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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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Recreation kindergarten #8

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Playground of a kindergarten. The children speak in French. UCS Category: CRWDChld, AMBSchl. Length: 04:22.
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Highway

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Passing cars and trucks on a small portion of highway. Recording 50 meters next to the track. UCS Category: AMBTraf. Length: 01:17.
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MacBook Pro trackpad, single click

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A single click on the trackpad, or touchpad, of the Apple MacBook Pro. UCS Category: CMPTKey. Length: 00:01.
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Evacuation alarm #2

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Sound of the evacuation siren in a concert hall, triggered by an electrical issue. Each such sequence is normally interspersed with a message in French and English, urging people to leave the building, but I have removed it. UCS Category: ALRMElec. Length: 00:05.
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Forest and stream #2

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Small brook, blackbird, fly, birds, 2 different sounds of the brook (on the left, a deeper "meander" and on the right another shallower one, so I put myself in the middle!). Forest of Signy-l'Abbaye (Ardennes). UCS Category: AMBForst. Length: 03:50.
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Chainsaw and falling tree

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A tree falls after being cut with a chainsaw. UCS Category: AMBMisc, TOOLMisc. Length: 00:29.
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Creaking Door #1

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Sound of a creaking door. Learn how to make a squeaking sound effects: https://www.libertivi.com/lelabodubruiteur_46. UCS Category: DOORCreak. Length: 00:02.
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Wind turbine #3

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Noise of a wind turbine turning. The microphone is directed towards the pale ones. I am about 20 meters from the mast. UCS Category: MOTRTurb. Length: 01:30.
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feet (slipper on floor)

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13 man feet in slipper on old wooden floors. UCS Category: FEETHmn. Length: 00:09.
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Shot of shovel

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Noise of a shovel that knocks on a hard object. A head for example :). UCS Category: METLImpt. Length: 00:24.
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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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Wind and tree squeaks

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Wind in a very big tree. Grinding of one of its branches. UCS Category: WINDVege. Length: 02:33.
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Wooden barn door

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Opening and closing a heavy wooden barn door. UCS Category: DOORWood. Length: 00:36.
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Microphone, tapping #4

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Sound of a dynamic microphone being tapped. UCS Category: COMMic. Length: 00:01.
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Boing cartoon #1

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Sound of a harp imitating the bounce in a cartoon. UCS Category: TOONBoing, MUSCInst. Length: 00:03.
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Steam locomotive, stop

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Stopping and whistling of a steam locomotive. Recording in the town of Martel, France. UCS Category: TRNSteam. Length: 00:06.
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Gavel, 1 blow

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A wooden hammer and his pile. The judges use it. UCS Category: WOODImpt. Length: 00:01.
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Punch #5

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Punch. Thanks to Kellian F. and Yoann B. UCS Category: FGHTImpt. Length: 00:01.
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Drops of water #1

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Many drops of water. UCS Category: WATRDrip. Length: 00:20.
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Crow #3

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A single corvid calling out in the middle of the night. Probably a magpie or a jackdaw. UCS Category: BIRDCrow. Length: 00:01.
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Campaign at night #3

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Nocturnal insects. Wind in a hedge. Harvesters and roads in the distance. At 1 am on July 30, 2019 in France. UCS Category: AMBRurl. Length: 02:30.
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Blow Hard #2

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A man is blowing hard. A candle for example. UCS Category: HMNBrth. Length: 00:02.
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Bell bike #1

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Bell bike. UCS Category: BELLHand. Length: 00:04.
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Door Knock

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Door Knock entry home (metal Vs metal). UCS Category: DOORKnck. Length: 00:10.
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Guitar, Exercise, Beginner #2

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A beginner plays an exercise, on a acoustic guitar. UCS Category: MUSCStr. Length: 00:25.
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Bleating goat #2

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Bleating goat. UCS Category: ANMLFarm. Length: 00:01.
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Watercourse #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: 01:28.
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Long creaking door

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Learn how to make a squeaking sound effects: https://www.libertivi.com/lelabodubruiteur_46. UCS Category: DOORCreak. Length: 00:06.
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Futuristic vehicle crossing #2

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Passage of a futuristic vehicle. Jet engine sounds. UCS Category: SCIShip. Length: 00:05.
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Censor beep #1

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Beep that are commonly used for censorship. UCS Category: BEEP. Length: 00:01.
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SOS in international Morse code #1

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Distress signal "SOS" in international Morse (sound) alphabet. the Morse is formed of "dit" and "dah" (of points and features). 1 "dah" equals 3 "dit". The spaces between the letters are equivalent to 1 "dah", except for the SOS, which must be sent as if it were a single letter, that is to say not using an inter-letter interval. Ends with a space between the words equivalent to 7 "dit". Realized on a computer with a sine wave of 440 Hz. For more information on Morse: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morse_code. UCS Category: COMTelm. Length: 00:03.
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Hi-hat close #6

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Sound of an close hi-hat struck with a wooden drumstick. UCS Category: MUSCPerc. Length: 00:01.
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Apple crunched #2

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I eat a green apple in front of the microphone, indoors. UCS Category: FOODEat. Length: 00:08.
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Piezo alarm #2

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An electronic piezo alarm. UCS Category: ALRMElec. Length: 00:04.
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Passage of a train #6

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Passenger train with 8 TER-type wagons. UCS Category: TRNElec. Length: 00:35.
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Grandfather clock, ticking

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Noise of the pendulum of a grandfather clock. UCS Category: CLOCKChim. Length: 00:20.
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Cow moos #5

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Mooing of a cow. It seemed to call goats with which I walked. UCS Category: ANMLFarm. Length: 00:04.
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Explosion #2

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An explosion at around 10 meters. An agricultural gun designed to frighten birds. UCS Category: EXPLReal. Length: 00:01.
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Heidelberg Printing Press #6

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Sound of a Heidelberg printing press. Recorded at “La Platine,” a traditional print shop in Marseille (France) founded nearly 25 years ago by Odile Coulange and sadly closed in 2024.. Captured during the printing of the book Carnaval by illustrator Rémi, this sound file was generously donated to the Museum of Lost Sounds on BigSoundBank by Mireille B. Some footage of the machine. UCS Category: MACHInd. Length: 00:40.
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