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
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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!
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.
*zzrrrp*sizzle*
By Stephan, November 20th, 2007 Bottle | Foam | Hiss | Pressure | short | sizzle | spurting out | whizzing | Single Subject | Natural | 160 kBit/s | Stereo 0:05 minutes (101.06 KB)
Opening the cap of a plastic bottle of malt beer which was under pressure.
laundrette
By Marcus Kuerten, September 22nd, 2007 Cologne | Dryers | laundering | Laundrette | Laundromat | Noise | spinning | Tumblers | washing | Washing Machines | whizzing | Characteristic | Other | Stereo 1:48 minutes (4.11 MB)
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)
Plastic Bottle Shredder Machine (3 times)
By Stephan, August 11th, 2007 *brrzz* | crumbling | disposal | humming | Machine | rotating | Shredder | Waste | whizzing | zipping | Single Subject | Natural | 128 kBit/s | Stereo 1:44 minutes (1.58 MB)
3 Recordings of the ALDI plastic bottle shredder. You put the plastic bottles in a whole and it shreds them into a container on the other side of the wall (which you can't see).
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.
inside of refrigerator
By Stephan, April 26th, 2007 buzzing | Closing | Fridge | Household | Kitchen | opening | Refrigerator | whizzing | Single Subject | Natural | 160 kBit/s | Stereo 0:21 minutes (424.02 KB)
Opening fridge - inside of Refrigerator - closing fridge.
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.
Washing machine last spin
By ezwa, April 18th, 2007 buzzing | Motor | spin | Washing Machine | whizzing | Single Subject | 128 kBit/s | Mono 1:00 minutes (935.14 KB)
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