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
Mechanism
wound up toy pedalling
By Stephan, April 6th, 2008 clattering | Mechanism | pedalling | Plastic | rattling | toy | wound up toy | Single Subject | Natural | 160 kBit/s | Stereo 0:11 minutes (215.86 KB)
A toy turtle. You pull a cord at its back and it starts to rotate its flippers to swim in water. For babies in bath tubs.
Canon Digital IXUS 55 (normalized) turn on, off, take photo, press buttons
By qubodup, February 24th, 2008 Camera | device | digital | Digital Camera | electronic | Flash | Mechanism | Photography | zooming | Single Subject | Characteristic | 192 kBit/s | Stereo 1:04 minutes (1.47 MB)
I played around with my cam and recorded the sound, then I normalized the track in audacity. Recorded with a Zoom H2
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.
Electric Pencil Sharpener
By Tamanders, May 11th, 2007 electric | Mechanism | Motor | Office | pencil | sharpener | Single Subject | 128 kBit/s | Mono 0:07 minutes (112.7 KB)
Electric pencil sharpener
buzzing parking ticket aparatus 02
By Stephan, May 9th, 2007 Aparatus | Automate | buzzing | cute | Mechanism | Parking | Ticket | Single Subject | Natural | 192 kBit/s | Stereo 0:05 minutes (113.1 KB)
Parking garage at night. Using the ticket on the barrier aparatus at the garage exit.
It gives of cute buzzing noises.
buzzing parking ticket aparatus
By Stephan, May 9th, 2007 Aparatus | Automate | buzzing | coins | cute | Mechanism | money | Parking | Pay | Ticket | Single Subject | Natural | 192 kBit/s | Stereo 0:24 minutes (568.61 KB)
Parking garage at night. Using the ticket pay automate.
It gives of cute buzzing noises.
Hear two coins roll through the mechanism and one drop into the money box.
pocket camera start and shut down
By Stephan, May 7th, 2007 buzzing | Camera | electronic | Focus | Lens | Mechanism | Motor | Robot | Servo Motor | shut down | Start up | Single Subject | Natural | 192 kBit/s | Stereo 0:06 minutes (136.37 KB)
Pocket Camera opening lense-protector and extending zoom-lense.
Some autofocus servo working.
Then retracting of zoom lense and shutting again.
Heavily noisecleaned.
Car Stereo Tapedeck
By Stephan, May 7th, 2007 *kink* | *krak* | Car | Cassette | Eject | mechanical | Mechanism | Tapedeck | Single Subject | Natural | 192 kBit/s | Stereo 0:08 minutes (189.63 KB)
Pushing a cassette into the car stereo tapedeck.
Tape motor starts. *kink* The tape runs.
Ejecting the tape.
Clock, ticking
By Natalie, April 29th, 2007 Clock | clockwork | Mechanism | tick-tock | ticking | Time | Single Subject | Characteristic | 160 kBit/s | Stereo 0:18 minutes (357.19 KB)
Sounds like a big clockwork, but really is simply recorded very near to a medium size plastic clock.
buckling on seatbelt, clattering
By Natalie, April 29th, 2007 *clink* | *kink* | buckling | Car | clattering | handling | Mechanism | Seatbelt | Single Subject | 160 kBit/s | Stereo 0:05 minutes (96.47 KB)
Sounds like a stapler, but is the buckling of a seatbelt in a subaru justy.
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