Winds of Nature is a nature sound-effects library from BOOM Library's QUIET PLANET series, dedicated entirely to authentic wind recordings captured across a wide variety of environments around the world. The recordings were made by Emmy-winning nature recordist Gordon Hempton, who has spent decades documenting pristine natural soundscapes.

This is specifically the STEREO edition, containing 130 binaural stereo recordings ranging from extremely gentle breezes to powerful winds and raging storms. These are recordings of real wind in natural and built environments rather than wind effects created using artificial sound sources.

WHAT'S INCLUDED

• Stereo Edition
• 130 WAV files
• 130 sounds
• 5.4 GB
• WAV 24-bit / 48 kHz
• Binaural Stereo
• PDF & XLS content information
• Detailed embedded metadata
• Windows & macOS

SOUND CONTENT

The library captures an extensive range of wind intensities, textures, and environments:

• Gentle breezes and zephyrs
• Light natural winds
• Variable gusts
• Strong and powerful winds
• Whistling winds
• Howling winds
• Roaring winds
• Rumbling winds
• Swirling and blustery movement
• Storm winds
• Wind through forests
• Rustling leaves
• Wind through deciduous forests
• Wind through coniferous forests
• Whistling through pine needles
• Wind through grasses and vegetation
• Palm-frond movement
• Desert winds
• Wind across large open environments
• Wind interacting with water
• Wind through wires and structures
• Branches, leaves, and natural materials reacting to wind

Rather than capturing only the wind itself, many recordings preserve the way it interacts with its surroundings. This provides detailed textures such as rustling vegetation, rattling branches, whistling pine needles, and the deep roar of wind moving across expansive terrain.

INTENSITIES & ENVIRONMENTS

Winds of Nature ranges from subtle zephyrs to raging storms and includes recordings from both natural settings and built environments.

Individual files include detailed metadata covering information such as:

• Substrate or environment type
• Geographic location
• Wind intensity
• Detailed recording descriptions
• Suggested sound-design applications

BINAURAL STEREO

The Stereo edition contains binaural stereo recordings.

They reproduce a conventional stereo image over speakers while providing a more immersive spatial impression when monitored through headphones.

This is the standalone Stereo edition and does not include the 5.0 Surround files supplied with the separate Stereo & Surround edition.

USES

• Natural ambience design
• Film and television
• Documentaries
• Nature and travel productions
• Games
• Environmental sound design
• Forest, grassland, and desert scenes
• Changing-weather sequences
• Storm and high-wind scenes
• Atmospheric and suspenseful environments
• Layering with other nature recordings
• Realistic environmental soundscapes

FORMAT

• 130 WAV files
• 130 sounds
• 5.4 GB
• WAV
• 24-bit
• 48 kHz
• Binaural Stereo
• Detailed metadata

COMPATIBILITY

The library uses standard WAV files and can be imported into most professional audio and video applications that support WAV, including:

• Adobe Premiere Pro
• Final Cut Pro
• Adobe After Effects
• Avid Media Composer
• VEGAS Pro
• Pro Tools
• Logic Pro
• Cubase
• Nuendo
• Ableton Live
• Reaper