Sounds
A thirty second recording of piano playing on a Monday afternoon in the Brown Residence common room on East Campus, at Duke University. A track with a main focus on a casual amateur piano improvisation, running parallel to the general noise of a busy, shared, closed college environment. Recorded on an iPhone 5s, which was placed on the right side of the piano player throughout the duration of the recording.
Sound recording of washers and dryers tumbling in a college dorm laundry room, as well as a vending machine and footsteps.
This is captured audio from my girlfriend eating popcorn that she had recently just popped. Hearing audio of things being chewed throughout this website actually made me intrigued how there wasn't any audio of anyone eating popcorn. I recorded her when she didn't notice, and you are able to realized that not every chew sounds the same, as well as her breathing somewhat hard because of how hot the popcorn was.
A recording of the mid-day Saturday afternoon traffic on Ninth Street. Cars pass, as people park and walk down the Ninth Street consumer area. Recorded with Zoom H4N.
The sound of a refrigerator opening, picking up a drink out of the refrigerator, placing a cup and the drink on the counter, unscrewing the cap of the drink, pouring the drink, screwing the cap back on, opening the refrigerator, putting the drink back in the refrigerator and closing the refrigerator door.
Thousands of anti-government demonstrators filled Haiti's capital to call for the resignation of the island's president and prime minister. Police fired tear gas to try to break up this demonstration.
Sound recording of a brisk day on the Duke East Campus running track. Runners jog by as cars can be heard passing them. In the background birds chirp loudly. Recorded with a Zoom H4N.
This is a recording of some Virginia Commonwealth University students coming into a large Biology 151 class two classes after a test had been taken. I am already seated in class. You can hear a girl talk to her friend about how she missed questions on the test. You may also hear the sound of a desk squeaking as a student pulls it out from the side, and over their laps getting prepared for class to begin. Recorded on a Zoom H1 handy recorder.
This is recorded audio from a Afro-venezuelan band that performed at the Richmond folk festival in Brown's park Richmond, Virginia. The group is called "Betsayda Machado y La Parranda El Clavo" and they were giving the audience quite the show. I was lucky enough to be able to capture audio of Ms. Machado singing, and it was very impressive. She had such a booming voice and was able to project well with her microphone, and she made sure to keep the audience interested as you hear... Read More
The very end of a wash cycle in a washing machine in the Alexander Avenue laundry room on Duke University's Central Campus. As the wash cycle ended, the heater in the room turned on. Only one washing machine was on. This recording was taken around 11:00 pm. Recorded with a Zoom H4N.
Early February, one cold afternoon, the low buzz of the generator fans, slightly masked by the wind, gets interrupted by the sound of airplane flying over, its decay to be accompanied by chirps of birds in the background.
Instrumental segment of "Long Hard Ride" by the Marshall Tucker Band featuring Charlie Daniels on the fiddle. This recording is from the remastered CD "Anthology: The First 30 Years," though the song was originally released in June 1976 on the album "Long Hard Ride."