FUBARED is a collection of crazy sounds from broken, worn-out, defective, and just plain destroyed devices.
FUBARED is a collection of crazy sounds from broken, worn-out, defective, and just plain destroyed devices. Things that are F****d Up Beyond All Recognition. Faulty preamps, broken doorbells, blown speakers, garbled comms and much more!

Thorough UCS Metadata
FUBARED offers 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.

What the Free(ish)?!
FUBARED is a free(ish) library. What does that mean?
Every year (around December 25th), Collected Transients releases a free sound effects library. The catch? It’s only available for free to the public for a very limited time. After that, there are two ways to grab them:
- Purchase any regular (not free-ish) Collected Transients library. Simply add a regular library to your cart and All Free(ish) Libraries will be added to your cart at no additional cost!
- Pay a small fee. After the free period, each library is available to the public for a small fee.
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Matthew Case –
The FUBARED collection is especially, well, f****d as it were haha. There are so many collections out there emulating working equipment, so it’s refreshing to see a collection where things are breaking or being misused. I’m lining up some sounds for some reel work right now, now and these high quality assets will sound excellent with the upcoming small project. Also, the metadata is organized in a coherent way, so that’s always a positive when hunting for the right effect. Thanks!