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Cori's audio files
Smoke alarm
By Cori, November 17th, 2008 Alarm | Alert | annoying | Beep | loud | Siren | Smoke-alarm | Single Subject | Synthesized | 128 kBit/s | Mono 0:37 minutes (578.82 KB)
I was recording something completely different when the smoke alarm went off. So, makin' lemonade, and uploading it here!
old book
By Cori, July 21st, 2008 Book | browsing | flipping | Pages | Paper | reading | turning | Single Subject | 192 kBit/s | Mono 1:14 minutes (1.69 MB)
Sounds of an old hardback book -- pages being turned, riffled / flicked and the book being shut.
english-coins
By Cori, July 21st, 2008 clinking | coins | english | jingling | shaking | Single Subject | 192 kBit/s | Mono 1:04 minutes (1.46 MB)
A small number of each kind of coin is heard clinking -- 1ps, 2ps, 5ps, 10ps, £1s and £2 (I only had 2 £2 coins, so this last isn't very impressive-sounding!) Didn't have enough 20ps or 50ps to sh
bag-of-coins
By Cori, July 21st, 2008 Bag | clinking | coins | jingling | money | paying | Payment | Pennies | Pouch | Purse | Single Subject | Natural | 192 kBit/s | Mono 0:41 minutes (964.74 KB)
A cloth bag of modern English coins clinking and jingling.
Rain against the Window
By Cori, July 7th, 2008 England | Rain | Weather | Wind | Window | Single Subject | Natural | 128 kBit/s | Mono 1:21 minutes (1.25 MB)
A typical English summer day ... the sound of rain lashing against the window pane and gusts of wind blowing at gale-force straight off the sea.
Pouring wine
By Cori, May 5th, 2008 Bottle | glugging | gurgling | pouring | Wine | Single Subject | Natural | 192 kBit/s | Mono 0:21 minutes (487.91 KB)
Pouring chilled white wine from its bottle into a tumbler (I had no clean wine-glasses handy!)
Sunday in the City - street noise3
By Cori, May 5th, 2008 Birdsong | cars | England | Pigeons | seagulls | Seaside | Street noise | Traffic noise | Collage | Natural | 128 kBit/s | Mono 5:00 minutes (4.59 MB)
Sunday, 4th May 2008 5.10pm. English city-by-the-sea noises: cars, vans & mopeds driving in the street outside, seagulls calling, wood pigeons cooing, distant birdsong (thrushes?) and twittering.
Sunday in the City - street noise2
By Cori, May 5th, 2008 Bird flying | cars | City noise | Coast | England | flapping | gulls | Pigeons | seagulls | Seaside | Street noise | Collage | Natural | 128 kBit/s | Mono 4:24 minutes (4.03 MB)
Sunday, 4th May 2008 5.05pm.
Sunday in the City - street noise1
By Cori, May 5th, 2008 cars | City noise | Coast | cooing | driving | England | fairground | Pigeons | seagulls | Seaside | Street noise | Traffic noise | Collage | Natural | 128 kBit/s | Mono 4:27 minutes (4.07 MB)
Sunday, 4th May 2008 5pm.
finger-clicks
By Cori, May 3rd, 2008 clicking | Finger clicks | Fingers | flicking | popping | snapping | Single Subject | Natural | Human | 128 kBit/s | Mono 0:12 minutes (198.41 KB)
Just me clicking my fingers a few times
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