This is a free sound design. Sound picture of a room with machines. A sound experiment with samples that were created previously in different ways and ways, as well as samples created for this piece. A lot of granular synthesis and filtration, equalization and convolutional reverb.
I recorded this for a project i was doing, and because i used so many samples from this site on the project, i figured i'd give some back too. This is the sound of my dorm room at nyu, recorded in an xy configuration with two condenser microphones.
Steam whistle at the barncroft mill engine in lancashire. Ambient escaping steam sound from a vent between blasts of whistle. Whistle was sounded once. Edited to give four blasts. Audio taken from a video camera recording.
Two jet engines panned left and right. Power up, idle, power down. Created in pd using the methods described by andy farnell, in his book "designing sound".
This is the 218-locomotiv. You can hear how its connected to a train, then 2 engines are started afterwards. The first engine is quite cold. Recorded with sony mz710 minidisk recorder and a sony ecm907 microphone.
This is a startup of small mini gauge steam engine railway at dargiling (w. B. India). Recodrd standing on platform andengigne pass by at distance, little sound of peoples on platform.
The diesel engine of a citroën jumpy 2010 2. 0 hdi starting, idling, revving and stopping. Recorded with a zoom h1n in the swedish winter with a temperature below zero.
On november 8th 2019 the renowned steam engine the 'flying scotsman' ploughed its way through colwyn bay on its way from london to holyhead. . . This is the brief sound of it passing by. . . In my opinion, the welded rail tends to diminish the dramatic effect. . . In fact, i was surprised at how quiet the engine itself was. . .
A recording of a backroom with the extractor fans running, the audio is high in pitch/frequency and can be used in instances like machinery rooms, all of my sounds come uncompressed or processed. This means there may be unwanted background noise/ sound that you can remove or not at your will. Equipment used:. Tascam dr40 w/ built in stereo microphone. File information:48,000hz24bit wavstereo.
This is a room tone. I can't remember where i recorded it or why. I used it to produce a claustrophobic board room in medical institution for a podcast i was commissioned to do sound design for.
My apartment/studio was very quiet except for the steam heat so i put a mic in the middle of the room (an ear trumpet labs edwina) and put it through a lindell mic preamp and then into a focusrite 18i20 interface to record. This is the mono, 48khz, 32-bit file for your dining and dancing pleasure. Actually, it's just room tone and can be mixed judiciously to cover gaps in your own tone or to make brand new rooms from scratch.
Four jet engines panned around the stereo field. Power up, idle, power down. Created in pd using the methods described by andy farnell, in his book "designing sound".
This recording is the engine starting and idling of a 1980s ford ltl 9000 diesel semi tractor. In the middle you hear the truck door slam shut. Recorded with a rode ntg3 and a zoom f8 field recorder.
