The sounds of afternoon recess at dewson street public school in toronto. Some are playing hockey in the school yard. Field recording 13 apr 2012 with h4n and accessory shotgun microphone.
3 year old child playing a metallophone, a homemade percussion instrument consisting of tuned metal bars which are struck with a mallet to make sound, fixes to a wooden box which works as a resonating device.
Sounds of a busy new york city playground, including children playing, parents speaking various languages, background traffic and airplanes, and an ice-cream cart. Recorded in sunset park, brooklyn, ny. May 5 2022.
Recreated sounds of a field recording done for loyola high school. There are only two sounds under an attribution license. For the first sound, i just made the duration shorter. Here is the link https://freesound. Org/people/moonfisher/sounds/185950/. The second sound has also been shortened. Here is the link: https://freesound. Org/people/juskiddink/sounds/127795/. All sound modification has been done using garage band. Mods include these: shortening duration, lowering volume, and shifting gain.
School kids recorded in the cafeteria during their lunch hour. It was recorded using an iphone (extemporaneous, hence the low quality), converted from the m4a to ogg, but it could certainly pass as a background sound.