Urban sound effects for the noise a city makes when nobody's listening. Sirens wailing past, rain on the streets, wind whistling down corridors and boots on concrete. Then the darker side: abandoned buildings with their own strange hum, and explosions bouncing off walls. Tuk tuks buzz through it all. Busy, mostly.
Libraries
123
Publishers
69
Formats
Mono, stereo, M/S, surround, ambisonic
Sample rates
44.1 to 192 kHz
Licence
Royalty-free for commercial work
Price range
$3 to $449
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Toronto urban crowd sound effects recorded in airport terminals, banks, cafes, hospitals, courthouses, museums, libraries, universities, and subway and train stations during rush hour and quieter periods.
This library provides sound effects of a Swedish battle rifle, submachine gun, and machine gun, including multi-perspective handling and gunshots recorded in urban and industrial spaces.
Features sound effects of a battle rifle, SMG, and machine gun recorded in six urban environments from multiple perspectives, plus 90 bonus weapon handling sounds.
48 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo, Surround, Ambisonic B.
A library of Spanish urban ambience sound effects, including traffic, construction, and pedestrian zones. Files are delivered in stereo, 5.1, 7.1.2, and original ambisonic formats.
A collection of 128 sound effects of struck metal and glass objects recorded with contact microphones and geophones, creating resonant, gong-like tones. Includes detailed UCS metadata.
A comprehensive collection of 78 high-quality sound effects capturing authentic urban environments, featuring construction zones, town squares, and city streets across 3.5 hours of meticulously recorded ambient audio.
Comprehensive collection of 80 high-quality sound effects featuring urban ambience, including traffic recordings and environmental sounds captured across Southern California's diverse locations using professional recording equipment.
Extensive urban sound effects collection featuring lengthy ambient recordings, from city traffic and rain to night cicadas, captured with professional equipment and mastered in Pro Tools.
Long-duration urban ambience recordings include diverse sound effects, from city traffic to desert environments, featuring both day and night atmospheres captured with professional equipment.
From the bustling Ruhr region of Germany, nearly 5 hours of sound effects capture authentic urban life, featuring industrial zones, crowds, transport networks, and natural city spaces.
Authentic Indian urban sound effects capturing daily life, from bustling markets and street musicians to religious ceremonies across ten diverse cities, including Mumbai and Rishikesh.
Carefully recorded suburban environments showcase everyday human activity, featuring natural sound effects from neighborhoods, local shops, and community spaces within medium-sized towns.
Comprehensive collection of urban ambience sound effects featuring bustling city life, including traffic, pedestrian activity, and environmental elements recorded across diverse metropolitan locations.
Detailed collection of passing vehicle sound effects, featuring 337 urban recordings from slow to fast speeds on various road surfaces, with both exterior and interior perspectives plus processed whoosh textures.
Comprehensive collection of urban destruction sound effects featuring explosions, debris, and material impacts, with multiple formats and variations for diverse audio-visual productions.
From Florida's forests to urban settings, this diverse collection features 23 authentic sound effects, including natural ambiences, city environments, and a rare hurricane recording from inside a home.
A city is never quiet. It just changes what it's loud about. The siren recordings give you ambulances and police cars racing past, and they sit over Traffic beds to make a street feel busy. Rain sounds harder in a city, slapping off pavements and gutters instead of soaking into a field. Abandoned buildings bring the opposite mood, empty rooms with the odd unexplained creak. For action, explosions and gunfire recorded in built-up areas carry the crack and echo of real walls, which is hard to fake with reverb. Crime dramas and open-world games use all of it.