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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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Mountain stream #1

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Stream flowing down a wooded mountainside, far from any busy road; no birds in the area. Hautes Pyrénées, near the old spa resort of PAUZE, located not far from Cauterets (65110). Altitude of the sound recording: 1053 m. Date: 05-07-2022, afternoon. Weather: overcast, foggy, stormy, no wind. UCS Category: WATRFlow. Length: 05:22.
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Chick 1 (Stuffings)

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Peeping sounds from “Chicken” (that’s his name), my little chick. He’s a bantam chick and is 3 weeks old. A chick peeps like this when it’s alone, calling for its mother or another chick to keep it company. UCS Category: ANMLFarm. Length: 00:20.
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Flight bird #4

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The sound of a bird's wings taking flight. Produced with a sound effect technique: https://lasonotheque.org/dossiers/techniques-bruitage-f112.html#1. UCS Category: WINGBird. Length: 00:02.
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Train whistle, foley #2

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I blow into a locomotive-style train whistle. I added a bit of reverb to make it sound more realistic. My whistle: https://thmn.to/thoprod/511358?offid=1&affid=792. UCS Category: TRNHorn. Length: 00:04.
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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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Steam locomotive #1

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Running a steam locomotive. Recording from the first car, in the town of Martel, France. UCS Category: TRNSteam. Length: 01:03.
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Industrial doorbell #4

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Five seconds of industrial bell. Like those found in theaters or factories. UCS Category: BELLDoor. Length: 00:10.
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Tone, busy #2

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Telephone tone when the line is busy, in France. This is a sound wave frequency of 440 Hz sinusoidal. Half a second, every second. This sound is easy to loop. UCS Category: COMTelph. Length: 00:20.
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Mower

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Mower that mows the lawn. UCS Category: MOTRComb. Length: 00:31.
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Drumsticks #3

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Two + four shocks between two wooden drumsticks. Like before a piece of rock music. Tempo of 120 bpm. UCS Category: MUSCMisc. Length: 00:04.
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Locomotive à vapeur, starting

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Starting a steam locomotive. Strangely, it's faster and makes less noise than I imagined. Recording from the train station, in the town of Martel, France. UCS Category: TRNSteam. Length: 00:39.
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Rotary dial #1

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Dialing my own cell phone number on an old Socotel S63 rotary dial phone. UCS Category: COMTelph. Length: 00:20.
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Village, city center #1

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Town center of a small country village, Manou, in Perche, France. Half April. UCS Category: AMBSubn. Length: 04:03.
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Pages that turn #6

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Turning page of a small paperback book. UCS Category: PAPRHndl. Length: 00:01.
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Motherhood: Corridor

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Atmosphere in a corridor of a hospital maternity ward. UCS Category: AMBHosp. Length: 02:29.
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Yawn #1

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A man who yawns. UCS Category: HMNBrth. Length: 00:05.
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Bells of Santa Claus #2

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Noise of bells that are fixed on Santa's reindeer. UCS Category: BELLAnml. Length: 00:57.
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Closed book #2

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A book that closes. UCS Category: OBJBook. 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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Man sniffing

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A man with a slight cold, who sniffs quickly through his nose. UCS Category: HMNBrth. Length: 00:21.
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Laser printing

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Printing a page with a laser printer; Epson C1100. It’s a very noisy printer. UCS Category: MACHOffi. Length: 00:27.
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Fishing reel, fast

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Fast rotation of a fishing reel. UCS Category: MECHGear. Length: 00:14.
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Insect song #4

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This is probably a large green grasshopper. Recorded at night, between 2 and 3 meters high, in the vegetation. Easy to loop. UCS Category: ANMLInsc. Length: 00:26.
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Djembe: Hand flat in the center

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Flat hand strikes the center of a skin djembe. x7. UCS Category: MUSCPerc. Length: 00:11.
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Music box, C #1

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The "do" of a music box. UCS Category: MUSCKeyd. Length: 00:03.
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Important message, in Morse #1

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The message "This is an important message" 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". Ends with a space between the words equivalent to 7 "dit". Realized on a computer with a triangular wave of 1 010 Hz. For more information on Morse: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morse_code. UCS Category: COMTelm. Length: 00:23.
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Barn Swallows in the City #2

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City ambience, street side: barn swallows and blackbirds. Field recording captured in France, in the Centre region, in spring, on May 25th at 5:45 AM. A detail that matters for your project, since swallows aren't present, nor active in the same way, all year round. UCS Category: AMBBird. Length: 02:02.
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Evening in Gironde, France

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Soundscape of an evening in Gironde in the city of St-Vivien-du-Médoc. Insects, cars, etc. UCS Category: AMBRurl. Length: 03:32.
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Eurasian Blackcap #3

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Song of a Eurasian blackcap. The silent intervals between two successive song phrases are on the order of 5 to 20 seconds. UCS Category: BIRDSong. Length: 00:04.
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Small herd of goats

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A small herd of 13 goats. 6 adults with bells. UCS Category: AMBFarm. Length: 01:16.
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Garden dormouse

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The cry of a garden dormouse on alert. Is a rodent in the dormouse family. He has always lived in my attic, with a large family some years, without ever doing any damage. They scream like that when I pass close to them when they eat fruit in my garden. UCS Category: ANMLRdnt. Length: 00:43.
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Reverse, Le Cri du Lynx®

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"Le Cri du Lynx®" is the new noise emitted by receding trucks, construction machinery, combine harvesters or other vehicles: https://www.cridulynx.fr/. This sound is easy to loop. UCS Category: BEEPVeh. Length: 00:11.
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Spanking

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A series of 20 spankings. UCS Category: FGHTImpt. Length: 00:10.
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Delirious Laughter #4

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A horrible delirious laugh. This sound has no effect, but reverberation would make it terrible. UCS Category: VOXLaff. Length: 00:03.
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Big rain on car roof

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Big drops of rain on a car roof. These may be immediately preceded by sound # 1293 (Rain on car roof). Sound recording inside the vehicle. UCS Category: RAINMetl. Length: 01:22.
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Subway door bell #2

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The sound of the horn of a metro that will soon close its doors. This is a 352 Hz square wave. UCS Category: ALRMBuzr. Length: 00:04.
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Donkeys, braying

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Braying of two donkeys at the same time. UCS Category: ANMLHors. Length: 00:09.
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Gnashing basketball

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Squeaking shoes. As squeak you hear during a basketball or handball tournament in indoors. UCS Category: RUBRFric. Length: 00:11.
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Miscanthus sinensis #6

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Noise of the leaves of a Miscanthus sinensis, an maiden silvergrass. UCS Category: VEGELeaf. Length: 00:47.
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