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AMBIENT ISOLATION LIBRARY

The Ambient Isolation library is a truly unique sound effects collection, containing over 1200 individual recordings,
​all captured between March and June of 2020, during the initial stages of the Covid lockdown.

The library contains high quality recordings sourced from over 120 locations around the world, with many larger cities covered multiple times by different recordists. As the name suggests, the sounds are ambiences that highlight the sense of isolation we all felt when the world went into lockdown.  This is not to say that the recordings are all silence and air tone, far from it. The reduction in background city noise allowed the individual sounds that were still there to give an amazing representation of the deserted spaces left behind. From church bells echoing through the streets of deserted Amsterdam, PA safety announcements over Mexico City, to tannoys breaking the silence of an empty London train station in what would usually be rush hour, most of these sounds will never be heard again.

All of the contributors to this library (listed below) have their own individual pages​, with an MP3 version of one of the sounds they submitted.
You can see where that recording was made and , if known, what format, microphone and recorder were used. Please check it out to hear the amazing range of sounds and locations that are all in this library.

There are a wide range of recording techniques used - Stereo, XY, AB, ORTF, Binaural, Ambisonic and Quad.

As this is library is crowd sourced, the metadata and file naming is not standard throughout the library but all recordings are of great quality.

If you have any questions before purchasing, please contact me - sound_editor@me.com
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PURCHASING THE LIBRARY

To purchase this unique library, you need to make a donation of at least £40/$50/€45 to the National Autistic Society in the UK.

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Click on the link and choose 'Single' and in 'other amount' input £40 (or more if you'd like).
then click 'Donate' and fill in your details.

For 'Please tell us about your donation', choose 'On behalf of an organisation' and enter 'Ambient Isolation' in the appropriate box.



If you're based in the UK, sadly, you cannot claim giftaid on this donation, as you're getting something in return.

​Once you've made the donation, you will need to forward the email receipt to me at sound_editor@me.com requesting the library. 
I will then send you a download link which will stay active for 7 days.

You are welcome to blank out any details from your donation email, just make sure I can see your name,
 email address and the amount that you've donated.
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If you are a facility and require a multi-user license, please get in touch regarding a multi-user license.

​Please read the EULA at the bottom of this page for license information.​

For anyone not wishing to go via the NAS website, I can accept payment and send you a receipt of the donation and a link to the
​library to download. Please contact me first before going down this route.
CLICK HERE TO MAKE YOUR DONATION AND PURCHASE THE LIBRARY

​This library has only been made possible through the outstanding work and co-operation of the following people,
all of whom gave their time and effort to record these amazing sounds for free.

Al Sirkett - Steve Giammaria - Anthony Velevitch - Pablo Rodriguez Aset - Amaury Auguste - Felix Barbarino - Anna Bertmark - Bouk Bouwmeester - Raoul Brand - Robert Brazier - Victor Bresse - Jeffrey Brice - Will Cohen - Emanuele Constantini - Rene Coronado - Noiseworks - Jakob Strandgaard Davidsen - Nikolaj de Haan - Marco Lopez - Alex Lane - Enos Desjardins - Ben Gale - Tony Gibson - Brian Gilligan - Edward Guy - Ryan Hooper - Lennert Hunfeld - Graham Kirkman - Evan Benjamin - Nikola Medic - Philip Mill - Jillis Molenaar - Roger Morford - Chris Munro - Kai Paquin - Fred Pearson - Owen Peters - Timo Säilä - David Thomas - Freek Vrijhof - Matt Waites - Peter Storm Wich - Jacek Wiśniewski - Scott Persson - Samantha Titshof - Diane Hope - Ande Shchurr - Mikkel Nielson - Robert Booth - Ed Rousseau - Tomas Blazukas - Eran Brinkman - Rahool Syam - Sean McGarrity - Roberto Serra - Jeremy Price - Jack Lowe -Jakov Munizaba - Michael F Bates- Pietu Korhonen - Metteo Milani - Peter Schubert - Liam Fowler - Harry Barnes - Mark J Henry - Owen Shirley - Arnaud Soulier  - Daniel Wolf - Thomas Vertongen - Kevin Peters - Ruen Palving - Ian Cymore - Michael Ho - Javier Quesada - Ewan Marshall - Ryan Nowak - Eoin Ryan - Kostas Loukovikas - Balazs Varga - Matt Gerstenberger - Patch Morrison - Adam Bloch - Lidia Tamplenizza - Tom Van Ham - Francois Fayard - Lars Ginzel - Dan Roe - Loundscape - Karthik Ashok - Luigi Di Venere - Alan Meaney - Kesha Sedov - Christopher Scullion - James Harrison - Craig LoGiudice - Ross Burnham - Ingrid Simon - Phil Lee - Robin Green - Michael Picknett - Bernard O'Reilly - Valerie Deloof - Daniy Oberle - George Ireland - Sean Garnhart - Antek Rutczynski - Jonas Weu - Stuart McCowen - Rob Walker - Leonardo Paoletti - Connor Orrico- Thomas Holroyd - David De La Haye - Thibault Csukoyi - Kirsti McIntyre - Ashley Tendekai - Neale Ross - Tom Jenkins - Colin Chipchase - Justin Kooy - Selia and Barbara - Nathan Wolek - Julien Loock - Helena Reveillere - Korey Pereira - Chandi Roukoz - Andreina Gomez - Jack Ritter - Danilo Crnogorac - Dom Lawrence - Andreas Usenbenz - Anna Sulley - Gabriel Solis - Susan Pennington - Lorenzo Piani - Jules Woods - Lachlan Harris - Viktor Pheonix - Rick Blything - Andrew Wilson - Bob Arons - Simon Bishop - Steve Fanagan - Gerardo Islas - James Russell - Fionan Higgins - Lama Sawaya - Ollie Campbell - Simon Bishop - Matias Yudicabartels - Tom Wright - Jascha Viehl - Alex Robson - Peter Albrechtsen - John Guitierrez - Steve Whetman - ​Jeremiah Moore - Eric Mooney - Yohann Bernard
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Money raised for the National Autistic Society - ​£8592


END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT


EULA for the purchase of the Ambient Isolation Sound Library

All sound recordings are copyright of their respective recordists and are offered under license as part of this collection. The sound recordings may not be stored as a collection intended for multi-user use without first purchasing a multi-user license. When purchasing this collection, the licensees may use these sound recordings royalty-free in accordance with the following terms and conditions.

The licensee may:
• Re-record, duplicate and release these sound recordings as part of a product or project in whatever medium they choose.
• Synchronize sound recordings with audio and or visual productions such as film, televisions, computer/video games,internet and any other media
Use these sound recordings as part of the public viewing or broadcast of your product.

​The licensee may not:
• Claim ownership or authorship of the sound recordings purchased
• Transfer or sell this license
• Sell the sound recordings to any other party
• Repackage, redistribute, or re-license the sound recordings or any derivative collections made from the sound recordings.
• Distribute or perform any part of the library, where they are not incorporated in and/or synchronised with other media.

For Multi-User Site License terms and pricing, please contact sound_editor@me.com

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