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Sound effects libraries where the file names and metadata follow the Universal Category System (UCS), championed by renowned sound supervisor Tim Nielsen & more
SUBSTANTIAL is a collection of 68 direct and powerful trailer booms aimed for trailer composers (24 Bit / 48 kHz, WAV, UCS).
You will find the classic sub hits, raw elements, delayed booms but also some cool alerts, pings and mangled signals giving you a must have kit to grab the attention of your listener.
If you are a trailer composer or you need to enhance the drama of your track, this is the library for you.
Recorded, close mic’ed slime textures in the style of autonomous sensory meridian response.
Outside of ASMR play, utilize these sounds in the designing of gore in the horror-movie genre, as bodily viscera & guts; or create otherworldly alien attributes for Science Fiction.
Fancy a Laugh?
Whether you need maniacal laughter for your horror project, or friendly chuckles for your comedy. This pack has what you’ll need!
Including
Calm laughter
Evil gravelly and deep laughter
Insane cackling
Or even maniacal giggling
All recorded and exported in 24/192khz so can be easily distorted and manipulated to suite your needs.
During these last months we have recorded several Ambisonic room tones. This is a small selection of the best Room tones In IMMERSIVE format!
We choose ambisonic for our libraries as the most adaptive format in Audio Postproduction. We serve the edited and mastered AMBIX files, and decoded surround format in Dolby ATMOS, 5.1 and ST .
We recorded around 29 beautiful tracks in ambisonic format, 48Khz and 24 bits HD. As always, top quality recordings specially designed for film audio projects.
All our libraries are UCS compliant (universalcategorysystem.com). In this new category system all files contain extensive metadata like file description, Category & Subcategory. Metadata can be read and processed by the most common audio libraries management tools . Starting with Full support from Soundminer and more audio tools adopting this system, we are adopting metadata UCS system in our files!
Public Spaces France is a library of high quality backgrounds, sweeteners and walla, all recorded over several years on the city streets of France.
Cafe culture, city nightlife, metro lines, rooftops, alleyways, markets, parks and town squares; the library captures a wide range of city environments at varying times of day and season.
Real French walla with discernible speech removed, creating flexible recordings that can fit a wide range of projects.
With recordings from Paris, Toulouse and Annecy, this library offers new environments, carefully selected for their quality and utility in post production.
Warning: Extreme Low-End! Our latest release features a collection of 50 hand-made Sub-Drops and Downers, hand-made by our audio craftsmen using exclusively analogue synthesisers and hardware effects. Excite your audience and bring essential drama and energy to your productions with any of these hard-hitting bass blasts; all recorded and supplied to you raw at 192khz 24bit.
Each sound individually designed features it’s own unique sonic character, ranging from applied low-end multi-band distortion to extreme envelope modulation to really intensify those moments that matter! Furthermore, included in this pack is all of your absolutely indispensable, classic bass-drop tones, coming straight to you from our selection of rich, stereo analogue synths programmed by our in house specialists.
Composers, Producers and Film-Makers alike; this pack provides you with speaker shaking EDM drops, Sci-Fi Spaceship blasts and thundering bass rumbles for your most dramatic projects yet. Due to their inherent high resolution, you are free to further manipulate these sounds by any means you could possibly desire. Push your low-end to the next level!
KTM 250 Enduro Motorbike contains extensive exterior recordings of a 2 stroke 250cc motorcycle captured on a private dirt track in Yorkshire, England. With an amazing collection of driving away and towards, pass bys, extensive foley, extreme revving and stunt sounds in different perspectives, this library gives you that full throttle, pedal to the metal sound that you only get from an experienced rider on their own vehicle. Perfect for use in any project with dirt bikes or motorcycles, or for vehicle sound design.
Our Audio Craftsmen carefully planned and executed a recording session, capturing the essence of the motorbike with both a mono supercardiod mic and a stereo perspective mic for ultimate flexibility (these are provided as separate files). The resulting sound is full frequency, rich and textural, giving the impression of you being right there with the rider. All sounds are provided in 96kHz 24Bit and are perfect for complex vehicle design, being captured in the natural environment of the dirt track. As well as close up sounds, we also recorded some distant drive aways and approaches.
The library also includes sounds of a rider getting on the bike, putting on his helmet, moving the kickstand, pulling the vehicle, starting the engine, turning off the engine etc. and riding away. We made recordings with the rider following our instructions but also let him freestyle ride on some recordings to allow for the most natural and immersive sound effects.
All of the sounds were captured using a RODE NTG3 and a Sony PCM D-100, before being carefully edited and ready to be used straight away in your projects. They can be also be used to represent many different types of racing vehicle due to the nature of the engine being pushed to the limit during recording.
96KHZ 24BIT • 1.74GB • 414 FILES • STEREO • UCS METADATA
Step into a world of cinematic darkness with Dark Future, a powerful and immersive sound effects library that transports you to a dystopian realm where darkness and futuristic elements collide.
This meticulously crafted collection features a diverse range of cinematic impacts and whooshes, perfect for adding depth and intensity to your creative projects.
With 414 meticulously designed sound effects, Dark Future delivers a cinematic audio experience like no other. Each sound effect has been carefully crafted to evoke a sense of foreboding, mystery, and awe, making it ideal for enhancing the atmosphere of your films, video games, trailers, and more.
What sets Dark Future apart is the unparalleled attention to detail in its sound design. Over 1500 source sounds were used in its creation, resulting in a rich and dynamic collection that offers a wide spectrum of tones, from dark and dystopian to futuristic and cutting-edge. From thundering impacts that shake the ground, to swooshing whooshes that create a sense of movement and speed, each sound effect in Dark Future was designed to improve your project.
Download includes:
96KHZ 24BIT version
RECORDED WITH: MKH 8040, MKH8060, DPA4060, JrF, Sound Devices MixPre 3 MK2, Sound Devices MixPre 6, Serum, Modular, Reaktor, Vital.
EDITED AND MASTERED WITH: Pro Tools, Live 10 & 11, Fab filter, Plugin Alliance, Oek Sound, Valhalla.
Spatial Rain & Thunders is an immersive collection of audio ambiences for cinema, VR, videogames and any audiovisual or creative purposes.
The audios provided in this library are high quality recordings with Zoom H2n recorder in Spatial Audio mode, horizontal-only ambisonic alike mic layout stored in an AmbiX format. W, X, Y channels of AmbiX provide immersive audio through the horizontal plane and they allow to decode the recording into Mono, Stereo, Binaural, Quad, 5.0, 5.1, 7.1 and more layouts with dedicated Ambisonic processors. Z channel is empty.
The library comes with 5.0 and Stereo version of the AmbiX original recordings.
Now UCS Compliant!
A collection of RAW gritty metallic impacts, debris, movements and one shot recordings. Ideal for foley, and for sound designers and cinematic composers who wish to experiment with metallic sounds. Can also be used to design Horror UI sounds or metallic monsters in game audio.
WAV + MP3 files. UCS Compatible
“The Shoe Collection: Soft Hardwood – 3 Inch Heel“ by Periscope Post & Audio, provides 22 high quality footsteps files on soft hardwood floors with the 3 inch heel. The audio files are recorded at 24bit, 192k with mono and stereo recordings. The Sennheiser MKH-60 was used for the mono files with a slightly more distant mic placement than the stereo files, which were recorded with the Sennheiser MKH8050 and the Sennheiser MKH-30 near the shoe. From different walking speeds, to jogging, sprinting, jumping, hard stops, scuffs, and more! There are several performances with each file to fit the right action you need. That’s a whopping 468 footsteps between the mono and stereo files!
These sound files are also UCS metadata tagged
It’s A Plain Phone_Pack 05 is fifth installment in the It’s A Plain Phone_Collection. This pack includes recordings of a Clarity C35 Model Phone pressing buttons, pick up, hang ups, slams, detach and reattach cable to both phone and base, switches, and more! 1694+ sounds packed in 45 sound files, recorded at 24 bit, 192kHz using the Sennheiser MKH8050, MKH30 microphone combo into a Sound Devices Mix Pre-6.
All are meta-data tagged and updated using the Universal Category System in Soundminer, Basehead, and Soundly.
This collaboration of the sound designers Bony Stoev and Saro Sahihi is the long awaited successor and main chapter of “Surrounding Horror – Prologue”.
It brings you a comprehensive collection of thrilling, abstract horror ambience sound effects in 5.1 surround.
Each soundscape was painstakingly handcrafted to 2:30 minute length with lots of frightening and terrifying sonic events.
It gives your horror-related production just the right amount of heart-stopping texture, leaving your audience with fear crawling up their spines to hold ’em tight.
Also available: the “ANGST | Surrounding Horror – Construction Kit” (or get the Bundle).
This collaboration of the sound designers Bony Stoev and Saro Sahihi is the long awaited successor and main chapter of “Surrounding Horror – Prologue”.
In this library you’ll find all sounds from the “Surrounding Horror Soundscapes” library downmixed to Stereo.
Each soundscape was painstakingly handcrafted to 2:30 minute length with lots of frightening and terrifying sonic events.
It gives your horror-related production just the right amount of heart-stopping texture, leaving your audience with fear crawling up their spines to hold ’em tight.
Also available: “ANGST | Surrounding Horror – Construction Kit” (or get the Bundle)
Suburbs of Chicago: Forest Preserve 2 is the fourth in the Suburbs of Chicago series, and 2nd trip inside a suburban Forest Preserve.
Included you will hear bird chirps, tree rustles, bike passes, distant chatter, a small brook and families near a small lake, and more! Every wonder what it sounds like inside a hollow tree trunk? Wonder no more! This pack consists of 12 audio files, all metadata tagged and updated using the Universal Category System in Soundminer, Basehead, and Soundly.
Recorded at 24 bit, 192 kHz using the Sennheiser MKH8050 and MKH30 into a Sound Devices Mix Pre-6. About an hour and a Half of recordings! Like in the other packs in this series, you will always hear distant traffic and planes.
The DIAL IT Collection collection is divided into three packs (and is available in a bundle too):
On the look out for a dial/rotary phone or a gear rotation for a robot? DIAL IT_Pack 01 is just a pitch bend away! In this pack are pick ups, hand ups, slams, detaching cable, dialing 0-9 at multiple speeds, various buttons on the phone and base, and more! Pack 01 contains over 1738 Sounds recorded over two different microphones, or over 869 takes per microphone all bundled in a total of 78 files. Pack 01 was recorded at 96 kHZ, 24 Bit using the Sennheiser MKH60 and the Rode NT5. Exported mono .wav files.
Hey there! DIAL IT_Pack 02 here. I include sound files of a Dial/Rotary phone that is meant to hang vertically. I am filled with variation of pick ups, hand ups, slams, shaking, rattling, dialing 0-9 at multiple speeds, various buttons and switches on the phone and base, and more! I top over 1998 sounds recorded using two microphones, or 999 sounds per one microphone. I am packaged in a total of 96 sound files recorded at 96 kHZ, 24 Bit using the Sennheiser MKH60 and Sennheiser MKH8050 microphones. Exported mono .wav files.
All sounds are metadata tagged and updated using the Universal Category System in Soundminer, Basehead, and Soundly. Also available in a bundle combining all three packs – at a nice discount.
Introducing ‘Expressive Dogs,’ a canine sound effects library featuring 172 vocal expressions recorded at 96kHz/24 bit. Originating from a curated set of sounds recorded for a film project, where infusing character and emotion into the featured dog was paramount, these recordings have proven to be so versatile and impactful that we couldn’t resist sharing them with the world!
This extensive collection captures a diverse spectrum of expressive dog noises, ranging from playful grunts and impatient whines to heartwarming breaths and gentle whimpers. Whether you’re working on film projects, animations, or games, these high-quality recordings offer a great toolset of emotionally charged dog sounds to enhance and bring life and personality to your dog based projects.
As a side note rest assured that our beloved Session Dog, Paddy, was pampered and treated like the star he is during these recordings. It only takes a shake of his treat jar to get him singing – a testament to the joy and excitement behind each sound!
Medieval bread oven recorded with gusto.
This library features 145 sound recordings of assorted small electric motors, sourced from appliances like vacuum cleaners, power drills, air dusters, and other DC motors.
We also harnessed the Koma Elektronik Field Kit system which gives the ability to fine control the speed of the motors, allowing for a one-of-a-kind sonic palette. These sounds range from glitchy static noise and hums to electromechanical motor sounds.
All content was captured with induction coil pickups and contact mics, into the Elektronik Field Kit and finally into a Sound Devices 702 recorder.
A selection of refrigerator hum sound effects that can add a touch of everyday life to your audio and visual projects.
A massive sound library of special sound effects, Foley, and voice recordings that covers the needs of any horror, supernatural, and paranormal story, featuring acoustic features that will elevate your games, films, virtual reality experiences, podcast series, or any other project to the next level of sound design. This is the perfect sound library for anybody that wants to create spine-tingling experiences that captivate and terrify!
An innovative sound library boasting an exceptional assortment of immersive soundscapes and isolated sound elements from the urban symphony, taken from the unique perspective of elevated locations above key metropolitan areas, giving you the power to construct soundscapes that ebb and flow with unparalleled authenticity.
Introducing STRINGENT – a spine-chilling collection of 152 sound effects (68 files, 24 Bit / 96 kHz, WAV, UCS) created using a violin and a classical guitar.
STRINGENT features haunting tortured strings (fiercely recorded bowed strings and then processed), distorted textures, hits, eerie atmospheres and atmospheric elements, strange movements, massive booms, cinematic transitions and carefully crafted loops at 120 bpm. Sounds aimed to evoke fear and tension in your listeners and making their hearts race.
STRINGENT has all the elements you need to create a truly terrifying soundscape, a must have toolkit for horror trailer composers looking to craft an unique sonic experience that will leave your audience on the edge of their seats.
Each sound was designed to evoke a tense and tortured feel and the result is a captivating collection of unforgettable sounds.
Listen to the main demo. It was created using ONLY the sounds of the library. Also there are other demos showing some of the sounds of the pack individually.
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