Mono

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.

Police sirens on the streets of Washington DC, USA, heard from inside my apartment in Dupont Circle, in 2007.

I was tapping a pen, increased the bass, lowered the pitch and added echo to it, and it now it sort of reminds me of simulated fireworks.

Sounds from my window on a sunny Sunday afternoon in May, in Nijmegen, the Netherlands - church bells of the St.

65-second recording of a high school computer classroom - Ambient sound (very few distinct words)

Pouring a glass of sweet iced tea. Includes putting ice in the glass.

boiling lentils in a small pot.

filling wine glass

pepper grinder, grinding pepper.

mixing spices in a small ceramic bowl, with a metal spoon.