A recording of me switching a tall, thin fan on and off. About half-way through the recording i switch the fan to high. Recorded with a zoom h1 handy recorder.
Raw sound of an electric home fan in two takes, far and near the fan. Captured in a middle size living room (some reverb) with zoom h4n. Normalized/render in reaper.
A fan blowing, set to the highest setting. There's a strong low end presence, interestingly. The recording was made from behind the fan so the air wouldn't blow into the mic directly. Recorded with a zoom h1.
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