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
Noise
Plattenknistern - Record Noise
By Bernhardleimbrock, October 1st, 2008 crackling | LP | Music | Noise | Record | Single Subject | Other | Stereo 0:24 minutes (555.76 KB)
The crackling of a record.
Plattenknistern. 24 sec
ORIGINAL FORMAT AIFF CAN BE DOWNLOADED HERE:
http://www.pdsounds.org/files/audio/plattenknistern.aif
airport station bulletin board - synthesized
By Stephan, June 11th, 2008 Airport | Arrival | Board | Bulletin | clattering | Departure | News | Noise | Railway | rustling | Scoreboard | Station | Table | Ticker | Time | Single Subject | Synthesized | Experiment | 192 kBit/s | Stereo 0:41 minutes (1.26 MB)
The file consists of 7 variations of this rustling bulletin boards sound.
Country Night Noise
By HC, May 9th, 2008 ambient | Night | Noise | Natural | 128 kBit/s | Mono 0:34 minutes (532.7 KB)
The ambient night noise of a common Taiwanese village.
pouring particles like grain
By Stephan, May 6th, 2008 flushing | Grain | Gravel | gushing | Lentils | Noise | Particles | pouring | prickling | rustling | swoshing | Natural | 224 kBit/s | Stereo 1:13 minutes (2.78 MB)
Pouring lentils from my hands or a cup into a plastic tub.
6 different sounds of pouring the particles.
Washing and drying hands
By ezwa, May 4th, 2008 Hands | Noise | Water | water noise | Natural | Characteristic | Human | 128 kBit/s | Mono 0:30 minutes (465.35 KB)
Washing one's hands in a sink and drying them with a towel.
Rain, thunder, steps
By ezwa, May 4th, 2008 footsteps | Noise | Rain | Steps | Thunder | Weather | Natural | Characteristic | 128 kBit/s | Mono 1:30 minutes (1.38 MB)
Walking around,... while recording rain and thunder.
Getting set to record thunder
By ezwa, May 4th, 2008 footsteps | microphone | Noise | Rain | stand | stepping | Steps | Thunder | Weather | Natural | Characteristic | 128 kBit/s | Mono 0:40 minutes (634.74 KB)
Opening a hopper window, putting the microphone on its stand next to it. And... Thunder! :)
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.
clattering and rummaging with plastic toys
By Stephan, April 6th, 2008 clattering | dropping | fishing | Noise | Plastic | playing | rummaging | rustling | Things | Toys | Single Subject | Natural | 160 kBit/s | Stereo 1:00 minutes (1.14 MB)
A lot of dropping plastic things sounds.
Fixing mic stand
By ezwa, March 7th, 2008 microphone | Noise | stand | Single Subject | 128 kBit/s | Mono 0:33 minutes (526.57 KB)
Setting the microphone's stand at a proper hight.
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