'T' Sounds
a Little Tikes, toy xylophone being played at different keys
The sound of a diesel tractor starting up in the morning in Browns Summit, North Carolina.
Sound recording of train moving across train tracks.
Sound recording of an industrial train approaching the Duke University campus.
Sound recording of a train horn as heard from the inside of Parker & Otis (a restaurant in Durham, NC). Note that the doors and windows of the restaurant were closed at the time and the recording was taken from a place in the restaurant furthest away from the actual train tracks. Following the sound of the train horn, there are sounds of muffled conversations that serve to show the noises that the train horn drains out as it passes by and just how disruptive the train noise is. Recorded on... Read More
Position, distance, and location can all change the way you hear sounds. This is the sound of a train horn in the distance versus when it is getting closer and closer. Notice, you may hear vibrations the second time the horn blows. This is because the sound as well as the actual moving of the train caused the ground and my car to vibrate lightly, my phone had touched the car door as I was recording which reflected in the audio. You can also hear sounds of crickets because this was recorded at... Read More
This sound was taken from under the spray-painted bridge on Campus Drive in Durham, North Carolina while a train was passing overhead. This was taken at night. All other sounds were drowned out by the sound of the train. It was taken using an iPhone 6.
an sound effects of Optimus Prime's Transformation from automobile to robot in Transformers:Dark of the Moon (directed by Michael Bay)
The "traverso," also commonly known as "transverse flute" or "one-keyed flute," was the most popular model of the flute from the late seventeenth through the eighteenth century. It is made of wood and has one key, made of brass or silver. As was common in the eighteenth century, this particular instrument is tuned to A 415, which means that it sounds approximately a half-step lower than modern instruments. This excerpt demonstrates the traverso with the opening of the Allegro movement of... Read More
Sound recording of the various birds in Trinity Park in Durham. The recording was made at 9:30 in the morning on a sunny day in February. Trinity Park is a small suburb park covered with trees offering home to a multitude of birds. Recorded with Zoom H4N.
A triplet is a rhythmic feature in which a beat is subdivided into three. Triplets were a common feature of the galant style of the eighteenth century.
This excerpt includes 15 examples of triplets played by violins, both ascending and descending.
Sound recording of Daniel Zhu playing Die Walkure by Wagner on a trumbone Recorded on an iPhone 4