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Cuckoo Clock, Breaking Down, A.wav

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InspectorJ

December 13th, 2017

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Sound effects > Other mechanisms, engines, machines

Using one of my cuckoo clock recordings, I played it multiple times, each at a slower speed than the last, giving the impression of it breaking.

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The sound was recorded using a "H1 Zoom recorder" on 5th December 2017, also with Kontakt and Cubase.

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break
Break
breaking
Breaking
clock
Clock
clockwork
Clockwork
cuckoo
Cuckoo
down
Down
machine
Machine
mechanical
Mechanical
tick
Tick

Type

Wave (.wav)

Duration

0:17.082

File size

4.3 MB

Sample rate

44100.0 Hz

Bit depth

24 bit

Channels

Stereo

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deleted_user...

7 years, 10 months ago

So cool nice work.

Reiderabbot

7 years, 10 months ago

It's such an eerie sound! I love it!

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