7 Royalty-Free Audio Tracks for "Ballast"

Recorded 7-15-2013 at railroad tunnel beneath i-85 in atlanta, ga, near armour and monroe drive.

The beautiful sounds of office life. This is audible interference from a cheap ballast in a florescent light fixture--or several in close proximity. (it's probably violating fcc regulations with rf output too. ) this was recorded with an iphone builtin mic, then processed to isolate the sound. It's a beeping / humming at around 3,800 hz. Each beep lasts about 1 second, followed by a half-second of silence before the next beep. Toward the end of this recording, it shifts slightly upward in pitch, to around 4,000 hz. Some typing on a keyboard can be heard in the foreground. (it's an office, after all. ).

Side 1 of cassette 1: saturday, november 26, 2011 at ballast point park-.

November 26, 2011: cassette 2, side b: this is a recording on the boardwalk/boat launch at ballast point park.

November 26, 2011: cassette 2, side a:the sounds of ballast point park including a drum circle and voices of park visitors.

Side two of cassette 1: saturday, november 26, 2011. Waterfront recording and the inside of taste of boston restaurant at ballast point.

This was recorded in my kitchen next to a railway, late at night when there was maintenance going on on the line. A heavy unit called a tamper went past, tamping down the ballast (stones) that go under the tracks. Lots of sub-bass as the whole building gets vibrated and at -04:29 a balanced teapot lid puts itself onto the teapot. Zoom h4n, 24/48 wav exported to flac in audacity.