Featured Sound Creator: Quiet Planet

What makes Quiet Planet stand out:
All of the nature sounds in the Quiet Planet Nature SFX series were recorded by Gordon Hempton, The Sound Tracker®, Emmy-winner, author of One Square Inch of Silence, and environmental activist. Faced with habitat loss, species extinction and most of all unbridled noise pollution, Hempton has now turned his attention towards saving the world’s few remaining natural amphitheaters.

Gordon Hempton cares very deeply about quiet. As The Sound Tracker® he has circled the globe three times over the last 35 years in pursuit of Earth’s rarest nature sounds — sounds which can only be fully appreciated in the absence of manmade noise. These recordings are available through the Quiet Planet series.

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THE COMPLETE Quiet Planet® is one of the most extensive and meticulously recorded HD nature ambience sound libraries on the planet. It contains all our 17 Quiet Planet® sound packs recorded all over the globe by Emmy-winner and recording genius Gordon Hempton – The Soundtracker®. This bundle will be an invaluable addition to your daily sound design resources as it is THE perfect toolkit for sound designers that appreciate absolutely magnificent and realistic ambience sounds for a professional production environment.
THE COMPLETE Quiet Planet® is available in three editions: STEREO & SURROUND, STEREO, BASICS

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EARTH’S MOST BEAUTIFUL & NATURAL SOUNDS – ALL IN ONE PACK
THE COMPLETE QUIET PLANET® is one of the most extensive and meticulously recorded HD nature ambience sound libraries on the planet. It contains all our 17 QUIET PLANET® sound packs recorded all over the globe by Emmy-winner and recording genius Gordon Hempton – The Soundtracker®. This bundle will be an invaluable addition to your daily sound design resources as it is THE perfect toolkit for sound designers that appreciate absolutely magnificent and realistic ambience sounds for a professional production environment.THE COMPLETE QUIET PLANET® is available in two editions:
COMPLETE STEREO & COMPLETE BASICS

WHAT’S INSIDETHE COMPLETE QUIET PLANET® – STEREO

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.
THE COMPLETE QUIET PLANET® – STEREO

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!

TECH SPECS:

Files: 2294

Total Length: 106+ H

Size: 108+ GB

Format: WAV – 24bit – 48kHz / Windows + Mac
THE COMPLETE QUIET PLANET® – BASICS

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.

TECH SPECS:

Files: 1007

Total Length: 45+ H

Size: 40+ GB

Format: WAV – 24bit – 48kHz / Windows + Mac
ORIGINAL QUIET PLANET NATURE PACKS:

Nature Essentials, Winds Of Nature, Thunder & Rain, Flowing Water, Waves, Prairies, Tropical Forests, Deciduous Forests, Wetlands, Upwellings, Coniferous Forests, Canyons, Quietudes, Deserts – Weather & Wildlife, Riparian Zones, Ocean Shores, Hawaii

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Nature & Countryside Ambiences Canyons Play Track 135 sounds included $219

CANYONS NATURE SOUND FX – PERFECT FOR FASCINATING AMBIENCESThis pristine collection of 135 carefully mastered recordings from the American West, made with state-of-the-art equipment, offers a complete kit to help you meet your most demanding needs, day or night, calm or windy conditions. Reverberant birdsong? Check. Haunting coyote chorus? Check. Soft murmur of evening insects? Canyons offers a treasure trove of new opportunities.

WHAT’S INSIDE

INCLUDED SOUNDS – KEYWORDS
CANYONS, STILLNESS, CHORUS, DAWN, BIRDS, MORNING, DAY, COYOTES, WIND, ROARING, SONGBIRDS, ECHOES, BACKGROUND, EVENING, INSECTS, CRICKETS, THUNDERSTORM, TWILIGHT, SPARROW, FIELDS, RESONANT, NATURE, ROCKS, WALLED, CORRIDOR

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.

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Nature & Countryside Ambiences Coniferous Forests Play Track 181 sounds included $219

A BREATHTAKING AMBIENT EXPERIENCE
Massive conifers towering to untold heights, forming some of the most majestic natural cathedrals this planet has to offer, create auditory atmospheres as amazing as the forest is to behold. At the same time, CONIFEROUS FORESTS are known for their calm, comforting and secure ambiences of blissful solitude.WHAT’S INSIDE

INCLUDED SOUNDS – KEYWORDS
CONIFEROUS FORESTS, NATURE, SOUNDS, CRICKETS, FROGS, MAMMAL, WOLFS, WOLF PACK, BIRDS, CHORUS, BIRDSONG, TREES, WIND, RAIN, STORM, INSECTS, WOODPECKER, TAPPING, AMBIENCE, WINGS, VARIED, THRUSH, CHIRPS, WATER, DRIPS, DROPS, RIVER, ELK, BUGLES, RAVEN, FLAPS, CLUCKS, SHRIEKS, CONES, BRUSHING, PINE NEEDLES, LEAVES, RUSTLING

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.

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Nature & Countryside Ambiences Deciduous Forests Play Track 192 sounds included $219

PURE, FRESH, SEASONAL FOREST AMBIENCES
New and fascinating: DECIDUOUS FORESTS is our eighth 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.WHAT’S INSIDE

INCLUDED SOUNDS – KEYWORDS
DECIDUOUS FOREST, NATURE SOUNDS, TREES, LEAVES, BIRDS, BIRDSONGS, CHORUS, SPRING, WINTER, INSECTS, CRICKETS, SONGBIRD, FLOCK, PASSING, CROWS, OWLS, WOODPECKER, HOOT, SQUAWKS, DAWN, AMERICAN TOAD, LIGHT, MORNING, WIND, ROAR, FIELD, SPARROW, WINGS, CHAT

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.

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QP Deserts – Weather & Wildlife Play Track 155 sounds included $219

CRISP, FREE-FIELD SOUNDSCAPESAn amazing new nature SFX library is waiting for you: DESERTS – WEATHER & WILDLIFE from our remarkable series of high quality nature recordings by Emmy-winner and nature recording genius Gordon Hempton.

WHAT’S INSIDE

INCLUDED SOUNDS – KEYWORDS
DESERTS, NATURE SOUNDS, TEMPERATE, BIRDS, INSECTS, PALM, SPRINGS, LEAVES, BIRDSONGS, WIND, WISPS, CRICKETS, REPTILES, RATTLESNAKE, RAVENS, WINGS, FLATTERING, GRASS, LIZARDS, GRASSHOPPER, HUMMINGBIRD

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.

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Nature & Countryside Ambiences Flowing Water Play Track 121 sounds included $219

WATER IN MOTION, AS PURE AND NATURAL AS IT GETS
This collection contains 121 beautiful recordings of stream, river, and waterfall sounds with close and distant perspectives. Dig into more than 3 hours of high quality material to find the perfect water sound.

WHAT’S INSIDE

INCLUDED SOUNDS – KEYWORDS
WATER, FLOWING, NATURE, DROPS, DRIPPY, SNOW, MELTING, STREAM, BABBLING, GURGLING, SPARKLING, CHIRPS, SMOOTH, CAVE, TRICKLES, RIPPLING, SURGES, RIVERS, BABBLES, WAFERFALLS, BIRDS, INSECTS, CLOSE, DISTANT, GLUGS, ROARS, SPLASHES, SURGES, SWISHES

ANY SOUND WATER CAN MAKE

No matter if you’re searching for trickles, babbles, gurgles, glugs, roars, splashes, surges, swishes, booms or some gentle water SFX, you’ll find it in this great and well-selected collection. This library offers a complete kit to produce whatever stream, river, or waterfall sounds you may need.

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Nature & Countryside Ambiences Hawaii Play Track 145 sounds included $219

SHEARING NATURE AT ITS MOST DIVERSE
Hawaii is the Earth-in-miniature, providing nearly all habitat types and 10 of the world’s 14 climate zones in merely 6/1000ths of one percent of the world’s land surface area.WHAT’S INSIDE

INCLUDED SOUNDS – KEYWORDS
HAWAII, NATURE, WAVES, COASTAL, BIRDS, CLIFF, PALMS, ISLAND, UNDERWATER, MARINE, HUMPBACK, WHALES, DOLPHINES, EXOTIC, STREAM, FLOWING RIVERS, INSECTS, FORESTS, SAND, BEACH, EARTH, MAUI, KAUAI, OAHU, AMBIENCES, DAY, NIGHT, WILDLIFE, TROPICAL, ANIMALS

OVER 5 HOURS OF UNIQUE BIOME RECORDINGS

This library includes 40 species vocalizations (including the Hawaiian Crow, now extinct in the wild) and 105 ambiences which are conveniently divided into coastal and Up-Island, as well as day and night, to simplify workflow.

VIVID AND INCREDIBLY MULTI-FACETED

Use this comprehensive SFX toolbox to design stunning nature scenarios with extremely manifold and vivid exotic wildlife. No matter if you’re searching for thundering, wave-swept boulder beaches, birdsong-rich tropical forests, a fascinating symphony of thousands of animals during the day or some super-interesting and exotic “conversations” at night, it’s all available in this pack.

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Nature & Countryside Ambiences Nature Essentials Play Track 139 sounds included $219

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.

INCLUDED SOUNDS – KEYWORDS:
NATURE, WIND, THUNDER, RAIN, INSECTS, SURF, TROPICAL FORESTS, DECIDUOUS FORESTS, OCEAN SHORES, PRAIRIES, WETLANDS, CANYONS, DESERTS, MAMMAL, ESSENTIALS, BASICS, NATURAL, SOUNDSCAPES, WILDLIFE

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.

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Nature & Countryside Ambiences Ocean Shores Play Track 101 sounds included $219

SEASIDE SIGNATURE SOUNDS – WHERE LAND MEETS OCEAN
Soothing, relaxing, melodious and rhythmic. The ocean is a drum beating out the rhythms of global and local weather changes. No other place is quite like the edge of the sea. Gordon Hempton – The Sound Tracker® has visited and captured numerous of those magical places.WHAT’S INSIDE

INCLUDED SOUNDS – KEYWORDS
OCEAN SHORES, NATURE, WATER, BIRDS, SHORELINES, WAVES, SWEEPING, RUMBLING, BOBBLING, DUNES, SPARROW, SEAGULLS, INSECTS, FIRESTED, SAND, CAVES, MELODIOUS, RHYTHMIC, SWEELS, SMORGASBOARD, CALM, WINDBLOWS

EVERY WEATHER, DAYTIME AND VEGETATION

This spatial collection of 101 carefully mastered shoreline sounds allow you to balance just the right amount of wave presence with appropriate wildlife to fit nearly every mood. Day or night, dune or forest, calm or windy, you will be able to craft your most compelling soundscapes.

DIFFERENT EXPOSURES

For example, distant ocean waves and clear gull cries or inspiring songbirds will produce a full frequency spectrum and depth of field. Need something more sheltered? One of the many cricket medleys combined with windblown dune grass will render an acoustic safe harbor for your audience to enjoy many pleasant vacation memories.

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Nature & Countryside Ambiences Prairies Play Track 105 sounds included $219

THE SOUND OF THE GREAT WIDE OPEN
PRAIRIES is your library of coice if you are looking for extraordinary material to support your natural sound scenery. Whether you’re conceptualizing an adventure movie or documentary project, a catchy advertisement or the next big gaming hit – whatever creative idea occurs to you, this library supports your potential: with more than 4.8 GB exceeding 5 hrs and a total of 105 files of high-quality material, you’ll surely find what you need.

WHAT’S INSIDE

INCLUDED SOUNDS – KEYWORDS
PRAIRES, CRICKETS, WINDS, ROARS, BIRDS, BIRDSONGS, MEADOW, KARIM, CHIPPING, SPARROW, INSECTS, GUNTS, CHICKENS, GOGS, SANDPIPER, MOSQUITOES, BREEZY, WINDBLOWS, DOVES, COYOTES, GRASSHOPPERS, GRASS, FIRE, AMBIENCES, NATURE, CHIRPING, GUSTING, BLUSTERING, BLOWING, ROARING, WEATHER, THUNDER, ROLLING

AUTHENTIC ANIMAL RECORDINGS

The collected bio-acoustic treasure of PRAIRIES includes for instance various indigenous animals such as a wide spectrum of songful birds, buzzing insects, howling coyotes or chirping prairie-dogs.

INCREDIBLE SONIC BACKDROP

The PRAIRIES library naturally also comes with a generous range of wind recordings: gusting, blustering, softly blowing, breezing, roaring through the typical vegetation of this area. As special features, the library holds weather phenomenon recordings of grass fire and distant thunder rolling in.

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Environments & Ambiences Quietudes Play Track 102 sounds included $135

DESIGNING THE SILENCEQUIETUDES is part of the most important tools in our daily sound design work: QUIETUDES are ambiences that occur at or near the threshold of human hearing and provide one of the most valuable resources in the studio.

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INCLUDED SOUNDS – KEYWORDS
QUIETUDES, NATURE, AMBIENCES, CRICKETS, PRAIRIES, TROPICAL FORESTS, WETLANDS, CONIFEROUS, WILDERNESS, WILDLIFE, DESERTS, OCEAN SHORES, HAWAII, BEACH, CANYONS, INSECTS, FROGS, BREEZES, WINDS, SILENCE, WOLF, HOWL, LIGHTENING

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.

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Nature & Countryside Ambiences Riparian Zones Play Track 132 sounds included $219

WATER CLOTHED IN VEGETATION – A UNIQUE ACOUSTIC ENVIRONMENT
RIPARIAN ZONES are one of the 15 terrestrial biomes that characterize the Earth’s thin green mantle. They border streams and rivers. These soundscapes are characteristically diverse and rich with reflections, providing wonderful opportunities for sound designers to attract audience attention as well as take them on a sonic journey.WHAT’S INSIDE

INCLUDED SOUNDS – KEYWORDS
RIPARIAN ZONES, NATURE, RIVERS, RIVERSIDES, BIRDS, BIRDSONGS, STREAMS, FROGS, FLOWING, WATER, INSECTS, THUNDERSTORMS, CRICKETS, BABBLING, WATERFALLS, RUSH, CALLS, GURGLE, TRICKLING, ROLLING, SPLASHY, DROPS, DRIPS, TERRESTRIAL, BIOMES, REFLECTIONS, WILDLIFE, AMBIENCES, ATMOSPHERE

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.

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Nature & Countryside Ambiences The Complete Quiet Planet Play Track From: $1,305
EARTH’S MOST BEAUTIFUL & NATURAL SOUNDS – ALL IN ONE PACK
THE COMPLETE QUIET PLANET® is one of the most extensive and meticulously recorded HD nature ambience sound libraries on the planet. It contains all our 17 QUIET PLANET® sound packs recorded all over the globe by Emmy-winner and recording genius Gordon Hempton – The Soundtracker®. This bundle will be an invaluable addition to your daily sound design resources as it is THE perfect toolkit for sound designers that appreciate absolutely magnificent and realistic ambience sounds for a professional production environment.THE COMPLETE QUIET PLANET® is available in two editions:
COMPLETE STEREO & COMPLETE BASICS

WHAT’S INSIDETHE COMPLETE QUIET PLANET® – STEREO

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.
THE COMPLETE QUIET PLANET® – STEREO

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!

TECH SPECS:

Files: 2294

Total Length: 106+ H

Size: 108+ GB

Format: WAV – 24bit – 48kHz / Windows + Mac
THE COMPLETE QUIET PLANET® – BASICS

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.

TECH SPECS:

Files: 1007

Total Length: 45+ H

Size: 40+ GB

Format: WAV – 24bit – 48kHz / Windows + Mac
ORIGINAL QUIET PLANET NATURE PACKS:

Nature Essentials, Winds Of Nature, Thunder & Rain, Flowing Water, Waves, Prairies, Tropical Forests, Deciduous Forests, Wetlands, Upwellings, Coniferous Forests, Canyons, Quietudes, Deserts – Weather & Wildlife, Riparian Zones, Ocean Shores, Hawaii

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Nature & Countryside Ambiences Thunder & Rain Play Track 66 sounds included $219

TREMENDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS – CAPTURED AT LENGTH
THUNDER & RAIN is the third SFX library from our series of high quality and amazing 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 and we are proud to be the exclusive distributor besides Gordon’s very own company QUIET PLANET.

WHAT’S INSIDE

INCLUDED SOUNDS – KEYWORDS
THUNDER, RAIN, NATURE, ROLLING, PEEL, DISTANT, NEAR, DOWNPOUR, SHOWERS, DRIPS, DROPS, PATTERS, LEAVES, STORM, SPATTERS, DEEP, DRAMATIC, UNDERWATER, CAVE, STRIKES, RESONANT, RAINSTORMS

DETAILED, ISOLATED AND FLEXIBLE METEROLOGICAL ELEMENTS
This collection provides everything you need to produce the perfect storm: 22 isolated thunder recordings, including close strikes, resonant peels and distant rolls; plus 35 different rain intensities, and nine storm recordings. There’s one entire, hour-long rainstorm (61 min.) and one complete thunderstorm (41 min.) for quickly finding just the sound you need at the length you want. None of these thunder and rain files appear in the Nature Essentials” Collection.

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Nature & Countryside Ambiences Tropical Forests Play Track 153 sounds included $219

WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE
TROPICAL FORESTS is the seventh SFX library from our extraordinary series of high quality and fascinating 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.WHAT’S INSIDE

INCLUDED SOUNDS – KEYWORDS
TROPICAL FORESTS, LEAVES, NATURE, AMBIENCES, BIRDS, BIRDSONGS, INSECTS, CALLS, WINGED, FROGS, DRIPS, DEBRIS, FALLING, FLUTTERS, GECKO, JAGUAR, LURKS, HISSES, MONKEY, BARKS, HARPY, EAGLE, BREEZES, JUNGLE, AWAKENS, WATER, BRANCHES, SPLASHES, WET, THUNDERSTORMS, CICADAS, WILDLIFE

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.

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Nature & Countryside Ambiences Upwellings Play Track 31 sounds included $65

UNIQUE SONIC PHENOMENA LEAKING OUT OF EARTH’S CRUST
Your curiosity for this new nature collection is more than appropriate: it’s a MICRO-BOOM Library (download only) of geothermal sounds from geysers, mineral springs, steam vents, mud pots and fumaroles that gargle, spurt, trumpet, boil, and gush with an amazing variety of sounds, making sure to attract listeners and strengthen volcanic sound designs.

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INCLUDED SOUNDS – KEYWORDS
UPWELLINGS, GEOTHERMAL, AMBIENCES, BUBBLES, GURGLES, CHUGGING, WATER, HISSING, STEAMS, FLOWING, CHURNING, SPLASHES, SIMMERING, SNAPS, CLICKS, BOIL, MINERAL, SORINGS, SPUTTERS, CHIRPS, SLOBBERY, GEYSERS, VENTS, MUD, POTS, SPURT, GUSH

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.

COMPREHENSIVE GUIDES

In addition, there are two useful guides: Sound Designing with UPWELLINGS provides helpful tips about where to use geothermal sounds. How to Record UPWELLINGS provides professional advice on where to go, when to record, and the best position for your microphones.

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Nature & Countryside Ambiences Waves Play Track 111 sounds included $219

AMONG NATURE’S MOST ENORMOUS FORCES
Sound Tracker® Gordon Hempton has recorded a fantastic and remarkable collection of waves in its various appearances. Hempton has searched the globe for more than three decades to record nature at its most pristine.

WHAT’S INSIDE

INCLUDED SOUNDS – KEYWORDS
WAVES, WATER, NATURE, LAPS, GURGLING, SWEEPING, BOULDERS, SURF, ROCK, PEBBLES, ROLLING, BUBBLES, LAKESHORES, DRIFTWOOD, STORMY, SAND, SPOUTING, HORNS, OCCLUDED, TIDES, CLIMATIC, GROUND, CONDITION, SURGING, RUMBLING

FROM GENTLE TO RAGING – VAST DYNAMIC RANGES

Waves are among the most universally appealing of all nature sounds. Their character changes dependent on tides, climatic and ground conditions, so they can come in as lapping, gurgling, surging, bubbling, sweeping, splashing, rumbling, rolling, howling, thundering, roaring, crashing and many other forms.

DIFFERENT SIZES AND CONTACT SURFACES

The library contains more than 5.5 hrs in 5.42 GB of pure and unaltered source recordings: 111 files which are classified by wave size and beach substrate (solid rock, boulder, pebble, sand).

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Nature & Countryside Ambiences Wetlands Play Track 196 sounds included $219

ONE OF THE MOST TRICKY BIOMES TO RECORD
Fresh and ever fascinating: With careful planning, patient recording and favourable luck, Sound Tracker® Gordon Hempton has created this fantastic ninth Quiet Planet nature library that will totally expand and deepen your understanding of natural sound spheres.WHAT’S INSIDE

INCLUDED SOUNDS – KEYWORDS
WETLANDS, NATURE, SWAMPS, MARSH, BIRDS, INSECTS, SANHILLS, BREEZES, GOOSE, FRESHWATER, WATER, FROGS, LAKES, LAPS, MOSQUITOS, SPLASHES, GURGLES, BOULDERS, FISH, FLOPPY, POPPING, THUNDERSTORMS, SHOPPING, BUBBLY, WAVES, PONDS, QUACKS, DUCKS, BIOSPHERES, WILDLIFE, RAINFALLS, LAKES, BEAVER, TAIL

VARIOUS STANDING WATER ENVIRONMENTS

As used here, WETLANDS include places with standing fresh water such as swamps, marshes, ponds, and lakes. In fact, it’s the water itself that creates these very special acoustic biospheres – as a propagator of sounds, causing them to travel further and louder due to surface reflections and temperature layers.

RICH WILDLIFE SYMPHONIES

WETLANDS encloses recordings of wildlife and scenery at different day times and intensities. Are you looking for recordings of birds playing and hurrying across the water? Late evening frog concerts? Rainfall lapping on the lake? The slap of a beaver tail? Let these examples give you a fair idea of what this beautiful collection has on its great content list.

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Nature & Countryside Ambiences Winds Of Nature Play Track 130 sounds included $219

ROARING, GUSTING, WHISTLING, HOWLING AND MORE – THE ULTIMATE WIND SOUNDS LIBRARY
WINDS OF NATURE is the second SFX library from our series of absolutely stunning nature recordings by Emmy-winner and nature recording genius Gordon Hempton covering a vast variety of wind sounds. Hempton has searched the globe for more than three decades to record nature at its most pristine. We are proud to be the exclusive distributor besides Gordon’s very own company QUIET PLANET.

WHAT’S INSIDE

INCLUDED SOUNDS – KEYWORDS
WINDS, NATURE, HOWLS, PLANTS, BREEZES, STORMS, ROARS, RUSTLE, WHISTLES, SWIRLING, BLUSTERY, WIRES, HOWLING, ROARING, STRONG, THUNDERING, GRASSES, LEAVES, WISPY, RUMBLING, DECIDUOUS FORESTS, GUSTY, WATER, LAPS, PALMS, ZEPHYR, WHISTLING, PINE NEEDLES, DESERTS, WIND SOUNDS

TRUE WIND SOUNDS – NO ARTIFICIAL SOURCES

This collection of 130 carefully recorded wind sounds captures a full range of intensities from zephyr to raging storm in natural settings and built environments. These recordings sound different than those in other sound libraries which use artificial sources. We offer a nuanced collection of true winds with details like the rustling of leaves, the whistling hiss of pine needles and the deep roar of expansive deserts.

CATALOGUED IN DETAIL FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE

These details facilitate richer, subtler and more intimate and evocative sound design, thus more compelling listening experiences. Metadata include: Type of substrate, geographic location, intensity, plus suggestions on using particular sounds to achieve the best results.

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More about Quiet Planet:

Legendary Nature Recordist Gordon Hempton on His Quest to Capture a Quiet Planet

Legendary recordist Gordon Hempton shares stories, philosophies, and tips on recording natural soundscapes:

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360 video: How to find silence in a noisy world – with Gordon Hempton:

Explore the sounds of the mossy, green Hoh Rain Forest with Gordon Hempton:

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‘Being Hear’ – a much-praised documentary on sound and listening:

Experience the excellent ‘Being Hear’ documentary – featuring recordist Gordon Hempton – here:

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What others are saying about Gordon Hempton and his recordings:

Gordon Hempton is turning up the volume on Earth’s rarest sounds while working to preserve them for future generations.
– Oprah

There is something about them that makes you want to redefine the words, “truth and beauty.” Listening to them through headphones, with your eyes closed, inspires visions as vivid as outright hallucinations.
– The Weekly

In these magnificent recordings, clear and mysterious as haiku, Gordon Hempton distills the spirit of the natural world. As wild sound in a movie, they hitch the seen to the invisible. A gift for every filmmaker!
– Robert Gerst / Author of “Make Film History: Rewrite, Reshoot, and Recut the World’s Greatest Films”

In a way, his recordings carry on the tradition of American photographer Ansel Adams whose technically perfect photographs captured the undisturbed, timeless beauty of the mountain vistas and majestic canyons of the American West.
– Monitor Radio

America’s foremost guru of quiet.
– USA Today

You may hear for the first time what has been missing in most other recordings – real rolling and shaking, a genuine edge-of-night boom-and-gloom gluttony of power and subtlety unmatched in the world of audio…
– Fanfare

Someday Gordon Hempton’s recordings may be heard as the last echo of nature at its most natural.
– Philadelphia Inquirer

Gordon Hempton brings new meaning to the word purist. He meticulously scouts out sites for his soundscapes… Hempton is totally in touch with his environment as a listener, and he is committed to bringing what he hears to a wider audience.
– Smithsonian

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