Traffic passes on a tree-lined street in the early spring, before the leaves have sprouted. Birds sing and there are several minutes of ambience. Then, a siren can be heard in the distance and eventually, a big fire engine passes, siren blaring and engine roaring.
This is the 218-locomotiv. You can hear how its connected to a train, then 2 engines are started afterwards. The first engine is quite cold. Recorded with sony mz710 minidisk recorder and a sony ecm907 microphone.
This recording is the engine starting and idling of a 1980s ford ltl 9000 diesel semi tractor. In the middle you hear the truck door slam shut. Recorded with a rode ntg3 and a zoom f8 field recorder.
Multiple sounds combined to created the actions of a car being stolen off the street. Car window broken, door opened and closed, attempt to start engine, engine starting and doing a burnout as it speeds away.
On november 8th 2019 the renowned steam engine the 'flying scotsman' ploughed its way through colwyn bay on its way from london to holyhead. . . This is the brief sound of it passing by. . . In my opinion, the welded rail tends to diminish the dramatic effect. . . In fact, i was surprised at how quiet the engine itself was. . .
This was a battery-powered train car running in circles on its plastic track. Is the sound pleasant? no. Did i hold my zoom h4n upside-down in the center of the circuit so the engine slowly pans from ear to ear? absolutely.
Another recording of the idling train engine, this time with the spitting sound more towards a struggling pneumatic (air) valve. Also the alarm sound is more of a continuous cycling engine hum.
Interior perspective of a police siren being turned on and the engine revving. Lots of engine sounds, and various sirens. Recorded with: fostex fr2le, bp4025.
The winding engine in big pit mining museum in blaenavon, south wales. The brakes singing towards the end of the soundfile are gorgeous. Signalling bells can also be heard. Recorded on an r-09 hd.
Car interior. The engine is off, so the sounds can be used cleanly with other engine noise. Several one handed, then two handed gripping sounds. Recorded with tascam dr-05.
I did a ferry crossing over the little river mulde (was on a bike trip berlin-buscha ). The ferry is for pedastrians and bicycles only (some times a horse), it is without an engine, just power of muscles.
Two contact microphones recording an engine from a mini cooper s in sport mode. Surprisingly aggressive-sounding. Intended to use for a race car asset. Contact microphones are stethoscope-like mics that you place onto a surface to record vibrations. This way, i was able to record the raw engine without wind or perspective. The left channel is the chassis and the right is the engine block. . . Blending the two together produces a great sound. Free to use.
Four jet engines panned around the stereo field. Power up, idle, power down. Created in pd using the methods described by andy farnell, in his book "designing sound".
A recording of a harley davidson sportster from about 25 years ago. Used re-20 mic running to a symentrix 528 mic pre. Includes engine starting and idling with occasional revs. Then the engine is shut off.
Engine sounds of radio controlled quadrocopter drone "dij phantom2" during take-off and landing. Audio recording taken from gopro-camera attached to the drone.