I'm riding a bus (for disabled people) in to downtown honolulu amid the heavy traffic caused by last-minute christmas shoppers. I recorded this inside the bus with my lenovo laptop's built-in microphone.
A recording of the beautiful, trilling song of the pine warbler. Saturday april 13th, 2013. Made at 6:30am in a pine grove, using my handy zoom h4n recorder with its built-in microphones.
An mg-b being started and driving off on gravel. Minimal editing in audacity to fade out to minimise background noise. Recorded with a marantz pmd-661 with built-in microphones, for a delicate balance, oxford theatre guild 2011.
This was recorded in a large theatre. It is not completely silent so it has a nice unique tone. Recorded on my h4n at 24bit/48khz using the built-in stereo mics.
This is a group of male turkeys fighting. There are a variety of different sounds produced by the birds. I could not get the wind noise out of the recording. This was recorded using the built-in stereo mics on a zoom h4n pro handy recorder.
Recording made with roland r-26s built-in omni stereo mics at "elektrozavodskaya" subway station in moscow. Trains arriving & departing, people walking & chatting.
The door of an mg-b being closed, processed to add a long, spooky echo. Recorded with a marantz pmd-661 with built-in microphones, and processed with audacity. Prepared for (but not used in) a delicate balance, oxford theatre guild 2011.
An mg-b arriving, and the engine being turned off. Minimal editing in audacity to fade out to minimise background noise. Recorded with a marantz pmd-661 with built-in microphones, for a delicate balance, oxford theatre guild 2011.
Crickets, grasshoppers, and insects in a field of tall grass beside a mountain road in north carolina; some flies buzzing; flock of birds around 3 seconds. Recorded with zoom h4n built-in stereo mics.
A recording made of a icy stream at a point where the water was actually running underneath a thin mantle of ice. Made on february 2nd, 2014. Equipment used: zoom h4n using the internal built-in microphones. .
*** please rate this sound if you download and like :-) ***. Tabla loop built with boulanger's free library on ableton's drum rack and mastered. -3 db level.
The next sound is on a smooth sweeping of plastic bracelets which collide against each other, and generating a loud sound. The sound was recorded with zoom h4 handy recorder stereo using the built - in microphones and was modified with noise reduction removing the alternative sounds and with compression.
This is recorded with a h4n pro's built in stereo microphones from the middle front of the car (dodge charger 1969). Mixed, -21 lufs. Slight wind wind interferance in the last part of the recording in the lower end.
Metal essential percussion snare drum with remo heads, 40 springs snare strap. One finger hits the drum. Top loose, tight bottom. Living room acoustics. Recorded in 96khz and 24bit in zoom h1 recorder on built in directional, condenser microphones.
Field recording of an unknown animal in a small-town wooded lot at night. Also has insect sounds and distant traffic. Stereo recording made with a zoom recorder using the built in mics. Added by hdw.
The wooden door to my edit suite has a nice creak. Recorded on a zoom h1 with the xy built in mics. Several takes of the door opening and closing. Stereo, pcm, 44. 1khz, 16 bit.
Each year in april they celebrate the "festa de la terra" in barcelona. I recorded a yoga group singing during a workshop they held during that event. I used a mp3-player recorder with the built-in microphone.
Strange noise that emanated from a barn that was being built on the somerset/wiltshire border. Possibly created by the machine laying the flooring. Also wind, some distant traffic, birdsong.
This is a small group of people talking in the lobby of a 40-story condominium building in downtown honolulu, hi. I had recorded this with my little laptop's built-in microphone.
I built a pad with several multiosc synths, this is me pressing one key on a midi controller and letting it go. There are approximately 48 separate oscillators stairstepped on this one. I think it might have completed one cycle.
Ambience recorded in murmansk airport (russia) in departures hall. Announcements, people talking. June 2016. Recorded on tascam dr - 07 ii, built in mikes.
Me saying "you have a new message". It can be used for either email or message notification. I used the built-in microphone of a toshiba laptop to record this.
British telecom standard issue relate 18 land-line handset from around c1995. Ringer recorded through built in stereo microphones of a tascam dr-40 linear pcm recorder. 16 bit wav file in stereo.
Recorded mar 13 2016 in the woods in manchester, vt. Zoom h4n in 4ch mode using built-in stereo mics and a sennheiser k6/me66 shotgun. This small but quick moving stream had recently blocked a small dirt road.
This sound is an audio file that slowly breaks up the further it is played. I recorded this with an in-built microphone, no idea what make though. I recorded this on audacity, and added gradual distortion. Warning: you may need to turn down the volume for the last 6 seconds!.
Sound of water on a toilet. Recorded with tascam dr-05 built in mics stereoedited on adobe audition cc. If you add this to your project, attribute always to my profile and sound link under the same license.
A recording of a beautiful rufous-sided towhee made in very early spring in a brushy area near a small lake. Record with my zoom, h4n recorder and utilizing its very good built-in stereo microphones.
Field recording made at the shore of the huge crab orchard lake on memorial day in southern illinois. Good waves-lapping. Zoom h4n with built-in stereo microphones.
This is the ambience of a washroom near the parking lot of a small business building. You can hear the hum of the air-conditioner and the distant chirping of a large flock of birds. I recorded this with my lenovo laptop's built-in microphone.
Jen pianotone 600 was an electronic piano from the late 70s. Vox built a same-sounding instrument. Presets: bass,piano and harpsichord. It had five octaves and no touch sensivity. I sampled the pianovoice.
I bravely snapped a pencil into three pieces. This is the sound it made when i broke the second bit off. Nobody lends me pencils anymore. Olympus ls-5, built-in mic capsules, no filtering.
This recording is of wave ripples hitting the sand on lake superior. This was recorded with a zoom hrn pro handy recorder. It was edited in cubase le 10 focusing on compression and normalization. The mic used was the built-in mic configuration on the unit positioned on a mini tripod 8 inches above the sand.
A 3kw electric fan heater switches on, runs for a few seconds, then gets switched off, thus demonstrating my mastery over small electrical appliances. Olympus ls-5, built-in mic capsules, no filtering.
Sound of a flat plate kettle coming to the boil after recently being boiled, microphone pointing towards the spout - featuring clear bubbling and fizzing of boiled water. Recorded using a zoom h1 with the built in stereo microphones.
A huge thunder/hailstorm recorded in pretoria, south africa at around 16:36. The radar reflectivity of this storm was around 63dbz. Recorder used: zoom h1 built in microphones. Please comment or suggest anything.
A rocky lakeside recorded during summer at a lake near groningen, netherlands. Bubbly flowing water sounds. Recorded with zoom r8's built-in stereo microphones.
Ceramic dish (and pieces) smashing on a wooden floor. Four examples, the last one on a very close perspective. 48/16 stereo, normalized -3db. Zoom h4n, built-in mic.
This is the arrival chime for an elevator in japan. I believe it is very similar if not identical to one of the sound effects from the uk tv series "the prisoner". Recorded on sony ux-80. Built-in stereo mics. 192kbps mp3. Amplified. Leading and trailing silence forced. Audacity.
Recording of a light rain on the suburbs of a big city. Recorded with the zoom h4n in-built stereo mics, from a window. Rain drops on concrete ceilings, roofs and asphalt; distant traffic sounds.
Opening a frozen roof window covered with ice. After opening there is possible to hear noise from outside (birds and hum) and also some noises caused by holding a recorder. Recorded with sony pcm-d50, built in mics.
Date: 29/9/2017location: hamilton, new zealand. Played this piece with a marine band hohner in the key of c. This was recorded using audacity with macbook pro's built-in microphone. I used audacity's noise reduction feature to drown out the noise in thebackground.
Heavy rain hitting a slightly open window. Loopable. :d. This sound was accidentally recorded when sampling a storm. The window was slightly open, so the outside rain is slightly audible. Recorded with the zoom h2's built in mic's.
Light traffic passes by on the road beside the opposite riverban on this calm thanksgiving day evening here in honolulu, hawaii. You can also hear the sounds of crickets chirping and people talking in the distance. I recorded this with the built-in microphone of a lenovo laptop.
This recording of a red squirrel vocalizing came out of a mass recording of sounds at a bird feeder. This was captured on a zoom h4n pro handy recorder using the built-in stereo mic configuration set to the 90-degree position. This was done on a relatives property in northern wisconsin.
I bravely snapped a pencil into three pieces and this is the sound it made when i broke the first bit off. All of my other pencils are now scared of me. Olympus ls-5, built-in mic capsules, no filtering.
