Media Services - Greg Smith Sound Effects Collection

Greg Smith

This is a collection of 1450 sound effects tracks recorded by producer Greg Smith during his 20 year career in the film and television industry. Mr. Smith has provided sound recording or post-production sound on many films including: Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith; Jurassic Park; Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade; Who Framed Roger Rabbit?; and numerous IMAX productions.

 

 

 

 

Mr. Smith, an adjunct professor in the School of Communication, graciously provided this collection to the University Library with the request to share it openly for the benefit of filmmakers and video and audio producers around the world. Greg Smith filmography.

 

The Greg Smith Sound Effects Collection

The Greg Smith Sound Effects Collection is located in the American University Digital Repository.

Use the indexes below to locate individual sounds. To browse the sound effects track information or search for specific sounds, use the "Search DSpace" box or the Titles button on the right side of each DSpace page.

The collection currently includes an additional 400 sound effects recorded by Professor Smith's students at American University.

Tracks are in zipped mp3 format. Once downloaded they can be un-zipped with any widely available utility like 7-Zip (PC) or MacZip (Mac).

 

Greg Smith Sound Effects Collection Index alphabetic (pdf), by category (pdf).

Greg Smith Sound Effects Student Collection Index alphabetic (pdf), by category (pdf).

 

Greg Smith SFX Collection Zip Files

  • Ambience 1.1
    JUNGLE - Ambience at den (7 tracks,10.4 min.); Bird ambience (10 tracks, 10.5 min); Day/early morning ambience (12 tracks, 29.9 min); Frog ambience (4 tracks, 5.3 min); Misc. jungle ambience (19 tracks, 33 min).

    52 tracks. zip file.

  • Ambience 1.2
    JUNGLE - Bird ambience (8 tracks, 14 min.); Bug ambience (7 tracks, 13.7 min.); Monkey ambience (3 tracks, 2 min.); Panda ambience (7 tracks, 17.3 min.); Morning, rain, thunder, post storm recordings (14 tracks, 49.9 min.); Lagoon (3 tracks, 12.1 min.); MISC. - Valley (3 tracks, 10.1 min.); Misc. museum lobby (3 tracks, 4.1 min.).

    47 tracks. zip file.

  • Ambience 2
    CONSTRUCTION – Car workshop (5 tracks, 14.3 min.); Chassis shop (2 tracks, 4.8 min total); Drilling (4 tracks, 3.9 min.); Dyno room (5 tracks, 14.8 min.); Fabrication shop (2 tracks, 5.2 min.); Garage (10 tracks, 23.8 min.); Machine shop (6 tracks, 10.4 min.); Misc. construction chatter (5 tracks, 10.2 min.); ELECTRONICS – AM Radio button (2 tracks, 1.7 min.); FOREST – Forest with birds, woodpecker (8 tracks, 20.4 min.); Forest in the morning (2 tracks, 4.9 min.); Misc. forest (4 tracks, 6.5 min.); PEOPLE – Crowd cheers, applause, laughter (3 tracks, 1.1 min.); Crowd with car noise, NASCAR, race track, parking lot (5 tracks, 7.7 min.); Large crowd (4 tracks, 8.4 min.); Misc. crowd (4 tracks, 6.5 min.); RAIN – Light rain (4 tracks, 4.4 min.); Rain and thunder (9 tracks, 11.3 min.); Misc. rain (9 tracks, 14.5 min.); ROOMS – Elevator (4 tracks, 2.6 min.); Empty room (2 tracks, 2.8 min.); Jail (3 tracks, 4.7 min.); Room tone (3 tracks, 3.6 min.); Misc. room (7 tracks, 15.4 min.); RURAL – Farm (4 tracks, 5 min.); Rural ambience (7 tracks, 13.9 min.); Village (2 tracks, 8.7 min.); Misc. rural (3 tracks, 6.6 min.).

    118 tracks. zip file.

  • Ambience 3.1
    SNOW - River and snow (3 tracks, 3.6 min); Snow and bird (1 track, 1.1 min); Snow falling (8 tracks, 6.7 min); Snow hits bamboo (3 tracks, 3.1 min); Snow off trees (1 track, 35 sec); THUNDER - Close thunder (3 tracks, 46 sec); Distant thunder (8 tracks, 7.7 min); Extended series thunder (3 tracks, 4.2 min); Misc. thunder (25 tracks, 10.3 min); URBAN - Car (3 tracks, 24.2 min); City daytime (3 tracks, 7.2 min)

    69 tracks. zip file.

     
  • Ambience 3.2
    WATER - Babbling brook (2 tracks, 1.6 min); Creek (6 tracks, 6.6 min); Hot spring (6 tracks, 8.1 min); Jungle stream (9 tracks, 20 min); Little stream (8 tracks, 10.1 min); Loud stream (5 tracks, 6.5 min); Misc. stream (11 tracks, 17.2 min); Misc. water (2 tracks, 1.4 min); River (13 tracks, 23.9 min); Waterfall (7 tracks, 7.8 min); Waves (3 tracks, 6.6 min)

    72 tracks. zip file.

     
  • Ambience 3.3
    WIND - AC (4 tracks, 4.8 min); Birds (4 tracks, 8.3 min); Desert (4 tracks, 9.4 min); Misc. wind (9 tracks, 19.2 min); Prairie (2 tracks, 6.9 min); Rattling (2 tracks, 2.4 min); Trees (7 tracks, 16.4 min); Whistling (2 tracks, 2.9 min); Window (4 tracks, 6.6 min)

    38 tracks. zip file.

  • Animals
    AIR - Birds (67 tracks, 48.1 min); Cicada (9 tracks, 2.1 min) LAND - Alligator (1 track, 1 min); Bamboo rats (9 tracks, 5.3 min); Buffalo (5 tracks, 9.4 min); Bull (4 songs, 31 sec); Chickens (7 tracks, 1.5 min); Cows (4 tracks, 5.8 min); Coyote (1 track, 12 sec); Dogs (10 tracks, 8.1 min); Fox (1 track, 29 sec); Frogs (18 tracks, 18.8 min); Horses (16 tracks, 11.3 min); Misc. animals (1 track, 1.4 min); Monkeys (20 tracks, 14.7 min); Pandas (21 tracks, 18.1 min); Pigs (7 tracks, 2.3 min); Prairie dogs (5 tracks, 8.3 min); Snakes (4 tracks, 2 min)

    209 tracks. zip file.

  • General 1
    Bells (7 tracks, 1.1 min); Boats (6 tracks, 18.1 min); Doors (29 tracks, 4.9 min); Electronic (12 tracks, 6.8 min); Explosions (14 tracks, 3.2 min); Fire (9 tracks, 10.6 min); Machinery (110 tracks, 1.6 hours)

    187 tracks. zip file.

  • General 2
    Applause and clapping (2 tracks, 15 sec); Clanks (2 tracks, 6 sec); Compressed air (3 tracks, 14 sec); Creaking (3 tracks, 3.5 min);Desk bell hotel (4 tracks, 36 sec); Electric (12 tracks, 19.1 min); Matches (7 tracks, 1.6 min); Metallic dropping (12 tracks, 23 sec); Military (9 tracks, 10.2 min); Misc. SFX (3 tracks, 3.9 min); Music Instruments – Percussion (4 tracks, 56 sec); Nature (2 tracks, 59 sec); Novelty (15 tracks, 5 min); Phones (11 tracks, 4 min); Rattling (7 tracks, 5.5 min); Scuba (16 tracks, 18.4 min); Sports (3 tracks, 25 min); Tea kettle (4 tracks, 2.8 min); Toilet (3 tracks, 3.6 min); Tools (13 tracks, 4.4 min); Water cooler (5 tracks, 1 min); Wet sounds (26 songs, 7.4 min); Whistles (1 track 57 sec)

    158 tracks. zip file.

  • Transportation - Vehicles 1
    CARS - Race cars (87 tracks, 1.9 hours)

    87 tracks. zip file.

  • Transportation - Vehicles 2
    CARS - Race cars (66 tracks, 1.3 hours); Street cars (91 tracks, 39.5 min)

    157 tracks. zip file.

  • Transportation - Vehicles 3
    VEHICLES - Bus (3 tracks, 2.6 min); Tractor (6 tracks, 3.1 min); Trucks (75 tracks, 1.2 hours)

    84 tracks. zip file.

  • Transportation - Aircraft
    Helicopters (19 tracks, 27.5 min); Jets (21 tracks, 30.1 min); Prop plane (52 tracks, 48.7 min); Rockets (5 tracks, 11.9 min)

    97 tracks. zip file.

  • Weapons
    Cannons (48 tracks, 4.3 min); Firearms (30 tracks, 2.1 min)

    78 tracks. zip file.

Greg Smith SFX Collection Student Work Additions Zip Files

Information about other AU Library sound effects collections can be found on the Media Services Collections page.