Some people think of it as a nullity or even a mockery, but this is not the case. People actually use it:
- to calibrate
- to delay
- to space out two songs in a continuous playlist
- to silence a device that is too noisy and requires the reading of a file, at startup for example.
- etc.. UCS Category: TEST. Duration: 01:00.
Alarme d'incendie que l'on retrouve généralement dans les collectivités (Lycées, collèges, centres, etc.). Same sound as #0268 and #2250, but longer. Difficult to loop. UCS Category: ALRMElec. Duration: 00:39.
Small waves in English Channel recorded facing the sea on the beach of Houlgate, Calvados, Normandy, France. UCS Category: WATRWave, WATRLap. Duration: 02:17.
The last birds to sing. A few minutes before night in the countryside. Recorded on May 2, 2020 around 9 p.m. Easy to loop.
. UCS Category: AMBBird. Duration: 03:56.
Playground of a kindergarten. Sound recorded following an introduction to Sound Effects. The children speak in French. UCS Category: CRWDChld, AMBSchl. Duration: 01:10.
Country soundscape in the evening, in a meadow. Field crickets, rare frogs. Recorded on May 5, 2020 around 10 p.m., in France. UCS Category: AMBRurl. Duration: 04:59.
Sound ambience of countryside at dawn, the moment when the birds begin to sing spring: we are on May 18, 2020 at 5.30 a.m. France, in full containment linked to COVID-19. UCS Category: AMBBird. Duration: 06:17.
Sound atmosphere of a cave. Created on computer, with sounds from LaSonotheque: Rain, drops of water and reverberation. Easy to loop. UCS Category: AMBUndr. Duration: 01:11.