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Perched on the edge of the southern coast of Yogyakarta, Trisik Beach is a hidden gem known not just for its expansive black sand and serene views, but for the mesmerizing soundscape it offers. As dawn breaks or dusk settles, the rhythmic crash of the waves becomes a symphony of nature—raw, untamed, and deeply calming.

Recording the sound of the waves at Trisik Beach is an immersive experience. The ocean breathes with power, each surge rolling in with a thunderous roar, then receding with a soothing hiss as it drags along the sand. The coastal breeze hums gently, occasionally mixing with the distant calls of seabirds and the rustling of coconut palms lining the shore.

This sonic atmosphere is pure and profound—ideal for field recordings, meditation soundtracks, or simply as a memory of nature’s untouched beauty. At Trisik Beach, it’s not just about hearing the waves; it’s about feeling them resonate through the earth and into your soul.

Yogyakarta Beach - Trisik Sample

“Yogyakarta River Stream” is the latest immersive auditory creation from Sound Effect Stacks, a master of capturing the unseen and the unheard. This album invites you to experience the untouched rhythms of Indonesia’s Yogyakarta, where the heartbeats of the land are woven into every ripple and rush of water.

Through meticulous field recordings, Sound Effect Stacks has crafted an evocative journey along the myriad streams and rivers that flow through this mystical region. Each track serves as an intimate snapshot of the dynamic waterways—some gentle, others powerful—all unified by the hum of nature’s constant motion.

From the soft murmur of a mountain spring to the louder cascades of rivers cutting through Yogyakarta’s vibrant landscapes, the album invites listeners to close their eyes and let the water’s story unfold. The clear, flowing currents, the delicate sounds of rain-soaked leaves, and the ambient sounds of distant wildlife blend to create a rich tapestry of auditory experiences.

In “Yogyakarta River Stream,” Sound Effect Stacks showcases a deep respect for both the power and the stillness of water. This album is more than just a collection of field recordings—it’s a spiritual journey, capturing the essence of Indonesia’s rivers and the balance between nature’s raw force and its peaceful tranquility.

Let yourself be carried by the rivers of Yogyakarta, guided by Sound Effect Stacks’s carefully layered soundscapes. Perfect for those seeking to escape into nature, to meditate, or to simply be swept away in the beauty of the world’s most ancient sound—the flow of water.

Yogyakarta River Stream

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Step into the unexpected tranquility of a world often overlooked. Yogyakarta Hospital Ambience is an immersive sonic journey that captures the raw and unfiltered sounds of life within one of Indonesia’s most bustling medical centers. Recorded with care and precision, this album offers a rich tapestry of hospital noises: the soft hum of fluorescent lights, the distant murmur of nurses’ conversations, the faint beeps of monitoring equipment, the shuffle of shoes on tile floors, and the occasional soft voice of patients or visitors in passing.

Sound Effect Stacks, known for their meticulous field recordings, has brought the intricate details of hospital life to your ears, transforming the mundane into something meditative. This album does more than just document – it invites listeners to reflect on the subtle beauty that exists in these everyday sounds, to find a sense of calm in the chaos, and to experience the therapeutic power of ambient sound.

Perfect for those seeking ambient soundscapes to study, meditate, or simply unwind, Yogyakarta Hospital Ambience offers a captivating and unique auditory experience. Whether you're interested in sound design, field recording, or simply exploring the ambient textures of human life, this album opens a window into a space we often overlook.

Dive deep into the sounds of Yogyakarta’s healthcare environment and discover the quiet symphony that plays in the background of our shared human experience.

Yogyakarta Hospital Ambience

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Dawn Vehicle Passing By captures the rich, organic textures of early morning life in a riverside village near the Progo River, Yogyakarta. This immersive field recording album features a dynamic blend of natural ambience and human activity — from the gentle chorus of crickets, birds, and lizards to the rising rhythm of passing vehicles. Dominated by the distinctive sound of motorbikes, with occasional trucks and cars rolling by, each track tells a sonic story of dawn along a quiet village road.

Ideal for sound designers, filmmakers, and ambient audio enthusiasts, this collection offers authentic rural Indonesian atmosphere with layers of nature and movement. Recorded in high quality by Sound Effect Stacks, these soundscapes reflect the calm, yet ever-awakening pulse of village life at first light.

Dawn Vehicle Passing by

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Bat Cave is an immersive field recording album by Sound Effect Stacks, capturing the rich acoustic environment of a bat-inhabited cave from noon to dusk. Recorded deep in a natural cave setting, this collection highlights the unique bat activity throughout the day—featuring detailed cave room tones, fluttering wingbeats, bat vocalizations, and the intensifying sounds of hundreds of bats preparing to emerge at dusk.

From quiet ambient textures to dynamic bursts of movement and communication, this album offers an authentic soundscape ideal for use in films, games, installations, or deep listening. Perfect for sound designers, nature lovers, and audio storytellers seeking rare and high-quality wildlife recordings.

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Step into the soundscape of a real commuter journey across Yogyakarta to Central Java. This album captures the authentic atmosphere of Indonesia’s bustling railway life, featuring immersive recordings from station platforms, lively passenger coaches, and the powerful rush of trains passing by.

From the anticipation of waiting at Wates Station, the layered chatter of commuters and footsteps on the platform, to the rhythmic hum inside the train as it glides through villages, towns, and open landscapes toward Palur Station in Solo, each track transports you directly into the experience of daily rail travel.

Perfect for filmmakers, sound designers, game developers, or anyone seeking the genuine ambience of Indonesian commuter trains, this collection blends urban life with the natural rhythms of movement, creating a versatile library of transport soundscapes.

Whether you need the energy of crowded platforms, the calm of steady train motion, or the thrill of locomotives rushing past, Commuter Line Ambience delivers an inspiring set of authentic recordings that bring realism and depth to any project.

Commuter Line Ambience

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Bathroom Ambience is a collection of high-quality field recordings capturing the natural reverb and unique soundscape of a bathroom interior. This album includes a variety of room tones and subtle details such as dripping water, faucet sounds, toilet flushes, ventilation hum, shower water flow, and echoing footsteps on tile.

Perfect for film, TV, podcasts, video games, and sound design projects, these recordings deliver authentic bathroom interior ambience with realistic echo and acoustic reflections. Whether you need clean room tone, background layers, or detailed water and plumbing sounds, this album provides versatile audio textures ready for professional use.

Bathroom Ambience

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South East Asian Kitchen Ambience captures the busy and lively atmosphere of a working kitchen in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. This collection features authentic sounds of cooking activity—meat pounding, stove crackling, water dripping, blenders whirring, pumps, and the hum of a grater machine—layered with background chatter and the subtle presence of passing traffic.

Perfect for filmmakers, game developers, and sound designers, these recordings deliver a realistic sense of place, transporting listeners straight into the heart of a Southeast Asian kitchen full of movement, energy, and life.

Sout East Asian Kitchen Ambience

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Recorded in the peaceful countryside of Yogyakarta, Indonesia, this collection captures the natural harmony of tropical life. Gentle winds rustling through leafy branches, the distant flow of a river, and the lively chorus of birds, crickets, moths, and lizards create a soothing and immersive soundscape.

Perfect for filmmakers, game developers, and sound designers, these ambiences bring a sense of calm, warmth, and authenticity to any scene set in the tropics. Experience the tranquil rhythm of rural nature — a relaxing atmosphere alive with subtle tropical textures.

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Ignite realism with precision and detail.

This collection delivers 179 high-quality recordings of match strikes, lighter flicks, torch ignitions, and flowing gas textures — perfect for adding authentic fire and ignition elements to your sound design. From the subtle shake of matchsticks to the dynamic burst of a butane torch, every layer has been captured with pristine clarity and depth.

Recorded with SO.3 Cardioid Microphone and RODE NTG3 Shotgun Microphone, powered by the Sound Devices MixPre-6 II, this library ensures clean, noise-free sound suitable for professional post-production. Ideal for film, games, and foley work, these assets provide a wide range of ignition timbres — from delicate friction to powerful flame bursts — giving you flexibility in both subtle and high-intensity scenes.

Whether you’re designing cinematic sparks, survival game lighting effects, or detailed foley for daily-life scenes, this pack offers versatile and authentic source material ready for layering or standalone use.

Matches, Lighter and Torch

Rural Rain Ambience

Experience the calming atmosphere of rainfall in the countryside with this immersive collection of natural ambiences. Recorded in a quiet rural setting, this album captures the soothing textures of soft to moderate rain, distant water movement, raindrops on various surfaces, and the subtle presence of surrounding nature.

Each recording is crafted to deliver clean, detailed, and realistic rain environments—perfect for film, games, documentaries, relaxation content, or any project that needs authentic atmospheric sound.

Captured using a Tascam X8, SO.3 Cardioid microphone, and Sound Devices MixPre-6 II, this library delivers high-quality, crisp, and spacious audio with minimal noise. Whether you’re building a serene ambience bed or enhancing an emotional scene, these rural rain textures offer versatile and ready-to-use soundscapes.

Rural Rain Ambience

Dark Space Ambient invites listeners into the vast, unsettling silence of deep space. This collection blends haunting ambience with eerie creature textures, creating an atmosphere filled with mystery, tension, and the unknown. From distant rumbles and drifting cosmic drones to subtle alien movements hidden in the shadows, each sound is crafted to support dark sci-fi worlds, horror atmospheres, and space-themed storytelling.

Perfect for filmmakers, game developers, and sound designers seeking immersive audio for suspenseful environments, extraterrestrial encounters, or interstellar exploration. This album provides a rich sonic palette to build mood, enhance tension, and breathe life into otherworldly scenes.

Dark Space Ambience Sample

Authentic Gamelan Sound brings you a detailed collection of traditional Indonesian gamelan instruments, captured with exceptional clarity and depth. This album features the full range of metal gamelan instruments—each recorded individually to preserve their natural character, tonal richness, and shimmering harmonics.

Using high-quality recording gear including the Sound Devices MixPre-6 II, SO.3 cardioid microphone, and selected recordings with the Tascam X8, every sound is delivered in pristine 192 kHz / 32-bit for maximum flexibility in post-production.

Perfect for film, game development, sound design, and music production, this collection provides authentic, high-resolution source material for creating atmospheric scores, cultural soundscapes, or unique tonal textures.

Experience the true essence of gamelan—captured with precision, presented with authenticity.

Authentic Gamelan Sound

Malioboro Street Ambience is an authentic collection of urban soundscapes recorded in the heart of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. This album captures the vibrant atmosphere of Malioboro Street, the lively crowd of Pasar Beringharjo, and the distinctive ambience around the Kretek Kewek Bridge.

Recorded at various times of day — dawn, daytime, and night — this library offers a wide range of moods, from calm early-morning streets to energetic daytime crowds and atmospheric nighttime scenes. The recordings feature traditional horse carts (andong) moving along Malioboro Street, dense crowd activity inside Pasar Beringharjo market, and trains passing over Kretek Kewek Bridge, blending modern urban life with strong local cultural character.

All sounds in this album were recorded on location in Yogyakarta using a Sound Devices MixPre-6 II paired with an SO.3 cardioid microphone, captured in stereo WAV format at 192 kHz / 32-bit float. The recordings were made across multiple sessions and time periods to reflect natural variations in activity and atmosphere, then carefully edited, trimmed, and lightly cleaned while preserving the original character and realism of the environment.

Malioboro Street Ambience

This album presents a focused and authentic collection of gamelan gong recordings, capturing every note of the gamelan gong with clarity and precision. Each strike is recorded individually to preserve the natural resonance, decay, and harmonic character of the instrument, allowing users to access the full tonal range of the gong without unwanted background noise.

Designed for composers, sound designers, and music producers, this collection is ideal for traditional Indonesian music, cinematic scoring, ambient compositions, meditation, ritual scenes, and cultural sound design. The clean recordings make it easy to layer, tune, and integrate the gong tones into modern productions while maintaining their authentic character.

All sounds in this album were recorded using a Sound Devices MixPre-6 II recorder paired with an SO.3 cardioid microphone, ensuring high dynamic range, accurate transient response, and detailed capture of both the initial strike and the long natural decay of the gong. The recording approach focuses on preserving the instrument’s true acoustic character, making the collection suitable for both musical performance and professional sound design workflows.

Gamelan Gong

This album features a detailed collection of Bonang recordings, capturing every note of the instrument with clarity and balance. Each strike is recorded individually to preserve the Bonang’s bright attack, rich overtones, and natural decay, making the full tonal range easy to use in both traditional and modern productions.

Ideal for gamelan compositions, cinematic scoring, ambient music, ritual scenes, documentaries, and game audio, this collection provides clean, isolated Bonang tones that can be layered, tuned, or sequenced while maintaining their authentic character.

All sounds were recorded using a Tascam X8, ensuring accurate transient response and a natural acoustic presence.

Gamelan Bonang

This album presents an authentic set of Gender recordings, capturing every note with focus on the instrument’s smooth sustain and complex harmonic movement. Each note is recorded individually to highlight the flowing resonance that defines the Gender’s musical role within the gamelan ensemble.

Suitable for traditional Indonesian music, cinematic textures, ambient compositions, meditation, and atmospheric sound design, these recordings offer a warm and expressive tonal palette.

Recorded with a Sound Devices MixPre-6 II and SO.3 cardioid microphone, this collection delivers high detail, dynamic range, and a natural decay.

Gamelan Gender

This album features an authentic collection of Kenong and Kethuk recordings, capturing every note of both instruments with clarity and precision. Each strike is recorded individually to preserve the distinct character of the Kenong’s deep, resonant tone and the Kethuk’s tight, percussive attack, highlighting their complementary roles within the gamelan rhythm structure.

Designed for traditional gamelan compositions, cinematic scoring, game audio, and percussive sound design, this collection provides clean, isolated tones that are easy to sequence, layer, and integrate into modern production workflows. The contrast between sustained resonance and short, rhythmic articulation makes this album a versatile rhythmic foundation.

All sounds were recorded using a Sound Devices MixPre-6 II recorder paired with an SO.3 cardioid microphone, ensuring accurate transient capture, wide dynamic range, and a natural acoustic presence with minimal processing.

Gamelan Kenong & Kethuk

This album showcases the deep and resonant tones of the Slenthem, with every note recorded individually to capture its low-frequency warmth and long natural sustain. The recordings highlight the instrument’s supportive and grounding role within the gamelan ensemble.

Well suited for cinematic scoring, ambient music, traditional compositions, and atmospheric sound design, this collection offers rich, full-bodied Slenthem tones.

Recorded using a Sound Devices MixPre-6 II and SO.3 cardioid microphone, the album preserves natural resonance and detailed decay.

Gamelan Slenthem

This album contains a clean and precise collection of Saron recordings, featuring every note captured individually. The recordings emphasize the instrument’s strong attack, clear pitch, and short decay, making them highly usable for rhythmic and melodic patterns.

Perfect for gamelan arrangements, film scoring, game audio, and percussive sound design, this collection provides focused Saron tones that cut clearly through a mix.

All sounds were recorded using a Sound Devices MixPre-6 II paired with an SO.3 cardioid microphone, ensuring crisp transients and minimal noise.

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