Dropping a ladle onto a hard floor. This was actually a metallic cup measure. Various heights and angles.
A close recording of me splashing about very gently in a basin of water. You can hear bubbles forming on the surface.
Some birdsong and road noise in …
A short extract from a longer recording made in Oxford's covered market on 6th May 2014. Passers-by talking, items being moved about, coins.
A regency clock (made by R Restall, Croydon) chimes once. High pitched.
A regency clock (made by R Restall, Croydon) chimes 6 times. High pitched.
A carriage clock chimes once. Small and high pitched sound.
A carriage clock chimes 6 times. Small and high pitched sound.
A Delft antique clock chimes once, with mechanism. The chime is low pitched.
A Delft antique clock chimes 6 times, with mechanism. The chime is low pitched.
A genuine human body (mine) falling onto a carpeted floor from standing. Twice.
Recorded with a Marantz PMD661 with built-in mics.
Knocking loudly on a wooden interior door.
Recorded with an AKG C414 B-ULS for the Oxford Theatre Guild's production of A Government Inspector, 2012.
This was recorded in the centre of Oxford, near the junction between Broad Street and Turl Street, on 23rd February 2013. I was facing West along Broad Street …
February 25th, 2013
This was recorded from my windowsill facing onto a tarmac driveway in August 2012. There is the occasional tinkling sound of raindrops hitting a metal gate, some traffic …