Over 5 minutes of background noise from a well-known New York City diner, including people talking, clanging plates and glasses and forks and knives and cups being cleared away by staff, and in the second half of the clip, radio ads playing faintly in the background. But crucially, no music is playing. This means you can either use this clean, or layer in your own rights-cleared music if you're using this in a film or whatever.
Recorded in January 2019 with an iPhone X — don't let the recording device scare you, it sounds pretty good and certainly fine for this kind of background noise. Use it in any way you like for any purpose.
UPDATE: I just uncovered a similar recording I made in 2016 at a different diner, and uploaded that here: https://freesound.org/people/edlundart/sounds/515719/ Pick whichever one you prefer, or use a combination of both!
Warmly,
Bard Edlund, edlundart.com
Type
Wave (.wav)
Duration
5:15.040
File size
57.7 MB
Sample rate
48000.0 Hz
Bit depth
32 bit
Channels
Mono
Comments
5 years, 6 months ago
Love hearing that someone is finding this useful! Personally I'm re-listening to imagine myself at the diner back in pre-coronavirus days...
5 years, 6 months ago
Doing a diner scene in my radio drama school project. Thanks!
5 years, 6 months ago
Excellent! Thank you very much for sharing!
