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Watercourse 5.1

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Recording of "La Donnette", at Hautes Planches in Bretoncelles (61 - France), on the occasion of the residency "Au Bord Du Larsen" (OBDL) in July 2024. For a sound installation reproducing a waterfall using 6 sounds on 7 speakers. Easy to loop. UCS Category: WATRFlow. Length: 01:05.
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Steps on the Twigs

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Ten steps on the twigs. A record in the forest. UCS Category: FEETHmn. Length: 00:16.
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Common Blackbird #29

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Song of a common blackbird. UCS Category: BIRDSong. Length: 00:03.
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Opening and Closing Light Door

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3 Opening/Closing a light door inside a house. UCS Category: DOORWood. Length: 00:15.
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Sea Waves

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Waves at the edge of the Atlantic Ocean. Between Soulac-sur-Mer and Lacanau. France. UCS Category: WATRWave, AMBSea. Length: 02:46.
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Rain and Thunder #3

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Heavy rain and thunderstorms. Birds. UCS Category: STORM. Length: 00:40.
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Walla Group: Strong Discussions

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About 25 people. They discuss the strong level, as if there was music. No music or other sounds. Walla group. French. UCS Category: CRWDWalla. Length: 01:54.
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Bell 5 O'clock

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The bell tower of the church of La Loupe (Eure et Loir, France) tells the time: It is 5 o'clock!. UCS Category: BELLLrg. Length: 00:13.
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Birds in the City #2

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City ambience, garden side: blackbirds, Eurasian blackcaps, Eurasian wren, European robin, western jackdaws.. Field recording captured in France, in the Centre region, in spring, on May 25th at 6:00 AM. A detail that matters for your project, since birds aren't present, nor active in the same way, all year round. UCS Category: AMBBird. Length: 04:01.
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Party Horn #4

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A "party horn", "party blower", "party pipe", or "blow tickler". UCS Category: HORNCele. Length: 00:02.
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High-speed Train (passage) #1

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Passage of a TGV (French high speed train) and then snap high voltage cables. UCS Category: TRNHspd. Length: 00:17.
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Truck engine

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Noise of Iveco Daily 3.0 40C14 HPI diesel engine. UCS Category: VEHCar. Length: 00:35.
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Sonar #1

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Several beeps of an active sonar. This is a low frequency sonar (long range but low definition). It is a triangular wave of 1030 Hz frequency easy to put in loop. In reality, a military submarine usually has passive sonar, more sonar info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonar. UCS Category: BOATSub. Length: 00:32.
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Finger on Smartphone

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Sound of the finger on the screen of a smartphone when quietly writing a message. A sound to put very weakly. UCS Category: COMCell. Length: 00:32.
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Frying in the Pan #1

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Frying a steak in a skillet when the oil is not very hot. Sharp and well-defined sound. UCS Category: FOODCook. Length: 00:06.
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Cow Moos #6

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Mooing of a cow. It seemed to call goats with which I walked. UCS Category: ANMLFarm. Length: 00:02.
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Mewing kitten 3 weeks

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Kitten (name: Agata) about 3 weeks meowing (cry?) 7 times. The environment is very noisy, I had to extract the meowing to ax;). UCS Category: ANMLCat. Length: 00:10.
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Thunder #6

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A single thunderclap, without rain. UCS Category: THUN. Length: 00:14.
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Small Cascade

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Sound of a small waterfall from an old mill. UCS Category: WATRFall. Length: 00:28.
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Tone, ringback tone #4

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Telephone tone when the phone rings, in the UK, Ireland, New Zealand and many other countries with historical ties to the Commonwealth. These are two sound waves of frequencies 400 Hz and 450 Hz sinusoidal. This sound is easy to loop. UCS Category: COMTelph. Length: 00:30.
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Applause: 300 people

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A crowd of 150 people. No hissing or shouting: the sound is pure. UCS Category: CRWDApls. Length: 00:26.
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Step, Wooden Staircase #1

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A human climbs an indoor wooden staircase wearing light shoes, or slippers. UCS Category: FEETHmn. Length: 00:11.
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Scooter Passage

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Noise of rapid passage of a scooter. UCS Category: VEHMoto. Length: 00:06.
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Campaign Morning

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The campaign in the morning. Wind, birds.. UCS Category: AMBRurl. Length: 02:48.
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Spoutnik #1

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This sound is the original. On October 4, 1957, the first artificial satellite took off: Sputnik 1. With its 83 kilos and 58 cm in diameter, it will revolve around the Earth in an elliptical orbit, between 288 and 947 kilometers in altitude. , emitting this characteristic "beep beep" broadcast by all the radios in the world. UCS Category: COMTran. Length: 00:11.
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Ringing landline #1

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Ringing a landline. UCS Category: COMTelph. Length: 00:02.
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Notification, "LaSoMarie" #1

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Little noise like notification. UCS Category: ROBTVox. Length: 00:01.
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Ghost on the Flute #1

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Cry of a ghost made with a slide (or piston) flute. Hooouuuu!. UCS Category: TOONWh, CREAEthr. Length: 00:06.
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Recreation kindergarten #1

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Playground of a kindergarten. Sound recorded following an introduction to Sound Effects. Children play, in french at being Pokemon. We even hear my son Noé :). UCS Category: CRWDChld, AMBSchl. Length: 13:11.
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Straw, suction #1

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Suction of water from the bottom of a glass, with a plastic straw. UCS Category: FOODDrnk. Length: 00:04.
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Fireplace #4

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Fireplace. To learn how to make the sound effects of a fire https://www.libertivi.com/lelabodubruiteur_113. UCS Category: FIREBurn. Length: 01:19.
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Steps on a Wooden Floor #1

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Many steps, in shoes, on a wooden floor. A few rustling clothes. UCS Category: FEETHmn. Length: 00:37.
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Electric Transformer #2

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Electric transformer. UCS Category: ELECBuzz. Length: 00:02.
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Doorbell house #1

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Bell "bigben" entry home. Low cost. UCS Category: BELLDoor. Length: 00:08.
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Tibetan bowl singing

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Friction of the stick on a Tibetan bowl that begins to sing. UCS Category: MUSCInst. Length: 00:44.
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Metallophone, "jeu des milles euros" #2

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The note "G", on the metallophone, when counting down the time as in the 1000 euros game on France Inter, formerly "thousand francs game". I wrote an article about this sound, on the blog. UCS Category: MUSCChim. Length: 01:00.
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Inverter beeps

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Several beeps and purring of an inverter when the power is off. UCS Category: BEEPAppl. Length: 00:22.
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Cutting Board, Zucchini #3

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Cut with a knife, a zucchini, on a wooden cutting board. UCS Category: FOODCook. Length: 00:08.
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Knock on a Glass Door #1

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Five knocks on a glass door. UCS Category: DOORKnck. Length: 00:02.
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Annoyed Hen

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Short little cry from a bantam hen (or rooster) when it’s annoyed or feels threatened (by my microphone in this case). UCS Category: ANMLFarm. Length: 00:03.
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