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Environments & Ambiences Haunting Ambiences Bundle Vol. 2 Play Track 103 sounds included, 309 mins total $33

Haunting Ambiences Bundle Vol. 2 includes three more libraries from our series of horror-genre atmospheres: Haunting Ambiences Vol. 4, 5 & 6.

The bundle comprises 19.99 GB worth of sounds recorded and designed by our Audio Craftsmen. Each of the 18 featured ambiences have been separated into individual stems, providing you with multi-layered kits for constructing your own horror backgrounds. Bangs on doors, swamp creature screeches, sewer screams, rattling chains, sacrificial chanting and many more can be endlessly mixed and matched in this customizable collection.

Use this bundle to experiment with layering, tone, and other sonic parameters when building atmosphere in your horror scenes. Sounds can be used for both digital and real-life projects, including Film, TV and Game productions, and live horror events and escape rooms.

The entire bundle is delivered at 24Bit 192kHz and tagged with extensive Metadata for ease of use.

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Foley Sound Effects Twisted lids Play Track 384 sounds included, 29 mins total $8

Sometimes I get a bit carried away recording things – like these 384 sounds of metal lids twisted onto glass jars at varying speeds and pressure.

Clicking, scraping and rubbing sounds of metal on glass – excellent design source material and unusual rhythmic sounds.

Audio time : Single files – 12 minutes 32 seconds / Grouped files 16 minutes 42 seconds = 29 minutes approx total audio time

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Environments & Ambiences British Pubs Vol. 1 Play Track 17 sounds included, 47 mins total $29

Step into a cosy, bustling environment, surrounded by some of the world’s greatest storytellers!

British Pubs Vol. 1 features ambient recordings of pubs in Northern England, encapsulating their quintessentially warm, inviting atmosphere.

Included in this library is walla of various-sized crowds at different times of day, underscored by the sounds of bar and kitchen activity, passing footsteps, clinking cutlery and the chime of glasses as people enjoy their well-earned drink.

Use these sounds to build candid backgrounds and ground your Film, TV and Game projects in British realism.

All sounds are delivered in 24Bit 96kHz format allowing further sonic manipulation and have been meticulously edited and tagged with extensive UCS compliant metadata for ease of use.

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Universal Category System (UCS) Wind Craft Play Track 93 sounds included, 96 mins total $37

Wind Craft is 96 minutes / 1.8 GB of designed wind sound effects.
93 separate files – recorded in 24bit/96kHz. All sounds are UCS-compatible.

Wind Craft features artificially designed wind sound effects done the old way: crafted using mechanical contraptions, physical props and noise from analog synths.
The goal was to explore wind sounds as something made-up and performed. Inspiration came from old cartoons, and from elements of the many recordings of real wind, I have made in the past. From noisy pitch-modulated whooshes, to whistles, moans and overtones – all of which sometimes occur naturally around objects and openings hit by wind.

The star of the collection is a replica of the type of wind machine used in theaters and in old cartoons: a hand-cranked cylinder fitted with wooden slats, rotating against a piece of canvas. It is a very recognizable sound, but it took some trial and error getting the construction, the canvas, and the performance right. Gave me even more respect for the sound designers of Olde.

Further explorations in the possibilities of friction were done with mattresses, carpet tiles, metal springs and various types of cloth. All yielded quite interesting material.

Other sounds were performed by blowing through organ pipes and flutes, as well as other props that would cause interesting turbulence.

Finally, I experimented with the noise sources of analog synths, filtering them by hand, as well as by side-chaining cutoff and resonance to the envelopes of real wind recordings.

Some of these sounds come close to something realistic, but most take several artistic freedoms to what wind could sound like.

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Cinematic & Trailer Sound Effects Reverses Vol. 3 Play Track 40 sounds included $25

Reverses Vol. 3 is an exciting collection of recordings and designed sounds that have been reversed and twisted into new variations.

Our expert team of Audio Craftsmen recorded slamming doors, warehouse machinery, football kicks, church bells, guitar strings and much more. They then made a sonic U-turn and reversed them. The result is a collection of interesting risers and oneshots – ideal for abstract sound design and flashback scenes in your Film, TV & Game projects.

All sounds are delivered in 24Bit 192kHz format allowing further sonic manipulation, and have been meticulously edited and tagged with extensive UCS compliant metadata for ease of use.

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Environments & Ambiences UK Football Vol. 4 Play Track 25 sounds included $36

UK Football Vol. 4 is the third in our series of candid UK football fan recordings. Crowd reactions and walla were captured during gameplay to bring you a selection of spectator sounds brimming with unique English personality!

This library comprises a variety of activity recorded by our Audio Craftsmen from the perspective of a large crowd in the stands (AKA bleachers). Inside you will find groans, “weeey”s, “awww”s, boos, clapping and much more! This collection of football fervour is ideal for TV, Film and game scenes requiring passionate voices and performances. Use it to embellish sport backgrounds or boost tension during on-screen competitions.

All sounds are delivered in 24Bit 96kHz format allowing further sonic manipulation, and have been meticulously edited and tagged with extensive UCS compliant metadata for ease of use.

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Environments & Ambiences UK Football Vol. 3 Play Track 45 sounds included $21

UK Football Vol. 3 is a concise collection of five-a-side football gameplay sounds recorded from the goalkeeper’s perspective. Hear players kick and catch balls, score goals, hit the goal post, practice drills, groan in frustration, swear, cheer each other on and more!

These candid recordings are full of energetic male voices, athletic enthusiasm, North West English accents and football impacts.

This quintessentially English yet versatile library can also be used for any global Game, TV or Film project requiring a dose of athletic excitement. Included sounds will allow you to sweeten spectator sports scenes with background passes, focus on team dynamics with spirited shouts, or enhance winning goals with football shoot-outs!

All sounds are delivered in 24Bit 96kHz format allowing further sonic manipulation, and have been meticulously edited and tagged with extensive UCS compliant metadata for ease of use.

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City Life Sound Effects Sounds of Chongqing Play Track 21 sounds included, 21 mins total $20

Recorded in Chongqing, a municipality roughly the size of Austria this region is home to the most infamous and spicy hotpot in China. The city of Chongqing boasts a population of over 30 million and is subsequently filled with a wide array of bustling and distinctive sounds.

Featuring recordings of the urbanized city center, multiple restaurant ambiances, suburban alleys and streets, and Chinese crowds + conversations. Includes 21 audio tracks all recorded at 24bit / 96 kHz with UCS metadata.

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Traffic Sound Effects Traffic Pass Bys Bundle Play Track 191 sounds included $67

The Traffic Pass Bys Bundle is an extensive collection of vehicles passing on wet and dry British roads. These dynamic sounds are perfect for incorporating movement into your projects; twist them into sci-fi engines, designed whooshes, developing ambiences, unique transitions and realistic soundscapes.

To optimise the usability of these sounds, a range of vehicles passing at varying speeds and locations were recorded. Cars, vans, motorcycles, lorries, trucks, bicycles and ambulances were captured passing, stopping, idling and setting off.

The bundle comprises both single and continuous pass bys, giving you the ability to focus on one-off sounds, or build up convincing roadside backgrounds.

Each library is delivered at 24Bit. Traffic Pass Bys Vol. 2 is delivered at 96kHz, while Vols. 1 and 3 are delivered at 192kHz. The entire bundle is tagged with extensive Metadata for ease of use.

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Drones & Mood Sound Effects Dark Drones – Loops and Evolutions Play Track 50 sounds included, 139 mins total $20

A collection of 50 unique drones and beds, with evolving and loopable versions. A total of 7 different categories, covering a vast range of dark and eerie moods, including ‘Sci-Fi/ Space’, ‘Metallic Resonances’, ‘Elements’ and ‘Dark Horror’.

Dark Drones comes in 96k/24-bit and 44.1k/16-bit, giving you more felxiiblity depending on end use.

All files are UCS compliant, and metadata is included (via soundminer).

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Cinematic & Trailer Sound Effects Drone Sounds Vol.2 Play Track 40 sounds included, 42 mins total $50

This soundlibrary arises from recordings in the city with the LOM Géofon microphone on metals such as traffic lights, signs, road separators, mailboxes, among others.

After working these sounds in post production, this library comes with 40 incredible drone sounds that will bring your vídeo, trailer or movie to life.

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City Life Sound Effects People & Crowds Vol. 1 Play Track 8+ sounds included, 24 mins total $13

People & Crowds Vol. 1 brings you all the hubbub, hustle and bustle that comes with big cities during main events. Our Audio Craftsmen captured the sounds of large, dense crowds of people during the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations in Manchester, UK. The result is a concise collection of walla-infused ambiences filled to the brim with passing international voices, movement and city activity.

This library is perfect for injecting a sense of liveliness and business into your projects: make sparse scenes feel fuller, or build bustling backgrounds for your Game, TV and Film productions with this useful collection!

All sounds are delivered in 24Bit 96kHz format allowing further sonic manipulation, and have been meticulously edited and tagged with extensive UCS compliant metadata for ease of use.

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Environments & Ambiences Spaceship Radio Chatter Play Track 348 sounds included $29

Get ready to launch your spaceship and travel to the outer space! Stay in touch with your crew with these carefully recorded radio communications. Find the true sound of it with Vadi Sound Library.

About Spaceship Radio Chatter SFX Pack

We present you high quality radio chatter sounds that are emitted from the darkest depths of space. In this creative SFX pack, you will have both female and male vocal phrases including alerts, warnings, communications between vessels and also inside the ship, flight requests, asking for help, notifying stations, human radio chatters, spaceship announcements and many more sounds.

This is a collection of 348 Spaceship Radio Chatter male and female voices and radio signals with many different scenarios and typical spaceship radio phrases and commands. The voice actors’ tone is confident and energetic.

Spaceship Radio Chatter Sound Effects Bundle was recorded and designed delicately for all your scifi project needs especially game and film. To make the most organic texture possible, we recorded in 24bit/96KHz. The texture of the sounds are realistic and flexible for customization and the file naming is detailed.

Examples of Phrases and Commands In The Sound Files

Life Support System Failure
All Remaining Power To Forward Shields
Captain,You’ve Been Requested On The Bridge
Anomally Detected
Prepare Shuttles For Evacuation
Warning,Hull Breach Detected

Additional Keywords
Military, space, spaceship, radio, chatter, war, communication, comms, power, shield, anomaly, detected, arm, weapons, asteroid, permission, speed, captain, bridge, catastrophic, collision, ready, damage, report, escape, engine, gravity, cargo, shuttle, safe, standby, action, operation, male voice, femal voice, enemy, move, left, right, copy, fire, message, intelligence, crisis, sci-fi, transmission, answer, messsage, received, target, mission, standby, contact, destroyed, affirmative, danger, alert, radioctive, tram.

What else you may need
You may also want to check out our Military Radio Chatter SFX Pack for access to 120 Military Radio Chatter Male Voices , with the most common intercepted communications capturing a volume of communication, to or from field to the base unit about raid, action, suspect, suspected parties such as terrorists or spies, determining their next move and whether there is cause for alarm.

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Cinematic & Trailer Sound Effects Cymbal Riser Play Track 32 sounds included $15

Designed Risers!

Recorded using cymbals

Risers perfect for Sci-Fi and Horror projects OR for Cinematic Trailers!

Recorded and exported in 24/192Khz

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Weather Sound Effects Wind collection – vol 3 Play Track 342+ sounds included, 45 mins total $41

The third volume of the Useful Sound Effects Wind collection contains magic wind spells, air suction, air pressure, wind pipes, thin surfaces making sound by wind, wind made by breath, wind whooshes and more. 342 Files give a vast array of useful sounds that are based on wind or on air movement.

Classed in folders you can find Air suction, Breath Winds, Designed wind/air, Pipes, Pumps, Thin surfaces moving by wind. The Designed folder contains magic wind or air spells, sounding like whooshes, risers, sweeteners, spooky voices (both male and female) pronouncing Latin language. You will also find more processed sounds for simple use as sound effect or as background sound for setting a specific atmosphere.

Metatagged and UCS compliant, all files indicate a possible use, but sounds can be placed anywhere in a project, whether it is in a film, a game, a dialogue setting, or any media presentation.

You can find the following libraries in this collection >

Wind collection: Volume 1

Wind collection: Volume 2

Wind collection: Volume 3

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City Life Sound Effects Scotland Ambiences Vol. 1 Play Track 24+ sounds included, 74 mins total $28

This is Scotland!

Scotland Ambiences Vol. 1 contains both interior and exterior field recordings of walla (featuring Scottish accents), traffic, construction, parks, pubs, trains and train stations, and general city buzz of Scotland.

This library is ideal for building authentic and immersive backgrounds and atmospheres for your Film, TV and documentary productions.

All sounds are delivered in 24Bit 96kHz format allowing further sonic manipulation, and have been meticulously edited and tagged with extensive UCS compliant metadata for ease of use.

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Car Sound Effects Traffic Pass Bys Play Track 58 sounds included $26

Hello, Pass by!

Traffic Pass Bys is an assortment of single and multiple generic pass bys, featuring cars, buses and motorcycles on wet and dry British roads.

Use these sounds when building your backgrounds and exterior environments. This library also lends itself to creative transitions, and further processing into unique designs.

All sounds are delivered in 24Bit 192kHz format allowing further sonic manipulation, and have been meticulously edited and tagged with extensive UCS compliant metadata for ease of use.

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Cinematic & Trailer Sound Effects Impacts SFX Vol.1 Play Track 20 sounds included, 2 mins total $10

This sound library comes from recording hits on some objects such as cardboard boxes, mugs, paint cans, etc.

After working these sounds in post production, this library comes with 20 incredible sfx cinematic impacts that will bring your trailer or movie to life.

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Environments & Ambiences Nature’s Fury – Thunder Play Track 142 sounds included, 135 mins total $100

Nature’s Fury: Thunder is a large collection of thunder cracks, booms, and rumbles, as well as full Thunderstorm ambiance.

Nature’s Fury: Thunder has three separate categories: Thunder, Rumble, and Thunderstorm.

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Environments & Ambiences Catashhh – Tonal ambiences from industrial labs Play Track 32 sounds included, 61 mins total
Rated 5.00 out of 5
Original price was: $30.Current price is: $25.

CATASHHH – Tonal ambiences from industrial labs

notes
Some time ago I was asked to record some interviews in a company where they perform tests, analyses and experiments on different products for the wood and furniture industry.
Being there I was captivated by all the sounds I heard in every single space I entered. Every time it was like discovering a new world.
Thus, I decided to record them.

Please, enjoy the sounds and feel free to get in touch with me for any feedback at [email protected]

tags
drones & moods, industrial environments, room tones, lab ambiences, testing machines, industrial robots, factory machines, industrial presses, hydraulic press, assembly line, industrial warehouses and factories, air conditioners, machines fans, air conditioning, heating fans, HVAC systems, box fans, ceiling fans, testing and analysis laboratories, interior perspective, laboratory ventilation, whistling and refrigerator buzzing, airy with rattling of vents or equipment

info
> tonal ambiences from industrial labs, sound patterns, room tones, tonal moods, industrial machines
> 32 sounds, 61 minutes total time running
> the number identifies the location, the letter identifies a position or a different time of the day
>all sounds recorded in a stereo ORTF configuration with Neumann KM140 (pair), Sound Devices Mixpre3, 96 kHz – 24 bit or MONO with Neumann KMR 82i
> UCS Metadata

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Trucks, Buses & Van Sounds Mercedes-Benz Unimog – 437. U2450 4×4 Play Track 114 sounds included $89

Our sound library of the famous Mercedes Unimog 4×4 truck, in its military ambulance configuration, with a diesel inline 6 turbocharged engine really brings across the sheer power and presence of this legendary german utility truck.

This soundpack contains multiple tracks of interior and exterior recordings of passbys, start-stops, idle, revs, driving, various constant RPM, departs, arrives, acceleration and deceleration ramps for use in granular synthesis tools, as well as foley.

Specifications : 6-cylinder, turbocharged, 240 HP, 4X4, 8-speed manual

Multiple mic perspectives

This sound pack includes 9 synchronized channels of exterior and onboard perspectives. The exterior recordings are mono and stereo, while the onboard microphones capture the engine, the exhaust and the cabin perspective. The library also includes a custom mix of onboard mics for an easy integration.

‍Gear used

Sound Devices MixPre-6 II • Zoom F6 • Neumann Kmr81i • LOM MikroUsi • LOM Usi Pro • Sennheiser MKH 8040 • Sennheiser MKH30 • Oktava MK012 • Shure SM57

‍Metadata

This sound library is UCS compliant and comes with fully embedded metadatas compatible with Soundly, Soundminer and Basehead.

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Bundles Bubbles Bundle Play Track 572 sounds included $60

The Bubbles Bundle is bursting with all three of our Bubbles libraries – recorded with our dual-mic overwater and underwater set-up. Set your underwater scenes with bubbles of various sizes and power, ideal for representing sea life, scuba divers, splashing and other underwater movement.

Our Audio Craftsman have used an overwater-underwater microphone configuration using the Sennheiser MKH50 for the overwater mic and the Aquarian H2a Hydrophone for the underwater recordings. Each library comes with both mic options available as separate files, so you’ll have have plenty of options for layering when designing your projects.

All sounds included were carefully captured and meticulously edited for maximum sonic quality, enabling to you drop each sample into your projects with no need for further enhancement or modification.

The entire bundle is delivered at 24Bit/192kHz, and tagged with extensive Metadata.

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Universal Category System (UCS) Bubbles Vol. 2 Play Track 129 sounds included $29

Bubbles Vol. 2 is our next underwater library featuring unique recordings captured with our dual-mic set-up. Our Audio Craftsman have used an overwater-underwater microphone configuration using the Sennheiser MKH50 for the overwater mic and the Aquarian H2a Hydrophone for the underwater recordings. With both mic options available as separate files, there are multiple options for layering up each sound effect.

Bubbles Vol. 2 brings you medium to large-sized bubbles: perfect for larger underwater movement and submerging.

All files are named with detailed descriptions, along with the microphone that was used to capture them. All sounds are delivered in 24Bit 192kHz format allowing further sonic manipulation, and have been meticulously edited and tagged with extensive UCS compliant Metadata for ease of use.

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Destruction & Impact Sounds Explosions – Close and Distant Play Track 40 sounds included $18

Looking for some Explosions to add a punch to your… explosions!
Deep explosions that can be used on their own or to boost a designed explosion as a layer to make it feel huge!

Close up explosions and distant explosions so perfect to use for a close explosion or as a background layer for a war scene with the distant bombs

Recorded and exported in 24/192Khz so can be easily manipulated

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