A wind chime with eight metal tones surrounded by a bamboo resonance tube. A1-d2-f2-g2-a2-d3-f3-a3. Ortf wide stereo fieldrecorder: tascam dr-60d mkiimicrophone: 2x røde m5.
This is the arrival chime for an elevator in japan. I believe it is very similar if not identical to one of the sound effects from the uk tv series "the prisoner". Recorded on sony ux-80. Built-in stereo mics. 192kbps mp3. Amplified. Leading and trailing silence forced. Audacity.
Starts and ends with trains arriving overhead into ueno station, then general market atmos with male spruikers. Recorded in the ameyoko markets in tokyo in may 2008 using a zoom h4. Unprocessed apart from a low frequency cut.
Japanese street ambience: cicadas, passing some cars and a bicycle, recorded with iphone at a street of hachimanyama, residential area in tokyo, 2014/08/13/day.
I like this catchy melody of tokyo trains, i decide to make my onw remix, this is play in real time using my 2 hands, no edition, no sequencer, just real time!. Using my roland gw-8 and recorded with audacity. .
Recorded in january 2011 in the small pachinko parlour of a hotel in sendai, japan. Recorded with a zoom h2 in 2-channel surround mode, without a windshield. File has not been modified.
A small metal bell sent from a japanese temple as a souvenir. Recorded in mono with an akg 414, fredenstein mic amp, rme fireface interface into pro tools.
This is the earthquake warning (called "area mail") chime on a japanese phone. Recorded on sony ux-80. Built-in stereo mics. 192kbps mp3. Leading and trailing silence forced. Audacity.
Warm gong. Here is the official alternative soundfile which has less high frequencies, especially a little bit after the attack. Https://freesound. Org/people/veiler/sounds/537206/.
Inside the kehin-tohoku line train bound for omiya. The train passes through 2 or 3 stations. You can hear the train, doors, crowd, station sounds and announcements. Made with 2 microphones placed at 120 degree angle. Hpf cuts off at about 20hz.
This long recording was taken aboard the odoriko super view train from ito city bound for atami. You can hear the conductor's announcements, station arrivals and departures, passenger conversations (in japanese) and, of course, the train itself. The recording is unprocessed and made with a stereo mic pair at a 90 degree incidental angle.
This is a 2 mic recording in a darts bar in tokyo. The first part is a pretty decent recording of the room. But then later the background music gets really loud. Because it's summer time, the air-conditioner is cranked full blast.
A field recording of the japanese landscape, recorded at sakaori, yamanashi at around 6am in march. General ambience and birdsong. From around 1:30 you can hear the bells of zenkoji temple in the distance. Recorded with a zoom h4n and normalised.
