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Herd of 300 Sheep #2

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300 sheep are gathered in a meadow before transhumance. No bleating animals, we only hear their bells. UCS Category: AMBFarm. Length: 01:37.
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Couinement jouet #8

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Squeak of a toy. Here a kind of "pear horn". UCS Category: TOYMech. Length: 00:01.
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Heavy chain

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Sound of a heavy chain that is moving. UCS Category: CHAINMvmt. Length: 00:04.
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Screeching tires #2

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Squealing of 4 car tires. UCS Category: VEHSkid. Length: 00:02.
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Sigh by the nose

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A man who sighs by the nose. UCS Category: HMNBrth. Length: 00:07.
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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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Melody Played on the Carillon

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Melody played on carillon bells in a public square with crowd noise in the background. UCS Category: MUSCChim. Length: 01:52.
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Cave #1

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Sound atmosphere of a cave. Created on computer, with sounds from LaSonotheque: Rain, drops of water and reverberation. Easy to loop. UCS Category: AMBUndr. Length: 01:11.
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Bus stop in Japan

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A bus stop in Utsunomiya, Japan. Engines, ads, doors, avenue. UCS Category: AMBUrbn. Length: 02:41.
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Cassette Player: Play and Pause

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Sound of a cassette player. Reading, and 3 manual breaks, and stop. UCS Category: COMAv. Length: 00:14.
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Tibetan bowl singing

Listen to this sound (#1109)
Friction of the stick on a Tibetan bowl that begins to sing. UCS Category: MUSCInst. Length: 00:44.
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Fridge

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Noise from the engine of a refrigerator. UCS Category: MACHAppl. Length: 00:36.
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Sheep #6

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A sheep bleating recorded under metal shelters (slight reverberation). UCS Category: ANMLFarm. Length: 00:01.
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Small Dog Barking Behind Door

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Small dog barking behind an apartment door, recorded from the hallway. UCS Category: ANMLDog. Length: 00:31.
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Footstep in the Snow #2

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Human footsteps in the snow. Easy to loop. Made with a sound effect technique: https://lasonotheque.org/dossiers/techniques-bruitage-f112.html#2. UCS Category: FOLYFeet, FEETHmn, SNOWMisc. Length: 00:56.
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National alert signal, end

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Civil siren of the "national alert signal" if the alert is over. 1 cycle of 30 seconds. This is a realistic montage made using this imperfect sound, so feel free to do the same to make your siren sound like what you have in mind: https://bigsoundbank.com/national-alert-signal-remalard-61-s3257.html. UCS Category: ALRMSirn. Length: 01:18.
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Car sliding door, opening

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Opening a sliding side door of Kia Carnival. Sound inside the car. UCS Category: VEHDoor. Length: 00:02.
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Bike on Path (MTB)

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The sound of a bike rolling on a gravel road. Sound taken on board the bike. UCS Category: VEHBike. Length: 00:31.
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Bike on a road (MTB)

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The sound of a bike rolling on an asphalt road. Sound taken on board the bike. UCS Category: VEHBike. Length: 00:54.
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Winder #1

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Music box that you go back manually with a small key. Some turns. UCS Category: CLOCKMech, MUSCKeyd. Length: 00:10.
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Gas fog horn #2

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2 long shots of a gas fog horn like those used by supporters in stadiums, protesters, skippers.. UCS Category: HORNAir. Length: 00:04.
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Tennis Ball: Bounce

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A tennis ball bounces on the ground. UCS Category: SPRTField. Length: 00:37.
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Vinyl disc: Start #2

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Starting an LP turntable. Crunches. UCS Category: COMPhono. Length: 00:18.
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Metro: Stopping and Leaving

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An old metro from Paris arrives, stops, I get in, then leaves. Check-in from the platform, then from inside a train car. UCS Category: TRNInt, TRNSbwy. Length: 01:51.
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Pressure cooker

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Steam from a pressure cooker. UCS Category: FOODCook. Length: 01:40.
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Walk on Pontoon

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A human is walking on a wooden pontoon. UCS Category: FEETHmn. Length: 00:06.
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Rollercoaster, OzIris #1

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Screaming in OzIris roller coasters at Asterix Park. UCS Category: AMBAmus. Length: 00:24.
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Tin can #1

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Sound of a tin that would drop on the floor. UCS Category: METLImpt. Length: 00:02.
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Test 7.1 (Surround)

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Audio file allowing the testing and calibration of a 7.1 installation (Dolby Surround), in french. Download in WAV format! This is 7 channels + 1 for a subwoofer. If one of the channels is not audible, your device is not suitable. More info in our file on "multichannel sound". UCS Category: TEST. Length: 00:34.
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Triangle #2

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Triangle of 15 cm. UCS Category: MUSCPerc. Length: 00:07.
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Plush music box #2

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Plush toy containing a music box. Jellycat brand. The tune is supposedly “The Old Man”. UCS Category: MUSCKeyd. Length: 00:15.
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Faucet #3

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Open faucet in the kitchen sink. UCS Category: WATRDrip. Length: 00:21.
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Old switch

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Handling an old light switch. UCS Category: MECHClik. Length: 00:14.
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Firecracker with wick #4

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Explosion of a firecracker with wick. UCS Category: FRWKRec. Length: 00:02.
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Vinyl disc: Start #1

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Starting an LP turntable. Crunches. UCS Category: COMPhono. Length: 00:04.
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The Six Million Dollar Man

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Bionic effect similar to that of the film "The Six Million Dollar Man". UCS Category: DSGNErie. Length: 00:04.
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La Marseillaise, whistling

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A man whistles the Marseillaise. UCS Category: WHSTHmn. Length: 00:56.
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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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Tone, busy #1

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Telephone tone when the line is busy, in France. This is a sound wave frequency of 440 Hz sinusoidal, slightly clipped. Half a second, every second. This sound is easy to loop. UCS Category: COMTelph. Length: 00:12.
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Tram Passing #4

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A modern Parisian tram passes by. UCS Category: TRNTram. Length: 00:14.
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