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Heat expansion
A panini maker is heating up. This is the sound of heat expanding matter. UCS Category: TOOLPowrC623. Length: 00:16.
Handbrake, activated #4
Handbrake being activated, from a Citroën C3. UCS Category: VEHCar. Length: 00:02.
Car turn signals #4
Sound of car turn signals. It is a Citroën C3. UCS Category: VEHCar. Length: 00:04.
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.
Wind turbine, contact #1
Contact recording on the mast of a wind turbine at low speed. Transformer noise. UCS Category: MOTRTurb. Length: 01:35.
Electronic drums #2
I tap on a pad of an electronic drum kit. UCS Category: MUSCPerc. Length: 00:01.
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.
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, + key #3
Sound of a "+" key on an old calculator with built-in printer: an Olivetti Logos 49. UCS Category: MACHOffc. Length: 00:01.
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.
Zipper #13
Buttoning of pants, then sound of short zipper (fly). UCS Category: OBJZipr. Length: 00:03.
Couinement jouet #4
Squeak of a toy. Here a kind of "pear horn". UCS Category: TOYMech. Length: 00:01.
Passage of a train #3
A passenger train passes from right to left. UCS Category: TRNElec. Length: 00:26.
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 #2
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 #2
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: 00:09.
Rope #3
Creaking of a set of rope nets in a treetop adventure course. UCS Category: ROPECreak. Length: 03:30.
Rope #6
Creaking of a rope recorded in a treetop adventure course. UCS Category: ROPECreak. Length: 00:01.
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.
Rewind 35mm film #4
End of a 35mm film rewind: Rewind and end (Sound: Left side of the dispenser (full spool)). Can synchronize its 0076. UCS Category: COMAv. Length: 01:03.
Electric oven
Electric oven with a small internal ventilation. UCS Category: MACHAppl. Length: 00:24.
Band saw
Startup, running, then shutdown (very slow) of a band saw. UCS Category: TOOLPowr. Length: 00:28.
Rattle moderately fast
Sound of a ratchet noisemaker being turned fairly slowly. Speeding up. UCS Category: MUSCMisc. Length: 00:13.
Comb teeth #1
A finger heavily running across the teeth of a comb. UCS Category: PLASMvmt. Length: 00:01.
Bird Song 1 (Toy)
Song of a common reed bunting. It’s a musical plush toy: when you press on its back, the bird’s song plays. UCS Category: TOYElec. Length: 00:06.
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