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Crow #4

A single corvid calling out in the middle of the night. Probably a magpie or a jackdaw. UCS Category: BIRDCrow. Length: 00:01.
Cockatiel parakeet #6

Discreet and shy song of a cockatiel, from the same family as parrots. In cage. UCS Category: BIRDTrop. Length: 00:02.
Mass: Organ and singing #1

Chants and organ during a Sunday mass at the Basilica of Notre-Dame de Montligeon (61), in France. UCS Category: AMBRlgn. Length: 02:34.
8mm Camera #1

Operation of a 1963 AGFA Movex Automatic II camera. UCS Category: COMAv. Length: 00:12.
8mm Camera #2

Operation of a 1963 AGFA Movex Automatic II camera. UCS Category: COMAv. Length: 00:17.
WW2 trucks, passage #3

Passage of several American military trucks dating from the Second World War. UCS Category: VEHMil. Length: 00:32.
Plastic cover #7

Lid of a large plastic trash can being slammed. UCS Category: PLASImpt. Length: 00:01.
Servomotor 3, 180° #1

Sound of a medium servomotor rotating 180°. It is a Multiplex MS-X4. UCS Category: MOTRSrvo, ROBTMvmt. Length: 00:01.
Servomotor 4, 45° #1

Sound of a little servomotor rotating 45°. It is a Hitec HS-55. UCS Category: MOTRSrvo, ROBTMvmt. Length: 00:01.
Truck, passage 50km/h #1

Passage of a super-heavy truck (tractor and trailer) at a speed of about 50 km/h. UCS Category: VEHFrght. Length: 00:31.
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.
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.
Overtone singing, G

I sing in overtone. Overtone singing is a vocal technique for producing a vocal timbre characterized by two notes of different frequencies. My first voice is a root G, my second is a whistle. more information on this song: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overtone_singing. UCS Category: VOXSing. Length: 00:16.
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.
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.
Repetitive squeaking #1

Numerous repetitive squeaks from a plastic bottle. The squeaks are getting faster. UCS Category: PLASFric. Length: 00:20.
Zipper #12

Zipper sound, short enough to sound like a trouser zipper (fly). UCS Category: OBJZipr. Length: 00:01.
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.
Crossing at Levallois-Perret #1

Levallois-Perret crossroads, near the Louise Michel metro station. Traffic and works. UCS Category: AMBUrbn. Length: 03:52.
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.
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