First Contact — Free cinematic sound pack

Make somethingunheard.

100+ WAV files · 1.16 GB

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For films, games, music, and whatever you’re imagining.

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First Contact by SoundMorph — cinematic sound effects library

Meet First Contact.

100+ WAV files · 1.16 GB

Inside the free pack

The trailer

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An invitation into our world of sound. Discover 100+ cinematic sound effects, free to make your own.

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Impacts & stingers

Tech hits, shock waves and bent-brass accents.

Whooshes & risers

Flybys, magic sweeteners and rising tension.

Rain & texture

Forest rain, granular detail and bowed metal.

Sci-fi & energy

Portals, blasters, data streams and scanners.

Robots & mechanisms

Servo motors, mechanical movements and transformations.

Bass & percussion

Distorted kicks, synth layers and cinematic horns.

Jason Cushing shaping a synthesizer patch in the studio.
Jason Cushing — behind the sounds.

For the love of sound.

We started SoundMorph because we love sound—finding it, recording it, and discovering what it can become. We put that care into everything we make, so you have sounds that inspire you and bring your ideas to life.

This free pack is an invitation into our world. We’d love to hear what you make with it.

100+ WAV files · 1.16 GB · First Contact

Get to know the sounds.

Previously unreleased SoundMorph material, alongside handpicked selections from our established libraries. A collection of cinematic sound effects to explore, reshape and make your own.

First Contact Listening room

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First Contact

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Impacts & stingers
Glitch-grain impacts, intense impacts, slick sci-fi hits, underwater explosions, shock waves and complex tech hits.
Whooshes & risers
Textured whoosh hits, flybys, ice-gurgle passbys, magic whoosh sweeteners and a Cyborg Fury riser.
Rain & texture
Heavy forest rain, granular mechanical textures and bowed-and-struck metal.
Sci-fi & energy
Opening and closing portals, portal blasters, energy impacts and swells, comms static, data downloads and scanners.
Robots & mechanisms
DVD mechanisms, small servos, designed bike movements, Robotronic movements, bot steps, pneumatic gears and mecha deployments.
Bass & percussion
Low and distorted kicks, bass synth layers, sequenced movement, mega horns and bent-brass stingers.

Explore the source libraries

Enjoy a sound from one of these libraries? Follow it further. First Contact includes selected files from each, alongside the previously unreleased material.

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Anonymous (South Africa)
Great organic sounding sci-fi

Great organic sounding sci-fi sfx

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Important install note

Open this file after downloading every part:

For multipart sound libraries

  1. Download every part into the same folder. Wait until every download has finished, and keep the original filenames unchanged.
  2. Open Part 1 only in one of the apps below: the file ending in .7z.001, .zip.001 or .part1.rar (sometimes .part01.rar). For older .rar + .r00 sets, open the .rar file.
  3. The app reads the remaining parts automatically and extracts the complete library. Keep all parts together until extraction finishes; you do not need to open the other parts.

If your library contains separate, complete ZIP archives instead of numbered volumes, extract each ZIP separately. Software installers have their own instructions.

Mac — Keka recommended
Keka is our recommended Mac app for large SoundMorph libraries and can be faster than The Unarchiver. Get the free direct download from Keka’s website, or support its developer with the Mac App Store version ($6.49 USD). Store pricing varies by region and may change. The Unarchiver also works and is free. Extraction speed depends on your Mac and the archive.

Keka users: allow folder or drive access

Keka needs permission to read the folder or drive holding your downloads, especially multipart archives on an external drive. If you have not already granted access:

  1. Open Keka → Settings (or Preferences) → File Access.
  2. Click the + button at the bottom left. Select the folder or drive containing all your downloaded parts, then click Give access to Keka (or Open).
  3. If you are extracting to a different folder or drive, grant access there too. Then open Part 1 only again.

Seeing “Operation not permitted” or “Cannot open the file as archive”? Check Keka’s access first. These messages do not necessarily mean the download is damaged.

Show Keka settings (+ button)
Keka File Access settings. Use the plus button in the bottom-left corner to add the folder or drive containing your downloads.
The arrow points to the + button. Add the folder or drive you are using; the entries shown here are just an example.

Windows — 7-Zip
Use 7-Zip, a free archive extraction app for Windows.

Make sure your drive has enough free space for both the downloaded archive parts and the extracted library.

* We’re developing a SoundMorph downloader and installer app to make downloading and installing your libraries faster and easier. Coming in 2027!
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