List of L4D2 Soundscapes

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Here is a list of 352 soundscapes for use in Left 4 Dead 2. An easy way of testing them is to use the playsoundscape console command, which includes limited searching for soundscape names so you shouldn't have to print out a copy of this list for reference.

Soundscapes with 'util' in the name are intended for inclusion in other, full soundscapes. While they should work without problems in-game, they generally aren't nearly as varied or deep as the resulting composites. Others have positional sounds which will be played at certain locations specified in the env_soundscape entity's properties. If these locations are not given, the sounds will not be heard.

Todo:  Add descriptions for how they sound.

campaign1 (Dead Center)

Name	Description	DSP	Position Number	Position Description
fire.debris.metal	Somewhat distant metal crashes and straining, with the occasional sound of burning. This soundscape should be used with others, as the sound cuts in and out.
fire.debris.wood	Similar to the above, except with the sounds of wood collapsing and breaking instead of metal.
fire.debris.junk	Similar to the above, except with the sounds of generic rubble, glass and rocks(?) moving and falling around.
structure.groans	Pretty self-explanatory, occasional sounds of metal eerily groaning and straining. This soundscape should be used with others, as the sound cuts in and out.
mall.randomverbs	Very distant, echoing sounds of something small falling over.
c1m1.spawn	Constant soundscape of rooftop winds, distant birds and cicadas, and a raging fire not too far away.
c1m1.stairwell	Generic wind-humming, maybe from an AC or a vent.
c1m1.hotel.int.3rdfloorhall	Similar to the above, except the humming is quieter and there's a very frequent sound of wood/junk breaking and falling.
c1m1.hotel.int.3rdfloor	A loud, raging fire with metal groaning and breaking.
c1m1.hotelroom.exterior.fire	High winds, birds and cicadas, and a very close raging fire.
c1m1.hotelroom.2ndfloor	Very loud blazing inferno with wood breaking and rubble collapsing.
c1m1.storeroom.2ndfloor	Similar to the above, except the fire is slightly quieter and the metal groaning is louder.
c1m1.elevator.2ndfloor	Similar to the above, except the fire is even quieter and the metal straining is closer.
c1m1.stairwell.fire	Silence.
c1m1.hotelexterior.2ndfloor	Very close and frequent bird calls and cicadas, with the same high winds as before - probably in a windy, forested area.
c1m1.hotel.int.1stfloor	Nothing but a very loud fire and metal collapsing.
c1m1.hotel.int.1stfloor.lobby	A relatively quieter fire, but the debris sounds are more frequent, varied and louder (but not very loud) - everything between glass, debris and metal. Probably only a few rooms away from the fire.
c1m1.saferoom	Distant fire with a fluorescent/generator hum nearby, and metal groaning/debris breaking somewhere close.
c1m2.spawn	Somewhat quiet fluorescent/generator hum with a faint wind outside the door. No fire or debris, somehow.
c1m2.exterior.01	Noisy birds and cicadas right above the player, with faint gusts of wind blowing by. Very soothing. Could be used for anything between a small wooded area or a lively subtropical forest.
c1m2.stairwell	Identical to c1m1.stairwell.
c1m2.streetalley	Similar to c1m2.exterior.01, except the birds and cicadas are muffled, quiet and echo-y, and the faint wind is louder.
c1m2.exterior.02	Similar to c1m2.exterior.01, but the faint wind is quieter - almost not even there. Just birds and cicadas.
c1m2.exterior.03	Similar to the above, except the wildlife is quiet and more distant.
c1m2.interior.01	Generic sound of air moving through a room, maybe from an AC unit or an open door. Very (almost absurdly) boring, more so than the sound of air moving should be.
c1m2.store.interior	The humming of a cooler or fluorescent light, and an annoying fly at position 1.
c1m2.safehouse	More air moving through a room, maybe some quiet machinery like a vending machine nearby.
c1m3.spawn	Even more air moving through a room, except with a fly at position 1.
c1m3.mall.interior1	More moving air, but louder and with a humming, like from an AC vent. Also some occasional, distant sounds like doors closing, small things falling down, etc.
c1m3.mall.interior2	Similar to above, but the humming is gone completely and the air is lower-pitched and deeper.
c1m3.mall.hallway	Even more moving air. Identical to "c1m1.stairwell", except more "open", like in a bigger room.
c1m3.security	Looping 2-second sound of fluorescent humming, or maybe an old monitor humming.
c1m3.safehouse	Identical to c1m2.safehouse.
c1m4.spawn	Identical to above, except a little bit quieter.
c1m4.atrium.hallway	More quietly moving air coming from a vent.
c1m4.atrium.interior	Identical to c1m3.mall.interior2.
c1m4.elevator.int	Similar to above,with constant humming of machinery like an elevator motor.

soundscapes_campaign1.txt

campaign2 (Dark Carnival)

Name	Description	DSP	Position Number	Position Description
c2m1.hiway.spawn	Cicadas in close proximity.
c2m1.hotel.outdoors	More cicada sounds, distant wind.
c2m1.hotel.indoors	Distant cicadas, room with echoing sounds.
c2m1.parkinglot	Cicadas very close proximity, wind nearby.
c2m1.ravine	Cicadas, crickets, frogs, flies, distant birds(?), identical to swamps.swamp_01.
c2m1.saferoom	Distant cicadas, and echoing sounds.
c2m2.spawn	Cicadas nearby, with echoing sounds.
c2m2.fairgrounds.ext1	Sound of cicadas nearby, Wind (distant) hitting a flagpole.
c2m2.fairgrounds.ext2	Identical to c2m2.fairgrounds.ext1 but with less wind.
c2m2.fairgrounds.interior.small	Very quiet buzzing sound, perhaps a light in an office or a bathroom.
c2m2.fairgrounds.interior.med	Very quiet buzzing sound, distant echoing metal hitting something.
c2m2.fairgrounds.interior.large	Quiet buzzing sound, air moving through a room.
c2m2.fairgrounds.interior.open	very distant crickets or cicadas, frogs, and flies, identical to swamps.swamp_03.
c2m2.safehouse	wood creaking.
c2m3.spawn	Identical to c2m2.safehouse, but a very distant explosion
c2m3.tunneloflove	water, AC unit far away, metal creaking, air moving through a room or a hallway.
c2m3.duct	Air moving through, feel of unease.
c2m3.tunnel.store.room	air moving through, metal scraping or creaking.
c2m3.medium.room	Silence.
c2m3.pumproom	somewhat quiet fluorescent/generator hum with quiet water.
c2m3.coaster.ext1	Cicadas very close to proximity with wind.
c2m3.coaster	Cicadas near proximity, wind nearby and wood and metal creaking.
c2m3.coaster.tunnel	Cicadas nearby, wood creaking with a possible wind going through.
c2m3.saferoom	Cicadas nearby with tiny gust of wind.
c2m4.spawn	Identical to c2m3.saferoom
c2m4.exterior01	Cicadas very close with gust of wind.
c2m4.bumpercars	Nearby cicadas with metal creaking.
c2m4.interior01	Identical to c2m3.medium.room.
c2m4.barn.int	Wood creaking with rats squeaking, maybe flies nearby.
c2m4.tunnel.ent	Hint of possible wind going through the room with a quiet machine hum.
c2m4.saferoom	Cicadas nearby with quiet gust of wind.
c2m5.spawn	Echo-y room with fluorescent light.
c2m5.arena.underground	Sound of echo with quiet machine hum, maybe a vending machine.
c2m5.arena	Distant metal hitting something, gust of wind, and crickets nearby.
c2m5.arena.bathroom	Silence.

soundscapes_campaign2.txt

campaign3 (Swamp Fever)

Name	Description	DSP	Position Number	Position Description
c3m1.gasstationspawn	Cicadas and other critters. Probably night. Very calm.
c3m1.gasstaionspawn	Bugged version of c3m1.gasstationspawn. The looping cicada sounds fade out after one second, but other critters sounds still play sometimes.
c3m1.houseinteriors	Identical to c3m1.gasstationspawn, but a little quieter.
c3m1.dock	Flies buzzing around very close, frogs in the distance, calm sill water, a few birds. Like a swamp.
c3m1.openinterior	Cicadas, seagulls in the distance, distant gunfire and explosions.
c3m1.plankswamp	Flies buzing around very close, a lot of frogs in near distance, steady stream of water, birds that make a odd noise.
c3m1.saferoom	Medium big room or corridor, wind flowing calmly, water dripping in the far distance.
c3m2.tunnelspawn	Identical to c3m1.saferoom, but quieter.
c3m2.swamp	A lot of frogs, a lot of flies, several cicadas, resting water, birds can be heard as well.
c3m2.swamp02	similar to c3m2.swamp bit with a very repetitive sound that i can only describe as loud creaking wood.
c3m2.swamp03	Several flies, many more cicadas in the distance, loud frogs, barely audible calm water.
c3m2.houseinterior	Cicadas, flies, distant frogs, creaking wood, very distant and dull explosion sound.
c3m2.elevatedground	Very close low pitched humming noise, like a vending machine. Wood creaking loudly and often.
c3m2.safehouse	Wood creaking, frogs and cicadas in the distance. also has low pitched humming noise.
c3m3.housespawn	An awful lot of lies buzzing around very close and loudly, has creaking wood.
c3m3.townoutside_01	Loud cicadas and very close flies, occasional birds. Has sounds of metal banging.
c3m3.houseinterior	Cicadas in the distance and creaking wood.
c3m3.houseinterior_02	Cicadas in the distance, loud flies, several frogs in the distance, very close wood creaking.
c3m3.townoutside_02	A lot of nearby frogs and cicadas, a few buzzing flies. Has calm water and occasional bird noises.
c3m3.swamp	Many distant and a few close cicadas, a couple of frogs in nearby distance.
c3m3.outside_dry	Like c3m1.gasstationspawn. Cicadas and other critters. Probably night. Very calm.
c3m3.safehouse	Starts with a few cicadas, after two seconds fades into indoor sound of low humming and wood creaking.
c3m4.housespawn	Distant cicadas and a low humming noise, probably a vending maching or other simmilar machinery.
c3m4.plantationoutside	Loud cicadas, standing waters, several woodland insects making noise.
c3m4.houseinterior	Similar to c3m4.plantationoutside, but quieter with wood creaking sounds in the foreground.
c3m4.orchard_entrance	Distant cicadas, a lot of birds singing, maybe a rattlesnake rattling sometimes.
c3m4.plantation.int	Only indoor sounds of creaking wood with a low humming noise in the background.
c3m4.plantation_backyard	Cicadas and other insects, calm water, occasional singing birds.
c3m4.plantation_dock	A lot of frogs nearby, a few cicadas, singing birds and calm water.

soundscapes_campaign3.txt

campaign4 (Hard Rain)

Name	Description	DSP	Position Number	Position Description
milltown.emptystub
rain.hardsurface.soft.dynamic
rain.hardsurface.soft
rain.hardsurface.med
rain.hardsurface.med.dynamic
rain.hardsurface.hard
rain.water.soft
rain.water.med
rain.water.hard
rain.interior.soft.dynamic
rain.interior.soft
rain.interior.med.dynamic
rain.interior.med
rain.interiorverb.med.dynamic
rain.interiorverb.med
rain.interiorverb.hard.dynamic
rain.interiorverb.hard
distant.thunder
storm.dynamic
storm.dynamic.mill
milltown.spawn
milltown.a.ext
burgertank.interior
c4.house.interior
milltown.a.safehouse
sugarmill.a.spawn
sugarmill.a.exterior
sugarmill.a.office.int
sugarmill.a.office.closed
sugarmill.a.pipeyard
sugarmill.a.pipeyard.transition
sugarmill.a.courtyard
sugarmill.a.trailerinterior
sugarmill.a.lockerroom.int
sugarmill.a.mill
sugarmill.a.cornfield
sugarmill.a.gasstation.int
sugarmill.b.spawn
sugarmill.b.gasstation.int
sugarmill.b.cornfield
sugarmill.b.mill
sugarmill.b.lockerroom.int
sugarmill.b.trailerinterior
sugarmill.b.courtyard
sugarmill.b.pipeyard.transition
sugarmill.b.pipeyard
sugarmill.b.office.closed
sugarmill.b.office.int
sugarmill.b.exterior
sugarmill.b.spawn
milltown.b.safehouse
milltown.b.ext
c4.house.b.interior
burgertank.b.interior
milltown.b.spawn

soundscapes_campaign4.txt

campaign5 (The Parish)

Name	Description	DSP	Position Number	Position Description
c5m1.waterfront	Very close waves, seagulls. Like a shoreline.
c5m1.waterfrontspawn	Same as above, but the waves are a bit quieter
c5m1.restaurant	Single fly, distraught woman weeping, audible breathing, creaking wood, pebble-sized debris crumbling and falling, cicadas, distant explosions and gunshots.
c5m1.street	Cicadas, very audible gunshots and explosion in close proximity, jet planes in close distance, wind and occasional seagulls.
c5m1.smallstore	Freezer aisle or fridge humming.
c5m1.alley	Lots of cicadas and other such critters very close, wind howling through large areas, odd metal banging noise pretty close to player.
c5m1.park	Wind rustling trees and bushes very close, very distant explosions and gunshots, occasional cicadas and one bird.
c5m1.bathroom	Indoor area with wind flowing through, pretty obvious looping sound of what appears to be water gurgling through a pipe.
c5m1.decon	Very close machine humming.
c5m1.terminal	Large indoor area with wind flowing, occasional Loud metallic bangs and squeaking.
c5m1.depot	Cicadas in close proximity, loud wind, a groaning metal structure, occasional gunshots and explosion in the far distance, jet planes flying sometimes.
c5m1.highwayspawn	White noise, perhaps flowing air, accompanied by a obviously looping sound that is hard to describe.
c5m2.highwayspawn	Identical to above.
c5m2.junkyard	Crackling fire at soundscape origin, cicadas, wind over large open area, rustling trees, occasional jet planes in far and closer distance, distant gunshots and explosions
c5m2.suburbanstreet	Wind, cicadas, distant explosions, gunshots and jet planes.
c5m2.houseinterior	Machine humming, louder creaking wood, occasional banging noises that could be very distant explosions.
c5m2.cornerstore	Identical to above.
c5m2.burnedhouses	Wind over large area, occasional very close cicada, a few very distant explosions and gunshots.
c5m2.tunnel	Burst pipe at soundscape origin (steam escaping), water flowing through pipes, wind going through corridors, occasional loud banging noises.
c5m2.underground	Odd creepy ambience sound that is not natural and hard to describe. Accompanied by closer water droplets and distant constant water drops.
c5m2.impoundlot	Cicadas and other such critters, wind, occasional jet planes flying in the distance, few distant explosions and gunshots
c5m2.highway	Identical to above.
c5m2.cemetery	Wind rustling through trees, occasional cicadas, crickets and birds. Accompanied by distant gunshots and explosions.
c5m2.urbanstreet	Wind, closer occasional gunshots, explosions and jet planes.
c5m2.storagespawn	Machine white noise, perhaps a freezer or AC unit. Odd, slightly annoying, background noise that plays for about five seconds and loops, very hard to describe.
c5m3.storagespawn	Same as above but louder white noise.
c5m3.courtyard	Wind, a lot of singing birds, occasional flies and metal banging noises. Scarce Distant gunshots and explosions.
c5m3.smallstore	Fly at soundscape origin, a machine humming, perhaps a freezer.
c5m3.office	Machine humming, distant cicadas, occasional distant gunshots, explosions and jet planes.
c5m3.street	Wind, a lot of birds singing, distant explosions, gunshots and jets, some metal creaking in various locations. Sounds more like a forest, rather than a street as the name implies.
c5m3.smallclub	Creepy background noise with pretty deep and audible bass in its background. Accompanied by wood creaking.
c5m3.largeclub	Identical to above.
c5m3.alley	Wind, several birds singing, loud metal structures banging almost every ten seconds.
c5m3.hotelstairwell	Fly, wind in corridors, machine humming, creaking wood, occasional rather creepy breathing or perhaps even whispering, explosions, groaning structures and woman sobbing loudly.
c5m3.hotelinterior	Identical to above.
c5m3.apartmentshell	Identical to c5m3.hotelstairwell.
c5m3.apartment	Identical to c5m3.hotelstairwell.
c5m3.lot	Wind, several birds singing in close distance, occasional banging sounds of larger structures echoing of walls.
c5m3.waterfront	Close cicadas, wind, waves in close distance, seagulls, distant explosions, gunshots and jets.
c5m3.towerspawn	Similar to c5m2.storagespawn, but with quieter machine humming
c5m4.towerspawn	Close waves and seagulls, a large structure groaning.
c5m4.bridgeoutside	Very close waves, seagulls, a large groaning structure and occasional foghorn noises in the very far distance.
c5m4.dockfar	Very close waves with seagulls.
c5m4.dock	Similar to above but quieter waves

soundscapes_campaign5.txt

campaign6 (The Passing)

Name	Description	DSP	Position Number	Position Description
util_debris
c6m1_spawn_river
c6m1_building_interior
c6m1_outdoor_01
c6m1_tent_int
c6.house.interior
c6m1.safehouse
c6m2.safehouse
c6m2_outdoor_01
c6m2_outdoor_02
c6m2_outdoor_03
c6.truck.interior
c6.conduit.int
c6m2_building_interior
c6m2_building_interior_02
c6m2_underground_interior_01
c6m2_int.stairwell
c6m2_int.water
c6m2_int.tunnel
c6m2_water.tunnel
c6m3.port.spawn
port.spawn.ext
port.patio.ext
port.alcove
port.waterfront
port.elevator.bottom
port.outdoor.general
port.building.interior
brick.bldg.interior
sugarmill.b.office.int
sugarmill.b.spawn

soundscapes_campaign6.txt

Swamps

Name	Description	DSP	Position Number	Position Description
swamps.frogs_01
swamps.frogs_02
swamps.frogs_03
swamps.frogs_04
swamps.frogs_05
swamps.frogs_06
swamps.bullfrogs_01
swamps.flies
swamps.gators
swamps.gasstation
swamps.dock
swamps.plankswamp_01
swamps.swamp_01
swamps.swamp_02
swamps.swamp_03
swamps.shantyoutside
swamps.plantation_outside
swamps.orchard
rural2.combat_far_heavy
rural2.combat_far_medium
rural2.combat_close_light

soundscapes_swamps.txt

Rural 2

Name	Description	DSP	Position Number	Position Description
rural2.woods
rural2.woods3
rural2.morning
rural2.bridge
rural2.smallbuilding
rural2.smallbuilding2
rural2.river
rural2.caveclosed
rural2.caveopen
rural2.traintunnel
rural2.pumproom
rural2.bigroom
rural2.drainagebig
rural2.drainagesmall
rural2.drainageopen
rural2.trainyardentrance
rural2.trainyardrespawn
rural2.trainyardbuilding
rural2.trainyardbuilding2
rural2.trainyardbuilding2window
rural2.trainyard
rural2.trainyard2
rural2.house
rural2.town
rural2.towninside
rural2.townalley
rural2.boatinterior
rural2.boatexterior
rural2.shoreline
rural2.town_02
rural2.shack
rural2.combat_far_heavy
rural2.combat_far_medium
rural2.combat_close_light

soundscapes_rural2.txt

Urban 2

Name	Description	DSP	Position Number	Position Description
urban2.util_cicadas
urban2.util_grasshoppers
urban2.utilbirdsgroup1
urban2.util_interiorslams
urban2.util_metalslams
urban2.util_metalslams 2
urban2.util_woodfloorsqueaks
urban2.util_woodqueaks_new
urban2.util_windgust
urban2.util_distantcombat
urban2.util_distantexplosions
urban2.util_rat_scratches
urban2.util_genericrooftop
urban2.util_genericexterior_from_interior_1
urban2.util_genericexterior_from_interior_2
urban2.util_flies
urban2.util_steam
urban2.util_pipes
urban2.rooftop_1b
urban2.rooftop_1b_interior
urban2.rooftop_1b_interior2
urban2.underground_1
urban2.underground_2
urban2.underground_3
urban2.controlroom
urban2.warehouse_1
urban2.steamtunnel
urban2.boilerroom
urban2.hospital_interior
urban2.flies
urban2.rooftop
urban2.junkyard
urban2.street
urban2.courtyard
urban2.alley
urban2.sewer
urban2.pipetunnel
urban2.apartment
urban2.generatorroom_off
urban2.generatorroom
urban2.respawn
urban2.rooftopspawn
urban2.hospitalspawn
urban2.spawnrain
urban2.hospital
urban2.office
urban2.subway
urban2.pillarsroom
urban2.conveniencestore
urban2.warehouseoutside
urban2.bathroom
urban2.club
urban2.tankroom
urban2.powerplant
urban2.powerplantinside
urban2.parkinggarage
urban2.elevator
urban2.construction
urban2.finaleinside
urban2.finaleoutside
urban2.finaleroof
urban2.cemetery
urban2.burnedhouse
urban2.dock
urban2.dockfar
urban2.bridgeoutside

soundscapes_urban2.txt