Sound is a bit of prepared guitar. . . The strings had some "twistie-ties" on them, and they were scraped/bowed with a screw driver near the bridge. Guitar was processed with delay, and i believe maybe some other effects. Sounds, at times, similar to a droning sitar.
Ambiance recording on balcony near train tracks. Residential area, distant traffic, seagulls, train passing by. Stereo xy recording using two shotgun mics on a zoom f8. 48khz/24bit.
public domain recording from the Library of Congress "Camino de San Antonio" a corrido from the Library of Congress' John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip; performed by Jose Ararjo on April 27, 1939 at his school near Brownsville, Texas
This was recorded in the centre of oxford, near the junction between broad street and turl street, on 23rd february 2013. I was facing west along broad street with turl street, and the pavement, to my left. There are many different sounds on this recording including bikes being parked (i was standing near a bike rack) and ridden, cars lurking for a parking space, dropping people off and turning round (broad street has a car park in the middle of it), plenty of different people walking past and talking, and a big issue seller. There is the occasional bit of wind noise, but not as much as i'd feared (luckily the wind was behind me). Recorded with a marantz pmd661 with built-in microphones.
Binaural recording made with a dummy head and in ear akg c417 pp. The head is attached to a mannequin torso. Recorder: tascam dr40the crickets are very near the dummy head, 1 on the left at 1m and 2 or 3 on the right located 2m away.
Walking thorugh the islamic quarter, near damaskus gate in the old city of jerusalem. Binaural recording with soundman okm`s and a h4n. If you want to support my work, please visit:jardinsonore(. )bandcamp(. )comthere you find a lot more.
City ambience: cars, tunnel, tube, wind, kids, children, pigeons. Sounded recorded with zoom h4n, near hallesches tor u-bahn station, berlin (germany). Converted to flac (audacity; level 8).
A sequenced recording of a 1961 holden ek with door opening-closeing, strating up, reversing and driving off. Some birds and wind in backgound. Recorded in kumeu, near auckland in aotearoa, new zealand.
Me walking in my driveway on a rainy night, just put my blue yeti near my feet, and recorded. If you liked this sound & or used it in your own work, feel free to donate to me here! paypal. Me/kb2.
Toronto pearson international airport, terminal 1, observation hall, high ceiling departure area, near huge observation windows, occasional close chatter and baggage moves etc. Many of the people in the area are lined-up at the cathy-pacific ticket desk. Constant background chatter.
One of the many stores near times square (nyc) which are perpetually going out of business installed this public address system recently and was "going to town" trying to bring in customers. It didn't really appear to be impressing anyone.
Water running at the side of an un-made lane near forge dam, a disused steel grinding mill pond on the porter brook on the western edge of sheffield, uk. Recorded using the irig recorder app on an iphone 3gs.
Weird sorta lo-fi type of riff which changes to an almost country type of lick, then it changes again near the end. Middle of the road distortion. Might work as a background noise track in smaller segments.
A walk in the woods of the lakes of monticchio (italy), in the distance a motorcycle disturbs the quiet. It's drizzling, july 2022. At one point i stop and listen to the rain making its way through the branches and leaves of the trees. And at some point, someone urinates near a tree.
Recording on a trail at mont-belair , quebec, canada. Slight wind in the leaves, a thrush and other small birds can be heard, as well as a curious mosquito who got near the mics at the end of the recording. // recorded with zoom h4n.
Stereo sample of a recording of a woodpecker in the forest near waalre (nl), which can be used as notification sound on your cellphone. The original recording is made in 48khz/24b wav format with a zoom h1n recorder and converted to mp3 in post.
The road noise from a fiat ducato campervan on state highway 94 near mount hamilton. New zealands roads are rather gnarly with the gravel protruding from the tar. Hence the high noise.
This is a recording of my old antique clock. I recorded this using an ipad microphone so it may not be best quality. Near the end of the recording, it strikes 2 o'clock. If you hear some bump or tapping sound, that is because my around moved around and bump the door of the clock.
Dry rolling thunder before storm near a small village in the mexican jungle. Microphone: ms schoeps ccm41&ccm8;recorder: sound devices 664ms encodeddate and location: february 2016, sierra mazateca (mexico).
A railway arch under the mainline just near waterloo east station, london se1. Sparrows and wood pigeons can be heard, together with the whine of the stationary train on the tracks above, and the deeper rumble as the train moves off.
New jersey. Recorded on ipad mini out the window of a house near street in residential neighborhood. Water tapping in rain gutter downspout. Crickets very soft in the background. A few cars woosh by on the street.
A gigantic flock of crows (corvus corone), at least 100 birds, circling right over our house at lubeck, germany. Hasty recording, therefore some rumbling at some points, but a nice clear recording nonetheless as they circled very near. Recorded on zoom h2.
Tribute to george orwell's "animal farm". Castiadas agriturismo orchestra near cagliari (italy). The animals are perturbed and worried by my presence then get used to it and stop screaming. Rural life goes on. Sony ecm 719 stereo mic.
Laying in the darkness over the ice field under a cardboard box with the headphones and microphone. Enough far away from the shore to make me nervous when the rumble and cracks hit very near.
Pedal-based noise created from an internal feedback loop. Wah, distortion, flanger, sirkut gnarler, and other pedals. Near the middle the flanger (dod fx75b) and gnarler in combination made a really weird noise like a fast, looped recording of a zummarah or some other wind instrument. . .
Recorded near a drainpipe, i have no idea what the bass wind sound in the background is. I think it was some sort of exhaust from the basement around, but i don't know why it turned off and on. In any case it makes for a very spooky ambient effect.
A short nature recording of a small stream with a tiny waterfall near lexington oklahoma. Made with a zoom f8 coupled to a core sound tetramic mounted in a rycote baby gag. Processed with vvaudio plug ins using reaper.
In the south of france near "villeneuve les maguelones ". I walked thru wet land to record a group of flamingo. From 0 to 1"30 i walked. At 1"45 the flamingo began their discussion. Recorded with nagraivs and a pair of beyermc930 in ortf configuration.
This is a sound sketch trying to replicate the sound-walk near my house. This is for an assignment for the music appreciation course of loyola high school. The sound sketch includes sounds from freesound. Org such as car making a doppler effect, wind, birds cawing, and footsteps on concrete.
Corvette c5 inox from 2001, recorded with zoon h4n at 24/96, stereo. Car start, accelerate, run r/l and l/r, stop the engine, start again,comes near the h4 in a fixed point, accelerate , screeches, run, stops and close the door.
A busy melbourne (australia) street with pedestrians, traffic and trams passing by. Recorded near a tram stop so tram is prominent as it departs. Recorded on a zoom h5 in xy mode.
Recording of a herd of cows with cowbells in the austrian alps. Recorded in binaural technique while walking through the herd. This results in different acoustic perspectives: far - near - far. "moo" at 4m22s. Slightly sound of a creek in the background.
Recording made at 11:30 at night on the edge of a pond near a deep forest. . . . Of course the spring peepers are chorusing, but then, from farther away, but definately still audible, some coyotes start calling out. Wonderful night-ambience. Enjoy.
Recording of (what in my believe is) a small frog call. Denoised version (cricket removal) of my frog02 recording. The source was hidden in wet grass near of a river, surrounded by crickets. First and last beats have been cropped so it can be played in continuous loop.
New zealand ja class locomotive coming into, stationed at and leaving hamilton station. Homeward bound to auckland (glennbrook) after a joint day trip to national park and back. Recorded in very cold conditions with a sony dictaphone, near 10pm nzst.
A juicer blending fruit, clicking while blending before shutting off and vibrating near the end. (you are welcome to use and edit this, its free for all purposes, profit included). (recorded with a small microphone while preparing a small brunch).
I am standing between two motors for two lifts of a medical center. Near the relais that control the motors. Binaural recording with soundman okm`s and a h4n. If you want to support my work, please visit:jardinsonore(. )bandcamp(. )comthere you find a lot more.
The sound of a quiet street at 6pm right near an entrance to griffith park in los angeles. I heard some men carefully working on a construction project and recorded this sound. You can also hear some neighbors chatting nearby.
A commercial jet passing overhead. Recorded with a sennheiser 416 shotgun microphone into a sounddevices 702 digital recorder, standing on the small patch of grass behind the landing strip at lax (near the in-n-out burger).
There's an arcade/shop near my place. They were selling one of those old sega consoles, and i had to tune to ch. 03 (channel 3) on my television to play it. Then i thought: wait a second!? why not record them both! it was genius!.
Simple type of chord progression, low gain type of distortion with a mild flange effect. Probably good for a break or intro but could be used for more if broken up. Changes tempo and tone near the end into something completely different.
A recording of the environment near the riverbank outside my kitchen window while the sun is setting; you can hear dogs barking in the distance, light traffic passing by, and beautiful birdsongs. I recorded this with the built-in microphone of a lenovo mini-laptop.
Rain and thunder of first summer storm in south-eastern poland, near lublin. Recorded with condencer mic through open window. Cut and amplified with audacity. If you used my sound send link to finished product or describe it. My e-mail: wojciech. Stolarz@o2. Pl.
Recording off a dock at a cottage near kawartha lakes, can hear a loon off in the distance, and a woodpecker even further out. Recorded with a zoom f6, 2 x rode nt55s set to cardioid, ortf stereo recording24 bit, 96 khz.
Electro-magnetic interference from a desktop computer, and an at&t; cordless phone handset cl82301 when held near the internal ferrite antenna on the back right of a 13-year-old boombox listening to the am broadcast band. Recorded 2 years ago so i forget where i was listening. Recorded with goldwave from line-in. You hear emi from the computer at first, then i bring the phone on standby near the radio and you hear a series of nearly pure tones. The phone comes on and you hear a distorted dial tone. I move the phone away from the radio for a few seconds and you hear the computer again, then i bring the phone near and you hear a distorted busy signal. I disconnect and the phone continues sending to the base for a few seconds so you just hear a hum, then the idle tones are heard, then the computer noise as i remove the phone.
This is an ambient recording of the main spring that feeds lake atalanta in rogers, arkansas. The recording was made using a zoom h5n recorder with a stereo mic capsule held near the surface of the stream about 75 yards from the source. Nice park ambience. . .
This recording was taken at the beach at cliffside resort hotel near greenport on longisland. Binaural recording with soundman okm`s and a h4n. If you want to support my work, please visit:jardinsonore(. )bandcamp(. )comthere you find a lot more.
Recorded in october 2008, at the georgetown loop railway, near silver plume (rocky mountains), colorado, usa. Recorded with a zoom h2 in 2-channel surround mode, without a windshield. File has not been modified, only cut short from a longer recording.
