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Pop-Corn: Corn bursting

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Noise corn popcorn bursting in a pan on a hot plate. Means the wriggling little oil and corn which explodes and tape against the cover. UCS Category: FOODCook. Length: 00:57.
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Bell bike #4

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The sound of a bicycle bell. UCS Category: BELLHand. Length: 00:02.
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Buzzer #5

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Noise of a small buzzer 12V. UCS Category: ALRMBuzr. Length: 00:04.
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Great page that turns #1

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Page of a book (grimoire or journal) that is turned slowly. Great page. UCS Category: PAPRHndl. Length: 00:02.
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Walkie talkie: Keypad tones

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Keypad tones of a walkie talkie Midland G7. 12x high and 1x low. UCS Category: COMTran. Length: 00:10.
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Robot vacuum

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Starting, vacuuming and shutting down an iRobot Roomba i7 vacuum cleaner. UCS Category: MACHAppl, ROBTMvmt. Length: 02:38.
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Splash, small #3

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Small "splash" of a small stone thrown into a pond. UCS Category: WATRSplsh. Length: 00:02.
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Nocturnal insect #2

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Song of a field cricket. Same insect as sound 426. Recorded very close, about 10 cm. The high-pitched sound is accompanied by a lower, more “mechanical” noise. UCS Category: ANMLInsc. Length: 00:14.
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Whistling in the mouth

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3 sifflement simples, fait à la bouche par un humain. UCS Category: WHSTHmn. Length: 00:04.
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Flight bird #2

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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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Vacuum - on and off

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Vacuum on and off. It is a Philips with a bag. Maximum power. UCS Category: MACHAppl. Length: 00:48.
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City garden atmosphere

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Sound atmosphere in a city garden, in Dreux. UCS Category: AMBSubn. Length: 01:12.
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Broken plate #5

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A plate dropped on a concrete floor, which breaks. UCS Category: CERMBrk. Length: 00:04.
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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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Broken Christmas Ball #1

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A glass Christmas ball that falls to the ground and breaks. UCS Category: GLASBrk. Length: 00:02.
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Broken plate #4

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A plate dropped on a concrete floor, which breaks. UCS Category: CERMBrk. Length: 00:03.
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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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Goat #1

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A goat (the male of the goat). UCS Category: ANMLFarm. Length: 00:02.
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Apartment door, opening #3

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Opening of a apartment door. UCS Category: DOORWood. Length: 00:02.
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Scanner, fast

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A scanned preview quickly. UCS Category: MACHOffi. Length: 00:07.
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Thunder #9

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A single thunderclap, without rain. UCS Category: THUN. Length: 00:30.
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Explosion #1

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An explosion at around 150 meters. An agricultural gun designed to frighten birds. UCS Category: EXPLReal. Length: 00:01.
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Rain stick

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Various sounds from a small homemade rain stick. UCS Category: MUSCMisc. Length: 01:51.
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Vinyl Scratch #2

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A little scratch on a vinyl record. UCS Category: COMPhono. Length: 00:02.
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Rope #2

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Creaking of a rope recorded in a treetop adventure course. UCS Category: ROPECreak. Length: 00:02.
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Audio cassette: Back music #10

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Rewinding an audio cassette while playing a music recording. UCS Category: COMAv. Length: 00:01.
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VCR: VHS tape

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VCR sound: opening the VHS box. UCS Category: COMAv. Length: 00:03.
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Ping-pong ball, bounce #1

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A table tennis ball bouncing off a tiled floor. UCS Category: SPRTIndor. Length: 00:05.
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Rat nibbling

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A rat nibbling a cereal. This is the recording of a real pet rat and not a sound effect. UCS Category: FOODEat. Length: 00:35.
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Jumping on dirt road #2

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Human jumping on a dirt road. UCS Category: FEETHmn. Length: 00:02.
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Hourly bips #2

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6 bips as transmitted on the BBC since the year 1972. It is a sine wave of frequency 1 kHz. More info: https://www.miketodd.net/other/gts.htm. UCS Category: BEEP. Length: 00:06.
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Frying bath #3

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Frying bath with churros. Easy to loop. UCS Category: WATRBubl. Length: 00:35.
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Bell #4

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Two ring of the bell. UCS Category: BELLHand. Length: 00:06.
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Key 9 in DTMF

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The audible signal when the 9 key on a telephone is pressed, in "DTMF". DTMF stands for "Dual-Tone Multi-Frequency." It is a technology used for tone dialing. Each key on a telephone keypad emits a unique combination of two sound frequencies (one low and one high), allowing the telephone system to easily detect which key has been pressed. UCS Category: COMTelph. Length: 00:01.
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Hiss of steam train #7

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Whistle of a steam train. Recording in the town of Martel, France. UCS Category: TRNHorn. Length: 00:02.
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Megaphone, larsen #7

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Larsen in an electric megaphone. UCS Category: COMMic. Length: 00:03.
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Eurasian Jay #1

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A call from a jay, a very common bird near my home. UCS Category: BIRDSong. Length: 00:01.
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Ghost #6

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Cry of a ghost. Hooouuuu!. UCS Category: CREAEthr. Length: 00:11.
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Dock Gare du Nord, Paris

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Soundscape. Dock Gare du Nord (Paris). Passengers off the train. UCS Category: AMBTran. Length: 02:14.
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Watercourse #3

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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: 01:35.
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