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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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Fireplace #1

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Fireplace, hearth closed. To learn how to make the sound effects of a fire https://www.libertivi.com/lelabodubruiteur_113. UCS Category: FIREBurn. Length: 01:03.
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Gare du Nord, Paris

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Atmosphere in the Gare du Nord. It's 8:00, I expect from England by Eurostar. UCS Category: AMBTran. Length: 03:58.
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Typewriter #3

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I write slowly on the typewriter. A "Hermes Precisa 305". UCS Category: COMType. Length: 00:23.
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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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Car trunk #2

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Opening and closing a trunk of Peugeot 107. Noise of pneumatic cylinder. Sound taken outside the car. UCS Category: VEHDoor. Length: 00:09.
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Dishwasher

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Bosch dishwasher. UCS Category: MACHAppl. Length: 01:00.
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Baby birds in a nest #2

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Baby sparrows in a nest. UCS Category: BIRDMisc. Length: 00:24.
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Cracking ice #2

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Crack of ice. Noisy with a block of ice that I crush. UCS Category: ICEBrk. Length: 00:01.
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Growling cat #1

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A growling cat. UCS Category: ANMLCat. Length: 00:02.
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Cheers, red wine glass #4

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Two red wine glass that are shocking. UCS Category: GLASImpt. Length: 00:01.
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Strangled man #1

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Noise of a man being strangled. UCS Category: HMNBrth. Length: 00:08.
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Hen lays #3

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Song of a hen that will lay or who to lay. UCS Category: ANMLFarm. Length: 00:48.
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Key 3 in DTMF

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The audible signal when the 3 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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Newspaper page

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Sounds of newspaper pages. UCS Category: PAPRHndl. Length: 01:39.
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Interior door lock

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Locking a lightweight door with a key. UCS Category: DOORHdwr. Length: 00:03.
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Metro, Paris #1

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Rolling. Ralentissement. Doors open, exit and entry of persons, signal, closing doors. Acceleration, rolling, rallentissement and opening doors. Discussing French and other languages. UCS Category: TRNInt, TRNSbwy. Length: 02:12.
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Chick that chirp

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Chick squeals when he is with his mother. It feels safe. Recording in a box. Some noise. UCS Category: ANMLFarm. Length: 00:31.
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Hourly bips #1

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6 bips as transmitted on the BBC from the year 1924 to 1971. 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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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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Thunder #10

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A single thunderclap, without rain. UCS Category: THUN. Length: 00:31.
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Oogah horn

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Ooogah horn. UCS Category: VEHHorn. Length: 00:12.
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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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Mountain stream #6

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Mountain torrent. Recorded in Auvergne, France. UCS Category: WATRFlow. Length: 01:47.
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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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A man sneezing

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A man sneezes. x7. UCS Category: HMNSneez. Length: 00:09.
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Tic Tac mechanical alarm clock #1

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Tic tac sound of a mechanical alarm clock. UCS Category: CLOCKTick. Length: 00:43.
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2 helicopters, landing and takeoff #1

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Two helicopters landing and taking off one after the other. Sound recording during the open day of the UIISCI in Nogent-le-Rotrou in France. UCS Category: AEROHeli. Length: 02:53.
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Old merry-go-round

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Sound of the old merry-go-round in the central square of Cauterets (in France): music from this merry-go-round, children and discreet crowd noises. Recorded in August 2018. UCS Category: AMBAmus. Length: 02:34.
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Electric fan #2

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Electric fan. Speed 1/2. UCS Category: MACHFan. Length: 00:10.
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Big rope

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Squeaking of a large swing rope recorded with a contact microphone. UCS Category: ROPECreak. Length: 00:46.
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Small dog barking

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Barking of a dog. Mudi breed. UCS Category: ANMLDog. Length: 00:47.
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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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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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Toc-toc on car window

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Hands typing on a car window. UCS Category: WNDWKnck. Length: 00:22.
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Reverse beeping #3

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Beep of a truck goes back. This sound was made on computer. It is a sinusoidal wave of frequency 1130 Hz. Easy to loop. UCS Category: BEEPVeh. Length: 00:19.
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Pen click

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Click of a ballpoint pen. UCS Category: OBJWrite. Length: 00:14.
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Common Blackbird #18

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Song of a common blackbird. UCS Category: BIRDSong. Length: 00:02.
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Watercourse #6

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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: 00:55.
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Thunder #11

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A single thunderclap, without rain. UCS Category: THUN. Length: 00:35.
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