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The Pips

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kwahmah_02

July 19th, 2015

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Sound effects > Electronic / Design
Beeps

Simulation of the 'pips' heard at the top of the hour on BBC radio stations here in the UK. It gives an accurate time signal from Greenwich in London, on the prime meridian. Five 0.1 second beeps, then a 0.5 second beep marking the top of the hour. Created in Audacity, January 2015.

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1kHz
bbc
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beeps
bleep
bleeps
greenwich
greenwich-time-signal
news
pip
pips
precise
public-domain
radio
signal
the-pips
time
time-signal

Type

Wave (.wav)

Duration

0:05.503

File size

76.6 KB

Sample rate

7119.0 Hz

Bit depth

16 bit

Channels

Mono

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Stilma

4 months ago

Super! Thank you!

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arttim

1 year, 3 months ago

Great, ty!

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dutth

4 years, 6 months ago

thanks

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janeth77

4 years, 7 months ago

Thanks

mrlins

4 years, 8 months ago

Thanks! Please add 'SYNC' as a tag :)

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