I had various mics placed and recorded the full process of putting the keys in the ignition, cranking and putting into gear and then idle. This was in a nissan frontier.
This is a short clip of a chainsaw starting up, idling for a few seconds, then being revved up to cut a small log for a few more seconds before idling again. Contains idling and revving of a single-stroke engine. Recorded accidentally with an iphone in a pocket, so it's slightly muffled.
Stereo recording of a honda element idling made from the inside of the car. Starts with the windows closed. Windows open halfway through the recording.
Sound of a pickup truck. Keys jingle, door shuts, starter click, engine turns over and sits idle, tires roll over gravel slowly, then truck drives away. Normalization applied.
My 2002 mini cooper with a 1. 6l inline-4 engine at warm idle. Loops seamlessly. Recorded with a roland edirol r-09hr and edited in audacity. If you use this sample, please tell me what you did with it below! links are nice too.
Loop of a diesel engine that i'm planning to use in a game i'm making. Created with audacity from scratch (starting from a fire sound effect also built with an audacity plugin).
I recorded an 18 wheeler idling at a grain elevator in rural oregon. Then it pulled away and crossed from left to right and drove away. Recorded with: fostex fr2le, at bp 4025 stereo mic.
Turning on a car and let it idle for a moment, this was done outside so there is also some wind blowing which i think is nice but that can be removed if so desired. Recorded with my zoom h2n.
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.
A recording of a harley davidson sportster from about 25 years ago. Used re-20 mic running to a symentrix 528 mic pre. Includes engine starting and idling with occasional revs. Then the engine is shut off.
Stereo recording of three linked diesel locomotives idling in the train yard. Captured from the side and roughly centre, with work sheds to the left. Recorded with a zoom h1, mastered in sound forge 5. Eq'ed to reduce low-end rumble and edited for easy looping.
Stereo recording of three linked diesel locomotives idling in the train yard. Captured at an angle to the lead engine, with the others muffled by work sheds. Recorded with a zoom h1, mastered in sound forge 5. Eq'ed to reduce low-end rumble and edited for easy looping.