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When discussing Freesound with a friend recently, he suggested one useful purpose for Freesound might be as repository for sounds that are in danger of being lost forever ... he thought of examples from railways: slam-door trains, mechanical signal boxes, and signal arms. I have submitted one example of a slam-door train (TrainArriveDepart.mp3) - these have been phased out in our area in recent months. What do people think? More examples?

Although archiving isn't the main function of freesound it is a good way to keep those old sounds alive. I also include my profile link(which lists all your audio samples in a nice list) in my resume.

Many uses for Freesound.

acclivity, that's a good idea... You could use a tag to describe sounds like that. Something like "dissapearing-sounds" for example. That way they would be automaticaly bundled.

Finding people to do this is harder... the "purist" nature/ambience recording society doesn't really seem hip to Freesound (did I just say 'hip'?) I'm not sure why.

Also, other people have requested things like this: "could everyone do X and upload it?", but no-one ever seems to reply. Perhaps Freesound's community isn't large enough yet? Perhaps we should have a "collaborate" section with various things like this?

- bram

I agree with Bram: finding people to do this will be hard, but I was also thinking that this concept can be used to get state or EU subsidy funds (after all it is some kind of "preserving of our cultural heritage".

I think the community is pretty large but the number of real sound-recorders is limited. The biggest way for freesound to evolve is to attract those kind of people. Maybe organising recording contests can make freesound a bit more attractive? It's also a matter of exposure...how about working together with students from film academies (or whatever you call it) or sound engineering etc.
Obviously it's all easier said than done, you have to be willing to engage and you have to know people in the right places (which I f.e. don't!).

I have to disagree on the number of responses to request. I think it's pretty good...some requests are too difficult and others were already recorded but the person asking was too lazy to look it up

acclivity
one useful purpose for Freesound might be as repository for sounds that are in danger of being lost forever More examples?

Hey Acclivity, as a fan of 'Remembrance of things past', I love the idea Perhaps I've been doing some sound preservation myself lately (only I was not conscious) as I recorded horse carts, pet markets that no longer exist, conversations of very old relatives, and the like. That sound of an old sewing machine recently uploaded by Anton also carried me to childhood.

So yes, I will gladly record this kind of sounds and enjoy recordings by others (I'm the melancholic type

Pleasing responses so far to this one. I like the idea of seeking financial grants to support such an archiving effort. I've been thinking about a suitably succinct tag for these samples. As Freesound is all about sounds, calling them "something-sounds" seems tortologous. I wondered about "vanishing-world". My wife suggested "yesteryear" which I like, and I have used on "OlgaNR1.mp3". Sonic:- sorry, but I don't understand your 2nd sentence (I also include ...). Could you elaborate in words of one syllable, for my simple brain? Ta.

I include a link to my freesound profile in my resume

Hi all... I found a nice link to something similar...

http://www.omroep.nl/nps/radio/supplement/99/soundscapes/bibliotheek/

This is a really cool site with lots of sounds from days gone by

Ciao!!1

and I contacted them just now

- bram