by BOOM Library·Audio
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Gun Handling earns its place in the toolfarm library for its dry, acoustically uncolored recordings, which leave the choice of reverb and spatial processing entirely up to you.
BOOM Library Gun Handling is a firearm foley and mechanics sound library for After Effects and Premiere Pro. It focuses on the mechanical side of firearms, the clicks, slides, and reloads that establish a scene before a shot is fired. The library was rebuilt and expanded to triple the size of its predecessor, gathering over 1,700 sounds across modern and classic weapons.
Recording took place in heavily dampened, acoustically treated indoor spaces instead of a live shooting range, capturing tactile details like metal-on-metal friction, bolt snaps, and empty-magazine scrapes with barely any environmental reflections. Because every file is acoustically uncolored, you can apply your own convolution reverbs and spatial processing to match the environment you are building.
Coverage spans assault rifles, submachine guns, pistols, revolvers, bolt-action rifles, and shotguns, 14 firearms in total, from the SIG MCX Rattler to the Taurus Judge. Files use UCS naming, streamlined metadata, and six consistent variations each, delivered as 24-bit, 96kHz WAV for Windows and Mac.
BOOM Library Gun Handling is best for sound designers and editors adding firearm mechanics to action sequences in After Effects and Premiere Pro.
BOOM Library Gun Handling is completely free to download and use.
BOOM Library Gun Handling ships as WAV files, so it works in any application that can read that format. BOOM Library lists the common audio and video tools that fit these sounds, including Premiere Pro, After Effects, Final Cut Pro X, Logic Pro, Ableton Live, Cubase, Nuendo, Reaper, Pro Tools, Vegas Pro, and Media Composer. Since the files are standard WAV, you import them into your project without any extra conversion step.
BOOM Library Gun Handling recordings are delivered as WAV files at 24-bit, 96kHz, for both Windows and Mac. The collection totals 296 files, 1,776 sounds, and 2.07 GB of high-definition content, plus PDF and XLS documentation. Every file uses UCS naming with streamlined metadata and includes six consistent variations, which keeps sorting and searching straightforward as you build and layer your action sequences.
BOOM Library Gun Handling was recorded in heavily dampened, acoustically treated indoor spaces rather than a live shooting range. That setting captures the intricate mechanical detail of each weapon with barely any environmental reflections baked in. The result is acoustically uncolored audio, so you can apply your own convolution reverbs and spatial processing to match whatever scene you are building.
BOOM Library Gun Handling is listed as free in this catalog. For current licensing terms and any usage conditions, check the developer's page. The library covers 14 firearms across assault rifles, bolt-action rifles, submachine guns, pistols, a revolver, and shotguns, with multiple variations of every action recorded so you have room to layer and vary sounds across both modern and classic weapons.
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