The provided source material details several free, royalty-free sound sample packs focused on nature recordings. These are primarily aimed at music producers, sound designers, and content creators rather than traditional consumer product samples. The offerings include collections of field recordings such as animals, rain, wind, and forest ambiance. Access is typically through direct download from the creator's website, with no mention of eligibility restrictions, sign-up requirements, or postal delivery. The sources describe these packs as tools for enhancing audio projects, from music production to film scoring, rather than promotional offers for consumer goods. The information is based on announcements from independent sound design labels and user-uploaded content platforms.
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Free Nature Sound Sample Packs
99Sounds Nature Sounds Library
A free sound pack titled "Nature Sounds" was released by the independent sound design label 99Sounds. The pack was created by Free To Use Sounds and is available for download. It consists of royalty-free nature field recordings captured in Taiwan. The library is organised into five categories: Animals (including frogs, squirrels, and insects), Forest (ambiance and vegetation), Rain (soft and heavy rain), Water (waterfall, river, splashes), and Wind (various intensities). The samples range in length from 5 seconds to 2 minutes, designed to be suitable for both short musical samples and long background atmospheres for media. The pack contains 83 audio files in 24-bit 96 kHz stereo WAV format, with a total uncompressed size of approximately 3 GB. The source suggests these recordings can be used for sound design, film, social media, and music production, such as layering rain sounds under a synthetic pad or using forest sounds as a textured soundbed.
NTHNL Nature Kit
The NTHNL Nature Kit is described as a collection of sounds recorded during a trip across the United States. This free pack includes percussion sounds that can be used as substitutes for conventional drum hits (e.g., snare, hi-hat, kick), flute samples for background elements or re-pitching, and various background nature sounds. Specific examples given include using waterfalls as noise sources, pinecones as hi-hats, and train brakes as snares. The pack does not contain loops. The description emphasises its utility for adding organic texture to music tracks.
Looperman User-Uploaded Nature Sounds
The platform Looperman hosts user-uploaded free nature loops, samples, and sounds available for commercial and non-commercial use on a royalty-free basis, subject to the site's terms and conditions. The list is filtered for items with "nature" in the title or description, and users are encouraged to leave comments if they use the sounds. The search functionality on the site can be used to find additional free nature loops and samples.
Other Mentioned Resources
The source data references other free sound resources. Soniss offered a 50GB+ bundle of high-quality sound effects for a limited time in celebration of GDC 2020. The 99Sounds library includes a "World Sounds" collection with approximately 4 GB of premium field recordings. Additionally, Gowler Music released "English Spring #GM0017," a sample pack featuring over one hour of ambient nature sounds recorded in the English countryside, including bird calls, wind, and occasional airplane overheads.