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
ripping
sawing or winding something
By Stephan, May 16th, 2007 *rip* | ripping | Rope | sawing | Winch | winding | Zipper | zipping | Single Subject | Experiment | 192 kBit/s | Stereo 0:02 minutes (61.68 KB)
Pulling a ragged metal tube over a wooden edge.
Sounds a bit like sawing or winding something up / a winch?
Book, Paper, Pages, assorted
By Stephan, May 7th, 2007 Book | browsing | crumpling | Flip through | flipping | Pages | Paper | reading | ripping | rumpling | Single Subject | Natural | 192 kBit/s | Stereo 1:18 minutes (1.79 MB)
This is a collection of several books and paper sounds:
Books of different paper and sizes.
Mainly different flipping pages sounds.
Opening and closing of book covers.
Ripping paper.
tearing off small strip
By Stephan, April 17th, 2007 Adhesive | ripping | tearing off | Single Subject | Characteristic | 192 kBit/s | Stereo 0:01 minutes (38.41 KB)
It originates in a different noise but it does sound characteristic for tearing something off.

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