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Couinement jouet #5
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.
Passage of a train #4
A passenger train passes from left to right. UCS Category: TRNElec. Length: 00:49.
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.
Phone booth hung up #3
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.
Key 4 in DTMF
The audible signal when the 4 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.
Passage of a train #5
Small passenger train with 4 TER-type wagons. UCS Category: TRNElec. Length: 00:32.
Chambord Castle, France #2
Soundscape inside the Château de Chambord. Audience noise, not in the stairwells, etc. UCS Category: AMBPubl. Length: 03:18.
Thermal floor saw #4
This thermal cutter, or floor saw, makes quite a noise in my neighborhood. UCS Category: MACHCnst. Length: 01:31.
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.
Tram Starts and Departs #1
A tram starting up and gradually departing into the distance. UCS Category: TRNTram. Length: 00:13.
Parisian Skate Park Ambience #2
Ambience of a few users in a small Parisian skate park. UCS Category: SPRTSkate. Length: 01:35.
Shepard Descending Scale x1 #1
A single cycle of the Descending Shepard Scale spanning 12 semitones at 60 BPM, starting on a 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 Descending Scale x10 #2
Ten cycles of the Descending Shepard Scale spanning 12 semitones at 60 BPM, starting on a 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.
Shepard Descending Scale x1 #3
A single cycle of the Rising Shepard Scale at 60 BPM, starting on a C. Continuous glissando. Easy to loop. More information on my Shepard Scale generator. UCS Category: DSGNTonl, DSGNRise. Length: 00:12.
Toaster
Electric toaster (x2) empty (no slice of bread or toast). UCS Category: MACHAppl. Length: 00:10.
Coffee grinder
Old hand-crank coffee grinder (5 crank turns). UCS Category: MACHAppl. Length: 00:04.
Wooden whistle (one note)
Wooden whistle producing only a single note. Different ways and different rhythms of breath. UCS Category: WHSTMech. Length: 00:27.
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: 00:35.
Old squeaky stroller #3
Doll stroller, old style metal grating. UCS Category: OBJWhled. Length: 00:16.
Aluminium foil #2
Someone wrapping something in a large sheet of aluminum foil. UCS Category: FOODCook. Length: 00:10.
Aluminium foil #3
Someone crumpling and kneading a small sheet of aluminum foil. UCS Category: FOODCook. Length: 00:14.
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.
Aluminum pan edge 20cm
Sample: Kitchen percussion: the rim of a 20 cm diameter aluminum saucepan struck with a wooden drumstick. The .wav sound is perfectly suited for use in a sampler. UCS Category: METLImpt. Length: 00:01.
Aluminum frying pan edge 26cm
Sample of cookware: rim of a 26 cm aluminum frying pan, very heavy, deep, and very thick, struck with a wooden drumstick. The .wav file is ready for sampling. UCS Category: METLImpt. Length: 00:03.
Car passing 50km/h #2
A Citroën Saxo 1.1 driving past at 50 km/h. Light wheel rattling. The car quickly disappears around a bend. UCS Category: VEHCar. Length: 00:27.
A skating class (CE2) #1
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: 00:28.
Laser printer start
Starting a laser printer Epson C1100. It is a very noisy printer. UCS Category: MACHOffi. Length: 00:32.
Plush Nene hen
Sound produced by a Nene goose 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: 00:07.
Cutter
Sound of a box cutter when the blade is extended or retracted. UCS Category: TOOLHand. Length: 00:19.
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.
Handbrake #2
Sound of a hand brake is actuated and relaxes you. UCS Category: VEHCar. Length: 00:29.
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