business briefcase latch opened and closed a few times.
Sennheiser 416T -> Sound Devices MixPre -> Zoom H4N.
light switch in a home turned on and off twice.
Sennheiser 416T -> Sound Devices MixPre -> Zoom H4N.
Sound of the Chicago NATO protest as it proceeded down Michigan Ave.
Recorded with a Sennheiser MKH416T -> Sound Devices MixPre -> Zoom H4N.
Background sound of people playing tennis, with cicadas and city traffic. Recorded in Grant Park in Chicago. Equipment: Zoom H4N, 80Hz low cut and general limiter enabled.
Cars passing in both directions. Recorded on Columbus Drive near Grant Park in Chicago. Equipment: Zoom H4N, 80Hz low cut and general limiter enabled.
A telephone bell rings three times. Recorded with a Sennheiser ME-66 through an RNP8380 preamp and RNC1773 compressor into Pro Tools. Background noise reduction with Waves Z-Noise.
A jet passes by my window at the Chicago Air Show on August 18, 2007. Recorded through a Rode NT4 into a MacBook line-in running Audacity.
Old-style bell alarm clock turns on, rings 4 sec, is turned off. Clock ticks once or twice before file ends.
44.1kHz 16bit mono. Neumann TLM103 through Yamaha MG10/2 …
Egg timer - three long turns, three short turns, alarm on egg timer goes off. Timer ticking occurs between turns.
44.1kHz 16bit mono. Neumann TLM103 through Yamaha MG10/2 …
Vibratone (like a big cylindrical tuning fork) struck once, rings on E note, decays to silence.
Sennheiser ME-66 shotgun condenser into Sony MZ-R70 minidisc, transferred into Adobe Audition …
Adult-size scissors cutting regular white copy paper. Variety of cut lengths.
Sennheiser ME-66 shotgun condenser into Sony MZ-R70 minidisc, transferred into Adobe Audition at 44.1kHz/16bit through Edirol UA-20 …
New pencil inserted, electric pencil sharpener sharpens for five seconds, pencil removed, motor dies.
Sennheiser ME-66 shotgun condenser into Sony MZ-R70 minidisc, transferred into Adobe Audition at 44.1kHz/16bit …
Three cigarette lighter strikes, flame runs for a few seconds. after. Six dead strikes (flame doesn't light).
Sennheiser ME-66 shotgun condenser into Sony MZ-R70 minidisc, transferred into Adobe …