Ambient textures, nature recordings, and environmental soundscapes
This category turns Lots of Sounds' strongest environmental tags into a dedicated hub for relaxation apps, documentaries, meditation tools, nature videos, game ambience, and background design. Instead of browsing one tag at a time, visitors can land on a broader ambient cluster and branch into more specific catalog pages. 2,511 matching sounds available right now.
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Field recordings and environmental soundscapes
Browse field recordings, environmental soundscapes, and real-world background audio from the Lots of Sounds ambient catalog.
Nature sounds and outdoor ambience
Browse nature sounds, outdoor ambience, and environmental background recordings from the Lots of Sounds catalog.
Ambience sounds and atmospheric background audio
Browse ambience sounds, atmospheric backgrounds, and environment-first audio textures from the Lots of Sounds catalog.
Forest sounds and woodland ambience
Browse forest sounds, woodland ambience, and immersive outdoor backgrounds from the ambient-nature catalog.
Water sounds, waves, and liquid ambience
Browse water sounds, waves, splashes, and liquid environmental ambience from the Lots of Sounds catalog.
Beach sounds and coastal ambience
Browse beach sounds, coastal ambience, waves, and shoreline backgrounds from the Lots of Sounds ambient catalog.
Ambient nature and field recordings
2,511 soundsRave Party - far away (5/5)
Ambience. Mixtures of sounds from a distant rave party about 800 mts away on a valley (more than 1 DJ playing at the same time). City night around 5 am. Some early birds. Volume goes up and down according to wind's direction. Recorded during "queima das fitas", Coimbra, Portugal. I have similar sounds with different beats, look in my profile. NOTE: Music on the recording could be subject to copyright, use it at your own responsibility. Recorded with Zoom H4N-Pro 48 KHZ / 24 BIT
EXT Suburban hill Dorset
A hill in South England. Mono, directional recording.
Abadoned Steampunk House Dark Atmosphere
Abadoned Steampunk House Dark Atmosphere
weird ambience
a bunch of random samples blurred together slowly.
drone4
an i/o faded drone sound like a passing aeroplane
Morning in swiss mountain
Field recording of the atmosphere of an early morning in the swiss mountains, before sunrise. With wind and birds slowly waking up in the forest. Quiet ambiance recorded with h5n in stereo. In the distance, there's a mountain river.
Storm cloud
Space ambience: Storm cloud, atmospheric. Wind audio, sfx, dark. Recorded and mastered through audio software, no factory samples. Made as an experiment into sound design. Recorded in Ireland. Made by MSFX
Mine Machines
Mine Machine Atmosphere
ATMOSPHERIC WIND TONE
Synth atmosphere with wind tone sounds. Peace.
Cold Wind Winter Animals Snow Birds Water Atmo Ambiance Atmosphere Mastered Surround
Cold Wind Winter Animals Snow Birds Water Atmo Ambiance Atmosphere Mastered Surround
Wind whooshing through vent
The day I recorded this was a particularly windy and snowy day. I noticed the wind was blowing really hard through one of the vents in my apartment, so I figured it might be useful for someone. Recorded with a Zoom H1.
FACTORY 3
Fortunately I don't live nearby, but not far from home there is a factory that manufactures motorhomes, that's the atmosphere, made of machines, hammer noise blowers and all kinds of activity.
Dark and Tense Ambiance
The atmosphere is tense, dark shadows are dashing through pitch black corners, and unsolved mysteries abound. I would love to hear what you have used my effects for! I you'd like, please leave a link to your project so that I can give it a listen! The sounds used in this piece are linked down below Dark Wind by tec_studio- https://freesound.org/people/tec_studio/sounds/440962/ bass synth oneshot 38 by CVLTIV8R.wav- https://freesound.org/people/CVLTIV8R/sounds/797491/
FACTORY 2
Fortunately I don't live nearby, but not far from home there is a factory that manufactures motorhomes, that's the atmosphere, made of machines, hammer noise blowers and all kinds of activity.
Quiet Side Street in City Shopping/Nighlife Area, Summer. Hamburg Sternschanze.
Short ambience of a semi quiet side street in Hamburg Sternschanze. Birds, general traffic noise, wind, some light construction. Recorded with a baffled pair of MKE2 on a Tascam HD-P2. 48kHz, 24bit.
park bench atmosphere
The general ambiance of summer in a back yard, similar to the background of a park bench: a songbird periodically repeating, the distance sounds of some traffic, a cop's whistle, wind through the trees, and some squirrels barking.
FOREST
Ambiance sonore d’une forêt française. Son enregistré avec un ZOOM H4N Pro et une bonnette Rycote Mini Wind Screen. Sound atmosphere of a french forest. Sound recorded with a ZOOM H4N Pro and a Rycote Mini Wind Screen. My sounds are licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License but it would be a pleasure for me to hear your work so doesn’t hesitate to comment or to send me a message with your work :)
Action, Thrill, Atmosphere
Hello out there This sound is made with Arturia Keylab 61. The software is called Analoglab 3, and was included in the buy of the keyboard. Hope u like it I woud raally like to listen/see what you have done with the sound. so please Notifi me. :D :D
Rave Party - far away (4/5)
Ambience. Mixtures of sounds from a distant rave party about 800 mts away on a valley (more than 1 DJ playing at the same time). City night around 1 am. Some early birds. Volume goes up and down according to wind's direction. Recorded during "queima das fitas", Coimbra, Portugal. I have similar sounds with different beats, look in my profile. NOTE: Music on the recording could be subject to copyright, use it at your own responsibility. Recorded with Zoom H4N-Pro 48 KHZ / 24 BIT
Flying over a landscape
Flying over a landscape. Created by Korg Mono/Polys noise-generator. Made for an atmospheric drone shot.
Alone walk in field
Alone walk in field - Piano Keys Dark Dramatic Sound Wind Soundscape Atmosphere
atmosphere-evening-birds
Ambience of field of grass. Evening, sunset. Sounds of birds wind, and hum of road. Stereo recorded on internal Zoom H4n microphones. No post processing.
Soft ambience of street from interior terraced street Leeds, UK, Autumn
A soft and subtle, unedited sound recording from my studio in Leeds. On the top floor of my terraced house, I have a large window that opens out onto a quiet street in north Leeds. A school is nearby, so there are some elements of children screaming, but overall you get a nice wash of bird song, quiet car sounds and mild wind. This recording would be excellent for atmospheric sound for film, TV or whatever else. Feel free to use this sample and contact me if you want some extended recordings
High Mountain
A remix composit of samples from freesound mixed in Alchemy and some other clever sample effects. An atmosphere of a high mountain complete with wind, chimes and Mongolian voice chanting.
Night Ambiance - 44.1k, 16-Bit Depth
BEST USESES: Film ambiance / atmosphere ______________________________________________________________________________________ A field recording of night time ambience, very little wind noise. Easily loopable in production. There is a very very light sound of rain in the file but could easily be overlooked and would be covered with dialog. No credit is required, but is appreciated! _____________________________________________________________________________________ Other te
Wheat Field Ambience
We recorded this sound while our trip through India. You can watch the video here: https://youtu.be/6rcbPwXQUjo You can use this sound in your Project regardless if it is commercial or non-commercial but it would be awesome if you could tag my instagram account somewhere in the description: https://www.instagram.com/florianreichelt/ ALL SOUND EFFECTS HAVE BEEN RECORDED WITH THE H4N Pro: https://amzn.to/2PACYyR Leave a comment and tell me for which project you used it!! :) By the way - have you g
Inside Airplane
normal noise Inside an airplane Please, consider listening my music on bandcamp: https://mrthenoronha.bandcamp.com/album/mstech-educational-projects-soundtrack
Wind Chime
Recorded with a Rode NT1-A, the sound of a wind chime chiming.
Birds Ambience Atmosphere early morning field slight breeze
Different birds calling in the distance in a field, light breeze wind. Find more of our sound effects at www.wavjunction.com
wind_chimes
A set of wind chimes recorded outside a mansion house.
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FAQ about ambient & nature
What ambient sounds are included in this category?
The page combines ambient, ambience, atmosphere, nature, field-recording, forest, birds, wind, water, and ocean-oriented tags into one environmental audio hub.
Who is this ambient category useful for?
It is a strong fit for sleep apps, wellness tools, background video workflows, documentary editing, and immersive game scenes that need environmental sound textures.
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