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Sci-Fi – Momentum

AN EPIC SONIC JOURNEYBoom Library
$265.00
+ applicable tax (VAT) depends on country/region

Boom Library

Sci-Fi — Momentum

Starships, Time Warps, Servos

Futuristic movement built on organic recordings — levers, jets, motorcycles and a modular rack, from a train museum and the Alps.

4,056Sounds in the bundle
734Files in the bundle
13.6 GBBundle size
7Designed categories
+And more

Hurtling starships●Time warps●Grinding engines●Hovering drones●Humming servos●Pneumatic lifts●Power ups●Power downs●Airlocks●Doors●& more

Designed: 416 sounds in 104 files96 kHz WAV, 24 bitOrganic sources under the synthetic

Most sci-fi libraries are synthetic all the way down, which is exactly why they stop sounding real at the second listen.

This one is built on a great deal of organic recording — levers, passing jets, speeding motorcycles and small gadgets, blended with a modular rack for the spaced-out material. The grounding is what carries hurtling starships, time warps and smaller vehicle movements past the point where a listener stops believing them.

At a Glance

  • 4,056 sounds in 734 files the bundle figure; the Designed edition alone is 416 sounds in 104 files
  • Organic under synthetic real source recordings blended with designed material, which the field calls rare in the sci-fi realm
  • Seven designed categories doors, airlocks, vehicles, timewarps, impacts, power ups and power downs
  • Recorded in the field a train museum and steep mountain slopes deep in the Alps
  • A modular rack too used for the more spaced-out sounds, alongside the recordings
  • 96 kHz WAV, 24 bit Windows and Mac, in every edition

Content & Detail

01The Three Editionsand where the sizes disagree▾
Construction Kit630 files · 3,640 sounds · 11.2 GB — the source recordings
Designed104 files · 416 sounds · 2.3 GB — finished, drag-and-drop
The Bundle734 files · 4,056 sounds · 13.6 GB — both editions together
Files and sounds check out630 + 104 = 734 and 3,640 + 416 = 4,056, exactly as the bundle states
The size does not11.2 + 2.3 = 13.5 GB against a stated 13.6 GB. Both figures are the field’s own; the 0.1 GB is left visible rather than rounded away
FormatWAV — 24 bit — 96 kHz, Windows and Mac
Keywords, as printedACCELERATION, AGGRESSIVE, AIR, ALARM, ATMOSPHERIC, BIG, BLAST, COLLISION, CRISP, DEEP, ELECTRONIC, EXPLOSIVE, HEAVY, HIGH, INTENSE, MACHINE, METALLIC, MOTORBIKE, MOVEMENT, NATURAL, NOISE, POWERFUL, PROPELLER, PULSATING, RATTLING, RESONANCE, REVVING, RHYTHMIC, RUMBLE, RUSHING, SHARP, SLOW, SMOOTH, SOFT, SPINNING, STEADY, TENSION, TEXTURE, THUNDER, VIBRATING, WHINING, WHOOSH, WIDE, WORKING, ZOOMING
02The Designed Editionseven categories, ready to place▾
Doors and airlocksThe two openings a science-fiction scene cannot do without
VehiclesSmaller movements as well as the hurtling starships
TimewarpsThe set piece, built from the same source material as the rest
ImpactsFor the moment the movement stops
Power ups and downsTwo categories, not one — the field lists them separately
How they were madeCreated from the ground up out of the Construction Kit sources, so the two editions share a character
True drag and dropReady for immediate use, with no further editing needed
03What Was Recordedthe organic half▾
The locationsA train museum, and steep mountain slopes deep in the Alps
The objectsLevers, passing jets, speeding motorcycles and all kinds of small gadgets
The synthetic halfA modular rack, powered up for the more spaced-out sounds
Why it mattersA grounding in reality is what the field says is rare in sci-fi libraries, and it is what survives loud playback
The blendOrganic expertly mixed with synthetic, for effects the field calls more real than real

A starship has no reference recording, so the only honesty available is in the sources. A lever from a train museum and a motorcycle on an Alpine road carry physics that no synthesiser reproduces — and that physics is what makes an engine that has never existed sound like it weighs something.

Product Information

Features
DESIGNED: Files - 104; Sounds - 416; Size - 2.3 GB
CONSTRUCTION KIT: Files - 630; Sounds - 3,640; Size - 11.2 GB
BUNDLE: Files - 734; Sounds - 4,056; Size - 13.6 GB
Format WAV - 24bit - 96kHz / Windows + Mac