the sound of my old printer (epson
stylus 600) when i switch it on. it is broken and it makes strange and
amazing sounds, trying to clean the printhead and making other unknown
operations...
the low reverberation is produced by the printer plastic box.
listen, download, cut.
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Edit 2019 : Made a youtube playlist
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Edit 2014 (periodically updated) : Being a pretty famous sound now, i thought itd be nice to have a list of sound's usages (link me yours if you want to be included!) :
TRK - Harold printer by Bienoise
TRK - Printer not printing by Doctor Popular
VID - Navigator IV (Caffeine) by Baikal
VID - Space Rally by Cornersting
TRK - Dot Matrix by moatdd
RMX - REMIXES
TRK - Printer step by Anton van Oosbree
VID - Orbituary by Geek video
TRK - Da capo al fine by Teoniki Rożynek
VID - Printerbird by Gerd de Kinderen
TRK- Percee Scan by Scientist
TRK - Printer jam by Mistabishi
VID - A thousand eyes by Ryan Nethery
VID - The dimension by Ruudabiyoga
POD - Ad Astral podcast episode 15
TEATR - "Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory" Musical
Long life to Freesound!
and thanks to those who respected the CC license
Type
Wave (.wav)
Duration
1:28.045
File size
22.2 MB
Sample rate
44100.0 Hz
Bit depth
24 bit
Channels
Stereo
Comments
13 years, 6 months ago
Thanks for sharing! Used this to make sound effects for a musical production of Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. http://www.enewhope.org/news/000731/
13 years, 6 months ago
i think your printer isdead... anyway, its amazing, great capture but change of printer...
13 years, 7 months ago
this is now my ringtone. my mobile steve device likes it. :D
13 years, 7 months ago
Awesome, this Artist called Mistabishi used this actually for a track called "printer jam"! Love this one :)
13 years, 7 months ago
IT's like a dying robot, I love it!
