Sound effects tag

City Traffic Sound Effects

City Traffic sound effects from the pavement and the crossroads. Taxis, buses, brakes and bikes on busy sidewalks, a big intersection by day and by night, distant traffic and roads packed with cars. Plenty of it loops. There are morning versions too, so a city can wake up and wind down in the same edit.

Libraries
15
Publishers
10
Formats
Stereo, surround, ambisonic
Sample rates
44.1 to 192 kHz
Licence
Royalty-free for commercial work
Price range
$9 to $129.99

All 15 libraries tagged City Traffic

96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
City traffic sound effects featuring 69 stereo files, mostly seamless loops, of morning, daytime, evening, and night streets, crossroads, highways, and seaside traffic, recorded in spring and summer at 96 kHz/24-bit.
69 files · 11.3 GB
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
City traffic sound effects featuring 75 stereo files of busy spring and summer days, spring mornings, ambulance sirens, car pass-bys, helicopters, a jet plane, and post-rain traffic outside a window.
75 files · 6.45 GB
44.1 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Authentic Berlin street ambience featuring diverse traffic sounds, including trains, trolleys, and vehicles, with sound effects ranging from morning rush hour chaos to quieter rainy evenings.
55 files · 900 MB · Metadata
-24%
48 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
City ambience sound effects covering busy traffic, crowded markets, shopping malls, metro stations, airports, schools, parks, suburban neighborhoods, construction sites, and thunderstorms, with morning and night variations in stereo.
264 files · 5.18 GB · Metadata
48 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Summer ambience sound effects featuring over 100 recordings of beach waves, resort crowds, parks, playgrounds, schoolyards, skateparks, outdoor cafes, festivals, city streets, and birdsong from seaside, suburban, and urban locations.
132 files · 2.74 GB · Metadata
Only on Sonniss
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Urban sidewalk ambience captures New York City's daily rhythm with sound effects of passing vehicles, pedestrian traffic, and characteristic street noises in loopable recordings.
60 files · 2.18 GB · Metadata
Only on Sonniss
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Authentic Indian ambisonic recordings capture diverse sound effects, from bustling city streets to coastal waves and traditional village songs, available in both stereo and surround formats.
39 files · 17.1 GB · Metadata
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo, Surround, Ambisonic B.
Extensive traffic ambiance recordings capture diverse environments, from suburban streets to desert highways, featuring immersive sound effects in multiple formats with 360-degree visual references.
51 files · 78.35 GB · Metadata
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Urban traffic sound effects recorded across the UK, featuring roadside ambiences from motorways, sea fronts, and night environments, capturing exterior vehicle pass-bys, engine idles, and start-ups.
15 files · 461 MB

City traffic works as a bed under almost any exterior, and the useful thing here is the choice of distance. There's traffic right at the kerb, the kind of Street Ambience with taxis, brakes and footsteps, then a busy crossroads, then distant traffic for a scene a few blocks back from the road. The wider City Ambience collections add markets, metro stations, parks and building sites around the roads. Some are ambisonic. Pick a quieter loop under dialogue and a busier loop for the establishing shot, and the cut between them does the rest.

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