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DryCactus.wav

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rossb

July 26th, 2005

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Sound effects > Natural elements and explosions
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Recording of a cactus being plucked and stroked by its owner. Sounds like clicks as each spine is plucked. The cactus belongs to Greg Jenkins who has been playing it for some years. It has two piezo contact mics glued to it, which were recorded to left and right channels. The file has been normalized and I edited out a few silent passages. Recorded with a Tascam US-224 into AudioMulch.

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cactus
click
contact-mic
purist

Type

Wave (.wav)

Duration

6:49.600

File size

68.9 MB

Sample rate

44100.0 Hz

Bit depth

16 bit

Channels

Stereo

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jessmg

15 years, 6 months ago

fantastic!!! yay contact-mics.

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simon_l_b

15 years, 6 months ago

very interesting

G
gamby

18 years, 5 months ago

Hommage au John Cage ;-)

M
maateo

20 years, 2 months ago

Grandioso

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