In this Easter episode of our regular Sunday Sound Effects Round Up we take a look at new libraries from Surround Sound Labs, Foley Collection, Sonner Sound and Undertone. SoundBits and A Sound Effect are also running seasonal sales with discounts of up to 60%.

Surround Sound Lab - Far City Ambiences

Surround Sound Lab has released Far City Ambiences as their first ambisonic library decoded and mixed in Dolby Atmos. After several months recording this library, they are including 22 tracks in ambisonic format, 48Khz and 24 bits HD.  On this occasion, they have mastered all the files in Ad Hoc Studios Madrid Post Production sound studios certified by Avid and Dolby.

They have decoded all the First Order Ambisonic recordings with HarpeX plugin into 7.1.2 Dolby ATMOS bed configuration, using the top channel to create ambiences tracks ready to use.

They also have told us that they plan their new releases will be in Ambisonic format. This way users will be able to decode it from mono to Atmos systems, as well as being able to use the Ambisonics format for VR productions.

They have decoded our library with the HarpeX Plug-in. You can also download the free SoundField SurroundZone 2 plug-in and convert the included B-format files into your preferred format (stereo, 5.0, 5.1, 6.0, 6.1, 7.0 or 7.1 surround). This library also contains ready-made 5.1 & ST mixdowns for your convenience.

• Total Runtime: 00h 30m
• Number of unique tracks: 22 Ambiences
• Library Size: 9 GB
• Quality: 24 bit / 48 kHz
• Formats: Ambisonics, Atmos, Surround And Stereo versions Included
• Price: 75 Euros exc VAT

This collection is also included in their complete collection is a lifetime subscription to all their actual and future releases. Buy it once, and get all their new sounds for free! The complete collection already stands at 140Gb now and growing.

Foley Collection Release Real Outdoor Footsteps Expansion Pack

During last summer the team at Foley Collection spent 4 weeks travelling with recording equipment through the Swiss Alps and the Spanish Sierra Nevada. We knew that Foley outdoor recordings would be a challenge and often they were surprised by bad weather conditions, but in the end, they can now present you with a unique collection of excellent recordings.

Why have outdoor foley recordings? Even if you use a super-cardioid capsule, some transients may take up too much room. Also, the surfaces are not always 100% grass or dirt. Often you need something in between. That's what you get with Real Outdoor Footsteps.

Foley Collection have three groups of users. Customers with the Edward Ultimate SUITE, customers with the Edward Foleyart Instrument and users of the Foleyart Collection who work with meta-tagged WAV files. They have chosen to support all 3 groups to give all the opportunity to extend their repertoire with the Real Outdoor Footsteps  Owners of the Black Box, who bought it in 2018, will receive free access to Real Outdoor Footsteps. 

Sonner Sound Release 3 New Libraries - Sweden Ambiences, Elevators & Buttons & Switches

Sweden Ambiences - This is their home, the sounds from the country they live in. Hear the cold winter winds from the hills of Gothenburg, the city life of the student town of Uppsala and the untouched nature far from the highways and industries from the whole year. They have collected the nature, cities, parks and rivers in a compact package. A library like this wouldn’t be complete without wallas where you can hear the Swedish language, in a café, shopping mall and train station. This comes down to over 220 minutes in 7,7 Gb. Everything is recorded on a Sound Devices 633 with Neumann KM184 and Sennheiser MKH50 in Stereo (96 kHz, 24 Bit).

• Running Time: 220 minutes
• Library Size: 7.7Gb
• Quality: 96KHz / 24 Bit
• Price: $50

Elevators is a library of elevators! From the standard elevator to EWP, platform elevator, large industrial lifts, one of the largest elevators in Europe and an old elevator from the early 1900s. Hear them pass by, listen to room tones, button presses, door movements and more! 

• Number of files: 46 
• Library Size: 625 Mb
• Quality: 96KHz / 24 Bit
• Price: $50

Button And Switches - Sonner Sound have collected a wide range of buttons, switches handling noises, cranks and dials, both old and new. There are over 500 sounds collected in 68 files, so something here for everyone, including regular household buttons such as light switches and computer mice and some more experimental in steampunk style. 

• Number of files: 68
• Number of Files: 500 
• Quality: 96KHz / 24 Bit
• Price: $50

Exclusive discount for the Pro Tools Expert community

Carl Fellgren from Sonner Sound is offering a 25% discount for the Pro Tools Expert community. To take advantage of this generous offer you will need to use the coupon code PTEX2018. Don't delay too long as this unique offer is only available for 2 weeks.

Undertone Release 3 New Libraries - City Construction, Airports, Zumbro Field and Stream and Cathedral & Concert Hall Audiences

City Construction - Apparently there’s a joke that there are only two seasons in the Midwest – winter and road construction.  So it was only fitting that the city of Minneapolis started tearing up the street outside the Undertone studios last summer.  We decided to make the best of a bad situation and record the construction site cacophony.  This library has the clatter of flatbed trucks, chugging diesel engines, creaking earth movers, shovels digging through rubble, drilling, hammering, and of course plenty of vehicles beeping as they back up. While there is a lot of great detail here with some very specific movements documented and we’ve used specific things to great effect, this is really more of an ambient library.

• Quality: 96KHz / 24 Bit
• Price: $30

Airports - As dedicated documentarians and re-presenters of their world, the team at Undertone often take their portable recorders with them when they travel. While they don’t like to fly, they love to record and listen to their recordings and then share them with their customers. Airports has sounds from 3 airports - Chicago O’Hare, Amsterdam Schiphol and Vienna International. They also documented the trip along the way onboard their aeroplane. In fact, they have been a little underwhelmed by most commercial recordings of aeroplanes in flight and use their own recordings instead!

• Quality: 96KHz / 24 Bit
• Price: $25

Zumbro Field and Stream - Nothing quite compares to the solitude of nature – sitting alone on the banks of a calm river while the water gurgles past, birds call to each other in the woods, and wind whispers through the leaves.  The team from Undertone grabbed a few assorted recordings on a short day trip to the woodlands of Southeast Minnesota.  This pack contains some riverside ambience with plenty of birdcalls, a recording made in a prairie nearby the woods with dragonflies buzzing past, and while on the way back to civilization they even picked up some chickens clucking from a nearby farm.

• Quality: 96KHz / 24 Bit
• Price: $15

Cathedral & Concert Hall Audiences - They have pulled some useful sounds from a concert at a Cathedral with 2500 people in attendance as well sounds from 3 orchestra performances at a concert hall with 2000 people in attendance (in each) — the gathering crowd milling about, talking, laughing and filing in and out. Then they lifted all the varying applauses small and large including the final big burst of applause.

But the rare gold, we feel, is in the “in-between”. Before the music starts there are moments of quiet, of shuffling in the seats, music stand hits, instrument shifts, the isolated cough, etc. All these subtle nuances of audience and performer movements have been captured.  These can be used for church scenes, concert scenes, or any room tone for a scene in a large reverberant space where some minimal movement is needed.

Undertone has expanded this collection.

• Quality: 96KHz / 24 Bit
• Price: $30

A Sound Effect Easter Sale

To celebrate Spring and Easter, a number of independent sound effects creators have teamed up with A Sound Effect for a huge sale, with discounts on 100s of SFX libraries.

If you hurry, you may be in time to get 112 additional sound effects from Red Libraries and SampleTraxx free with ANY order. If you want to add some outstanding new sounds to your collection, this is a great opportunity.

SoundBits Sale

Saro at SoundBits is running a Spring Sale with discounts between 30 and 60%. It's not clear how long the SoundBits Spring Sale is on for so if there are any libraries n the SoundBits collection then grab the opportunity whilst you can.