With recording devices and microphones pdsounds volunteers acoustically discover the beauty of the world. From the million sounds of things to the pure waves of sinus. Our goal is to record it all and make it available for free. read more
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Pressurized Fire
By GregoryWeir, July 4th, 2009 *foo* | Air | breathing | burning | Dragon | Fire | Gas | rumbling | Wind | Single Subject | Natural | Characteristic | Human | 128 kBit/s | Mono 0:02 minutes (33.51 KB)
Simulated sound of pressurized fire, like a gas burner or a fire-breathing dragon. Done by vocalizing and playing with the sound. Suitable for looping with a bit of work.
Windy Breath
By Stilgar, August 26th, 2008 Air | blowing | Breath | breathing | Wind | Single Subject | Human | Experiment | Variable Bitrate | MonoClick to play
0:20 minutes (860.46 KB)
A few long, windy-sounding breaths over the microphone.
Can of Compressed Air
By Stilgar, August 26th, 2008 Air | blowing | hissing | Plastic | scraping | Straw | Single Subject | Experiment | Variable Bitrate | MonoClick to play
0:09 minutes (362.04 KB)
I spray a can of compressed air at the microphone. The nozzle straw of it ended up rubbing against the microphone once, which produced an interesting noise.
Blasebalg Luftpumpe
By BunnyTon, November 23rd, 2007 Air | Balloon | blowing | inflating | Pressure | Single Subject | Natural | 224 kBit/s | Stereo 0:03 minutes (105.55 KB)
Bag bellow for pumping up air mattresses.
(Blasebalg Luftpumpe zum Aufpumpen von Luftmatratzen)
Vacuum Street Cleaners after Street Parade
By Stephan, September 18th, 2007 Air | Carnival | City | Mardi Gras | Street Parade | Streets | sweeping | swishing | vacuum cleaner | Vehicle | whooshing | Single Subject | Natural | 112 kBit/s | Stereo 4:45 minutes (4.35 MB)
Cleanup by Vacuum-Street-Cleaner-Trucks after carnival, "Mardi Gras, Street Parade, Cologne Karneval
table ventilator
By Stephan, May 16th, 2007 Air | Appliance | Fan | Motor | Office | Switch | Ventilator | whizzing | Single Subject | Natural | 192 kBit/s | Stereo 0:43 minutes (1003.92 KB)
Switching on a 30 centimeter table ventilator, then into higher gear, then off.
Cooker hood
By ezwa, April 19th, 2007 Air | cooker hood | Gas | hissing | Kitchen | Pressure | range hood | Single Subject | 128 kBit/s | Mono 0:14 minutes (222.49 KB)
hydraulic lift down
By Stephan, April 18th, 2007 *twang* | Air | hissing | Hydraulic | Lift | Mechanism | Pressure | Single Subject | Natural | 160 kBit/s | Stereo 0:24 minutes (479.63 KB)
Air Duster
By Stephan, April 17th, 2007 *hssss* | Aerosol | Air | Duster | hissing | Leak | Noise | Pressure | Sprayer | Single Subject | Natural | Other | Stereo 0:21 minutes (821.47 KB)
Using an air duster can. Releasing the air harder and harder. SOunds like a gas leak, too.
Air Duster Short
By Stephan, April 17th, 2007 *pffff* | Aerosol | Air | Duster | hissing | Pressure | Sprayer | Single Subject | Natural | 192 kBit/s | Stereo 0:05 minutes (116.17 KB)
Using an air duster can to dust off computers and electronics.
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