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So after Trams post, this one is also about the past. Everyone older than 20-30 years, growing in Poland or any other country which was in communist block should be familiar with classic cars from that era. They had very distinct sound. A year ago, working on a beautiful animated short Ziegenort I had to record one of them, one of the smallest car of that era – Fiat 126p. It appeared that it’s not that ea

Well it was heavy raining here recently. So heavy, that there are floods in Central Europe now. I was too busy lately to go out and record rain, but today I managed to record it from different perspective.   I attached contact mic to the window and recorded some nice thunders rumble: [Barcus Berry Plenar Wave 4000 | Sound Devices 702]   And since it started raining heavily, I put hydrophone on balcony handr

Having a child, I have direct access to toys and an excuse to buy new ones. So after last TOY FAN post, here is another one with a toy. Some time ago, I have found this toy piano on a flea market. I thought that it could be nice source of bright sounds, probably good when reversed. And recording its response and dropping it to convolution reverb also sounded promising. I have heard stories of using grand piano for at

I have found this little buddy recently while shopping. Small engines can be very useful for all kind of servos etc. so I knew this will be fun. Fans also do great job when searching for flapping sounds. And using them as a source of friction and recording them with contact mics can’t be overestimated. Tim Prebble who does extraordinary job on his libraries, uses all kind of small drills. And so Noise Jockey la