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Cooling tower fan .mp3

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FreqMan

June 14th, 2006

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Sound effects > Other mechanisms, engines, machines
Dallas, Texas, United States
Mechanical

This sound was captured from the top of a cooling tower fan at DFW airport's main air conditioning system. The motor is energized at slow speed. After it runs at that speed for a while it then ramps up to full power - soon after it powers down. Originally recorded on BetaSP with a single Sennheiser short gun microphone.

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cooling-tower
fan
field-recording
large-motor

Type

Mp3 (.mp3)

Duration

0:42.933

File size

1007.7 KB

Sample rate

44100.0 Hz

Bitrate

192 kbps

Channels

Stereo

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FattyFallDown

14 years, 3 months ago

Absolutely brilliant. Thank you!

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Jeremy314

14 years, 9 months ago

Oustanding sound!

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seamboat

15 years, 11 months ago

I love this sound! I've used it in two videos about water vortex's. Thank you for sharing!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcWrFcA_8bg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_8ISkv7i2M

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rüdiman

16 years, 2 months ago

this is really great!
TY!

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Robfilm

17 years, 1 month ago

That's a really good sound. The startup itself reminds me of tripods from War of the Worlds. :)

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