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de rottende veerboot

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allthingssound

April 14th, 2018

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Sound effects > Objects / House appliances
Broekhuizen, Limburg, Netherlands

In Broekhuizen, near Arcen, lies the old ferry named Grubbenvorst, dying on the river Maas. It has been replaced by a newer one. The old one lies rotting away some hundred metres away from its old trajectory. It was very windy that day and the carcass of the ship was mildly rocking back and forth resulting in this beautiful creaking. The occasional thud is the boat hitting the construction it is lying in.

This recording was made with a Zoom H2n on 4 channel mode. It was then further edited and processed using Reaper. It was recorded on april 3rd 2018. The Zoom was protected by a Rycote Windshield and my own cap as an extra windbreaker.

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boat
cracking
decay
door
ferry
field-recording
gate
Maas
metal
river
water

Type

Wave (.wav)

Duration

8:43.913

File size

143.9 MB

Sample rate

48000.0 Hz

Bit depth

24 bit

Channels

Stereo

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fthrll

3 years, 8 months ago

This is just stunning. Thank you.

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DavidST621997

5 years, 6 months ago

Eres lo que me ha dado fuerzas para salir de mi casa. Este es el sonido que necesitaba.

- David

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punkdubhifi

5 years, 8 months ago

I was searching for the sound of rocks cracking, to use in a site specific piece, to play in a cave. I may not be able to use this but it's an amazing piece. Well done.

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one_brain_cell

6 years ago

This sound is beautiful. Recorded with such care. I plan to use this in a recording for Talking Newspapers: a volunteer initiative here in the UK creating audio news stories for the blind, specifically about a story revolving around the first piano to be sent to Australia. Many thanks!

allthingssound

7 years, 1 month ago

thanks. No bored child here, no, just a granddad with his granddaughter passing by. :)

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