I have seen lots of threads about textures, followers, overhauls etc but few dedicated to the best Audio mods.

So what are your favourites and why?!

Here are some of mine!

http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/43773/?

A great zero-impact-on-performace mod! Subtle and excellently made.

Some feature include:

-300 new ambient sounds to exterior and interior locations

-new sounds for light snowing and blizzards

-waterfalls fader slider added to skyrim audio menu

-house interiors now have rain and moaning wind sounds when it rains or snows outside

-new impact sounds for all weapon classes

-new and some heavily tweaked draw, sheathe, block and bash sounds for all weapon classes

-new sounds for firing firebolt, fireball, lightning bolt, lightning chain

-many mixing tweaks across the board, including reverb

I like to use this mod with darker nights and the music off! It's a really engaging experience!

http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/15034/?

This gets rid of all crafting noises, all alchemy noises, all map noises, all BOINK, CLANK and SWOOSH noises in the UI. Even the save menu and settings options have no sound when being selected!....after years of hearing these cartoon effects a silent UI is very immersive and a great addition to any game!

http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/746/?

This little mod modifies the distance necessary to trigger an NPC greeting. You can make it so staring an NPC in the face is the only way to trigger his or her greeting. OR turn the distance to zero with the installer for a greeting free game!

http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/10905/?

No more irritating jokes about sisters and junk treasures!

http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/30877/?tab=2&navtag=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nexusmods.com%2Fskyrim%2Fajax%2Fmodfiles%2F%3Fid%3D30877&pUp=1

This also silences many UI elements (but not all) and the optional esps include quieter torches and no bug sounds for a desolate night in the tundra!

So what are your favourite audio mods for Skyrim?

I'm an AOS fan, will leave someone else to recommend Sounds Of Skyrim because I have not used it.

For me its just the way LK has approached doing AOS, his design goals are what I would have done had I the same knowledge that his profession brings to the mod.

As a soundfx overhaul, its perfect for me.

Music on the other hand .. I have my own mod for my preference http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/52462/?, description says it all but in brief .. Music volume kills everything musically and I want to preserve some music for my playthroughs like Tavern music, so I selectively disable music by providing replacer silent music files. And it makes attacks a bit more of a shock without the combat music kicking in and warning you.

I'm for sure going to check that out! Browsing the Audio category on the nexus also turns up a lot of tavern music replacers too, I wonder if anyone has used these.

Interesting thread. The accolades for AOS made me try it out and I can't really say much about it yet, except that I have to say that I prefer the combat sounds in http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/5289/?. It might be because I'm more used to it but it just feels more visceral to me.

EDIT: My first impression of AOS is that I prefer the vanilla soundscape to it. It sounds like my char is in a room with reverb when she's outside in the wilderness.

There is one sound in AOS2 that is really jarring - the new sound for certain high level fire spells, which is enormously loud, like Boomer artillery from New Vegas. You can hear it from miles away too. I prefer the sheath sounds from "http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/1117/" too.

That said, probably the best features in AOS are the interior weather sounds, which I most miss in Skyrim from mods in Morrowind, and the waterfall sliders which help prevent Vivec Sewers-style clipping.