Sound effects tag

Winter Sound Effects

Winter sound effects for cold you can hear. Boots crunching through fresh snow and a blizzard howling across open ground. Ice creaking on a frozen lake. Snowballs thumping home, skis hissing down a slope. Then the quiet side of winter, a forest muffled by snow, where the silence does most of the work.

Libraries
70
Publishers
43
Formats
Mono, stereo, M/S, surround, ambisonic
Sample rates
44.1 to 192 kHz
Licence
Royalty-free for commercial work
Price range
$5 to $299.99
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Recorded or designed
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Channel format
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Embedded metadata
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All 70 libraries tagged Winter

96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Nature-rich recordings capture diverse stream sounds with flowing water textures, from gentle trickles to strong currents, featuring pristine sound effects captured using professional Neumann equipment.
11 files · 208 MB · Metadata
Only on Sonniss
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Mono, Stereo, M/S.
Pristine winter soundscapes capture nature's raw elements, featuring wind, blizzard, and ice sounds recorded in European locations, with detailed sound effects from hydrophone and MS stereo techniques.
93 files · 6.11 GB · Metadata
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Mono, Stereo.
This comprehensive winter footstep library features 330 high-quality sound effects, including crisp ice cracks and crunching snow recorded from frozen lakes and snowfall, with both individual files and stereo loops.
330 files · 743 MB · Metadata
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Remote Montana wilderness yields pristine, lengthy sound effects of untouched winter landscapes, captured in high-resolution audio across the Lost Trail National Wildlife Refuge.
23 files · 2.39 GB · Metadata
96 kHz, 24-bit.
Icy snow footstep sound effects performed at minus 12 degrees Celsius on open field, covering sneaking, walking, running, sprinting, jump takeoffs and landings, scuffs, skids, and long slides across 173 files.
173 files · 145 MB · Metadata
48 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Wolf sound effects featuring 32 wilderness recordings of natural pack behavior, including lonely howls, aggressive growls, whines, and bone-crushing feeding sounds captured across close, mid, and distant perspectives.
32 files · 404 MB · Metadata
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Mono, Stereo.
A library of historical church bell sound effects covering European (Middle Ages-20th C.) and 19th C. maritime bells, from close-up tower recordings to distant soundscapes.
32 files · 1.72 GB · Metadata
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Surround.
Wind sound effects library capturing breezes and gusts moving through diverse vegetation including fields, bamboo, forests, and shrubs. Contains stereo and 5.0 surround recordings using multiple setups.
53 files · 5.5 GB · Metadata
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
This Arctic sound effects library captures seasonal winds across Lapland's diverse landscapes, featuring natural elements from creaking trees to shifting snow, recorded in various Finnish environments.
19 files · 2.51 GB · Metadata
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Meticulously captured sound effects span diverse wind atmospheres, from gentle forest breezes to powerful valley gusts, featuring seasonal variations and natural elements across multiple outdoor environments.
32 files · 2.20 GB · Metadata

Snow changes the sound of everything. Fresh powder soaks up reflections, so a winter exterior feels closer and quieter than the same place in Summer. Snow footsteps are a big part of it, from slow, heavy walks to light runs, and the crunch changes with the temperature, squeaky when it's very cold and closer to Slush when it's melting. Ice brings the drama, with cracks and groans from frozen lakes, some recorded underwater. Wind does the rest, from a breeze in bare branches to a full blizzard. Christmas adverts and survival games lean on it every year.

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