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
Motor
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.
Picooz Indoor Toy Helicopter
By Stephan, April 6th, 2008 buzzing | Circuit | crashing | dropping | fliing | Helicopter | Insect | Motor | Propeller | Rotor | toy | whirring | whizzing | Single Subject | Natural | 160 kBit/s | Stereo 2:03 minutes (2.34 MB)
"Picooz" light weight radio controlled indoor Helicopter Toy.
180x40x72mm and actually hovers through the room. Great fun!
Bus drive ambience with talk
By qubodup, December 21st, 2007 Announcement | Bus | Car | Chemistry | driving | female Voice | german | Girls | Motor | talking | Voice | Women | Natural | Human | 32 kBit/s | Mono 3:22 minutes (1.16 MB)
Riding the bus, hearing the station-announcements, hearing two female students talking about chemistry in german.
weed whackers
By Marcus Kuerten, September 9th, 2007 Bees | buzzing | Cologne | Gardener | Grass | Green Area | Insect | Klingelpuetzpark | Lawn | Meadow | Motor | Mower | mowing | Park | Weed Whacker | whizzing | Single Subject | Characteristic | Human | Other | Stereo 1:05 minutes (2.49 MB)
droning train motor on halt
By Stephan, May 30th, 2007 buzzing | loud | Machine | Motor | Noise | Train | Single Subject | Natural | 160 kBit/s | Stereo 0:05 minutes (102.08 KB)
Train Motor on Stop on the tracks / platform. Loud buzzing machine sound. Could as well be a washing machine.
Lawnmover, Diesel
By Stephan, May 30th, 2007 Diesel Engine | Garden | Lawnmower | Motor | Mower | Summer | Single Subject | Natural | 160 kBit/s | Stereo 1:15 minutes (1.73 MB)
30th May, 2007.
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.
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
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.
small cutter driller
By Stephan, April 22nd, 2007 buzzing | Cutter | Driller | edging | Machine | Motor | whizzing | Single Subject | Natural | 160 kBit/s | Stereo 0:30 minutes (595.45 KB)
nose hair cutter
sounds like a drill, drilling.
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