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Young pigs' slaughter. WARNING: this particular sample is very moving, at least for me. It begins with a cry and slowly fades out as the poor creature dies. Recorded in a country house's open yard near Cabra, S Spain. Sennheiser ME66 + MKH30, Shure FP24 preamp, Edirol R09 recorder. It was very hard for me to record this so I hope it's any use.
EDIT: I feel the need to clarify. This is the traditional way of killing the pig in Spanish (and many other countries) rural environment. It is based on bleeding (severance of the major blood vessels), which is not the norm in industrial slaughter houses nowadays (where stunning is applied previously to reduce suffering). I uploaded this to document a traditional practice - very cruel in my opinion - , for the sake of anthropological interest if you wish. Listeners can extract her/his own ethic/moral implications.
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Wave (.wav)
Duration
0:36.500
File size
6.1 MB
Sample rate
44100.0 Hz
Bit depth
16 bit
Channels
Stereo
Comments
14 years, 11 months ago
this is a perfect recording! it so creepily awesome! well done!
15 years ago
Wow indeed very moving. Thanks for uploading. Sounds like one of the nashguls out of lord of the rings :P
15 years, 1 month ago
Incredible recording and it would be perfect for a lamentation/agony/suffering effect I have to put together for a theatrical production, but I just can't bring myself to do it. I would know it's actual agony and would have nightmares every time I cued it. Lots of respect for dobride's ability to record this. As for the vegetarian comments: read Albert Schweitzers Reverence For Life before you judge. Just because something can't scream in agony at you when it dies doesn't mean you're not depriving it of its' Will to Live.
15 years, 1 month ago
AMAZING! Really really amazing. I'm a horror/gore movie fan, and its really magnific.
15 years, 3 months ago
Charm! Great! The queen in admiration!:-)
