Streetside recording, london. Ambulance passes very close by in the middle of the recording. Zoom h1, luhd mics22-08-17_132020_london_street_sounds_h1_luhds. Wav.
Sparrows in a bush near roupell street, london se1. The street is a popular walking route for commuters from waterloo heading off into the city, and their footsteps are very prominent on this recording.
Here's a recording i did from the third floor balcony of my hotel room in the hyde park area of london. It was a noisy spot, but very atmospheric and ideal for recording street sounds, especially in stereo. Recorded on a tascam dr-40.
Recording of a tube journey, starting at one stop and ending at ravenscourt park in london. Includes an announcement at the end and the beeping noise indicating the doors are about to close on the tube at the beginning.
A recording of morning birds and other morning sounds (cars, bicycle) made in barnet england around 6am on a fine day on the 15th june of 2022. As it was near the solstice the sun was already up. The recording was made by poking a zoom h5 portable recorder outside a third story loft window. The microphones are the stereo pair included with that unit, with a windjammer.
5. 1 surround field recording of the center courtyard of the barbican estate, an ensemble of brutalist concrete block highrises in central london/uk. It is a weekday morning, some people are walking and talking on the premises. A group of schoolchildren passes some distance away at the beginning, some light construction work is going on in the midrange, and in the far range the busy city noises of london can be heard. The recorder is in the center of the courtyard facing into the complex. Recorded with a zoom h2n and matrixed to 5. 1 surround.
A journey from the platform of south woodford, central line, london underground station through to liverpool st where i changed to the circle line to farringdon. Then walked up to street level. Recorded on tuesday 22/9/15.
This is a stereo recording of a city ambience in greenwich, london, uk. This was recorded during the day and there is a very active flight path overhead. These are raw unedited wavs and so will need some spit and polish before use. Keep an eye out for aircraft!.
This file was recorded on november 19 2013 at london's euston railway station quite close to the arrivals board. It was achieved using an olympus ls-100 digital recorder with cad m179 microphones attached to a jecklin disk (see wikipedia) to obtain the best sound possible. As opposed to quasi-binaural recordings where the user attaches small diaphragm microphones to his/her shirt collar (my usual recording method), the jecklin disk can be mounted on a semi-fixed object such as a floor-standing microphone stand which it was in this case, and left for a few moments for the best possible outcome. Using a jecklin disk means that there are no minute movements from a person trying to stand as still as possible, and for some unknown reason, this setup is able to differentiate in front and behind sound image although i personally do not know why this is the case.
Recorded on zoom h4n. An outside seating area of a london pub on the river thames. Relaxed chatter, seagulls squawking and occasional boats passing by. There is also an occasional metallic bump from two boats that were moored nearby knocking into each-other.
Interior atmo of train leaving the baker street tube station in london, heading to regent's park. Recorded with a zoom h-2, mics set to 90° dispersion.
High speed train arrives at kings cross station in london (but could be anywhere), passengers wait to get off, door beeps and we exit the train into the station concours. As we leave the train, an automatic announcement comes over the tanoy warning about social distancing due to coronavirus.
A railway arch under the mainline just near waterloo east station, london se1. Sparrows and wood pigeons can be heard, together with the whine of the stationary train on the tracks above, and the deeper rumble as the train moves off.
Traffic in richmond, london 08-04-15 at 13:00. Buses, lorries, cars, motorbikes. Some footsteps, street chatter, an old norton motorbike, a church bell that strikes 1pm at 03:35 on file. General atmosphere.
A group of kids shout and play football on grass outside. There's a nice echo from the surrounding buildings, a general wash of city traffic and some car passes. Sony d50.
This was recorded on london bridge, the sounds include people walking and cars driving past, the traffic was moderate and not many people were around when this was recorded. Recorded using a marantz.
Atmo of london's trafalgar square, recorded by nelson's column. It is late morning and the place is already full of tourists and traffic. This clip was recorded on the traffic island in front of the square, facing the column with the national gallery behind it, street traffic can be heard in the foreground with the tourists on the square further in the background. Recorded with a zoom h-2, mics set to 90° dispersion.
Sparrows flying from branch to branch in a bare rose bush. Unintentional capture of sound as i was just out walking testing new equipment. This recording was made using a sound devices mixpre6ii and a stereo pair of fel em172 mics. Low cut on the sd which in basic mode is 80hz (i think). There is no processing to this recording other than to ‘normalize’ the levels. I do not require any credit or attribution. If any of these sounds have been of help, and you are feeling charitable, please do consider donating to freesound to help keep the site running (a link is also on the home page). Any donations are greatly appreciated!.
