In this episode of Sunday Sound Effects Round Up we look at The Burning House and the Supermarine Spitfire Mk XIV Libraries from Pole Position Production, a free Inflammable Liquids library from Boom Library, Twin Huey HD Pro Helicopters library from The Recordist and Airborne Sound reduce the price on 4 Libraries, Battlefield Howitzers, Elements: Metal, Tools and Fairgrounds.

The Burning House Library From Pole Position Production

A burning building is a pinnacle of danger, but here's your chance to hear a controlled one! This library captures a wooden summer cottage burning down to the ground. It contains fire at various intensities and random debris as the house falls apart. A number of microphones were positioned around the house to cover the exteriors, and one microphone was inside the house to cover the early stages of the fire spreading inside. A few crackles, sparks, and debris are also included as sweeteners in The Burning House Library.

Asbjoern from A Sound Effect interviewed recordist Mats Lundgren from Pole Position Production about how this opportunity came about and some of the challenges it presented...

I used bricks I found in a heap to build walls where I could hide less expensive mics (EV RE20s) and that way I was actually able to get rather close to the fire as well. There was also a tool shed close by, behind which I found some corrugated metal sheets that I used as a heat shield to cover a shotgun mic. The mics I used were two Sennheiser MKH 8060 as shotguns, a Holophone recording in stereo, two Schoeps CMC6 in XY stereo, a Telinga with a Sennheiser MKH 8020, two EV RE50 and an ORTF with Sennheiser MKH 8040s.

But in addition to that, DPA was kind enough to give us two 4061 lavs that we could put inside the house to really capture the sound of being in a house that’s on fire. To protect them as much as I could I bought fireproof material normally used for insulating house walls. I built a little house out of those and hid one of the lavs inside, and then placed it as far away as possible from where the fire was set to start. It worked very well and we managed to get a couple of minutes of wild fire before it went bust.

You can read the full interview on the A Sound Effect blog.

• 104 files Includes metadata 
• Approx. 107 minutes total
• Sample Rate/Bit Depth: 24/96
• Library Size: 1.44 GB
• Price: $149

Flammable Liquid - A Free Library From Boom Library

Continuing the fire theme, Boom Library has released a free library - Flammable Liquids. This is a FREE set of raw and dirty flamethrower SFX. Their model is hand-made and projects a stream of ignited flammable liquid giving some nice bursts, whooshes, sputters and pyroclasms. 

All sound effects are delivered in 96 kHz, 24-bit, giving you the best quality for heavy editing, pitching, and fx processing while keeping a top notch level of clarity and precision. To provide you with the fastest and easiest workflow possible all files contain extensive metadata. 

• 18 files Includes metadata 
• Sample Rate/Bit Depth: 24/96
• Library Size: 75 MB
• Price: FREE

Twin Huey HD Pro From The Recordist

The Twin Huey HD Pro library is the sound of the UH-1N Iroquois. Ambisonic and MS Stereo. Recorded on two occasions here in Idaho. The Bell UH-1N Twin Huey is a twin-engine medium military helicopter. A member of the numerous Huey family, it first flew in 1969.

Frank Bry grabbed the opportunity to record the UH-1N Iroquois helicopter when 2 flew over his house. He caught up with them when they landed at his local airport and it transpired they would be flying in and out all day. Frank takes up the story...

As soon as I heard him get the call they were on their way back I prepped the SoundField ST450 MKII Ambisonic Microphone for recording. The SoundField ST450 MKII has internal heaters and they can take a few minutes to warm the capsules so the humidity doesn’t affect them. Once I had the microphone on a boom pole I was ready to step outside onto the cold, windy runway.

Only one Huey flew in to swap crew members and then it was off to the lake. A short time later they both flew in and landed for a lunch break. I patiently waited for the Huey crews to return so I could record them starting up.

It takes them quite a while to prepare and safety check the helicopters for departure so I had plenty of time to set up the SoundField ST450 and have my Schoeps MK4/MK8 MS rig on the boom pole. I placed the SoundField ST450 approximately 150 feet in front of the helicopters. My goal was to get a nice balanced Ambisonic recording so I used a microphone stand and the SoundField ST450 was centred between Hueys. I had the Schoeps MK4/MK8 MS microphone in my left hand using a boom pole and in my right hand was my iPhone to record the video. 

• 14 files Includes metadata 
• Sample Rate/Bit Depth: 24/96
• Format: Stereo • MS Encoded • Ambisonic
• Download Size: 3.2 GB
• Price: $49

Included are 4 channel SoundField B-Format, M/S encoded raw and decoded stereo WAV files. The M/S encoded files are interleaved stereo with the mid on the left and the side on the right. 

The ST450 MKII generates audio in any format including mono, stereo, M/S, 5.1 surround and beyond. Use the free SurroundZone2 software to decode the B-Format files into whatever surround and immersive format is required.

Supermarine Spitfire Mk XIV Library From Pole Position Production

Supermarine Spitfire Mk XIV is a library of the British World War II fighter Supermarine Spitfire Mk XIV, equipped with a supercharged Rolls Royce Griffon engine.

The library contains two ground runs, and a flying session. The two ground runs each covers startup, idle, steady rpms ranging from low to high, ramps, throttle movement to simulate broken engine or dogfight, and shutdown, recorded to more than 25 channels from different perspectives, both onboard and exterior. The flying session contains taxiing, take off, flybys and landing, also recorded to more than 25 channels, both onboard and exterior.

• 209 files Includes metadata 
• Sample Rate/Bit Depth: 24/96
• Library Size: 19.28 GB
• Price: $449

Airborne Sound Reduce The Price On 4 Libraries

Battlefield Howitzers

A variety of battlefield heavy artillery shots from three types of field pieces including a M101 howitzer and a Ordnance QF 25-pounder artillery piece.

This revised Battlefield Howitzers collection omits the previous 5.1 perspectives and drops the price to make this sound library more accessible. What remains are 2 versions of 70 individual shots and sweeteners from actual military ordinan.

• 140 files Includes metadata 
• Sample Rate/Bit Depth: 24/96
• Library Size: 614 MB
• Price: Was $74 Now $44.

Elements: Metal

The Elements: Metal sound effects library packs in over 1,750 clips of iron, steel, and metal field recordings. The collection includes clattering drops, harsh crashes, and sharp hits. There are gritty rolls, debris movement, and ear-piercing scrapes. The pack includes strong takes as well as subtle performances on both concrete and packed dirt to provide a varied toolbox of metal sound effects for your sonic composition

• 1755 files Includes metadata 
• Sample Rate/Bit Depth: 24/48
• Library Size: 1.3 GB
• Price: Was $39 now $33.

Tools

Tools is a massive 5.85 gigabyte, 250-file multi-channel mixed sound clip library that packs heaps of machinery, equipment, and power tools into one sound effects toolbox. There are nearly 60 tool types with multiple brands, scattered accessories, each with varied performances.

• 250 files Includes metadata 
• Sample Rate/Bit Depth: 24/96
• Library Size: 5.8 GB
• Price: Was $46 now $36.

Fairgrounds

The Fairgrounds collection gathers the thrills and excitement of amusement parks, funfairs, festivals, and carnivals. This sound library explores fairgrounds from the midway with chaotic games and twirling rides and a lively children’s funfair to bustling exhibition halls and thriving food buildings and more.

You’ll hear shrieks of terror on swirling rides and yelps of joy in the games midway. Throngs compete at BB gun, crown and anchor, bingo, and plate breaker games. There are crowd ambiences on bumper cars, a Ferris wheel, and The Zipper. Hear barkers beckon, salesmen peddle goods, and crowds delight in thriving festival atmospheres.

• 72 files Includes metadata 
• Sample Rate/Bit Depth: 24/96
• Library Size: 4.4 GB
• Price: Was $49 now $37.