Engine sound effects for anything with a motor and a mood. Cars and motorbikes idling and revving, recorded on board and out by the road, alongside race machines going flat out down the straight. There's a lot here. At the stranger end sit spaceship engines and hoverbikes, machines that don't exist yet but still have to sound believable.
Libraries
1,229
Publishers
149
Formats
Mono, stereo, M/S, surround, ambisonic
Sample rates
44.1 to 192 kHz
Licence
Royalty-free for commercial work
Price range
$5 to $1,199
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This collection provides 32 sound effects of cooling engine crackle and metal pings from 16 vehicles, including cars, trucks, tanks, and various motorcycles.
Recorded near a pilot school, this library features small airplane flybys with natural Doppler shifts. It includes 12 long-duration aviation sound effects capturing various speeds and distances.
A collection of 195 retro-futuristic spaceship engine sound effects, covering idle loops, accelerations, decelerations, and stereo passbys for fighter, cargo, alien, and plasma vehicles.
A sound effects library featuring 25 engine and 77 pass-by sounds. Includes roaring, revving, and accelerating sounds across various vehicle types from muscle cars to motorcycles.
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Mono, Stereo, Surround, Ambisonic B.
Comprehensive collection featuring race car sound effects captured from multiple angles, including engine, exhaust, and interior cabin recordings, with detailed metadata and multichannel Ambisonic perspectives.
Featuring extensive driving maneuvers, this comprehensive collection captures 226 sound effects from multiple perspectives of a modified 850-horsepower Dodge Viper GTS, including onboard, exterior, and performance recordings.
Comprehensive collection captures authentic sound effects from a 1991 hybrid racing car, featuring synchronized multitrack recordings of engine, exhaust, cabin, and exterior sounds using professional DPA and Sennheiser microphones.
An extensive collection of authentic steam engine sound effects and Foley recordings, featuring various machines from trains to tractors, plus Kontakt instruments for real-time sound manipulation.
Historic steam engines come alive through authentic sound effects, featuring both raw recordings and designed elements, capturing mechanical rhythms, hisses, and industrial machinery movements.
Dynamic BMW E-36 with Toyota Supra engine captured through multiple high-end microphones, delivering authentic sound effects from ignition to acceleration, including detailed exhaust and interior recordings.
Various industrial machinery sounds, from paver finishers to welding equipment, featuring realistic sound effects of grinding, drilling, pneumatic tools, and mechanical operations in workshop environments.
This comprehensive collection captures authentic sound effects from vintage gasoline engines, featuring distinct mechanical elements, explosive combustion, and spinning fly-wheels recorded in high-quality stereo format.
You can tell whether a character drives a hero car or a clapped-out getaway motor without ever seeing it. That's the engine doing the storytelling. A smooth idle and an easy Engine Rev say money, while a sputter and a starter that won't quite catch say trouble. The recordings run from purring idlers to redlining screamers, and from golf carts to spaceships. Many come as full vehicle sets, so the Exhaust and the cabin match the car you're cutting. I've watched grown sound editors go quiet over a really well recorded diesel start-up. Don't pretend you haven't. Car chases and racing games run on this stuff, and so does a lot of sci-fi.
