This was my first attempt at recording ambiance. There's some pops from the microphone, but i thought some parts could be still usable. Recording at 44. 1 khz/ 16 bits. No process applied.
A single plane coming in from the right to the left, creating some nice reverbing sounds at the end of the recording. Some low level sounds from bystanders. This is a recording with normal input gain.
Frogs croaking, getting louder as the person approaches (footsteps on dry grass)recorded 8th june 2015 at 11 pm on a field in the outskirts of hamburg, south-east of the centre near the elbe (a field north of the street kirchwerder elbdeich). Recorded on a samsung galaxy s3 phone.
Interior car driving. 48khz 24 bit wav. Recorded with neumann km185 and oktava mk-012 hypercardioid mics. Recorded into sound devices 552 mixer. Vehicle is a volkswagen tiguan.
Night distant thunder mixed with rain hitting the water. Recorded from the 6th floor of the coral princess hotel, facing northwest looking out towards playa del carmen across the caribbean sea. Recorded using a tascam dr-1.
Two minutes to midnight. Recorded with olympus ws-852 digital pocket recorder on my front porch where the only noise is coming from the neighbors. No audio effex used at all, this recording is pure.
Sound of a rubik's cube (you know, this mechanical puzzle). Needed it for a project. Couldn't find the sound anywhere. So i recorded it. Feel free to use it. No need for any kind of attribution. Recorded on with a neat king bee microphone and a tascam dr60-d mkii recorder.
A binaural field-recording of me leaving my apartment out to a very energetic street festival with live jazz. Recorded october 2022 east village, nyc. File also has been edited for a little loudness.
Cicadas recorded from my balcony in a melbourne suburb at night. Cyclochila australasiae, the sound they make is around 4. 3khz. Recording was done with a roland r-26 using built in omni mics, and noise was removed with izotope plugins.
Recorded again with the lunch room clock stopped, just in case that you notice it in the other recording and don't want it. Recorded with a zoom h4n. Credit is optional: don't worry about it :) completely free sound.
This is a clean stereo recording of a oddly shaped gong with some stones resting inside it. Recorded in a very dry room with a mid-sides mic setup. Mics used were akg 414, and an oktava mk-012-01 pencil condenser.
Unedited field recordings of a light aircraft flying overhead in clear and calm conditions, evocative of summer days. Recorded using the video function of my panasonic lumix camera and extracted with aoa audio extractor.
It's a recording of a large passenger aeroplane with jet-engines passing by above my head. Recorded with hand-held zoom h2. Originally a 24-bit 96khz wav file. Normalized, truncated and converted to flac using audacity.
A short track recorded during subway ride in poland. Contains the sound of speeding subway train engine, door opening/closing and some quiet talks in the background. I'm using this in a song of mine, thought i'll share it with you guys tho. Recorded with xperia u's recorder.
This is a stereo recording of distant fireworks on the 4th of july in los angeles. Some partiers' voices, and the occasional helicopter mar the otherwise nice recording. Recorded with: audio technica bp 4025, sound devices 702t.
I recorded this nice stereo sound of children playing at my nearby park. You can hear the steady squeak of the swingset in this recording. Lots of voices and children. Recorded with: beyerdynamic mc 930 mics, sound devices 702t.
Recorded in a small park in san diego, ca close to the shore. You'll mostly hear construction workers and an airplane flying overhead. Recorded outside with a zoom h5 using the stereo microphones that come with it. There is a bit of noise in this one.
Mono recording of a cast iron gate to a courtyard garden in the abbey gardens, bury st edmunds, suffolk. Recorded using a shotgun mic into a zoom h4 recorder. Distant sounds of traffic and light winds.
Recording of a heavy, thick plastic bag, recorded for the sound of a protective plastic sheeting being lifted. There are some 'liftings' and also an extended crumpling in there too. Recorded on an se x1 large condenser mic. Please feel free to use for anything. Cc0.
The final step before you make it into the duty free section. This is a recording of my hand luggage being screened at perth airport in december, 2019. The recording was done using a tascam dr-05x.
Several species of cicadas singing in a late afternoon in the city of alta floresta, state of mato grosso, brazil, by a busy street. Recorded in 3-september 2021 with samsung galaxy s7 voice recorder app with high quality settings.
I recorded using a zoom h6 with an xy mic and foam screen and tripod. I recorded various zip sounds at a slow pace and then fast pace in front of the mic. The first zip is from a jacket, the second is a travel bag, and the third is from a pencil case. Recorded for a school project for a sfx library.
Arthur Fields performs I far Down An' Go Boom with his Assassinators, 1929 probably for Edison Records. Arthur Fields singt I far Down An' Go Boom mit seinen Assassinators, 1929 wahrscheinlich für Edison Records.
Ambient summertime nature sounds recorded in woods on the oklahoma/arkansas border with a zoom h4n. Originally recorded for background noise for a short film, now free for the world to enjoy. Raw audio, unedited save for removal of verbal slate.
Winding of a music box. Edited with audacity. Recorded on shock-mounted zoom h1 mic, record level 62, autogain off, gain low. Record location, inside a car in a single garage (great sound room).
Walking on pine needles on a late-winter day in the middle of a peaceful forest of 45 foot tall white pines. Recorded in early march using the zoom h4n recorder and it's built-in stereo microphones.
Recorded and processed at 24bit 48khz using the tascam dr-40 linear pcm recorder. Processing: gain-staging and soft high and low frequency filtering. No eq boost or cuts anywhere else. Also de-noised.
This is a recording of autumn rain falling down and pouring through a drain pipe outside my bedroom window. It is a very pleasant sound if i may say so, and can be used for many soundscape or atmosphere oriented things. Recorded with zoom h1.
Recording of a train arriving at a station, remaining in the station and then leaving. Note- there is some minor wind noise. This recording took place in november of 2015 at meadowhall train station. Recorded with a zoom h2next portable mic.
Recorded on 28/07/2010 at approx. 7pm at hong kong international airport. Severe rainstorms (red/black) caused a lot of flight delays/cancellations and hence airport chaos! recorded with a zoom h2 in 2-channel surround mode, with a windshield. File has not been modified.
Recorded inside an organ, stepping on old wood floor, creaking sound, room acoustics very present. Faint sound of clothes and steps also audible. M-s recording: m on left channel, s on right.
Recorded on 03/12/2010 at the lion enclosure - melbourne zoo, australia. Recorded with a zoom h2 in 2-channel surround mode, with a windshield. This is the rear channel only, to minimise the train/tram noise from the front channel. File has not been modified.
Recorded on 03/12/2010 at the lion enclosure - melbourne zoo, australia. Recorded with a zoom h2 in 2-channel surround mode, with a windshield. This is the rear channel only, to minimise the train/tram noise from the front channel. File has not been modified.
Stereo recording of the wind howling outside the rattling window. This is what it sounds like outside my window all winter - if there's interest, i can record 20 minutes. Leave a comment if you'd like a longer clip.
I recorded this nice stereo sound of children playing at my nearby park. You can hear the steady squeak of the swingset in this recording. Lots of voices and children. Recorded with: beyerdynamic mc 930 mics, sound devices 702t.
It's a recording of a large passenger aeroplane with jet-engines passing by above my head. Recorded with hand-held zoom h2. Originally a 24-bit 96khz wav file. Normalized, truncated and converted to flac using audacity.
This a crazy recording i got from the small alleyways of the holy city varanasi, india. I've cut a bit away so you'll have to edit a bit to use this. . . (zoom - h1, handheld recorder).
Water running at the side of an un-made lane near forge dam, a disused steel grinding mill pond on the porter brook on the western edge of sheffield, uk. Recorded using the irig recorder app on an iphone 3gs.
Here's a recording of people walking on a bordwalk beside saint-laurent river in québec. This recording was made with a sound devices usbpre2 into a tascam dr-680 (spdif) and 2 microphones studio project c1 in ortf stereo pattern with a 80hz low cut.
A one-year-old american baby girl coos and gurgles while playing with a toy. Recorded in 2011 with an electrovoice cl-42 shotgun mic into a zoom h4n portable recorder.
Walking thorugh the islamic quarter, near damaskus gate in the old city of jerusalem. Binaural recording with soundman okm`s and a h4n. If you want to support my work, please visit:jardinsonore(. )bandcamp(. )comthere you find a lot more.
This was recorded while my band was on tour in may 2006. Went out for a walk and got the crap scared out of me by these two junkyard dogs, so i went back to record them. Audiotechnica at22 > marantz pmd660 > edited in wavelab.
Field - recording , neighborhood- ambience, recorded * am may 28 2012in my backyard, features dog barking, many birds in concert, traffic sounds, jets overhead, and my favorite bit is the geese flying over.
By mid-september a lot of the migrant songbirds have left southern illinois, along with their songs. But, the insects and their choruses abound. This recording made on september 21st, 2012, in a clearing surrounded by heavy forest. Equipment: zoom h4n recorder and the microphone was the rode ntg-2 shotgun microphone.
This recording was taken on dangar island shoreline. It features the gentle lapping ocean on the beach with the occasional jumping fish. The recording was taken with a tascam dr-44wl and the onboard xy mic pair. Post recording the sound was cleaned up a bit with rx spectral de-noise, and then normalised.
Recorded and processed at 24bit 48khz using the tascam dr-40 linear pcm recorder. Processing: gain-staging and soft high and low frequency filtering. No eq boost or cuts anywhere else. Also de-noised.
Recorder placed right next to the fast flowing river. Distant main road traffic can easily be heard as can a few birds. Recorded on a zoom h5 using the internal capsules.
Blackbird chirping that made its nest in a laurel tree. Recording with xiaomi mi 5 and the sony "audio recorder" app in city environment you can hear city noises and voices in the background.
