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secretary typing on 1940s mechanical typewriter

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PostProdDog

December 27th, 2020

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Sound effects > Objects / House appliances
Ambience of Places

A female receptionist starts out slowly, hunting and pecking on a mechanical typewriter. We occasionally hear her sniff, maybe a light cough, or muttering under her breath, but 90 seconds into it, she hits her stride and we hear the clack clack clack of the typewriter and the periodic bbbbbzzzzzzzz as she hits the carriage return lever.

Recorded with a Zoom H4n Pro in stereo. Edited and Mixed in Adobe Audition.

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1940s
ambience
detective
field-recording
mechanical-typewriter
noir
office
transcription
typewriter
typing

Type

Mp3 (.mp3)

Duration

8:52.677

File size

16.2 MB

Sample rate

44100.0 Hz

Bitrate

256 kbps

Channels

Stereo

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2 years, 10 months ago

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