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TOOLBOX SOUND EFFECTS – THE RIGHT SET OF TOOLSBoom Library
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BOOM Library

Toolbox

The Right Set of Tools

From hammers to ratchets — everything we could find in your grandpa’s shed, pulverized in every way imaginable and captured pristinely dry.

250+WAV files
3GB, nearly
47Named tools
2Mic setups
+And more

Hammers●Axes●Saws●Ratchets●Pliers●Clamps●Tape●Scissors●Car Jacks●Sledgehammers●& more

Recorded dryXY and MS setupsRoyalty-free

This is not a drill. You can never have too many tools for sound design, whether rounding out a scene or layering and hammering out the perfect impact.

Over 250 files of manual tools — hammers, ratchets, screwdrivers — and manual motions like chopping wood and smashing stones. Nearly 3 GB that adds the extra umph, boom or crack a sound is missing.

At a Glance

  • Over 250 files nearly 3 GB of manual tools and manual motions
  • 47 named tools across hand tools, office tools and everything else
  • Recorded as dry as possible so the room is added later, not baked in
  • Two microphone setups an XY pair and an MS pair, both Sennheiser
  • Generic sets included metal and wood drops, hits, scrapes, slides and squeaks
  • Safety not guaranteed tools used as intended and well past it

Content & Detail

01The Library250+ files▾
What is in itManual tools such as hammers, ratchets and screwdrivers, plus manual motions like chopping wood and smashing stones
SizeOver 250 files, nearly 3 GB
Why it earns its placeLayer material: the extra umph, boom or crack that gives a base sound its missing edge
The machine shelfFor mechanisms and procedures rather than hand tools, see Mechanicals
02What We Recordedthe sessions▾
The raidThe toolbox was emptied to find everything recordable — hammers, axes, saws, straps, car jacks and more
MicrophonesAn XY setup of two Sennheiser MKH 8040s, and an MS setup with a Sennheiser MKH 8050 and an MKH 30
The intentEvery rattle and smash captured while keeping the recording as dry as possible
Nothing left outThe tools were used the way they were meant to be used, and in ways that possibly broke some safety regulations, to get the right pristinely dry sound
03Hand Tools26▾

AXE, BILLHOOK SCRAPE, BOW SAW, BOW SAW COARSE, COMBINATION PLIERS, DOUBLE CUT FILE, DRYWALL RASP, F-CLAMP, HAND SAW, HEX KEY, LEAVE RAKE, LOCK PICK, LOPPERS, MANUAL HEDGE TRIMMER, MULTI TOOL, PRUNING SHEARS, PUNCH PLIERS, PUTTY KNIFE, RIVET PLIERS, SANDING PAPER, SHOVEL, SLEDGEHAMMER, SOCKET WRENCH, SPIRIT LEVER, STEEL HAMMER, WOODEN YARD STICK

04Office and Other Tools21▾

BOX CUTTER, GUILLOTINE PAPER CUTTER, PACKING TAPE DISPENSER, PACKING TAPE, PERMANENT MARKER, SCISSORS, STAPLER

ALUMINUM CANISTER, BICYCLE PUMP, CAR JACK, DUCT TAPE, HOOK AND LOOP FASTENER, LIGHTER, METALLIC LATCH, PAINT CAN, PAPER MASKING TAPE, SPRAY CAN, TAPE MEASURE, TIE DOWN STRAP, WORKING GLOVES, ZIPPO

05Additional Sounds & Keywords13 sets▾

GENERIC METAL DROPS, GENERIC METAL HITS, GENERIC METAL SCRAPES, GENERIC METAL SLIDES, GENERIC METAL SQUEAK, GENERIC TOOL, GENERIC WOOD DROPS, GENERIC WOOD HITS, GENERIC WOOD SLIDES, GRAVEL, GRITTY SHEET METAL, PLASTIC TOOLBOX, SCREW BOX

GRITTY, DROP, GLOVES, MOVEMENT, RUMMAGE, SHAKE, FIRE, RATCHET, IMPACT, METALLIC, TAPE, CHOP, PAPER, CUT, FILING, SPRAY, HAMMER, WOOD, CONCRETE, DOOR, EQUIPMENT, SPRAY CAN, WRENCH, SCISSORS, SAW, PUMP, AXE

A tool never sounds like one object. Handle, head, and whatever it lands in — recorded dry, those three stay separable, which is why this library layers into things that are not tools at all.

Product Information

Specifications
Files: 254
Sounds:1524
Size:2.7 GB
Supported Host Application
Format WAV - 24bit - 96kHz / Windows + Mac