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Heartbeat Mono.wav

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Benboncan

November 11th, 2008

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Sound effects > Experimental
Heart

A mono recording of a real human heart beating at 61 BPM. The sounds heard are the first heart sound (lub dub) and the second heart sound (which is the turbulence of the blood). Recorded by inserting a lavalier mic into a tube which was connected to a stethoscope. Unknown lavalier - FEL battery pre-amp - Zoom H2 line in

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61bpm
blood
heart
heart-beat
heartbeat
human
mono
stethoscope

Type

Wave (.wav)

Duration

1:03.679

File size

10.7 MB

Sample rate

44100.0 Hz

Bit depth

16 bit

Channels

Stereo

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WFA67

10 years, 4 months ago

I wanted to listen to this in hopes of proving a point to myself.

For some reason we humans seem to like things in threes. Sometimes when writing, for example, I find myself searching for a third adjective -- just for the rhythm. I wondered if there is something about a three-beat 'measure' (i.e. waltz time) that is naturally appealing. It has a flow, a surge and rest, in a manner that 2/4 and 4/4 rhythms don't enjoy.

The lub-dub, lub-dub rhythm in the heartbeat certainly comes across to me as beating in ¾ time, the harmony with that rather basic fact of life being perhaps the source of our pleasure with things in threes.

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ivan_medved

12 years, 5 months ago

sick sound

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beiming1204

13 years, 7 months ago

Thanks!

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garyjugert

13 years, 8 months ago

Awesome. Gurgles are brilliant.

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Elis Storesund

14 years, 7 months ago

Thanks a lot. I´ll use it in a danceproject with five years old children.

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