Drones is a freely downloadable, royalty-free collection of drone sound effects and atmospheric soundscapes crafted by Red Fog.
The free download link is located at the end of this article.
The Library
Designed to launch your sound system into outer space and take you on a mysterious journey toward unexplored galaxies, Drones are a must-have sound library for any soundscapes aficionado.
Sound designer Red Fog describes Drones as a sound library that’s not necessarily gritty or industrial but rather oriented towards atmospheric and ambient textures.
Drones work beautifully in tandem with some of our previous releases, such as Magnetic Fields by Matt Bowdler and InterSpace by Johan Ekelove.
What Are Drone Sounds
In sound design, a “drone” sound effect typically refers to a continuous, low-pitched, humming noise that lasts for a long time.
Drones are often used in music and video projects to create ambient backgrounds and evoke certain moods. For example, science fiction movies often use a drone during long landscape shots to make you feel the vastness of space.
That said, drones are super versatile. They can invoke happy or sad emotions and make us feel tranquil or tense. It all depends on the drone’s timbre and character.
You can alter a drone’s pitch, timbre, and modulation to suit the scene’s requirements.
For instance, a deep, low-pitched drone might be used to create a sense of tension or dread in a horror movie, while a more melodic, lighter drone could evoke tranquility or peace in a nature documentary.
The Artist
Red Fog is a drone/ambient sound artist whose music focuses mostly on drones, atmospheric soundscapes, and dark ambiance.
There are no beats AND no rhythm—just pure drones and textures. You can follow Red Fog’s work on his SoundCloud profile, as well as his Bandcamp page.
You can also check out our interview with Red Fog for insight into his unique sound design workflow, including his favorite sound design tools and some generally useful audio-related tips.
Summary
Drones contain 50 drone sound effects in 24-bit WAV format (44.1 kHz, stereo). No patches are included at the moment, though we plan to update the release with Kontakt and SFZ patches in the future.
The download size is 757 MB (ZIP archive), and the library requires 793 MB of hard drive space when extracted.
Details
The included drone sound effects are organized into three folders:
- Atmospheric (16 samples)
- Minimalist (16 samples)
- Textured (18 samples)
The demo track was composed by Dronny Darko (more info available in the SoundCloud description). All sounds are royalty-free.
29 Comments
How can i download it ? There is only that ,,application%2Foctet-stream´´ file. or maybe i´m stupid
No You Are Not Just Use Any of Download Managers Around Like IDM or Free Download Manager And Right Click And Click Download Using Them
Ah ok i´ll never had one of theese i will try. Thank you for the answer and of course the samples.
Beautiful soundscapes and drones! Thanks a lot!
I’ve downloaded this pack with Free Download Manager but what do I do with the “application_octet-stream”-file when download is ready? How to open it?
Yep. Downloaded just fine but can not extract the file. Archive Browser says the files are in there, but I get an error message saying “cannot create directory”
Our file host is causing the issue, sorry about that. The fixed download will be available in 30 minutes.
UPDATE: The download is now fixed. A mirror is currently being uploaded and will be added to the page in 30 minutes.
Just tells me ‘something went wrong’, can’t we just have a zip file for ease of use?
Please try the new download link (Mirror 1). It should work without any issues and it’s a ZIP archive.
We apologize to everyone for the recent download issues. We’re having lots of traffic and the download servers have trouble keeping up.
Got it, thank you! Sounds great!
I click and get sent here: https://d.pr/o0tj+
But it says “Something is wrong” and I can’t download. Anyone know what’s up?
We have fixed the link, please try again.
Excellent atmospheres! I can’t help but wonder…in “Bromotrifluoromethane Leak”… Do my ears detect Tritik Moodal in there somewhere? I love that plugin to tears. Anyway, from one atmosphile to another, I’m in love with these sounds. Really, REALLY cool stuff :D
Is there a difference between the mirror 1 and mirror 2?
Nope, it’s just a backup download link.
Any new mirrors for this?
Please retry the download. It should work fine now.