Tibetan chant played at half speed. This creates a very low pitched grating sound that can't be heard at normal speed. This is most likely a result of …
Tibetan chant played in reverse. Interestingly it doesn't deviate too much from the original sound, meaning that the sound is fairly pure and sinusoidal. Original recording can be …
Tibetan chant run through a high pass filter to emphasize the higher register harmonics of the throat singing. Sound has a very similar characteristic to the unmodified track, …
A welding torch heating the edge of a steel plate. This sample has more of the actual noise the torch is making rather than the noise coming from …
September 14th, 2009
A welding torch heating the edge of a steel plate. The torch sent out a great deal of sparks due to the proximity to the plate edge where …
September 14th, 2009
Sifting through a box of 2 inch bolts in a tool kit. The bolts were fairly thick and I was searching through just one box of them by …
September 14th, 2009
A rotating metal fan that is part of an art piece. The fan was very jagged and heavy and had a lot of grease applied to it to …
September 14th, 2009
Hand rolling metal rolling pins in a conveyor belt. Tried to get as many of the pins rolling as fast as possible to create a grating moving sound.
September 14th, 2009
An old automatic piano like those found in saloons or entertainment facilities circa 1940s. Part of a collection at Musee Mechanique in San Francisco, operates on quarters and …
September 14th, 2009
The sound of a metal chair/ short steps screeching around the ground. I leaned my weight on it and pushed down and forwards to get a good loud …
September 14th, 2009
Flexing a 3ft by 5ft piece of sheet metal back and forth along the ground to get a ringing rasping quality when shaken fast enough. The metal sheet …
September 14th, 2009
Banging on a large metal sheet. Metal is most likely steel or a composite sheet metal. Fairly thin and flexible measured approximately 3 ft by 5 ft.
September 14th, 2009
An old fashioned, touch-tone, large receiver telephone with a mechanical bell ringer. The bell has an arm attached to it that vibrates when a call is made. The …
September 14th, 2009
This recording was done at Trampa canyon in the Carmel valley around 11pm. There are mostly cricket noises, a few planes fly overhead and there is a faint …
This is a modified recording of a woman's voice talking in a classroom setting about the daily reading. The voice was changed by decreasing the speed by about …