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Mechanical doorbell #13

Sound of a small mechanical doorbell at the entrance to the house. UCS Category: BELLDoor. Length: 00:05.
Servomotor 3, 180° #2

Sound of a medium servomotor rotating 180°. It is a Multiplex MS-X4. UCS Category: MOTRSrvo, ROBTMvmt. Length: 00:01.
Steam locomotive, tunnel #1

Passage of a steam locomotive in a small tunnel. Buzzer at entry and exit. Check-in from the first car. Recording in the town of Martel, France. UCS Category: TRNSteam. Length: 01:13.
Insect song #2

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: 00:12.
Old doorbell #9

Mechanical ringing of an old telephone, but which could very well be that of a house entrance. UCS Category: COMTelph. Length: 00:04.
Step, wooden staircase #2

A human descendant an interior wooden staircase with light shoes, or slippers. UCS Category: FEETHmn. Length: 00:10.
Socotel loud ringtones #2

4 sonneries fortes d'un téléphone ancien de type Socotel S63. UCS Category: COMTelph. Length: 00:25.
Steam engine, foley #1

I make a sound like a locomotive steam engine using a foley technique. Easy to loop. UCS Category: TRNSteam. Length: 00:14.
Passage of a train #4

A passenger train passes from left to right. UCS Category: TRNElec. Length: 00:49.
Outdoor Market #4

Market day in Neuilly-sur-Seine. People are speaking French, and I'm staring at a greengrocer. UCS Category: AMBMrkt. Length: 04:09.
Heidelberg printing press #5

Sound of a Heidelberg printing press, empty, without paper. 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: 00:31.
Thermal floor saw #3

This thermal cutter, or floor saw, makes quite a noise in my neighborhood. UCS Category: MACHCnst. Length: 00:44.
Eurasian Blackcap #5

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: 00:05.
Eurasian Blackcap #7

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.
Power window rolled down.

Electric car window being lowered to open. UCS Category: VEHWndw. Length: 00:03.
Shepard Tone x10 #2

Ten cycles of the 12-semitone ascending Shepard scale at 60 BPM, starting on C. One quarter note, two rests, and one quarter note per measure. Easy to loop. More information on my Shepard scale generator. UCS Category: DSGNTonl, DSGNRise. Length: 02:00.
Rewind 35mm film #1

Rewinding 35mm film: Acceleration and rolling (Recording: Right side of the dispenser (full spool)). Can synchronize its 0075. UCS Category: COMAv. Length: 00:51.
Sonor signal: headlights

Beep when the headlights of a car are on and you open a door. UCS Category: VEHCar. Length: 00:06.
Gas water heater

Sound of a gas water heater (boiler). The unit starts and the fan kicks in when hot water is drawn, piezo clicking, flame ignition, flame shutoff, fan shutoff, then the unit cooling down (the whole sequence twice). UCS Category: FIREGas. Length: 01:11.
Car (Passage at 90km / h)

Passage of a Saxo 1.1 at 90km/h. Light rattle of wheels. The car quickly disappears around a bend. UCS Category: VEHCar. Length: 00:25.
Toaster

Loading two slices of sandwich bread into a toaster, then the slices popping up. Seven times in a row. UCS Category: MACHAppl. Length: 00:23.
Sanza (instrument)

The 11 notes of a sanza, an African idiophone percussion instrument. It’s fairly out of tune. I play each note 4 or 5 times, then play the full scale at the end of the file. UCS Category: MUSCInst. Length: 01:51.
Cassette Player: Cassette

Sound of a cassette player. Opening the door, noise cassette, closing the door, opening the door, noise cassette trapdoor. Twice. UCS Category: COMAv. Length: 00:37.
Roadworks #2

Small steamroller engine. Sounds of shovels and brooms. Backhoe engine. Workers. Beeps back. UCS Category: AMBCnst. Length: 01:54.
Small shopping arcade in London

Soundscape. Small shopping arcade in London. UCS Category: AMBUrbn. Length: 02:34.
Applause about 25-50 people #2

Applause from about 25 to 50 people at a little show outdoors. UCS Category: CRWDApls. Length: 00:07.
Car in reverse #1

Starting the engine. Short walk back Peugeot 106. Engine stop. UCS Category: VEHCar. Length: 00:15.
Quartz clock

Mechanism of a quartz clock, called silent, whose rotation is continuous (no ticking). UCS Category: CLOCKMech. Length: 00:29.
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