Automotive shop air hose being wound back up onto the reel on the ceiling.
February 2nd, 2026
A mechanical winch winding up with some squeaking.
May 28th, 2025
Ticking. Repairing a family pendulum clock. The ticking is quite loud because the velvet was removed and the clock door was open during recording.
* No background noise. …
April 6th, 2025
Recorded in my apartment bedroom. Manual insulin injector pen being wound up slowly, quickly, and eventually released. Different types of clicking from the various winding speeds. During the …
November 8th, 2024
I noodled around on an old Casiotone MT-52 keyboard (early 1980s) and recorded a few chords via a mic held up to the speaker. In Reaper, I selected …
February 16th, 2024
Hilltop Collection Currant's Blues music box
July 15th, 2023
An antique German clock, adorned by the face of Kaiser Wilhelm I carved in wood, dating it to sometime between 1871 and 1888.
In this recording the clock …
August 9th, 2022
Winding pomodoro timer.
Recorded with Shure MV88. Minor processing with RX8.
July 21st, 2022
Sound recorded with Blue Yeti Microphone for podcast The Stench of Adventure (https://open.spotify.com/show/5JxiFeCSHSKyzq5IVcS6DR) by Strong Branch Productions.
Please attribute sound to Alex Kingsley (@alexyquest)
In return for using …
April 25th, 2022
It's a weird small automaton that looks like a jester or a kind of clown. when the key is wound up, he plays this strange music box and …
From fully wound up to completely run down - a recording of a clockwork musical box playing Brahms' Lullaby.
February 24th, 2022
Operating a vintage music box.
February 5th, 2022
This music box was once in my nursery as a baby. This is an edited recording of the song playing once and looping perfectly. I also have one …
December 28th, 2021
the buzz of little gears inside of a little toy
August 20th, 2020
the buzz of little gears inside of a little toy
August 20th, 2020