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
Single Subject
Rain against the Window
By Cori, July 7th, 2008 England | Rain | Weather | Wind | Window | Single Subject | Natural | 128 kBit/s | Mono 1:21 minutes (1.25 MB)
A typical English summer day ... the sound of rain lashing against the window pane and gusts of wind blowing at gale-force straight off the sea.
domestic cats
By Marcus Kuerten, June 28th, 2008 Cats | Cologne | Domestic Cats | eating | Feeding Bowl | Food | Gathering | smacking | Tabbies | Single Subject | Natural | 192 kBit/s | Stereo 1:39 minutes (2.27 MB)
marcuskuerten.com
Ping-pong
By Aldor, June 16th, 2008 aldor | ping-pong | pingpong | Single Subject | Human | 128 kBit/s | Stereo 0:55 minutes (1 MB)
The sound of ping-pong, in Paris, june 2008
danish television
By soerena, June 16th, 2008 Household | television | TV screen | Video | Single Subject | 160 kBit/s | Stereo 1:26 minutes (1.65 MB)
In the start, the sound of a videotape machine being turned on, then the sound of my television being turned on and off, and then a relatively long sound of a danish documentary about the sixities' mu
La fontaine de la place Saint-Etienne
By Aldor, June 12th, 2008 aldor | Bells | Cathedral | Church | Fountain | Toulouse | water noise | Single Subject | Human | 128 kBit/s | Stereo 1:25 minutes (1.35 MB)
The fountain and the bells of the Saint-Etienne Cathedral Plaza, in Toulouse (France), at nine O Clock in the evening
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.
Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais Bells
By Aldor, May 15th, 2008 aldor | Bells | Carllion | Cathedral | Christianity | Church | paris | Religion | Single Subject | Human | 128 kBit/s | Stereo 0:44 minutes (699.23 KB)
The bells of the parisian church Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St-Gervais-et-St-Protais_Church
The fountain of the rue Bonaparte
By Aldor, May 14th, 2008 aldor | eau | effervescing | fontaine | fountaine | gurgling | paris | sputtering | Water | welling | Single Subject | Characteristic | Human | 128 kBit/s | Stereo 0:17 minutes (275.55 KB)
A fountain, rue Bonaparte, in Paris, in may 2008
Walking in a Mediterranean Trail
By Aldor, May 13th, 2008 Ambience | cicadas | cigales | Desert | hot | Insect | mediterranean | Nature | Outdoor | Porquerolles | Sun | Trail | walking | Single Subject | Natural | Characteristic | Human | 128 kBit/s | Stereo 2:00 minutes (1.83 MB)
Walking in a mediterranean trail, in Porquerolles Island, in the south of France, in august 2007, among cicadas.
Ambient Classroom-Mono
By rcrossley, May 13th, 2008 Ambience | Classroom | Office | People | Room | working | Single Subject | 128 kBit/s | Mono 1:05 minutes (1 MB)
65-second recording of a high school computer classroom - Ambient sound (very few distinct words)
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