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Metal handcuffs #5

Listen to this sound (#2560)
Manipulation and handcuffing. UCS Category: EQUIPTact. Length: 00:02.
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Knife blade #3

Listen to this sound (#2576)
A knife blade vibrates when scraped. UCS Category: WEAPKnif. Length: 00:02.
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Gore (grapefruit) #2

Listen to this sound (#2588)
Gore foley made with a grapefruit. UCS Category: GORESrce. Length: 00:09.
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Gore (pepper) #4

Listen to this sound (#2596)
Gore foley made with a branch celery. UCS Category: GOREBone. Length: 00:01.
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Dial phone #3

Listen to this sound (#2631)
Old rotary telephone. Pick up, then dial my own cell phone number. It is possible to compare the duration to find my number. Text me if you find out. Don't forget to add the France code if applicable. UCS Category: COMTelph. Length: 00:25.
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Bronze bell #6

Listen to this sound (#2708)
Bronze bell sound. UCS Category: BELLHand. Length: 00:05.
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Boiler at the Geofón

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Recording of a gas boiler with the "Geofón" contact microphone from the Lom brand. UCS Category: FIREGas, SCIMisc. Length: 01:50.
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Mountain stream #2

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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: 04:49.
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Crow #1

Listen to this sound (#2764)
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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8mm Camera #4

Listen to this sound (#2832)
Operation of a Paillard Bolex B8 camera. UCS Category: COMAv. Length: 00:12.
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Vinyl Scratch #1

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A little scratch on a vinyl record. UCS Category: COMPhono. Length: 00:01.
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Servomotor 3, 45° #2

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Sound of a medium servomotor rotating 45°. It is a Multiplex MS-X4. UCS Category: MOTRSrvo, ROBTMvmt. Length: 00:01.
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Steam locomotive, tunnel #1

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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.
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Squeaking parquet #6

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A creaking of an oak floor. UCS Category: WOODFric. Length: 00:01.
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Watercourse #3

Listen to this sound (#3134)
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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Pencil, signature #1

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I sign with a pencil on a sheet of paper. UCS Category: OBJWrite. Length: 00:03.
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Couinement jouet #2

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Squeak of a toy. Here a kind of "pear horn". UCS Category: TOYMech. Length: 00:01.
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Phone hung up #2

Listen to this sound (#3354)
Old Socotel S63 type telephone that we hang up. UCS Category: COMTelph. Length: 00:01.
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Outdoor Market #5

Listen to this sound (#3381)
Market day in Neuilly-sur-Seine. People are speaking French, and I'm staring. UCS Category: AMBMrkt. Length: 05:22.
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Manifestation #9

Listen to this sound (#3386)
Demonstration in Paris. It involves singing with a marching band. UCS Category: AMBPrtst. Length: 01:54.
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Key 4 in DTMF

Listen to this sound (#3395)
The audible signal when the 4 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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Key 9 in DTMF

Listen to this sound (#3400)
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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2 cars passing at 90 km/h

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Two cars passing at a speed of around 90 km/h. UCS Category: VEHCar. Length: 00:12.
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Shoe Squeak #3

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My shoes squeak on the floor of a church. UCS Category: RUBRFric. Length: 00:02.
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Applause from 40 People #3

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A small audience of about 40 people applauded. I let a little background noise circulate before and after, for better integration. UCS Category: CRWDApls. Length: 00:14.
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Long spray

Listen to this sound (#0043)
Long spray (x4). UCS Category: WATRSpray. Length: 00:07.
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Sharpener

Listen to this sound (#0051)
sharpener (x17). UCS Category: OBJWrite. Length: 00:12.
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Electric switch #2

Listen to this sound (#0052)
Electric heating switch (x4). UCS Category: MECHClik. Length: 00:04.
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35mm cinema projector #1

Listen to this sound (#0065)
Cinema projector (35mm Kinoton, FP30) vacuum without fan without lamp: Getting Started, roullage and extinction (Sound: Before mechanism). UCS Category: COMAv. Length: 00:39.
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Rewind 35mm film #1

Listen to this sound (#0074)
Rewinding 35mm film: Acceleration and rolling (Recording: Right side of the dispenser (full spool)). Can synchronize its 0075. UCS Category: COMAv. Length: 00:51.
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Water gun #1

Listen to this sound (#0324)
6 long shots water pistol. UCS Category: TOYMech. Length: 00:16.
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Socotel ringtone #1

Listen to this sound (#0142)
A 1960s Socotel rotary telephone bell. UCS Category: COMTelph. Length: 00:04.
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Fill bathtub

Listen to this sound (#0175)
Filling a bathtub. The valve delivers a variable rate. UCS Category: WATRDrip. Length: 02:44.
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Goat stable

Listen to this sound (#0535)
6 goats eat peacefully in a family goat farm. Sounds of belly, bells, wood, etc. UCS Category: AMBFarm. Length: 00:53.
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Small stream #1

Listen to this sound (#0213)
Recorded a few meters above a small mountain waterfall. Similar to the number 0219. UCS Category: WATRFlow. Length: 00:56.
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Glass lying on a table

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A glass tumbler set down on a wooden table, then picked up, then set down again, etc. (x12). UCS Category: FOODGware. Length: 00:34.
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Laser printer start

Listen to this sound (#0394)
Starting a laser printer Epson C1100. It is a very noisy printer. UCS Category: MACHOffi. Length: 00:32.
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Washing machine

Listen to this sound (#0423)
A washing machine cleaning laundry while, in the background, someone is talking on the phone. UCS Category: MACHAppl. Length: 01:40.
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Service station: Service

Listen to this sound (#0524)
Someone using a fuel pump at a gas station. UCS Category: . Length: 01:06.
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Metal Slinky

Listen to this sound (#0633)
Toy: A metal Slinky (also called Ondamania). UCS Category: TOYMech. Length: 00:11.
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