Sound effects tag

Hydrophone Sound Effects

Hydrophone sound effects, recorded with the mic actually under the water. Everything changes down there. Bubbles get big and round, waves turn into a heavy pulse and engines become a deep drone. You get calm sea and caves, rivers, divers and their gear, creaking ice and boats heard from below, plus designed water built from paired over and underwater recordings.

Libraries
33
Publishers
18
Formats
Mono, stereo, M/S, surround
Sample rates
44.1 to 192 kHz
Licence
Royalty-free for commercial work
Price range
$12.50 to $249
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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 33 libraries tagged Hydrophone.
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All 33 libraries tagged Hydrophone

192 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Detailed underwater and above-water recordings include dynamic sound effects like explosions, whooshes, and engine tones, captured with dual microphone setup and delivered in high-resolution format.
90 files · 306 MB · Metadata
192 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Recorded with dual-mic underwater technology, this collection delivers diverse sound effects, including dopplers, impacts, and aquatic ambiences, all captured at pristine 24-bit/192kHz quality with professional equipment.
69 files · 1.09 GB · Metadata
-50%
48 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Mono, Stereo.
Underwater ice creak sound effects recorded on frozen lakes with an Aquarian H2d hydrophone and Schoeps CCM4, featuring resonant fractures, tension cracks, impacts, and debris in surface, hydrophone, and mixed perspectives.
52 files · 800 MB · Metadata
96 to 192 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Mono, Stereo.
This mini library features over 150 water sound effects including pouring, bubbling, flowing, and submerging liquids, with all files containing embedded UCS metadata.
150 files · 1.39 GB · Metadata
192 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Specialized aquatic sound effects captured with precision microphones, featuring drops, stirs, and waves, meticulously edited and tagged for professional sound design applications.
251 files · 1.48 GB · Metadata
192 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
This expansive collection features 192kHz water-based sound effects captured through specialized microphones, offering precise underwater movements and detailed aquatic soundscapes.
142 files · 1.17 GB · Metadata
192 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Professional dual-mic recordings capture underwater and surface sound effects, featuring medium to large bubbles with detailed 24-bit/192kHz files and comprehensive metadata tagging.
129 files · 182 MB · Metadata
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
A comprehensive collection of underwater sound effects captured via stereo hydrophone, featuring drain flows, river currents, and submerged impacts recorded across diverse water sources with dual-track flexibility.
67 files · 1.19 GB · Metadata
48 to 96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Mono, Stereo.
Pristine sound effects capture diverse water movements, from gentle lake lapping to thunderous ocean waves, recorded across Pacific Northwest shorelines in natural, creature-free environments with multiple recording perspectives.
48 files · 5.16 GB · Metadata
-35%
48 to 96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
The comprehensive water audio collection features diverse sound effects, from gentle streams and crashing ocean waves to designed water tools, enabling detailed aquatic soundscapes for multimedia projects.
891 files · 34.56 GB · Metadata
Was $277.00, now $179.00
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96 to 192 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Mono, Stereo.
Carefully recorded alligator sound effects, including bellows, hisses, and jaw snaps, captured over seven years in Florida's swamps, ideal for creature and monster sound design.
75 files · 520 MB · Metadata
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Mono, Stereo.
Pristine waterfall sound effects captured in three French Vosges Mountain locations, featuring multi-distance stereo recordings and underwater hydrophone captures for enhanced low frequencies.
17 files · 2.3 GB · Metadata
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
This extensive collection features 273 high-fidelity sound effects captured through hydrophones, including underwater movements, bubbles, impacts, and exotic instruments recorded at 96kHz/24-bit quality.
273 files · 8.2 GB · Metadata
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Mono, Stereo.
Comprehensive underwater sound effects featuring hydrophone recordings of impacts, bubbles, and textures, alongside designed assets that capture both chaotic disturbances and serene aquatic atmospheres.
400 files · 4.59 GB · Metadata

With hydrophones the trick is the cut. When a character goes under, switching from the air mic to the water mic does more than any filter, and several sets were recorded with both at once, so the plunge and the surface line up. Drops, stirs, Bubble trails and objects going in give you close detail. The sea and cave takes make Underwater beds, some with an odd breathing quality from water moving through rock. Diving gear is recorded in and out of the water. The boat recordings suit submarine and sonar scenes, where a distant engine through the water says danger without a word.

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