Sound effects tag

Engine Rev Sound Effects

Engine Rev sound effects for the moment someone plants their foot and the car goes nowhere. Muscle cars burbling, then roaring. Supercars shrieking up to the limiter. An outboard motor on a lake, and a jet spooling up before it moves an inch. Some were recorded on real film sets, revved for the camera.

Libraries
310
Publishers
49
Formats
Mono, stereo, M/S, surround, ambisonic
Sample rates
44.1 to 192 kHz
Licence
Royalty-free for commercial work
Price range
$7 to $449
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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.

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All 310 libraries tagged Engine Rev

-40%
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Bombard Explorer motorboat sound effects powered by a 4-stroke Yamaha outboard, covering start-ups, idle, RPM ranges, acceleration, deceleration, shutdowns, and hull water impacts across 335 stereo files at 96kHz/24-bit.
335 files · 8.83 GB · Metadata
Was $50.00, now $30.00
Add Motorboat Sound Pack to cart
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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
Add Motorcycles 2 to cart
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Suzuki SV 650 sound effects capturing V-Twin startups, idle, revs, rev limiter, RPM loops, onboard riding and pass-bys with separated engine and exhaust channels, plus mechanical Foley.
131 files · 1.3 GB · Metadata

A rev is a short story. Blip the throttle and the engine snaps up and hangs for a moment before falling back to idle. It's how a car shows its character before it moves, which is why most vehicle libraries record a set of them, from gentle blips to long holds at high revs. Cut a rev between an Engine Start and an Acceleration and you've built the classic standing start. The exhaust side gives you the bark. Inside the car, the same rev sounds tighter and more mechanical.

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