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Drone, Dishwasher, A.wav

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InspectorJ

May 18th, 2018

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Sound effects > Other mechanisms, engines, machines

Raw audio of a dishwasher droning while active. Looking at this through a spectrogram reveals a huge amount of harmonics and partials based around a fundamental of 100Hz, which is why this sound is so alluring to hum along with. I highly recommend listening with headphones and trying to hum at a perfect 5th above the low drone - the "fundamental" - and feel your voice resonating with this universal principal of sound - the harmonic series.

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The sound was recorded using a "Zoom H6 (XY) recorder" on 10th May 2018.

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dishwasher
Dishwasher
drone
Drone
fundamental
Fundamental
harmonic
Harmonic
harmonics
Harmonics
partial
Partial
partials
Partials
series
Series

Type

Wave (.wav)

Duration

0:31.092

File size

7.8 MB

Sample rate

44100.0 Hz

Bit depth

24 bit

Channels

Stereo

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AmbSeiche

7 years, 2 months ago

I played with the sample a bit and used it in this track here https://hearthis.at/ambireseiche/adaptive-smiling/ for a project at http://ccmixter.org/thread/4041

I'm in love with this drone & all it's potential and will probably use it again. Thanks for uploading it.

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mendeleev_th...

7 years, 2 months ago

Sounds good to sample in some music!

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