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44.1 to 96 kHz, 24 to 32-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Moscow and Saint Petersburg sound effects featuring 171 clips of street traffic, subway rides, train stations, airport crowds, museum murmur, elevators, and canal waves recorded between 2012 and 2015.
171 files · 10.5 GB
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Mono.
Walkie-talkie sound effects from the AEG Voxtel, Cobra MicroTalk, and Kenwood TK-3107, featuring button clicks, power beeps, squelches, feedback, static, interference, garbled speech, and pager rings.
59 files · 436 MB
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Mono.
Automatic umbrella sound effects featuring 159 recordings of large cane and compact umbrellas, including button-triggered spring-action pop opens, folding snaps, Velcro clasps, fabric shake-outs, and cover handling.
159 files · 168 MB
96 kHz, 24 to 32-bit. Formats: Mono, Stereo.
Sci-fi interface sound effects featuring hi-tech beeps, confirmations, calculations, telemetry, and glitch errors, alongside energy bursts, lasers, sparks, impacts, whooshes, and warm synthetic drones in designed and raw versions.
477 files · 2.19 GB · Metadata
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192 kHz, 24 to 32-bit. Formats: Mono, Stereo.
Ultrasonic friction sound effects featuring bowed balloons, metal scrapes, plastic squeaks, gore textures, and creature-like chitters, almost all recorded in an anechoic chamber with Sanken CO-100k and LOM Uši Pro microphones.
400 files · 19.3 GB · Metadata
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Burning torch sound effects recorded outdoors and in an underground military complex with natural echo, featuring ignition, movements, walk-arounds, and water extinguishing across close to far perspectives.
59 files · 653 MB · Metadata
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Door and window sound effects across 134 files, featuring wooden, metal, PVC, and aluminium doors, window blinds, drawers, elevator doors, power plant doors, and 19th-century museum furniture.
134 files · 2.02 GB · Metadata
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48 to 192 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Mono, Stereo.
A collection of 75 libraries containing 25,000+ royalty-free sound effects, including cinematic themes, ambiences, foley, vehicles, destruction, and mechanical categories.
20,278 files · 139.9 GB · Metadata
Was $2,495.00, now $499.00
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44.1 to 96 kHz, 16 to 32-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Fantasy game sound effects featuring 1,505 WAV files covering dragons, medieval weapons, magic spells, creatures, castle ambiences, footsteps, treasure interactions, and RPG UI feedback designed for adventure games.
1,505 files · 1.34 GB · Metadata
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48 to 192 kHz, 24 to 32-bit. Formats: Stereo, Surround.
A comprehensive collection of sound effects featuring natural and urban ambiences, specific objects like weapons and vehicles, and designed elements from sci-fi interfaces to mechanical sounds.
7,546 files · 220 GB · Metadata
Was $1,949.00, now $449.00
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48 to 192 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Mono, Stereo.
344 Audio's entire Complete range in a single purchase, covering horror, sci-fi, foley, world and UK ambiences, doors, casino, cartoon and football. Everything recorded and designed in-house, with metadata embedded throughout.
22,625 files · 330.5 GB · Metadata
Was $2,551.00, now $445.00
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48 to 192 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Mono, Stereo.
The Mini tier of 344 Audio's range in a single purchase, covering the same ground as their Complete collection in shorter libraries. Horror, sci-fi, foley, world and UK ambiences, doors, casino, cartoon and football.
3,371 files · 46.0 GB · Metadata
Was $1,089.00, now $217.00
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48 to 96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Cinematic horror sound effects across seven packs featuring morphing horns, e-bow resonances, impacts, stutters, fractured hits, friction textures, and abstract sonic anomalies built for dark atmospheres and tension.
2,640 files · 9.5 GB · Metadata
Was $423.00, now $79.00
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192 kHz, 32-bit. Formats: Mono, Stereo.
Harley Davidson Electra Glide, Kawasaki ZX-10R, and BMW R1200GS sound effects among ten motorcycles, covering engine and exhaust perspective driving, RPM holds, pass-bys, and mechanical Foley at 192 kHz.
847 files · 14.2 GB · Metadata
Was $560.00, now $250.00
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48 to 96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo, Surround.
A collection of nature sound effects featuring ambiences from forests, coasts, and highlands, plus specific recordings of streams, rivers, ocean waves, and insects.
848 files · 76.4 GB · Metadata
Was $603.00, now $299.00
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Sonniss is a marketplace for professional sound effects (SFX) libraries. Independent publishers sell their own work here, from field recordists and sound designers to Foley studios and audio production companies. Right now that is 4,933 libraries from 406 publishers.

Everything is royalty-free for commercial work. Lifetime access, no subscriptions.

You can see each library's sample rate, bit depth and channel format before you open it, and most carry metadata. Teams at Ubisoft, Disney and CD Projekt Red use Sonniss sound effects. We have been selling sound effects since 2014, and Sonniss Ltd is registered in England and Wales.

Sonniss does not accept AI-generated sounds.

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