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Ambience Sound Effects

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Recorded or designed
RecordedDesigned

Recorded means captured in the field or a studio. Designed means built from other material.

Channel format
MonoStereoM/SSurroundAmbisonic

Mono for 3D positional audio. Ambisonic and surround for immersive mixes.

Embedded metadata
Tagged for Soundminer or UCSUntagged

Soundminer and UCS fields written into the files.

All 1,069 libraries in Ambience.
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Immersive coastal sound effects captured in Sardinia and Normandy, featuring waves, seagulls, harbor activity, beachgoers, and evening crickets through 49 detailed recordings.
49 files · 3.83 GB
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Four-channel urban recordings capture Berlin's diverse soundscape, featuring pristine sound effects of traffic, open spaces, and city ambiences recorded with premium DPA microphones across multiple locations.
34 files · 26.7 GB · Metadata
192 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Natural recordings capture diverse rain intensities and hail showers, complemented by authentic sound effects of distant thunder and occasional traffic ambiance.
5 files · 1.7 GB · Metadata
48 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Immersive coastal recordings from Japanese and French shores feature gentle waves, marina ambiance, and natural sound effects, including seabirds across fifty minutes of seaside atmosphere.
16 files · 878 MB · Metadata
48 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
The industrial soundscape captures busy dock activities with powerful sound effects: containers crashing, cranes operating, metal scraping, and reverberating impacts aboard container ships.
17 files · 763 MB · Metadata
44.1 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Eerie soundscapes and evolving drones merge with intricate sound effects in this 815MB collection, delivering dark atmospheric elements perfect for sci-fi and cinematic productions.
198 files · 1310 MB
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Deep metallic resonances and structural sound effects captured from bridges, including vibrations from traffic, footsteps, and natural elements transmitted through steel components and handrails.
70 files · 480 MB · Metadata
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Wind sound effects covering breezes, gusts, howls, whistles, and turbulent rumble, supplied as 21 non-looped exterior recordings plus 21 matching seamless loops in 24-bit 96kHz stereo.
42 files · 515 MB
-30%
96 to 192 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Mono, Stereo.
Construction site sound effects recorded at 192kHz, covering angle grinders, nail guns, DEWALT and Makita drills, excavators, tree saws, concrete pours, tape, rope, and site ambiences.
225 files · 4.04 GB · Metadata
48 to 96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Mono, Stereo.
Domestic room tone sound effects recorded in a single Southern California High Desert home, with two-minute tones per room plus doors, plumbing, appliances, and light switches across 328 UCS-compliant files.
164 files · 2.56 GB · Metadata
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Temperate rainforest wetland sound effects capturing Pacific chorus frog choruses, dawn chorus birdsong from song sparrow, Pacific wren and robin, and wind in canopy across dawn, afternoon, evening and night in 96kHz/24-bit.
92 files · 20.9 GB · Metadata
-50%
48 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Christmas holiday sound effects featuring 241 files of Santa Claus voices, elf reactions, sleigh bells, North Pole blizzard ambiences, whoosh transitions, fireworks, wrapping paper foley, and game UI feedback.
241 files · 403 MB · Metadata
96 to 192 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Mono, Stereo.
Household sound effects featuring interior room tones, ticking clocks, cooking foley, wooden drawer movements, and electrical appliances like microwaves and washing machines, captured with close microphone techniques.
264 files · 5.14 GB · Metadata
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
London ambience sound effects featuring 24-bit/96kHz recordings of busy streets, cafes, construction sites, passing traffic, quiet parks, and heavy bridge rumbles captured across the UK capital.
21 files · 1.34 GB · Metadata
-55%
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Post-apocalyptic ambience sound effects featuring 100 designed elements including deep dark drones, radiation zones, nuclear winters, dying planets, and abandoned world soundscapes in 96kHz, 24-bit audio.
100 files · 4.49 GB · Metadata

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