It's just as it says ;) actually i had a hard time finding one like this, so i took a bunch of royalty free public domain small fires and added them all together in sony vegas pro! pretty awesome! you can even hear the ceiling falling in around you! i am using this for my audio drama coral island adventures!.
On january 01, 2013 i was streaming the new years fireworks behind my window. This all ended with this firework, wich proves to be loud, but isn't quite managing it.
A close perspective of a small backyard fire, crickets in the background. Recorded in september 2013, on a zoom h4n's internal mics, in 48khz, 24bit, in port st lucie, fl, usa.
Used audacity to make a chirp sound, i think it's sine-sawtooth. Pretty easy thing. Nothing to lose from it being mp3. It's a pretty dirtily made sound.
This is part of a commercial summer firework display in the uk. There are bombette candles, crackle candles, tourbillion units and shells of various calibre, some of which contain crackling material. Analogue recording.
My neighborhood on july 4, 2012 (independence day, us). Lots of illegal bottle rockets and mortars. Recorded from my office window (geotag map shows exact mic location!).
My neighborhood on july 4, 2012 (independence day, us). More crackly fountain sparklers and whistlers in this one, but still lots of bottle-rockets and mortars.
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.