'T' Sounds
This is the sound of a metal fork tapping the rim of a wine glass. At the end you notice the sound lingering as it fades out. This was recorded using the voice memo feature on an iPhone 7 plus.
Making tea in a single serve tea maker that uses tea bags
Excerpt of a conversation where the uploader is teaching a friend the basic everyday language of the Lebanese dialect of Arabic. Recorded on a Zoom H4n.
Una grabación de Miriam Levitin tocando su piano electrónico mientras usando auriculares. Solo el ritmo sincopado de la canción es audible al oyente. | A recording of Miriam Levitin playing her keyboard while wearing headphones. Only the syncopated rhythm of the song is audible to the listener.
Audio excerpt from TED talk by Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on the ability of bodies of power to illustrate communities and people in one light only. Recorded on a Zoom H4n
The sound of an Iphone face time ringtone alerts the owner of the phone that they are reviving a face time call. The sound of the ringtone is very distinct and has a different ringtone then a regular phone call. This sound was taken place in James Cabell Library on the second floor. Recorded on an IPhone.
Sound recording of Duke Men’s Tennis team practice. Eleven players practicing at once. Recording done with iPhone 5. The phone was placed behind one of the courts during the recording.
A Pavarotti version O Sole Mio
This is a sound recording of a young adult male patient’s iPhone text message conversation in his appointment room at the Duke Student Wellness Center. In this recording, the patient receives several simultaneous text message sound notifications from a group chat, and he responds to them by typing out replies on his iPhone. This disturbance due to mobile phone use is very common in the healthcare system, either from the physician/ health professional, patient, or friends/ family that accompany... Read More
Fingers typing at fast pace replying back to text on an Android smartphone. This is recorded on an Zoom H1N.
This is a short clip of the beginning of Theory of a Deadman's "Rx(Medicate)". There is a whistling pattern with a guitar, bass, and drums in the background. This excerpt features the whistling pattern twice as the instruments are played in the background.
Short clip of a "thin" sounding acoustic guitar being played, where "thin" is a qualitative descriptor used in audio engineering and music production.