Chicago - USA Sound Effects
$99.00
111 Sounds | 240m | 13.4 GB |
192 and 96 kHz/24-bit
Crowd sounds from galleries, markets, streets, and stations with cityscapes, parks, plazas and other Chicago sound effects
Chicago Sound Effects
Explore the soundscapes of a distinctive American Midwest city in the Chicago sound effects library.
The bundle was recorded specifically to highlight the expressiveness of The Second City, from L Train stations, The Loop, the Riverwalk, and others. Listen to streetscapes amongst the city’s iconic architecture in downtown core. March through corridors and passageways in Pedway. Drop for a bite to eat and hear the sounds at Mr. Beef – the home of the hit ‘The Bear’ TV series – Jim’s Original, Merchandise Mart’s food court and others.
The package provides clean, expressive recordings from across ‘the windy city,’ including parks (Lincoln Park Zoo, Grant Park, The Bean, Diversy Harbor, Lake Michigan Steps), galleries (Art Institute, Chicago Cultural Center), markets (Swap-O-Rama, Maxwell Street Market). Also included are flexible, supporting tracks from train stations, pedestrian streets, streets and highways, plazas, and more.
Every clip is tagged with detailed location and descriptive information to help you slide the unique voices of Chi-Town into your projects.
Learn more about this collection in the sound library announcement blog post.
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Key Features
- 111 sound clips.
- 240 minutes runtime.
- 96 kHz, 24-bit stereo WAV files.
- 13.44 gigabytes.
- Top quality clips: professionally recorded, expertly mastered, and lovingly curated.
- Quick access: instant, secure download.
- Smooth workflow: extensive descriptive embedded metadata in multiple formats helps find sounds fast.
Chicago Sound Effects Includes:
Chicago Sound Effects
- Alley in Chicago in the South Loop, quiet with constant HVAC, some buzzing, and distant L train passing by
- Alley in Chicago in the South Loop, quiet with constant HVAC and some buzzing
- Alley in Chicago in the West Side, quiet with distant city hush and some distant activity
- Alley in Chicago in the West Side, quiet with distant city hush, some distant activity, some beeps, faint helicopter, distant L train roaring, faint voices, and faint siren
- Chicago North Avenue Beach with water laps, pedestrians, voices passing by, and constant background city hush
- Cityscape in Chicago with soft traffic hush, distant L trains, and a few vehicles passing by
- Construction in Chicago, distant with demolition, heavy machinery, squeaks, rattling, and backing beeps
- Construction in Chicago, distant with demolition, heavy machinery, squeaks, rattling, backing beeps, and some voices at the end
- Crowd in Chicago at Swap-O-Rama Flea Market, outside, light and wandering with distinct voices and wind in leaves
- Crowd in Chicago in a Merchandise Mart food court, medium distant throng milling and active with character and ripping paper
- Crowd in Chicago in a Merchandise Mart food court, medium distant throng milling and active
- Crowd in Chicago in a Merchandise Mart food court, medium distant throng milling and active from a wide perspective
- Crowd at Chicago Art Institute in a gallery lobby, medium distant throng milling with distant ticketing beeps
- Crowd at Chicago Art Institute in a gallery room, light and wandering with a hush and crowd swell and close voices
- Crowd at Chicago Art Institute in a gallery room, light and wandering with a hush
- Crowd at Chicago Art Institute in a gallery room with wooden floors, medium and loitering with a hush and crowd swell and close voices
- Crowd at Chicago Art Institute in a gallery room with wooden floors, medium and loitering with a hush
- Crowd at Chicago Art Institute in a gallery at a ticketing area, medium distant throng milling with ticketing beeps
- Crowd in Chicago Chinatown at Joy Yee ice cream shop, medium and milling with kids and door thump
- Crowd in Chicago at Blue Line L train station on a platform, light and wandering with muttering and a couple approaching while chatting
- Crowd in Chicago at Blue Line L train station on a platform, light and wandering with muttering and distant siren
- Crowd in Chicago at Maxwell Street Market from under an overhang, thick, busy, and active
- Crowd at Chicago Cultural Center museum in the Preston Bradley Hall, medium distant, medium, and loitering, reverberant
- Crowd at Chicago Cultural Center a museum in the Preston Bradley Hall, medium distant, thick, and loitering, reverberant
- Crowd in Chicago in a pedestrian street at Chinatown square from the 2nd floor, thick and milling
- Crowd in Chicago in a pedestrian street at Chinatown square from the ground floor, medium to light and wandering with some kids
- Crowd in Chicago in a pedestrian street at Chinatown square from the ground floor, medium and wandering with some kids
- Crowd in Chicago in a plaza at Millennium Park at the Cloud Gate, thick and loitering with a faint helicopter
- Crowd in Chicago in a plaza at Millennium Park at the Cloud Gate, thick and loitering
- Crowd in Chicago in a post office, light, loitering, and active with distinct voices
- Crowd in Chicago, medium distant with Palestinian protesters, drum, and vehicles passing by with horns
- Crowd in Chicago at Mr Beef restaurant in the elegant dining room, light, loitering, and chatting
- Crowd in Chicago at Mr Beef restaurant in the elegant dining room, light, loitering, and chatting with a distinct female voice arriving
- Crowd in Chicago at Water Tower Place shopping mall entrance, medium and loitering with a background fountain
- Crowd in Chicago at Lincoln Park Zoo outside, thick and wandering with kids, lively
- Crowd in Chicago at Lincoln Park Zoo outside, thick and wandering with kids, lively with squeals
- Crowd in Chicago at Lincoln Park Zoo in a large room, thick, milling, and busy, reverberant with some doors
- Crowd in Chicago at Lincoln Park Zoo in a large room, thick, milling, and busy, reverberant with some doors and occasional tone
- Crowd in Chicago at Lincoln Park Zoo in a small room, light, milling, and active with parents chatting
- Crowd in Chicago at Lincoln Park Zoo in a small room, light, milling, and active with a scolding mother
- Hallway in the Chicago Pedway near Lasalle St Station, empty with faint presence and activity
- Hallway in the Chicago Pedway near Lasalle St Station, empty with faint presence and activity and some faint voices
- Hallway in the Chicago Pedway near Lasalle St Station, quiet with a distant faint siren, some traffic rumble, and some distant voices and activity
- Hallway in the Chicago Pedway near Lasalle St Station, quiet with nearby PA announcements
- Highway in Chicago on 90-94, medium distant with a thick stream in a fast speed with a constant breathy whoosh
- Highway in Chicago on Lake Shore Drive, medium distant, medium thick, and flowing with a constant hush, faint helicopter, and siren
- Highway in Chicago on Lake Shore Drive, medium distant, medium thick, and flowing with a constant hush
- L train station in Chicago, Blue Line, Grand Milwaukee platform center perspective with distant voices approaching and a steady rumble, AB
- L train station in Chicago, Blue Line, Grand Milwaukee platform center perspective with distant voices, footsteps passing by, and a steady rumble, AB
- L train station in Chicago, Blue Line, Grand Milwaukee platform center perspective, empty with a distant escalator, AB
- L train station in Chicago, Blue Line, Grand Milwaukee platform center perspective with trains arriving and departing, AB
- L train station in Chicago, Blue Line, Grand Milwaukee platform center perspective with trains arriving and departing and distant voices, AB
- L train station in Chicago, Blue Line, Grand Milwaukee platform center perspective with trains arriving and departing and some distant voices 1, AB
- L train station in Chicago, Blue Line, Grand Milwaukee platform center perspective with trains arriving and departing and some distant voices 2, AB
- L train station in Chicago, Blue Line, Grand Milwaukee platform entrance perspective, empty with PA, AB
- L train station in Chicago, Blue Line, Grand Milwaukee platform entrance perspective with trains arriving and departing, AB
- L train station in Chicago, Blue Line, Grand Milwaukee platform exit perspective with distant voices and a steady rumble, AB
- L train station in Chicago, Blue Line, Grand Milwaukee platform exit perspective with trains arriving and departing, and some faint voices, AB
- L train station in Chicago, Blue Line, platform, empty with a distant siren, AB
- L train station in Chicago, Blue Line, platform, empty with a distant siren, XY
- L train station in Chicago, Blue Line, platform, empty with some faint shuffling and activity, AB
- L train station in Chicago, Blue Line, platform, empty with some faint shuffling and activity, and occasional chimes and train rumble, AB
- L train station in Chicago, Blue Line, platform, empty with some faint shuffling and activity, and occasional chimes and train rumble, XY
- L train station in Chicago, Blue Line, platform, empty with some faint shuffling and activity, XY
- L train station in Chicago on a Blue Line platform with a faint crowd loitering and train approaching, stopping, and departing
- L train station in Chicago, Blue Line, platform entrance perspective, empty with some faint footsteps and presence, and distant traffic, AB
- L train station in Chicago, Blue Line, platform entrance perspective, empty with some faint footsteps and presence, and distant traffic, XY
- L train station in Chicago, Blue Line, platform entrance perspective, empty with some faint shuffling and activity, and distant train rumble, AB
- L train station in Chicago, Blue Line, platform entrance perspective, empty with some faint shuffling and activity, and distant train rumble, XY
- L train station in Chicago on a Green and Orange Line platform at Washington and Wabash with some voices, trains, and a distinct siren passing by
- L train station in Chicago on a Green and Orange Line platform at Washington and Wabash with voices and some toddler
- Chicago Harold Washington Library on the 8th floor with faint voices and two men discussing in the distance
- Chicago Harold Washington Library on the 8th floor with faint voices, two men discussing in the distance, and some activity and bag movement beginning midway
- Chicago Harold Washington Library in a computer area with medium distant active voices and some security walkie talkie
- Chicago Harold Washington Library in a lobby with medium distant voices, airy and reverberant
- Chicago Diversey Harbor park with pedestrians, ducks, water splashes, background city hush, and some activity
- Chicago Diversey Harbor park with pedestrians, ducks, water splashes, background city hush, and some dog barking
- Chicago Grant Park at Buckingham Fountain with a faint wandering crowd, faint background city grumbles, and distant siren
- Chicago Grant Park at Buckingham Fountain with a faint wandering crowd and faint background city grumbles
- Chicago Grant Park at Buckingham Fountain from a wide perspective with a faint crowd, background traffic grumbles, and faint helicopter and plane
- Chicago Grant Park at Buckingham Fountain from a wide perspective with a faint crowd, background traffic grumbles, and faint siren
- Chicago Grant Park with distant tennis courts, player voices, and background city hush
- Chicago park at Lake Michigan Steps with quiet water laps, pedestrians voices, background speedboats, and faint helicopter and jet
- Chicago park at Lake Michigan Steps with quiet water laps, pedestrians voices, background speedboats, and faint ladies conversation
- Chicago park at Lake Michigan Steps with quiet water laps, pedestrians voices, and background speedboats
- Chicago Lincoln park near a pond with pedestrians passing by, medium distant voices, dogs barking, wind in leaves, ducks, and background city hush
- Playground in Chicago at Lincoln Park with medium distant kids playing and some vehicles passing by
- Chicago Federal Plaza with skateboarders, faint voices, background traffic, and faint helicopter
- Chicago Federal Plaza with skateboarders, faint voices, background traffic, and loud vehicle at the end
- Chicago plaza at Millennium Park Jay Pritzker Pavilion with light crowd loitering with voices, distant city hush, and distant horns
- Restaurant in Chicago at Jims Original, outside with a faint crowd milling, voices shouting orders, faint frying, and background traffic hush
- Chicago Riverwalk with pedestrian voices, boats passing by with PA, and boat horn
- Siren in Chicago passing by, loud and reverberant with some faint voices
- Highway in Chicago on Lake Shore Drive from a polar perspective, thick and flowing in a fast speed with constant hush and some voices
- Highway in Chicago on Lake Shore Drive from a polar perspective, thick and flowing in a fast speed with constant hush, some voices, and motorcycle passing by midway
- Street in Chicago at an intersection with pedestrians, voices, steady traffic streaming hush, some distinct traffic passing by, kid, and ladies voices at the end
- Street in Chicago at an intersection with pedestrians, voices, steady traffic streaming hush, some distinct traffic passing by, and a kid
- Street in Chicago with light traffic passing by, pedestrians and voices, and distant drumming
- Street in Chicago in the South Loop at a bus stop with sparse milling crowd, and a faint bus approaching, stopping, and departing
- Street in Chicago in the South Loop at a bus stop with sparse milling crowd, and a nearby L train approaching, stopping, and departing overhead
- Street in Chicago in The Loop with light pedestrians and voices, background traffic, and some horns
- Street in Chicago in The Loop with pedestrians and voices, background traffic, horns, and L trains passing by
- Street in Chicago in The Loop with pedestrians, voices, traffic passing by, and L trains passing by
- Street in Chicago in The Loop with pedestrians, voices, and traffic passing by
- Traffic in Chicago, roadside on a 5 lane one way road, light and flowing passes bys with faint helicopters and jets and planes
- Traffic in Chicago, roadside on a 5 lane one way road, light and flowing passes bys
- Traffic in Chicago, roadside on a 5 lane one way road, light and flowing passes bys with swell of horns midway
- Chicago Union Train Station at the Metra gates with medium milling crowd, constant track PA, character, close voices, and activity
- Chicago Union Train Station at the Metra gates with medium milling crowd and constant track PA
- Chicago Union Train Station at ticketing with medium loitering crowd, PA, and some activity
- Walkway in Chicago Pedway from under a bridge, quiet with constant distant soft traffic swells
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