Sonomar Collection: Magnetic

Overview

Experience the power of magnetic force with Sonomar Collection: Magnetic, featuring 1,600+ designed impacts, rattles, and scrapes as well as the 200+ raw recordings used to create them. With deep tonal resonances, subtle debris rattles, and sharp impacts, Magnetic offers a wide variety of high quality recordings for your sound design needs that showcase all aspects of magnetic attraction. Use it as a toolkit to design pulses, subs, punches and beyond.

To capture these sounds, sound artist Martin Pinsonnault (CODA, Dallas Buyers Club) and the team at Sonomar amassed a collection of magnets - ranging from small watch batteries to large speaker magnets and a variety of metal objects. Using MKH-8040 microphones in an XY setup, Sonomar recorded numerous vibrations, collisions, and resonances resulting from a wide range of magnetic intensity. The high sample rate of 192kHz for the raw recordings opens up limitless potential for pitching and processing, a feature that is masterfully exemplified by the designed sounds within the collection that are provided at 92kHz and ready to use in your audio projects.