Sound effects tag

Cave Sound Effects

Cave sound effects for dark, dripping places. Water dropping into still pools, underground rivers rushing through the rock, bat colonies shuffling overhead and that heavy, echoing hush in between. Real caves and flooded sinkholes recorded on location, plus designed caverns for fantasy dungeons and creature lairs. Cold and very echoey.

Libraries
54
Publishers
32
Formats
Mono, stereo, M/S, surround, ambisonic
Sample rates
44.1 to 192 kHz
Licence
Royalty-free for commercial work
Price range
$13 to $300
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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
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Soundminer and UCS fields written into the files.

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All 54 libraries tagged Cave

96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Cave-themed ambience featuring 18 atmospheric sound effects and 6 water drops, available in both reverb-processed and dry versions, suitable for media productions requiring underground environments.
48 files · 1.56 GB · Metadata
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Chinese temple bell sound effects recorded in stereo at the Yungang Grottoes and a Tang Dynasty Taoist temple near Beijing, featuring prayer bells, wind chimes, twinkling wishing bells, Mandarin crowd walla, and bonus designed elements.
34 files · Metadata
44.1 to 192 kHz, 24 to 32-bit. Formats: Stereo.
A collection of field recordings and sound effects featuring clean room tones, environmental ambiences, and location-based soundscapes from urban, indoor, and outdoor settings.
1,202 files · 239 GB · Metadata
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo, Surround.
This library bundle features nearly 10 hours of New Zealand sound effects, including wildlife ambiences, geothermal activity, and subterranean environments, delivered in stereo and surround with detailed metadata.
280 files · 39.2 GB · Metadata
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
This library contains a diverse selection of ambience sound effects, provided as royalty-free, UCS compliant audio files with metadata, suitable for TV, film, documentaries, and video games.
56 files · 5 GB · Metadata

A cave is defined by its echo. The size of the chamber and the hardness of the rock decide how long a Water Drip hangs in the air, so a small grotto and a huge Cavern sound nothing alike. Some recordings come dry as well as with the space baked in, which lets you place your own reverb. The real cave ambiences suit documentaries and survival games, with steady drips and distant water. Designed caves push it darker for fantasy, with rumbles and creature movement in the gloom.

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