A bobcat type of front loader (like a small bulldozer, not the wild animal) moving sections of tree across a yard to dump them in the metal bed of a truck.
The latch door from an old coin-operated washing machine being closed. Series of instances. Recorded at close proximity in stereo, 44. 1khz, 24bit on a tascam dr-01 portable recorder.
Recording of various creaks and groans made by (somewhat embarrassingly) my studio chair!recorded on roland r09hr 44. 1khz 16bit stereo with on board mics. Gain lifted in peak post recording.
An exercise thing which you squeeze that makes a loud creaking noiserecorded in a very dry room with a mid-sides mic setup. Mics used were akg 414, and an oktava mk-012-01 pencil condenser.
Me opening the cassette slot, unloading, and reloading a tape to a sony handycam ccd-tr750 that i have. Recorded with an audio technica atr 6550 microphone.
Some kind of pump in the basement of urban spree in berlin, germany. Recorded with zoom h2. Edited with audacity. This sound is cc0 but i highly recommend that you include a link to this page when using it, to avoid misunderstandings. Http://farm9. Staticflickr. Com/8070/8213683889_517a10ef52_o. Pngon flac and ogg vorbis audio file formats. Contact me if you have interest in specific sounds for open source or commercial purpose.
Went to a public toilet in a small village in the lake district (england). The door lock made the most awesome sound and the reverb in that room sounded great, luckily i had my recorder. . .
A sound made from an old lathe; stretched and processed to sound like a massive machine. Recorded with m-audio microtrack ii. Processed with audacity 2. 0. 3.
Cd player mechanics recorded from 5cd charger panasonic cd stereo system sa-pm27. Edited speed and pitch on some parts of audio to gain robotic like mechanics sound.
Something went wrong on a mechanical device on top of the building that faces my balcony. I don't know what it is exactly (some fan. . . ) but the noise it produces is pretty theatrical. I just could'nt resist recording it. I belive this could be very useful to some of you looking for mechanical sounds. . . Recorded with a zoom h2n in x/y stereo mode.
Orchestrion from "imhof and mukle 1895, vöhrenbach, black-forest, germany plays "i can't give you anything but love" by jimmy mchugh. Recorded in the "deutsches musikautomatenmuseum bruchsal"http://www. Dmm-bruchsal. De/. Recording: tascam hd-p2 and beyerdynamic mce82;. Soundsystem: pro tools le.
A piece of construction equipment moving earth. The vehicle runs on tracks, which you can hear along with the squeaky pulleys. Also the warning beeps as the machine backs up.
Gas meter. A gas meter in a corridor next to a boiler room (family house). Mechanical soundperiodic clacking soundquiet noise of running gas boiler in background. Recorded from approx. 4cm. Recorded with:sony pcm d50built-in mics (collinear position).
Sony dvp-s530d cd/dvd player. A couple of takes of the disc tray being gently pushed closed. The first take includes the sound of the player spinning up a disc. The left channel is a sennheiser mkh-416 and the right channel is an akg c414 b-uls, both into a john hardy m-1 preamp into pro tools. Each mic has a slightly different recording position and overall sound.
Recording of a 1970's model of a foil ribbon machine, used to create 1st, 2nd, 3rd, place ribbons, etc. . . Nice untouched mechanized, industrial sound.
