Sound effects tag

Pad Sound Effects

Pad sound effects for the long held tones that sit under a scene and hold it together. Ethereal pads, dark drones and slowly shifting beds, plus dreamy ones made from synths and wind chimes. Some lean heavenly. Others go a lot darker. A few are built from shaped sine waves, for the moment a character's head starts to drift.

Libraries
43
Publishers
20
Formats
Mono, stereo
Sample rates
44.1 to 192 kHz
Licence
Royalty-free for commercial work
Price range
$9.95 to $119
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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.

All 43 libraries tagged Pad.
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All 43 libraries tagged Pad

96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Designed acoustic guitar sound effects featuring 70 evolving drones, cinematic impacts, processed risers, and creepy stingers suitable for sci-fi, horror, and trailer productions, delivered in 24-bit 96kHz format.
70 files · 2.03 GB · Metadata
-25%
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Drone sound effects featuring 20 designed underscore textures including dark bells, pipes, voice drones, energy hums, and tension tones delivered in 96kHz 24-bit stereo.
20 files · 1.75 GB · Metadata
Was $20.00, now $15.00
Add Drone (Mood) to cart
-50%
48 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Mono, Stereo.
A collection of 76 low-pitch bass sound effects characterized by distortion, glissando, vibrato, and pitch instability. The library includes mono and stereo WAV files.
76 files · 525 MB
Was $20.00, now $10.00
Add Real Deep Bass Sounds to cart
96 to 192 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Derived from musical instrument recordings, this collection features 863 cinematic sound effects including processed drones, risers, hits, pads, and stingers designed for tonal texture and atmospheric depth.
863 files · 30.4 GB · Metadata
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
This collection features experimental binaural frequencies and meditative tones designed for mindfulness, relaxation, and brainwave stimulation, providing immersive sound effects for ambient music, sci-fi narratives, and therapeutic projects.
330 files · 12.2 GB · Metadata
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Through expertly manipulated sine waves, this collection delivers binaural sound effects capturing mental transitions, featuring brainwave fluctuations, ambient drones, and atmospheric pads in high-quality 24-bit format.
49 files · 1.29 GB · Metadata
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Through binaural beats and hypnotic drones, this collection delivers intricate sound effects that explore altered mental states using specialized frequencies and tones.
40 files · 3.85 GB · Metadata
-33%
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Within 136 minutes, this collection delivers 82 high-quality sci-fi sound effects featuring space atmospheres, alien harmonics, and cosmic streams - meticulously crafted using modular synths.
82 files · 4.47 GB · Metadata
Was $30.00, now $20.00
Add Designed Atmospheres to cart
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Atmospheric sound effects blend natural recordings with synthesized elements, creating evolving drones and textured ambiences suitable for sci-fi, horror, and meditative productions.
91 files · 7.38 GB · Metadata

A pad works like room tone with a mood attached. It sits low under dialogue or a slow camera move and gives the scene a colour without stepping on anything. The sets here run from bright and Ethereal to the dark Drone end of things, with cinematic transitions alongside for getting from one scene to the next. The sine wave sets are stranger, built around shifting brainwave patterns, and they suit dream sequences, hypnosis and sci-fi labs. Long sustained material like this takes pitching and stretching well, so it doubles as raw stuff for new designs.

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