your old purchases

• Easy updates: If a SFX creator updates his/her library, you’ll be notified and can download the new version through the Loader

• Repair your downloads (coming soon): If your library files break for whatever reason, you can simply repair an existing install to refresh the library contents back to their original state

• Get back on track: If you experience hard drive trouble, once you have a new drive, the Loader can quickly help you restore all your purchases without having to manually download and unpack 100s of individual files

Get support:

Need help with the Loader? Contact us below:

Loader FAQ:

• Is the Loader meant to replace the web store? No, the Loader replaces the hundreds of single download links you previously had to manually click either from a mail or your account page on the A Sound Effect website. For the complete sound library search, select, and purchase process, the website is the place to go.

• Why won’t the Loader recognize my existing A Sound Effect purchases stored on my local drive? This feature is not fully implemented yet, but we’re working on it!

• A library that I’ve purchased on A Sound Effect is missing from the Loader – where do I find it? Some older releases have not been added yet – but you can contact us here and let us know what you’re missing and we’ll investigate

• I’ve spotted a bug, need help, or have an idea for a feature – how do I send it to you? Please submit any feedback you have here

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THE WORLD’S EASIEST WAY TO GET INDEPENDENT SOUND EFFECTS:

A Sound Effect gives you easy access to an absolutely huge sound effects catalog from a myriad of independent sound creators, all covered by one license agreement - a few highlights:

Cinematic & Trailer Sound Effects CIRCUS Horror Strings Play Track 180 sounds included $0

Strident and Demonic

Expand the timbre of your horror violins and cellos with CIRCUS, a sinister sample pack featuring 180 WAV sounds of screeching or high-pitched string noises, perfect for horror music and dark sound design.

Creative Tension

This collection offers a curated selection of screeches, high-tension tremolo, heavy jeté strokes, dark demonic textures, finger patterns, chaotic string elements, clock loops and bow accents.

Haunting and Experimental

Create haunting atmospheres, perfect for horror, thriller or experimental soundtracks. Every element has been designed to unsettle and disturb, blurring the line between music and noise.

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Animal Sound Effects Collections Animal Hyperrealism Vol IV Play Track 2096 sounds included, 78 mins total $153

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Animal Hyperrealism Vol IV is a sound library containing animal vocalisations, from real to designed creatures totaling more than 2000 individual sounds in 294 files. The sounds were recorded in zoos, and wildlife centers.

The asset list includes but is not limited to: hippos, hyenas, vultures, dwarf mongooses, elephants, African cranes, parrots, tigers, pigmy hippos, rhea ostriches, brown bears, pheasants, wildebeests, African wild dogs and many more. The content has been recorded at 192KHz with a Sanken CO100K, an Avisoft CMPA and a Sennheiser 8050 for center plus two Sennheiser MKH8040 for stereo image.

The resulting ultrasonic spectrum is rich and allows for truly extreme manipulation of the content.

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Animal Sound Effects Collections Animal Hyperrealism Vol I Play Track 290+ sounds included
Rated 5.00 out of 5
$180

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.

Bonus: Two extra libraries included for free: This library also includes two additional releases from Mattia Cellotto - for free: Crunch Mode delivers 230 crunchy sounds made with a variety of vegetables, fresh bread, pizza crust and a selection of frozen goods. The Borax Experiment gets you 158 squishy, gory, slimy and gooey sounds.

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Latest sound effects libraries:

City Life Sound Effects South East Asian Kitchen Ambience Play Track 26 sounds included, 189 mins total $30

South East Asian Kitchen Ambience captures the busy and lively atmosphere of a working kitchen in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. This collection features authentic sounds of cooking activity—meat pounding, stove crackling, water dripping, blenders whirring, pumps, and the hum of a grater machine—layered with background chatter and the subtle presence of passing traffic.

Perfect for filmmakers, game developers, and sound designers, these recordings deliver a realistic sense of place, transporting listeners straight into the heart of a Southeast Asian kitchen full of movement, energy, and life.

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Ice Sound Effects Deep Ice Play Track 133 sounds included $60

Deep Ice is a unique sound collection capturing the organic power and delicate beauty of ice in motion. Recorded with precision on frozen lakes, this library offers an immersive palette of crystalline cracks, deep impacts, and pure debris.
You will find:
– Under-ice recordings with an Aquarian H2d hydrophone: deep cracks and resonant fractures
– Surface recordings in XY stereo with Schoeps CCM4: sharp impacts, hits, textures, cracks, and debris
These sounds are ideal for films and series sound design, video games, and musicals creations. Each recording has been carefully cleaned and formatted to UCS standards.

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Animal Sound Effects The Birds Play Track 78+ sounds included, 177 mins total $110

The Birds includes selections from some of my previous libraries: Forests and Mountains, California Grassland Wildlife, Forest Day, and Harbor and Ocean.

I’ve gone through all of these libraries and selected what I consider some of my favorite recordings and that only include birds. With this collection you get a wide variety of various birds in different environments, perspectives, times of the day, night. Birds together, more specific and separate, close, distant. The locations mostly include Southern California Foothills, Forests, and Mountains and Central California Grassland areas. There’s also some recordings from Washington and Oregon.

There’s a few different species of Owls, a number of Ravens, various Sparrows, Woodpeckers, Doves, Finches and all sorts of other fun birds singing away. Anyone looking for a bit more info should check out the library links up top to get a good idea.

I’ve provided the species listings by each library. The file names have been kept the same as they were in the original libraries so if anyone would like to compare metadata sheets to see what’s included it will be a bit easier.

Forests and Mountains
Acorn Woodpecker, American Coot, Barred Owl, Black-headed Grosbeak, California Quail, California Towhee, Canadian Geese, Fox Sparrow, Great Horned Owl, House Wren, Mallard, Northern Flicker, Nuttall’s Woodpecker, Oak Titmouse, Pacific Wren, Pied-billed Grebe, Pileated Woodpecker, Common Poorwill, Raven, Robin, Red-shouldered Hawk, Song Sparrow, Spotted Towhee, Steller’s Jay, Swainson’s Thrush, Western Wood-Pewee, Wilson’s Warbler, Wrentit, Yellow-throated Blackbird

Forest Day
Acorn Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker, Lawrence’s Goldfinch,Mountain Chickadee, Northern Flicker, Pygmy Nuthatch, Raven, Red Shouldered Hawk, Spotted Towhee, Western Bluebird, Williamson’s Sapsucker

California Grassland Wildlife
Ash-throated Flycatcher, Barn Owl, Bell’s Sparrow, Bullock’s Oriole, California Towhee, Cassin’s Kingbird, Common Nighthawk, Eurasian Collared-Dove, Horned Lark, House Finch, Great Horned Owl, Mourning Dove, Raven, Red-tailed Hawk, Say’s Phoebe, Western Kingbird

Harbor and Ocean
Crow, Herring Gull, Pelogagic Cormorant, Pigeon Guillemot

Grassland Micro
California Towhee, House Finch, Mourning Dove, Western Kingbird, White-throated Swift

Metadata
All files have been carefully edited. Detailed Metadata and labeling of species has been provided along with using UCS. Photos have been embedded with each file to help out with getting an idea of what birds are typical in particular landscapes. Markers have also been placed in the files to help out with navigating.

The Gear
Sound Devices MixPre-3
Sound Devices MixPre-6
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Mics
Sennheiser MKH 8020
Sennheiser MKH 8040
Sennheiser MKH 8040+MKH 30 MS

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Animal Sound Effects Harbor and Ocean Play Track 15+ sounds included, 37 mins total $12

Harbor and Ocean is a smaller micro library featuring a mix of Ocean and Harbor sounds. This features some recordings of Seagulls in a harbor, a large group of Cormorants and sea Pigeons hanging out on old dock pilings, and morning birds in a lake marina. There’s also a few various sounds of ocean waves on different beaches, water laps on rock jetty’s and a lake dock, a barge ship heading out of the harbor, and general industrial harbor ambience.

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Cinematic & Trailer Sound Effects Synthetic Cut Transitions Play Track 214 sounds included $39
MoGraph and Visual Effects Sounds

Keyframing, motion blur, easing, masking, interpolation, texturing, rotoscoping and more, everyone knows that making professional broadcast quality motion graphics, visual effects, animations and info graphics is no easy task. Even more, finding the right sounds and audio cues that fit is tedious, time consuming and frustrating.

With Synthetic Cut Transitions – MoGraph and Visual Effects Sounds you get an instant, affordable, sound solution, ready to use right out of the box. Precision crafted to amplify the impact of your motion graphics, animations, logos, idents, transitions, explainer videos, cinematic trailers and cutscenes. You get a fresh set of swipes, wipes, whooshes and sound morphs that you can use everyday (all royalty-free). Even more, you can mix and match, layer and transform sounds to create the perfect audio track to go with longer visual sequences.

It’s a time saving, action oriented, ready to use power pack of sound made specifically for interactive visual effects.
- 214 Total audio files for dynamic visual effects
- All in 24-bit / 96kHz WAV plus other formats
- 400+ MB of custom crafted audio
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