Asbjoern Andersen


This week at A Sound Effect, we have so many new libraries we’ve had to release a bi-weekly roundup! In this recap, you’ll hear sounds of the buttons and switches from a retired flight simulator, lots of buzzing mopeds, detailed boot and sneaker footsteps on concrete, tense bowed cymbal effects, rocky debris and rolling stones, zipping Formula 1 cars, explosive howitzers, an eclectic silenced gun library, and peaceful nature ambiences from the Black Forest. There is a little bit of everything this week, so enjoy your discoveries!
Flight Simulator
 
  • Get the sounds of switches, buttons, knobs and handles – recorded inside an old, retired flight simulator donated to the Danish Technical Museum.

    This machine used to make aspiring pilots sweat in their seats, putting them through all sorts of mechanical failures, emergency landings, and just plain flying.

    There is basically a switch, button, knob or handle to start every single possible emergency situation a pilot and crew may encounter when flying.

    When the sound recording started, some of them were partly broken, and others missing, some did not turn or switch, but most of them were still there and worked beautifully. The variety is surprisingly great, and very different from today's modern switch sounds.

    91 tracks, recorded with a Sennheiser 416 onto a Sounddevices 702, all tracks Metadata tagged.

'Flight Simulator' by SonicSalute gets you inside a retired flight simulator at the Danish Technical Museum. How cool is that? This machine has switches, buttons, knobs, and handles galore to put training pilots to the test in their flying and troubleshooting skills. You'll get all sorts of sounds in this library including the device's throttle, radio, compass, rudder, fuel handle, and much more. For a wide variety of mechanical button and switch sounds, this library is a great value!
 
Mopeds
 
  • The Mopeds SFX library delivers the sounds of no less than 7 different mopeds. Created in a collaboration between Sonicsalute, sound designer Rune Palving (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, 1864, and Tordenskjold), and sound designer Peter Albrechtsen (Antichrist, The Queen of Versailles, and The Idealist).

    The included mopeds range from new and non-modified models, to many characteristic-sounding (old and wrecked) models – as well as one heavily-tuned moped.

    The Mopeds library contains:

    Onboard driving and maneuvering (long onboard drives) • Ambiences • Passbys • Circles • Incoming/aways • Start/stop • Revs • Horns • Fuel covers

'Mopeds' by SonicSalute, and sound designers Rune Palving and Peter Albrechtsen, features 7 mopeds that range from new to run down. These 50cc scooters are captured as they pass by, circle, start up, stop, rev, and honk their horns. Plus, 4 of the mopeds were recorded with onboard mics on their exhaust and motor and with a mono or MS boom mic, giving you the option for easy perspective changes! For a more detailed listen of these multi-channel recordings, check out the demo video.
 
Concrete Foot Work
 
  • ‘Concrete Foot Work’ by Badlands Sound includes 274 high-quality footsteps perfect for your projects.

    The library features five different types of shoes; Boots, Heels or Dress Shoes, Leather Smart Shoes, Old Shoes, and Trainers on three different surfaces – Concrete, Gritty Concrete, and Wet Concrete.

'Concrete Foot Work' by Badlands Sound is a focused library that gives you a wide variety of footsteps from the same palette. With over 270 sounds, you'll hear steps from boots, heels, dress shoes, leather shoes and more on surfaces of dry, wet and gritty concrete. And these footsteps were performed as walking, landing, scrapes, scuffs, stomps, and running, giving you all the sounds you need for your interactive character or film scene. If you need footsteps fast, check this library out.
 
Bo Ho – Kontakt Edition
 
  • Bo Ho – Kontakt Edition, is a new library of weird and wonderful sounds created from a cymbal being played with a violin bow. It consists of 52 clean recordings in WAV format, plus 8 manipulated, effected versions of some of the files, also in WAV format.

    In addition to this, there are 15 Kontakt Instruments made up of different effects to all 60 WAV files, mapped to 60 keys on the keyboard, creating 900 individual sounds / drones / underscores when played with the full Kontakt Player (5.6.8 or above).

    The sounds range from the haunting and the subtle, to the distorted ear bleeder and everything in between. The WAV files can be used on their own, or manipulated in any way. The Kontakt Instruments are all unlocked and fully editable, making the possibilities of different versions of the files infinite.

    This library is a must for theatre / film / TV sound designers and for sound artists or for anyone who appreciates and uses strange sounds for any project.

    Please note that the Kontakt instruments will only play on the full, latest version (5.6.8 or above).

'Bo Ho – Kontakt Edition' by WW Audio is a tense sound library of bowed cymbal sounds that have been distorted for maximum creepiness. It has 52 clean recordings and 8 manipulated sounds, plus 15 Kontakt instruments that map these recordings for a total of 900 combined effects, drones, and underscores! With the ability to perform these sounds, you'll become the painter of intensity for your soundscape, so if you need the dramatic atmosphere created by bowed cymbals, look no further.
 
Just Stones
 
  • Rock / Stone Sound Effects Just Stones Play Track 578 sounds included $19.50

    The “Just Stones” sound effects library brings you a huge amount of sounds created with stones. Ranging from impacts, shatters and rolling stones to scrapes, slides, water hits and tickling fine derbis.
    All sorted in sub folders and with embedded metadata, and recorded with Sennheiser MKH8050 + MKH30 mix setup in 24Bit and 192kHz, cleaned, edited and downmixed to stereo. Since many of the sounds are quite mono-ish you can download the complete library also as mono files from only the MKH8050 mic.

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'Just Stones' is a new library from the master of rocky impacts, SoundBits. This library features over 570 clean, natural, detailed sounds of rocks as they roll, shatter, slide, and splash into water in ways that don't sound too sterile or performed. You'll also hear impacts of bricks and gravel, as well as lots of trickling of pebbly debris. If you're looking for startling sounds of falling rocks for a scene of an intense rappelling accident, this library should have you covered!
 
Battlefield Howitzers
 
'Battlefield Howitzers' is an explosive library by Airborne Sound. In this library you'll hear 140 sounds of Howitzers blasting their 25-pound cannons across the field from two perspectives. These sounds of heavy artillery include all the clean blasts you could need, as well as long reverb tails and the incredibly detailed metatadata we've come to expect from Airborne Sound. If booming ordnance is what you need, this is the one you want.
 
Motorsports 1
 
'Motorsports 1' by Airborne Sound has over 240 sounds from 9 popular races. Featuring recordings from the Formula 1, Ferrari Challenge, Pro Mazda, Canadian Touring Car Championship, IndyCar races and more, you'll hear these vehicles fly around the racetrack with their loud revving, buzzes, and pops. Each track lasts from a few seconds to over two minutes, giving you a great selection of sounds that are easy to find, yet flexible for your needs. For sounds of high-performance vehicles, this library will get your gears going.
 
Silenced Gun Sounds
 
  • Silenced Gun Sounds contains a total of 410 sound effects.

    Including:
    – 102 silenced gun sounds.
    – 132 bullet sounds (flybys, bullet shells)
    – 176 bonus sounds from Pro Sound Collection

    Note that ALL sounds from Silenced Gun Sounds are already included in our other premium sound packages Pro Sound Collection and WARFARE SOUNDS. So be sure to check out Pro Sound Collection and WARFARE SOUNDS before purchase.

'Silenced Gun Sounds' by Gamemaster Audio is an action-packed library featuring our favorite tactical attachment. This library has 102 silenced gun sounds, 132 flybys and shell drops, and 176 bonus sounds of bullet impacts, crossbows, explosions, foley, grenade launchers and more from Pro Sound Collection - meaning you can extend your library further if you'd like! If you need sounds to get your first person shooter off and running in the prototype stage, this is a great place to start.
 
Sounds of Nature: FORESTS of Europe
 
  • Sounds of Nature: FORESTS of Europe features nature sounds and ambiences, captured in different forests of Central Europe at different times of day and at night.

    It includes recordings in deciduous forests, pine tree forests and mixed forests. These forests are among the oldest, quietest and most beautiful pristine forests in Europe. You can hear many different birds, including cuckoos, owls and woodpeckers. All nature recordings are clear and completely free from external noise and other human disruptions. This is why this library will be especially useful for productions taking place in the past, like medieval and ancient times. As well as historical and nature documentaries.

    All of these nature ambiences are recorded using three different microphone set-ups. A Stereo set-up, a wide stereo set-up and a spaced omnis set-up, which also offers extended frequency response. This brings you 3 variations of each recording. Within these variations the differences are sometimes subtle and sometimes more extreme. These three perspectives can provide flexibility for crosscutting within scenes.

    Get more than 5 hours of unique, royalty-free and especially high quality recordings with this library.

    Recorded in 24 bit / 96 kHz. Accurately edited and mastered to sound as natural as possible. The average length of each file is between 3-5 minutes, so enough time to use in longer scenes without looping.

    For more detailed descriptions about the ambiences in this collection see the metadata in our file lists or listen to the preview montage.

'Sounds of Nature: FORESTS of Europe' by Fennec FX is a tranquil collection that takes you deep into the forests of Central Europe. Featuring bird choruses (and the popular cuckoo), quiet night ambiences with distant red foxes and tawny owls, and piney winds sprinkled with woodpeckers, you'll get over 5 hours of purely natural 3-5 min ambiences. You'll also receive three different perspectives from a stereo, wide stereo, and spaced omni set up. For sounds of nature that are perfect for eras preceding our modern technology, check this one out.
   

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Popular sound effects this week:

 
  • Introducing MOTION GRAPHICS, a complete Motion Graphics sound effects library from SoundMorph!

    Motion Graphics focuses on all the elements you might need for sound design on a trailer, a cinematic scene or a visual that is heavy with motion graphics, whether it be abstract or straight forward, Motion Graphics has all the elements and textures you could think of. Motion Graphics are something all of us sound designers run into at one point or another, so this library is an excellent addition to your sound effects tool box.

    Motion Graphics was created by and in collaboration with sound designer Rostislav Trifonov (SoundMorph Elemental library contributor).

    Motion Graphics features 650 24bit/96 kHz .wav files, all meticulously embedded with Soundminer & Basehead metadata.

    The library features:

    • 450 + designed sound effects
    • 190 + source audio files
    • Whooshes
    • Impacts
    • Risers
    • Stingers
    • Low end and Sub Bass
    • Impulse Responses
    • Passbys
    • Textures – noise, grit, glitch
    • Ambiences
    • Buttons and Clicks
    • Mechanical Elements
    • Granular effects
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  • Modular UI is an advanced user interface library designed by world-renowned sound designer and musician Richard Devine.

    Designed and sourced entirely from Richard Devine’s personal and exclusive Eurorack modular synths and processors collection, the Modular UI soundpack combines the retro, clean sound of analog with the futuristic tech of the new wave of advanced analog and digital synthesis from modular synths, evoking flashbacks of iconic sound design heard in both classic and modern sci-fi films.

    The Modular UI soundpack gives you access to sounds created by one of the masters of modular synths and sound design, and is sourced from equipment that would take a lifetime to purchase and assemble, giving an incredible value to this soundpack both artistically and financially.

    Utilizing many Eurorack modules that have not yet been released to the public and containing samples equally suited to sound designers and electronic musicians alike, Modular UI is in a class by itself!

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  • Bloody Nightmare is a modern horror cinematic library aimed at the most cutting edge bone chilling productions out there.

    Whether you work in sound design, as a composer, trailer editor or as an electronic musician, Bloody Nightmare is a valuable new wave of Horror sounds that will surely cause visceral moments of terror and dread!

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  • Introducing MOTION GRAPHICS, a complete Motion Graphics sound effects library from SoundMorph!

    Motion Graphics focuses on all the elements you might need for sound design on a trailer, a cinematic scene or a visual that is heavy with motion graphics, whether it be abstract or straight forward, Motion Graphics has all the elements and textures you could think of. Motion Graphics are something all of us sound designers run into at one point or another, so this library is an excellent addition to your sound effects tool box.

    Motion Graphics was created by and in collaboration with sound designer Rostislav Trifonov (SoundMorph Elemental library contributor).

    Motion Graphics features 650 24bit/96 kHz .wav files, all meticulously embedded with Soundminer & Basehead metadata.

    The library features:

    • 450 + designed sound effects
    • 190 + source audio files
    • Whooshes
    • Impacts
    • Risers
    • Stingers
    • Low end and Sub Bass
    • Impulse Responses
    • Passbys
    • Textures – noise, grit, glitch
    • Ambiences
    • Buttons and Clicks
    • Mechanical Elements
    • Granular effects
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  • Modular UI is an advanced user interface library designed by world-renowned sound designer and musician Richard Devine.

    Designed and sourced entirely from Richard Devine’s personal and exclusive Eurorack modular synths and processors collection, the Modular UI soundpack combines the retro, clean sound of analog with the futuristic tech of the new wave of advanced analog and digital synthesis from modular synths, evoking flashbacks of iconic sound design heard in both classic and modern sci-fi films.

    The Modular UI soundpack gives you access to sounds created by one of the masters of modular synths and sound design, and is sourced from equipment that would take a lifetime to purchase and assemble, giving an incredible value to this soundpack both artistically and financially.

    Utilizing many Eurorack modules that have not yet been released to the public and containing samples equally suited to sound designers and electronic musicians alike, Modular UI is in a class by itself!

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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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Latest sound effects libraries:
 
  • Kawaii UI Bundle is the ultimate bundle for cute user interface sounds.
    In this Bundle you get both volumes of our Kawaii UI libraries.
    Kawaii UI + Kawaii UI 2

    These libraries provide an adorable blend of cute, satisfying interface sounds, crafted to enhance user experience and feedback.
    Bring your games and apps to life with the Kawaii UI Bundle.

    It’s ideal for creating joyful menus, delightful HUDs, playful navigation and notifications, engaging pop-ups, and expressive text.

    Kawaii UI Trailer
    Kawaii UI 2 Trailer

    The source recordings inside are a treasure trove of physical button presses, clicks, pops, taps, mouth sounds, toks, shakers, general synthesised UI sounds, FM bells and telemetry style sounds.. Kawaii UI Bundle provides you with the essential building blocks to craft your own distinctive designs.  Combining these elements gives sound designers a robust sonic palette to create new UI sounds.

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  • Vegetation Footsteps is a detailed collection of footwear and movement variations recorded on dry leaves and forest floor textures. Featuring walk, run, sprint, scuff, pivot, and single step actions, this library captures the nuanced crunch and rustle of layered vegetation underfoot. With performances in sport shoes, sandals, leather shoes, high heels, and barefoot, each sound is designed for realistic character movement across natural environments. Ideal for games, film, and animation, Vegetation Footsteps offers clean, focused assets for building immersive terrain interaction.

  • A collection of 135 potion sound effects.

  • A collection of 140 individual power up ability sound effects.

  • A collection of 103 bowling sound effects.


   

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