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Dumbbell, carried #2
Sound of a 10 kilogram dumbbell being grabbed. UCS Category: OBJGym. Length: 00:01.
Dumbbell, carried #3
Sound of a 10 kilogram dumbbell being grabbed. UCS Category: OBJGym. Length: 00:01.
Zipper #15
Buttoning of pants, then sound of short zipper (fly). UCS Category: OBJZipr. Length: 00:04.
Couinement jouet #3
Squeak of a toy. Here a kind of "pear horn". UCS Category: TOYMech. Length: 00:02.
Couinement jouet #4
Squeak of a toy. Here a kind of "pear horn". UCS Category: TOYMech. Length: 00:01.
Phone picked up #2
Old Socotel S63 type telephone that we picked up. UCS Category: COMTelph. Length: 00:01.
Phone hung up #1
Old Socotel S63 type telephone that we hang up. UCS Category: COMTelph. Length: 00:01.
Key 3 in DTMF
The audible signal when the 3 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 #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: 00:16.
Rope #2
Creaking of a set of rope nets in a treetop adventure course. UCS Category: ROPECreak. Length: 01:13.
Water Blop #3
Sound of water when I immerse a hydrophone in water. UCS Category: WATRLap. Length: 00:02.
Thermal floor saw #1
This thermal cutter, or floor saw, makes quite a noise in my neighborhood. UCS Category: MACHCnst. Length: 01:25.
Thermal floor saw #4
This thermal cutter, or floor saw, makes quite a noise in my neighborhood. UCS Category: MACHCnst. Length: 01:31.
Applause from 40 People #4
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: 00:22.
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 x10 #1
Ten cycles 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: 02:00.
Electric oven
Electric oven with a small internal ventilation. UCS Category: MACHAppl. Length: 00:25.
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.
Glass lying on a table
A glass tumbler set down on a wooden table, then picked up, then set down again, etc. (x12). UCS Category: FOODGware. Length: 00:34.
Serpette scraped on a stone #3
Billhook scraping on a stone (x1). UCS Category: WEAPSwrd. Length: 00:01.
Serpette scraped on a stone #2
Billhook scraping on a stone (x1). UCS Category: WEAPSwrd. 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: 00:07.
Bird Song 2 (Toy)
Song of a Baltimore oriole. It’s a musical plush toy: when you press on its back, the bird’s song plays. UCS Category: TOYElec. Length: 00:04.
Copper saucepan bottom 7 cm (Sample)
Sample: Kitchen percussion: the bottom of a 7 cm copper saucepan struck with a wooden drumstick. The .wav sound is ready for sampling. UCS Category: METLImpt. Length: 00:02.
A skating class (CE2) #2
Julien is giving skating lessons to a class of third graders. The lesson takes place on a temporary outdoor ice rink, in December 2007 in Montbéliard (France). UCS Category: SPRTWntr. Length: 00:22.
Table cutlery basket
Sound of someone filling a cutlery basket placed on a wooden kitchen table (the table is faintly audible). One piece of cutlery at a time (x10). UCS Category: FOODTware. Length: 00:16.
Plush Goeland
Sound produced by a seagull plush toy when you press on its back. A small battery-powered music box turns on and plays the bird’s call. UCS Category: MUSCToy. Length: 00:06.
Electric transformer #3
Low hum from a small power transformer. It’s the one that powers my Tascam HDP2 recorder. UCS Category: ELECBuzz. Length: 00:05.
Italian coffee maker
Sound of a moka pot on a gas stove (slight flame noise). A small sputtering water sound at the start, then the water slowly heats up until it boils. The flame is turned off silently, then the water finally stops boiling: the coffee is ready. UCS Category: MACHAppl. Length: 01:23.
Paintball: 1 against #1
Play on a paintball field, one against one. Vague land on the edge of the forest: bird songs, insects, winds, etc. UCS Category: GUNMisc. Length: 01:05.
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