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Sound propagation (50 cm)
This is a sound file to calculate the speed of sound propagation in air. Two microphones 50 centimeters 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.
Old calculator, calculation and ticket #5
Sound of keys and ticket printing on an old calculator with built-in printer: an Olivetti Logos 49. UCS Category: MACHOffc. Length: 00:17.
Old calculator, number key #4
Sound of a "number" key on an old calculator with built-in printer: an Olivetti Logos 49. UCS Category: MACHOffc. Length: 00:01.
Old calculator, + key #2
Sound of a "+" key on an old calculator with built-in printer: an Olivetti Logos 49. UCS Category: MACHOffc. Length: 00:01.
Train whistle, foley #5
I blow into a locomotive-style train whistle. I added a bit of reverb to make it sound more realistic. My whistle: https://thmn.to/thoprod/511358?offid=1&affid=792. UCS Category: TRNHorn. Length: 00:04.
Zipper #11
Zipper sound, short enough to sound like a trouser zipper (fly). UCS Category: OBJZipr. Length: 00:01.
Couinement jouet #4
Squeak of a toy. Here a kind of "pear horn". UCS Category: TOYMech. Length: 00:01.
Couinement jouet #6
Squeak of a toy. Here a kind of "pear horn". UCS Category: TOYMech. Length: 00:02.
Phone hung up #1
Old Socotel S63 type telephone that we hang up. UCS Category: COMTelph. Length: 00:01.
Phone hung up #2
Old Socotel S63 type telephone that we hang up. UCS Category: COMTelph. Length: 00:01.
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.
Key 5 in DTMF
The audible signal when the 5 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.
Key 6 in DTMF
The audible signal when the 6 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.
Key * in DTMF
The audible signal when the * 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.
Heidelberg printing press #1
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: 00:24.
Passage of a train #5
Small passenger train with 4 TER-type wagons. UCS Category: TRNElec. Length: 00:31.
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.
Shepard Rising Scale x1 #1
A single cycle of the 12-semitone ascending Shepard scale at 60 BPM, starting on C. Sustained notes (one half note per measure). Easy to loop. More information on my Shepard scale generator. UCS Category: DSGNTonl, DSGNRise. Length: 00:12.
Shepard Rising Scale x1 #2
A single cycle 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: 00:12.
Shepard Rising Scale 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.
5.4 and 8.8 kHz feedback
Feedback loop of approximately 5,400 and 8,800 Hz. UCS Category: COMMic. Length: 00:02.
Metal box lid
Opening and closing the lid of a metal box empty (x3). UCS Category: OBJCont. Length: 00:05.
Toaster
Electric toaster (x2) empty (no slice of bread or toast). UCS Category: MACHAppl. Length: 00:10.
35mm cinema projector #1
Cinema projector (35mm Kinoton, FP30) vacuum without fan without lamp: Getting Started, roullage and extinction (Sound: Before mechanism). UCS Category: COMAv. Length: 00:39.
Metro corridor (Paris) #2
Metro corridor (footstep, escalator). UCS Category: AMBUndr. Length: 00:40.
Electric oven
Electric oven with a small internal ventilation. UCS Category: MACHAppl. Length: 00:24.
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.
Band saw
Startup, running, then shutdown (very slow) of a band saw. UCS Category: TOOLPowr. Length: 00:28.
Coffee grinder
Old hand-crank coffee grinder (5 crank turns). UCS Category: MACHAppl. Length: 00:04.
Raw rice poured into a saucepan
Uncooked rice being poured into a saucepan (x4). It’s rice, but it could pass as the sound of any small seeds being poured into a pan. UCS Category: FOODCook. Length: 00:25.
Water that burns
Crackling as water instantly sizzles and evaporates the moment it hits a hot plate. 16 spurts of water, from a single drop to a larger amount. UCS Category: WATRBubl. Length: 02:02.
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.
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