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Vintage Hard Drive Read and Idle

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Crinkem

November 14th, 2019

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Sound effects > Other mechanisms, engines, machines

An old hard drive starting up. The idle sound is from the hard drive itself and not the computer's fan noise. Some minor editing has been done to remove a slight bass rumble from the computer's fan. Recorded on Sony PCM-A10.

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Computer
Crackle
Crackling
Drive
Hard
Hardware
HDD
Idle
Noise
Old
PC
Read
Terminal
Vintage
Whir

Type

Wave (.wav)

Duration

0:26.258

File size

14.4 MB

Sample rate

96000.0 Hz

Bit depth

24 bit

Channels

Stereo

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skype6

5 months, 3 weeks ago

Very unique, thanks

S
szpury

4 years, 3 months ago

Lovely purrrs, Thank you

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