57 Royalty-Free Audio Tracks for "Microwave Door"

Ever wonder what would happen if your drunk college roommate set fire to a microwave by cooking a compact disc, ripped the front door off the oven, plugged it back in and doused the room with radiation? well, now you know what the aftermath sounds like.

To heat a cup of water for instant coffee, one must open and close the door, set the run time and then remove the cup. I spared you the 66 second wait and the sound of the cat scratching in the litter box nearby.

Opening a door of a microwave. Wave, 44. 1khz, 24bit, stereorecording device: olympus ls10 with xy-capsulelow-cut: yes (80hz)normalized to -1dbfs. Location: leuphana universität lüneburg, gebäude c5. Lat: 53. 228983007420126lon: 10. 399412512779236. Date: 2013-12-09, 14:00hrecorded and edited by: marlin nöthig, martin tege, david nackethis recording was created in the framework of the seminar "soundscape leuphana (ws13/14)".

Microwave hum, followed by 5 beeps, then door open & close. Recorded in mono mp3 mode on a zoom h2. The recorder then created a 2-track file (and i assume both tracks are identical). Compressed and normalized to -3. 1 db in audacity. Exported in flac mode.

Clattering about in the kitchen drawer to get spoons out. Getting a bowl out. Shaking a carton of soup up, ripping the top off and pouring it into a bowl. Tapping the carton to get the rest out and then throwing it into the pedal bin. Opening the microwave door, putting the bowl of soup in, tapping out the numbers and then turning the microwave on. Beeps at 1:50 to signal the end then open the door again. Natural kitchen ambience. Wav 24bit 44. 1khz.

Closing a door of a microwave. Wave, 44. 1khz, 24bit, stereorecording device: olympus ls10 with xy-capsulelow-cut: yes (80hz)normalized to -1dbfs. Location: leuphana universität lüneburg, gebäude c7. Lat: 53. 22894768376873lon: 10. 399385690689087. Date: 2013-12-09, 14:00hrecorded and edited by: marlin nöthig, martin tege, david nackethis recording was created in the framework of the seminar "soundscape leuphana (ws13/14)".

Closing a door of a microwave. Wave, 44. 1khz, 24bit, stereorecording device: olympus ls10 with xy-capsulelow-cut: yes (80hz)normalized to -1dbfs. Location: leuphana universität lüneburg, gebäude c5. Lat: 53. 228915571332735lon: 10. 39928913116455. Date: 2013-12-09, 14:00hrecorded and edited by: marlin nöthig, martin tege, david nackethis recording was created in the framework of the seminar "soundscape leuphana (ws13/14)".