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Printing Press 1.wav

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KMerrell

December 19th, 2008

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Sound effects > Other mechanisms, engines, machines

Heidelberg printing press. The mic was positioned between two of the printing cylinders, capturing the rhythmic mechanical clicking of the machine. Half way through the recording the mic was turned from the first cylinder to the second, resulting in a subtle variation of the sounds. Recorded using a dpa 4060 mic into an Oade mod Fostex FR2-LE. Post processing in Adobe Audition 2.0.

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clacking
clicking
field-recording
industrial
machine
mechanical
metal
noise
press
printing-press
rhythmic
tapping
thumping
train

Type

Wave (.wav)

Duration

1:06.234

File size

5.6 MB

Sample rate

44100.0 Hz

Bit depth

16 bit

Channels

Mono

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J
Jannesz

3 years ago

Awesome for my theatre sound design! Thanks a million

firewire1

7 years, 8 months ago

Thanks brilliant

C
clivew

9 years, 6 months ago

thanks. i'm building a soundtrack for a poem about a tide mill and this is great.

anyrandomtue...

13 years, 6 months ago

This is an awesome sound and a little relaxing, at least to me. Thanks for sharing it!

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