Small creek on a trail up to granite mountain on snoqualmie pass. A smaller trickle layered on top with eq to get rid of freeway noise. Recorded with x/y mics on a zoom h2n.
Opening a fizzy drink can (330ml). Initial hiss / open. The opening is boomy because the mic was very close, but i didn't eq it out because it sounds quite interesting.
Rain, with some splashing and trickling sounds too. Recorded with 2 devices, an olympus ls-14 digital handheld, and an audio-technica studio mic. The recordings were combined to give a wider stereo effect.
This is the sound of a single cicada that i found resting in my outdoors furniture. I picked it up and it started making this sound. I used a zoom h6 field recorded with a xy mic.
Just decided to contribute to this great website today. : ) just got my mic, and let out a good "hey. . . " llolz. Then put a nice adobe audition delay on. . . Some compression, and wahlah!!!.
Recording near a computer fan and hard drive. Not great quality recording. I had placed the mic right where all the air was blowing. Sounds best on lower volumes.
Warning bells at crossing, tram bell, tram accelerating away with traffic on adjacent road. Night cityscape in quiet part of den haag. Recording: olympus ls3 + okm binaural mics.
Small wind-up toy being wound up and allowed to walk by the mic. The wind-up key is then abused a bit, making a sound not entirely unlike a scratching record (but not much like one, either).
A "bigmack" switch being operated, giving a distinctive click. This sound is recognisable to users of single message aac communicators. (aac: augmentative & alternative communication). Equipment: zoom h4n, internal mics.
Car alarm recorded on a tascam with an azden shotgun mic, with wind cover. Recorded about 4-6 feet from the front of the vehicle. Audio is straight outta recorded, no post production.
Opening a can of beer. Recorded with behringer xm1800s mic through a behringer xenyx12202 mixer, m-audio410 interface, ableton live 8, some eq i think. . .
I put the recorder under a tree with what looked like hundreds of birds in it. The dripping noises are not rain but bird poo!. Zoom h1 pair of luhd mics, no filtering20-10-17_111450_zoom0001_h1_luhds. Wav.
This is what background noise sounds like when you, first set your recording to automatically reduce noise, except to get this sound, put mic on sensitive, then increase the volume. Voila! computer noise!.
Recorder: zoom r8 built in usb mic. Sound generated by:plastic broom and dustpan drop on wood floor. I wanted to simulate a mop bucket or cleaning supplies being nicked over.
A short sample of crowd noise recorded at glasgow barrowland 2005. Never used these two channels in any mixes because someone in their wisdom decided to put the ambient mics either side of the pa subs. Genius!.
Studio recordings of handling latex gloves for foley purposes. Recorded with an at-4047/sv large-diaphragm condenser mic. In this clip, i am donning a glove.
Simulated wing flaps of a bird or other creature created by waving a heavy bath towel and then speeding it up and adding a bit of eq. Recorded with a sterling audio st51 condenser mic.
Running a corkscrew several times rapidly along the edge of a wooden desk. Recorded with minidisc and condenser mic, indoors, 6" distance. Background noise removed with audacity. Short, rattly hard noises.
Voice announcement of incoming train at back bay train station, boston. Recorded using sony mz0-r90 portable minidisc recorder and sony ecm-ms907 stereo mic.
Blowing bubbles through a straw into a small vase half full of water. Sony ecm-ms907 mic, using sony mz-r35 as preamp, recorded into logic pro 7, normalized. May have clipped at one point.
Ambeo recording of the entrance of a beehive in autmn while wesps were attacking to kill some bees and drag them to their hive. Recording made with an sennheiser ambeo vr mic on a zoom f8. Handling noises at the beginning and the end.
I folded a belt in half and pushed it inwards and pulling it outwards violently about 30 cm away from the mic. This was recorded at the open window institute sound booth in centurion, south africa.
Binaural recording of onions being peeled, cut on a small wooden board and fried in a pan. Refrigerator hum in background. Mics: vt403 mounted in ears.
Lighting an electronic cigarette lighter from komazawa, tokyo, japan. The lighter is emblazoned with the word "tadaima" = welcome home. Recorded in mono with an akg 414, fredenstein mic amp, rme fireface interface into pro tools.
A rapid-fire machine gun sound. I made it through firing a nerf alphastrike stinger, speeding it up, pitch and all, and then repeating it. Recorded in my bedroom with a gaming headset mic.