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Going down wooden stairs #1

Footsteps of a person going down 5 floors, in shoes, a building staircase, made of wood. Fixed sound recording, in the third person, from the fifth floor. UCS Category: FEETHmn. Length: 00:54.
Car turn signals #2

Sound of car turn signals. It is a Citroën C3. UCS Category: VEHCar. Length: 00:04.
Car turn signals #3

Sound of car turn signals. It is a Citroën C3. UCS Category: VEHCar. Length: 00:05.
Test 4.0 (Quadriphony)

Audio file allowing the testing and calibration of a 4.0 installation (quadriphonic), in french. Download in WAV format! If one of the channels is not audible, your device is not suitable. More info in our file on "multichannel sound". UCS Category: TEST. Length: 00:18.
Test 4.1 (multicanal)

Audio file allowing the testing and calibration of a 4.1 installation, in french. Download in WAV format! This is 4 channels + 1 for a subwoofer. If one of the channels is not audible, your device is not suitable. More info in our file on "multichannel sound". UCS Category: TEST. Length: 00:22.
Pneumatic jackhammer #2

This pneumatic jackhammer is installed on a mechanical mini excavator. UCS Category: TOOLPowr. Length: 00:02.
Watercourse #2

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: 01:33.
Old doorbell #10

Mechanical ringing of an old telephone, but which could very well be that of a house entrance. UCS Category: COMTelph. Length: 00:06.
Wind turbine, contact #1

Contact recording on the mast of a wind turbine at low speed. Transformer noise. UCS Category: MOTRTurb. Length: 01:35.
Wind turbine, contact #2

Contact recording on the mast of a wind turbine at low speed. Transformer noise. UCS Category: MOTRTurb. Length: 01:45.
Sound propagation (1 m)

This is a sound file to calculate the speed of sound propagation in air. Two microphones 1 meter apart and a movie clapperboard to generate a sharp sound. Follow this tutorial to perform the experiment: https://lasonotheque.org/education-sonore-f4.html#propagation. UCS Category: TEST. Length: 00:01.
Dumbbell, carried #2

Sound of a 10 kilogram dumbbell being grabbed. UCS Category: OBJGym. Length: 00:01.
Socotel average ringtones #2

4 average rings from an old Socotel S63 type telephone. UCS Category: COMTelph. Length: 00:26.
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.
Couinement jouet #2

Squeak of a toy. Here a kind of "pear horn". UCS Category: TOYMech. Length: 00:01.
Passage of a train #4

A passenger train passes from left to right. UCS Category: TRNElec. Length: 00:49.
Covered market #1

Henri-Barbusse covered market hall in Levallois-Perret. Few people. UCS Category: AMBMrkt. Length: 01:47.
Phone picked up #3

Old Socotel S63 type telephone that we picked up. UCS Category: COMTelph. Length: 00:01.
Pendulum mechanism #3

Sound of a pendulum mechanism when it strikes. It didn't work until I fixed it. UCS Category: CLOCKMech. Length: 00:04.
Phone booth hung up #1

I hang up the receiver of the last telephone box still in operation in metropolitan France. It is in Murbach (68). UCS Category: COMTelph. Length: 00:01.
Phone booth hung up #4

I hang up the receiver of the last telephone box still in operation in metropolitan France. It is in Murbach (68). UCS Category: COMTelph. Length: 00:01.
Heidelberg printing press #3

Sound of a Heidelberg printing press. 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: 00:26.
Heidelberg printing press #4

Sound of a Heidelberg printing press. 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: 00:15.
Rope #2

Creaking of a set of rope nets in a treetop adventure course. UCS Category: ROPECreak. Length: 01:12.
Rope #3

Creaking of a set of rope nets in a treetop adventure course. UCS Category: ROPECreak. Length: 03:30.
Squeaky Steps #2

Footsteps of a human walking on a plastic floor. UCS Category: FEETHmn. Length: 00:36.
Electric strike #1

The buzzing sound of an electric lock when it is activated. To make it sound accurate, you should add the sound of the door of your choice opening. UCS Category: DOORHdwr. Length: 00:01.
Electric strike #2

The buzzing sound of an electric lock when it is activated. To make it sound accurate, you should add the sound of the door of your choice opening. UCS Category: DOORHdwr. Length: 00:01.
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.
35mm cinema projector #6

Cinema projector (35mm Kinoton, FP30) without fan or lamp: Getting Started, then roullage extinction (Sound: Behind projector). Can be synchronized with the sound 0071. UCS Category: COMAv. Length: 00:41.
Flea #2

Sound ambience of a flea market (in Sonchamp, France). Conversations, people passing by, and announcements made over a loudspeaker. UCS Category: AMBMrkt. Length: 00:48.
Coffee grinder

Old hand-crank coffee grinder (5 crank turns). UCS Category: MACHAppl. Length: 00:04.
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