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control_room.wav

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Diboz

December 25th, 2013

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Sound effects > Other mechanisms, engines, machines
Atmospheres

Ambient sound akin to the bridge of a starship.

Muted background hum with an overtone of air conditioning ducts. Pseudo-random high pitched blips occupy the soundstage.

Could be used as an ambient sound loop for hi-tech / science fiction interiors such as a laboratory, a control room, or the bridge of a spacecraft.

Created with two instances of FLStudio 3x Osc. One kicking out a pair of sinewaves plus noise for the background susurus (hum) and ventilation sound. Second 3x osc is set to produce two interfereing square waves for the blips, squeaks and buzzes. The background was notch filtered and bandpassed to mellow out the humming sound and reduce hiss. The blips were processed with FLStudio EQUO, stereo enhance, Fruity Delay2 and FL Pan-o-matic VST. Each blip was pasted by hand in a seemingly random but not too unpleasant pattern.

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ambience
ambient
atmosphere
computers
drone
electronic
interior
sci-fi

Type

Wave (.wav)

Duration

1:04.620

File size

10.9 MB

Sample rate

44100.0 Hz

Bit depth

16 bit

Channels

Stereo

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A_Dragon_Speaks

3 years, 9 months ago

And yet again. I really hope more people find this sound of yours. Especially the sci-fi creators. It really is a solid background sound. Thank you so much for making this sound available!
Here is how it got used this time:
https://youtu.be/Y6W9SLwEFSE

A_Dragon_Speaks

3 years, 9 months ago

Me again. Same basic concept. This sound effect is a real workhorse for a variety of sci-fi and medical ambient soundscapes. Low volume or high, it really fills things out. I love it. Thanks yet again for recording it!

Here is how it got used (again, in a return to the space station office of The World's Most Important Person In The World (or some such):
https://youtu.be/hW_tv0E7xOM

A_Dragon_Speaks

4 years, 1 month ago

Have I mentioned this sound is awesome?

I just keep coming back to it. It works so well for any room effects in a scientific or medical facility. I'm going to keep finding excuses to use it. Thanks yet again for recording it!

Here is how I used it this time:
https://youtu.be/s0_JzqRZVJ0

A_Dragon_Speaks

4 years, 4 months ago

And yet again, as the ending ambient background for an after-death experience themed audio RP project. I really love this sound, and will continue to try to think of ways to use it. Thank you so much for recording it!

Here is how it got used this time:
https://youtu.be/N38auQp208c

A_Dragon_Speaks

4 years, 5 months ago

Still another use of this sound. In the current usage, it is again used as the ambient background for a sort of medical facility. Thanks again for recording it!

Here is how it got used:
https://youtu.be/TWWXZm6eWsc

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