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Sparking Microwave

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SiriusBizdness

September 4th, 2019

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Sound effects > Objects / House appliances

A microwave sparking violently during a cook cycle. Gentle buzzing and microwave hum are faintly audible between sparks, as well as quiet shifting from the people watching. Beginning and end of cook cycle, including beeps, are also included.

Recorded with a ZOOM H1 in 44.1kHz 24 bit WAV format. The ZOOM was a bit over one foot (30 centimeters) away, on a tripod, pointed directly at the front of the microwave. No processing has been done, not even amplification.

(If you're wondering, yes, we replaced the microwave as soon as I finished recording.)

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appliance
electric
malfunction
sparks

Type

Flac (.flac)

Duration

0:26.493

File size

3.7 MB

Sample rate

44100.0 Hz

Bit depth

24 bit

Channels

Stereo

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Bastianhallo

1 year, 7 months ago

Thanks!

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Rolly-SFX

3 years, 7 months ago

Scary but cool sound!

Erokia

6 years, 2 months ago

Interesting sound.

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