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light hum

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seth-m

April 13th, 2015

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Sound effects > Other mechanisms, engines, machines

Short sample of an overhead fluorescent tube light in my basement with some low white noise. Loops seamlessly. Recorded with a Roland Edirol R-09HR and edited in Audacity.

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bulb
fluorescent
hum
light
rasp
tube
tubes
whine

Type

Wave (.wav)

Duration

0:01.211

File size

208.7 KB

Sample rate

44100.0 Hz

Bit depth

16 bit

Channels

Stereo

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Spartan56c

1 year ago

I made a light breaking SFX for my game: https://www.roblox.com/games/16745393146/Rooms-Remixed-Pre-Alpha

A_Dragon_Speaks

2 years, 4 months ago

I spent so long looking for a sound like this. When I found it, I was easily able to loop it up to the length I needed, then edit it and tinker with it until I got the sound JUST right for the scene in which it was used. Thanks so much for making this available!
Here is how it was used (in the middle portion of the audio):
https://youtu.be/yfpx1LN-eyw

seth-m

2 years, 9 months ago

The sound loops seamlessly.

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Vaporboard

2 years, 9 months ago

Please make it longer, I cant find anymore that sounds the exact same

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pianofaerie

3 years, 4 months ago

Using it for a game sound project for my Intro to Sound for Games class at San Francisco State University.

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