Diffuse City 2 is the ultimate urban surround sound ambience sound effects library.
Delivered in 5.0, it encompasses a wide array of city environments with a focus on diffuse ambience. No close vehicle pass-bys drowning out your dialog; only lush urban ambience beds. Diffuse City 2’s goal is to make it easier for editors and mixers to craft interesting and full, yet non-intrusive backgrounds in films, tv, and games.
What’s included?
- Elevated City: Rooftops, Balconies, etc.
- Distant Highway: Large Interstates to Small Highways
- Underground: Tunnels in the Urban Underbelly
- Distant City: Urban Outskirts Big and Small
- Bridges: Traffic from Below Bridges Colossal to Small
- City Rumble: Rumbling City Cores Without Nearby Traffic
- Industrial: Distant Railyards, Airports, Factories, and more
Library Preview
Each ambience in Diffuse City 2 is recorded with a “natural filter” in mind, such as distance, elevation, time of day, or physical material. This gives you the flexibility to create the perfect urban atmosphere for your project, without the jarring specifics of many other urban ambience libraries.
Diffuse City 2 covers a wide range of environments, from big cities to suburbs… small towns to rural areas. It was recorded over very late and cold nights to minimize nearby distractions, and includes a wide variety of locations/subjects.
No matter how late or cold the night, occasionally cars pass by… alarms go off… trains roar by…. These interruptions are edited out of the ambience recordings, but included as “extras” in the library. Perfect for adding some flavor to a moment that’s authentic to the environment it was recorded in.
Embedded Markers
In addition to thorough metadata, this library includes embedded markers highlighting unique moments and sounds that aren’t easily visible in a waveform. Software like Soundminer, iZotope RX, and Reaper can display these markers, making it easy to identify distinct sonic moments. Learn more about software support for markers.
Thorough UCS Metadata
This library has thorough UCS compliant metadata that works across all popular audio database software. Each file is embedded with exhaustive information about the recording.
Aside from the usual ‘description’, many other fields are available that provide useful tidbits like recording notes, microphone information, category, and sub-category. All sound effects also come embedded with an image showing exactly what was being recorded.
Elevated City
City sounds from above. From rooftops and balconies in downtown environments, elevation provides a unique and unmistakable presence.
(11 locations/131+ min/1 “Extra”)
Distant Highways
Distant tire and engine noise from interstates and highways. From constant traffic, to sparse pass-bys.
(10 locations/113+ min/5 “Extras”)
Underground
The urban underbelly. Deep rumbles and distant roars of city life reverberate through gritty concrete underground environments
(9 locations/103+ min/7 “Extras”)
Distant City
The far-off outskirts of the city. Distant droning cities recorded from remote locations provide a unique and useful urban aura.
(16 locations/184+ min/7 “Extras”)
Bridges
Bellowing bridges from below. Massive rumbling tones and impacts from small highway bridges to colossal raised interstates.
(9 locations/98+ min/4 “Extras”)
City Rumble
The perfect city base. Rumbling urban environments with no nearby traffic capture the feeling of the city at it’s core.
(20 locations/186+ min/19 “Extras”)
Industrial
The unmistakable drone of distant industry. Railyards, airports, factories, and more roar into the night.
(9 locations/108+ min/3 “Extras”)
Extras
Close car bys, planes, trains, and much more… all recorded in the same environments as the ambience recordings for easy and realistic editing.
(46 Total “Extras”/88+ min)
Nicolas Rigaudière –
Great diversity and creativity in the sounds!
Marie-Claude Gagné –
Great 5.O City Ambiance Library. I’ll use it for most of my project