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230614_2446_FR_Library.wav

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kevp888

June 19th, 2023

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Sound effects > Human sounds and actions

Calm library atmosphere (binaural, please use headset for 3D effects).
I made this recording while sitting in a media-library located in Nanterre (suburbs of Paris, France).
Around me, some people were reading, someone else was using a computer, and other people were talking quietly. At the beginning of the file, one can hear a lady moving through the library and arranging some books. Later, she will come back with a colleague to set something. In the background, beeps from the counter and distant conversations can be heard, as well as some noise from outside (beeps from a construction machine, a bird, and a police siren toward the end) coming through an open window.
Recorded in June 2023 with an Olympus LS-P4 and Immersive Soundscapes EarSight Binaural microphones.
Fade in/out and high pass filter at 60Hz -6dB/oct applied in Audacity.
(If you want to use this sound as a mono audio file, you may have to delete one channel to avoid phase issues).

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French
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soundscape
studious
talking
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woman

Type

Wave (.wav)

Duration

10:35.972

File size

174.7 MB

Sample rate

48000.0 Hz

Bit depth

24 bit

Channels

Stereo

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