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
Machine
espresso machine
By hugh, May 10th, 2008 Coffee | espresso | Machine | Single Subject | 128 kBit/s | Mono 0:30 minutes (470.25 KB)
Breville espresso machine making a double espresso.
Le distributeur de boissons
By Aldor, May 8th, 2008 aldor | automatic | chocolate | Coffee | distributor | Drink | drinks | Machine | noisy | Office | Single Subject | Characteristic | 128 kBit/s | Stereo 0:40 minutes (715.5 KB)
An automatic hot drinks distributor,at the office (this kind of machine where you get coffee, chocolate, tea, soups, i tutti quanti)
stomping machine
By Stephan, May 6th, 2008 *whoosh* | Fabrication | Industry | Lentils | Machine | Particles | pounding | Processing | pumping | rhythmic | scooping | stamping | stiring | Single Subject | Natural | Experiment | 192 kBit/s | Stereo 0:49 minutes (1.12 MB)
It's a plastic tub full of lentils (those lense shaped peas?) in which i scoop up hands full of lentils and let them drop again. The lentils are very smooth to the touch.
Washing machine
By chocoholic, May 1st, 2008 Appliance | cleaning | Din | Household | Laundry | Machine | Motor | Noise | washing | Single Subject | 64 kBit/s | Mono 0:08 minutes (126.98 KB)
Washing machine, 1996 model.
packaging machine I
By Marcus Kuerten, December 30th, 2007 Assembly Line | Automate | Cologne | Construction Units | industrial | Machine | Mechanisms | Noise | Packaging | Pressure Parts | Sealer | Shrink Tunnel Machine | Shrink-wrapping | Sleeve Wrapper | Single Subject | Characteristic | Other | Stereo 0:48 minutes (1.83 MB)
The sound behind the sound of music: An operating industrial shrink-wrapping packaging machine for compact discs.
Photos: www.virb.com/marcuskuerten
packaging machine II
By Marcus Kuerten, December 30th, 2007 Assembly Line | Automate | Cologne | Construction Units | industrial | Machine | Mechanisms | Noise | Packaging | Pressure Parts | Sealer | Shrink Tunnel Machine | Shrink-wrapping | Sleeve Wrapper | Single Subject | Characteristic | Other | Stereo 1:11 minutes (2.7 MB)
The sound behind the sound of music: An operating industrial shrink-wrapping packaging machine for compact discs.
Photos: www.virb.com/marcuskuerten
packaging machine part III
By Marcus Kuerten, December 30th, 2007 Assembly Line | Automate | Cologne | Construction Units | industrial | Machine | Mechanisms | Noise | Packaging | Pressure Parts | Sealer | Shrink Tunnel Machine | Shrink-wrapping | Sleeve Wrapper | Single Subject | Characteristic | 192 kBit/s | Stereo 3:00 minutes (4.13 MB)
The sound behind the sound of music: An operating industrial shrink-wrapping packaging machine for compact discs.
Photos: www.virb.com/marcuskuerten
Dishwasher End, droning, hissing, humming
By Stephan, November 21st, 2007 Dishwasher | drone | Energy | Force | hawing | hissing | humming | Kitchen | Machine | whizzing | Single Subject | Natural | 160 kBit/s | Stereo 4:36 minutes (4.21 MB)
This recording of the dishwashers end of the washing cycle is strongly shortened. I cut out long passages of dead air because it is resting and heating.
ATM - money withdrawal
By Stephan, November 15th, 2007 ATM | automated teller machine | Bank | buzzing | cute | Machine | Mechanism | money | squeaking | working | Single Subject | Natural | 128 kBit/s | Stereo 0:25 minutes (389.84 KB)
ATM - withdrawing 50€ at night.
ATM Printer prints Statement of Account
By Stephan, November 15th, 2007 Account | ATM | automated teller machine | Bank | buzzing | Machine | money | Printer | printing | Single Subject | Natural | 128 kBit/s | Stereo 1:05 minutes (1 MB)
Nightly printout of a statement of account at the ATM.
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