The sound of historical battefields was loud and dominated by the explosive discharges of smoky muskets, carbines, cannons and revolvers. HISTORICAL FIREARMS brings you the exact sound of these old-fashioned weapons. Loud, deadly, uncompromising and from the times where no one even thought about things like silencers or ammo clips.
Legacy weapons ā epic single bursts, volleys, reloads and more
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Included sounds - keywords
riles, muzzleloader, breechloader, firearms, historical, guns, cannons, steel, revolvers, handling, trigger, flintlocks, cocking, sharps, gauge, calibre, volley, distant, close
Historical Firearms Construction Kit
Applicable to any historical scenario
Your next project contains historical battlefields with thousands of infantry soldiers, some evil pistol-swinging pirates or fine gentlemen demanding “satisfaction” in an old-fashioned duel? With this library, you get all our HISTORICAL FIREARMS source recordings in high quality.
Amazing weapon variety
Shots of muzzle-loaders, muskets, carbines, pistols, cannons, breechloaders, etc. In addition to that, you will also find great handling sounds. Choose between 17 different weapons that were recorded on two locations in a multi-channel setup with 12 tracks.
Designed, Construction Kit, Bundle: What’s the difference?
Historical Firearms Designed
A bang for every occasion
Create great epic battles from the civil war, the napoleonic wars or design the grand finale of a thrilling pistol duel.
Orchestrate large battles in no time
HISTORICAL FIREARMS DESIGNED is your best choice for high quality sound effects of cannons, pistols, revolvers and rifles from the good old times. Whether you need some precise single shots or a group of up to 100 rifles. Scale it to your needs and let your audience reminisce the centuries past.
Designed, Construction Kit, Bundle: What’s the difference?
Historical Firearms Bundle
THE BUNDLE – TheĀ best of both worlds at a discounted price.
The Bundle gives you the full sound design power as it contains both – the DESIGNED and the CONSTRUCTION KIT edition at a discounted price.
Designed, Construction Kit, Bundle: What’s the difference?
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I am a big fan of BOOM libraries and own most of what they've put out. I work with Cartoon Network's Adult Swim and have done many of their shows over the years. I've used BOOMās libraries on Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell, 12oz Mouse, Harvey Birdman, and almost exclusively used their car and weapon libraries on a show called Archer, years ago. I'll be starting new shows soon and will be looking to their libraries for a variety of different elements. Working primarily in Animation, I find the need to do a lot of Foley or look to the more obscure sound libraries to help build things that don't always exist in the real world. Libraries like BOOMās Sci Fi, Magic, Fire, Destruction and the different animal libraries are hugely helpful.
American Gangster, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Bone Tomahawk, Knight and Day etc.
I was hired as a Supervising Sound Editor on a Horror Western titled Bone Tomahawk. I needed some updating to my own library of sounds & was familiar w/ the quality products that BOOM offers.Ā I loaded up w/ Prairies, Historical Firearms, Gun Handling, & of course, Horses, & I was more than set.Ā The Historical Firearms were especially fantastic. The depth of the recordings coupled with the ability to tweak the original sounds w/ the Construction Kit, gave me so many options for authentic, Turn of the 20th Century SFX.Ā BOOM nailed it.
Captain America: The First Avenger, RED 2: The Best Never Rest, Cinderella Man, Angels and Demons, Twisted etc.
I use BOOM libraries in my projects almost daily. My work on "TURN" used Historical Firearms almost exclusively for weapons. Now I'm working on "NCIS: New Orleans", in which I'continue to use Historical Firearms for gun design, as well as Close Combat and Magic for various fight and design moments. They are a great addition to my library, and a "go to" for anything that I need that sounds huge and clean (which is just about everything!)
Total War: Warhammer, ANNO 1404, The Elder Scrolls Online etc.
For the Total War: Warhammer release trailer IĀ created some layers of the big impacts using pitched down versions of the BLACK POWDER and HISTORICAL- FIREARMS libraries. Generally speaking, whenever we are missing certain sound effects we know that they will be available in one of the many construction kits. They are absolutely irreplaceable.
Compatible Software
BOOM Library sound FX come as WAV files, meaning you can import and work with them in any software that can handle this file type. Here are the most common audio and video editing software tools that work perfectly with our sound FX
Audio Software
- Logic Pro
- Cubase
- Nuendo
- Ableton Live
- Pro Tools
- Reaper
Video Editing Software
- Premiere Pro
- Final Cut Pro X
- After Effects
- Vegas Pro
- Media Composer
Rich Metadata Embedded
To provide you with the fastest and easiest workflow possible, all files contain extensive metadata like file description & keywords to quickly find the sounds youāre looking for. Metadata can be read and processed by audio management tools. Some digital audio workstations feature an included search tool that can also read embedded metadata.Ā Here are the most common audio management tools:
- Soundminer
- Basehead
- Soundly
Significant Savings
Historical Firearms is part of the BOOM Signature Bundle. By purchasing the BOOM Signature Bundle, you save thousands of dollars compared to buying each of the 88 packs individually. This bundle offers exceptional value, making high-quality sound design accessible at a fraction of the cost.
Subscription Option
To make the BOOM Signature Series even more accessible, you can subscribe at a reduced rate and get instant access to every new release in the Signature Series. This flexible option allows you to enjoy the full benefits of the series without the upfront investment.