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Looking for something great to listen to? We’ve found some excellent podcast episodes about sound for you – in this roundup:

Leslie Gaston-Bird talks about her childhood, film sound restoration, Black women in audio, and more. Kedar Shashidhar speaks about his work at Steam Audio, Magic Leap and Ossic, as well as the importance of connecting with others while creating new worlds. Jed Shiheng Xu goes into detail about recording dialogue and location sound for film, commercials and interviews. Marlena Graslewicz shares why she came to the US and her massive documentary work with Ken Burns. Alexandria Perryman has “officially the coolest job ever” as a NASA Audio Engineer letting school children (and the rest of the world) hear what mission control hears. Nainita Desai is a multi-award-winning composer and she talks about working on Telling Lies and For Sama. Dallas Taylor talks about his Twenty Thousand Hertz Podcast & Defacto Sound work, and Julian Slater shares stories behind the sound for Scott Pilgrim vs The World. And finally, in case you missed it, Episode 7 of the A Sound Effect Podcast is out with terrific interviews with Tim Nielsen about UCS-compliant metadata and the sound of Radioactive with Steve Fanagan.

Working Class Audio – Ep 302: Leslie Gaston-Bird – Black Women In Audio, AES, Recording The TV, Dolby Atmos, Morph The Cat, and Running vs. Pancakes

Episode outline: ‘My guest today is Leslie Gaston-Bird. She has been in the industry for over 30 years. Twelve of that in public radio (including National Public Radio), Seventeen in sound for picture, and Thirteen years as an educator. She’s the author of the book “Women in Audio.” She’s a member of the AES, where she chairs numerous committees and on the board of governors. She runs Mix Messiah Productions as a freelance re-recording mixer and sound editor. She was a tenured associate professor of recording arts at the University of Colorado Denver and is co-director for the Sound Girls, UK chapter and Sound Girls scholarships, travel grants. She’s been busy, to say the least, and I’m thrilled to have her on the show. Leslie Gaston-Bird, coming up here on the Working Class Audio Podcast.’

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Immersive Audio Podcast – Ep 42: Kedar Shashidhar

Episode outline: ‘In this episode of the Immersive Audio Podcast, Oliver Kadel is joined by technical sound designer and XR evangelist Kedar Shashidhar via Zoom from LA, US.

Kedar Shashidhar is an XR creator with a focus on spatial audio design and technologies. With a focus on creative research and development, he has worked to help develop new tools, create content, and explore the boundaries of audio in new realities. Most notably he has contributed to the development of various audio toolsets including Steam Audio, Ossic, and Magic Leap Soundfield Audio. He also formed an indie game studio, Blackout VR, focused on developing audio-only games. Kedar is also an active voice for audio in new realities having previously spoken at Audio Engineering Society, GameSoundCon, Indiecade, and more. In his time at Magic Leap, Kedar was working on bringing the newest innovations in mixed reality audio to content creators in order to continue pushing the boundaries of what is possible for audio in new realities. Currently, Kedar is working on the next generation of virtual venues and concerts in XR with Stage XR.

In this episode, Kedar speaks candidly about his time at Steam Audio, Ossic and Magic Leap, whilst sharing insights on cutting edge tool development for spatial audio and gives personal advice on how to keep high-level creativity and performance whilst maintaining a healthy work-life balance.’
 

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Location Sound Podcast – Ep 81: Jed Shiheng Xu – Production Sound Mixer based out of Los Angeles, California

Episode outline: ‘Jed Shiheng Xu is a Production Sound Mixer based out of Los Angeles, California. Jed also does post work including dialog editing. He uses a Zoom F8n mixer/recorder, Sennheiser 416 shotgun mic along with a Schoeps CMIT & Sennheiser MKH-50, Lectrosonics SRc wireless receivers and Lectrosonics SMQV wireless transmitters, Audio Ltd. A10 wireless boom, dpa 6060 lav, and Sennheiser MKE-1. Jed also uses Tentacle Sync for timecode.

Each episode we talk with location sound mixers, boom ops and other industry pros about the various aspects of recording sound on-location for feature and independent films, TV commercials, interviews, anytime where dialog from actors is recorded. Whether you’re a seasoned veteran or just starting out, this podcast is packed with great stories and lessons about recording on-location.’

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    Materials & Texture Sound Effects Mutate Organic Play Track 3042 sounds included From: $135

    SOUNDS FROM UNDER YOUR SKIN
    BOOM Library’s newest sound effects outgrowth has surfaced: MUTATE ORGANIC, the deliciously abnormal collection of mutating and morphing lifeforms and rogue organic matter. Discover the full spectrum of size, dampness and gut-wrenching movement this library provides in its ready-to-use Designed collection as well as the ultra-detailed comprehensive Construction Kit.

    WHAT’S INSIDE

    INCLUDED SOUNDS – KEYWORDS
    ALIEN, ANIMAL, ATMOSPHERE, BLAST, BONES, BOULDER, BREATH, CARVE, CHOKED, CLOTH, CUTTING, DEBRIS, DRY, ERUPT, FICTIONAL, FLAME, FLUID, FUTURISTIC, GARGLE, GORE, GRANULAR, GRIND, GROW, GUT, IMPACT, INSECTS, JUICY, LIFEFORM, LIQUID, MOIST, PARTICLE, PLASMA, RUBBER, SCREECH, SIZZLE, SLIME, SLURPING, SQUEAK, STRETCH, SWISH, SYNTHETIC, TEXTURE, TUBE, VEGETABLE, VIRUS, VOCALIZATION, WET, WHOOSH, WOBBLE, WOODEN
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  • Firearms Sound Effects Gun Handling Play Track 840 sounds included $65

    YOUR DEFINITIVE SOURCE FOR GUN FOLEY SOUNDS
    11 different firearms. Triggers, dry shots, safety switches, reloading, magazines and much more, delivered in our high BOOM Library quality standard with 96kHz, 24bit.

    WHAT’S INSIDE

    INCLUDED SOUNDS – KEYWORDS
    GUNS, HANDLING, RIFLES, WEAPONS, TRIGGER, MAGAZINE, COLT, CLOSE, DISTANT, PUMPGUN, SHOTGUN, SHOTS, PISTOLS, PULLING, SHOOTING, BATTLES, SWITCHES, RELOADING, LOADING

    TWO RECORDING ANGLES
    With this SFX library you get a vast variety of gun handling and Foley sounds needed for almost any type of hand weapon or rifle. Each sound comes on one mono close track and one stereo mid distance track. 410 royalty free SFX delivered in 70 files per track.

    WHAT WE RECORDED

    • 11 Guns
    • 3 Assault Rifles: AK47, M16, H&K G36
    • 2 Submachine Guns: FNH P90, H&K MP5
    • 2 Pistols: Walther P99, Glock 45
    • 1 Granade Launcher: M203
    • 1 Bolt Action Rifle: Remington 700
    • 1 Revolver: Smith and Wesson 686 357 Magnum
    • 1 Pumpgun

    WHAT’S SO SPECIAL ABOUT THIS LIBRARY?
    Impressive and high quality gun shot sound effects are invaluable but they’re only half the battle. Our Micro BOOM – GUN HANDLING library gives you the perfect other half: Gun Foley sounds!
    Whether for an intense firefight, its aftermath or preparation, GUN HANDLING has you covered.

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  • Magic & Fantasy Sound Effects Magic – Arcane Forces Play Track 3700 sounds included From: $135

    MAGIC SOUND EFFECTS REDEFINED
     
    Enter the world of MAGIC – ARCANE FORCES, where supernatural entities can be heard raging with ultimate power and fury. The distinctly forceful and kinetic character of this comprehensive sound effects library and its designs is supported by countless pristine source recordings of the elements being pushed to their limits. Whether in post production or sound design for games, MAGIC – ARCANE FORCES gives you the edge on the other side.

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    INCLUDED SOUNDS – KEYWORDS
    ACID, ARCANE, BARRIER, BREATH, BUFF, CURSED, DEBUFF, DIVINE, ELECTRIC, ENERGY, FIRE, GLASS, ICE, IMPACT, LIGHT, LIQUID, METAL, PROCESSED, PROJECTILE, RUMBLE, SEQUENCE, SUMMON, SWEETENER, SWISH, TELEPORT, TEXTURE, VOICE, WATER, WHOOSH, WIND
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    Guns sound effects library
    Firearms Sound Effects Guns Play Track 770+ sounds included $225

    This is not another tired collection of stereo mixes or over-designed guns. We are proud to offer a massive set of multi-channel gun recordings, produced by experienced weapon recordists. Each weapon in the library includes sounds from at least 8 microphone perspectives, covering close, medium, and distant perspectives. We traveled to the Arizona desert and recorded real guns, firing live rounds, in an great sounding outdoor environment.

    We have kept these sounds as raw and unprocessed as possible. While we carefully edited and cleaned every sound, you may still encounter occasional noise (shell ejections, rumble, wind buffets, and other outdoor sounds). It is our belief that if removing noise takes away from the character of the sound, we’d rather leave it alone, and let the end user decide how to best fit the sound in their mix. Despite any small imperfections, these are the cleanest, most powerful, and most useful gun recordings you will find anywhere.

    Each weapon offers multiple takes and perspectives. Semi-Auto and Bolt Action guns include multiple single shots (8-12).  Full-Auto guns include multiple single shots, bursts, and long bursts (generally around 16-20+ rounds). You’ll find at least 8 microphone positions for each weapon; covering close, medium, and distant perspectives. View the weapon list to see everything that is included in this library.

    Featuring 27 different weapons:
    • Handguns
    • Rifles
    • Assault Rifles
    • Submachine Guns
    • Belt-Fed Machine Guns
    • Suppressed weapons

    Weapons included:
    AK47, AR 10, FN FAL 7, SCAR17, Heckler & Kock HK 53, M4 Carabine, Glock 18, Kimber Customer II 1911, Smith & Wesson 686. Walther P1, Walther P99, Browning M2HB, M240, M249 SAW, PKM, RPD 7, Mosin Nagant M44 Bolt Action, Saiga IZ-139, Savage Arms Model 16 Bolt Action, SKS, FN P90, Heckler & Koch MP5, Mini UZI 9mm, Uzi 9mm, m4 Carabine Suppressed, Mini Uzi Suppressed, HK MP5 Suppressed

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    Hum, Buzz & Glitch Sound Effects Inner Sounds Of A Vintage Juke Box Play Track 60 sounds included, 230 mins total $8

    Inner Sounds Of A Vintage Juke Box is a distinctive sound library that reveals the subtle mechanical noises of the NSM Nostalgia Gold juke box.
    Captured using contact mics and LOM Geofon’s, this collection features deep bass sounds, low-frequency hums, clicks, clanks, soft whirrs and the watery movements of the bubble tube lighting.

    Source Files Info

    Mastered : No
    Normalised : No
    Multi Recording Takes For Varying Nuances
    Multiple Microphone Perspectives
    Recorder : Sound Devices Mix Pre 10II
    Microphones : Stille and Klang spot contact microphones, Organic Audio Cjossul v2, LOM Geofon
    Microphone Perspective : Contact / Magnetic / Suction

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  • Human Sound Effects Kids Vol.1: Vocalizations Play Track 239 sounds included $15

    The unbridled sound of childhood.

    As both a sound designer and a father of three, I know how challenging it is to capture the spontaneous sounds of children at play in a perfect studio setting. Kids Vol. 1 brings that elusive magic straight to your fingertips, featuring a meticulously curated collection of authentic kids’ sounds—laughing, grunting, playing, screaming, singing, speaking, and more—recorded in both solo and group settings.

    Each file has been carefully treated to remove unwanted noise without sacrificing the character and nuance of the original recordings. The sounds are trimmed and given clear, UCS-compliant filenames and metadata, so you can easily drop them right into your films, games, commercials, or any project that needs an infusion of childlike energy.

    Kids Vol. 1 captures the sound of kids at their best—having fun.

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  • Foley Sound Effects Oil-Paper Umbrellas Play Track 296 sounds included $7

    Oil-Paper Umbrellas is a collection of sound effects recorded from three sizes of traditional oil-paper umbrellas.
    
It includes various actions such as unfolding, folding, handling movements, creaking, shake-outs, lock mechanism clicks, and grabs.

    Microphones & Recording Equipment:
    Mic (Facing Inward): AKG C414 XLII
    Mic (Facing Outward): Sennheiser MKH 8040

    Recorded at 96kHz/32bit using a Sound Devices MixPre-10 II, and bounced to 96kHz/24bit.

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  • Helicopter Sound Effects Airbus H125 Helicopter Play Track 44+ sounds included, 47 mins total $80

    Over 28 minutes of startups, idling, takeoffs, hovering, approaches, pass-bys, and shutdowns from an Airbus three-blade helicopter, delivered in both stereo and ambisonic formats.

    Also you’ll receive a processed folder containing 24 additional files featuring engine failures, whine ramps, distant fly-bys and other helicopter sound simulations. These have been crafted exclusively from the original source files, showcasing the flexibility of this library and the creative possibilities it offers.

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  • City Life Sound Effects Sonic Snapshot Shanghai Play Track 43 sounds included, 122 mins total $29

    This library features a Sonic Snapshot into the sonic signature of Shanghai, China. Hear traffic ambiences from a city with the world’s highest EV adoption rate, street sweeper bells played by workers driving three-wheeled trucks loaded with cardboard, walla from art galleries and metro stations, and the low-frequency drones of passing ships in the Huangpu River at the Shanghai Bund.

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L.A. POST PRODUCTION SOUND – Ep 13: Marlena Graslewicz

Episode outline: ‘In this episode Ethan Beigel speaks with dialogue and ADR editor Marlena Graslewicz, best known for her work on Ken Burns’ documentaries.

We discuss her escape to the US from Communist Poland, the differences between the documentary styles of Europe and America, the gigantic workload of a 10 hour Ken Burns series, as well as her preference for dialogue over sound effects, and her work teaching sound editing to the next generation of filmmakers.’

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Twenty Thousand Hertz – Space Audity

Episode outline: ‘We’ve all heard the iconic recordings from the Apollo missions. But how exactly does NASA manage to run live audio between Earth and the moon? And how might we chat with astronauts on Mars and beyond? Featuring Astronaut Peggy Whitson, NASA Audio Engineer Alexandria Perryman, and Astrophysicist Paul Sutter.’

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Soundworks Collection – Dallas Taylor – Twenty Thousand Hertz Podcast & Defacto Sound

Episode outline: ‘This episode we chat with Dallas Taylor, the host and creator of Twenty Thousand Hertz, a lovingly crafted podcast revealing the stories behind the world’s most recognizable and interesting sounds. Dallas is also the Creative Director of Defacto Sound, where he has led thousands of high-profile projects ranging from blockbuster trailers and advertising campaigns to Sundance award-winning films and major television series.’

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The Sound Architect UK – Composer, Nainita Desai (Telling Lies, For Sama) Interview

Episode outline: ‘Working at the forefront of a new wave of emerging artists, RTS and BIFA nominated composer Nainita is a BAFTA Breakthrough Brit, and is the International Film Music Critics Association Breakthrough Composer of 2020. She has scored countless BAFTA, Oscar, Emmy acclaimed productions. The PRS placed Desai at No 2 in their Top 10 female writers whose work was most used in Film & TV through 2018. She has also been awarded Best Original Music at the Music+Sound Awards 2019 and Naturvision Film Festival 2019. Nainita’s most recent feature releases include OSCAR 2020 nominated and BAFTA, Cannes, BIFA, SXSW winning feature doc For Sama which was also nominated for Best Music at the BIFAs 2019. Other recent projects include Untamed Romania, the most successful Romanian non-fiction film of 2018, WW2 period drama Enemy Within, psychological horror Darkness Visible [BFI], and Interactive game / video game Telling Lies one of the top critically acclaimed releases of 2019 by Annapurna Interactive including Scala Radio’s Top 5 Video Game Scores of the Year and Music+Sound Award winning Title track.

Her 2020 projects include feature film The Reason I Jump (Sundance World Cinema Doc Audience Award winner), upcoming Netflix original series Bad Boy Billionaires and innovative Quibi | BBC Studios series Fierce Queens.’

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The Tonebenders – Julian Slater on Scott Pilgrim vs The World

Episode outline: ‘We do a deep dive into the ground breaking Sound Design of Scott Pilgrim Vs The World, to celebrate it’s 10th Anniversary. Supervising Sound Editor Julian Slater tells us about his favourite moments and how they came to be.’

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A Sound Effect Podcast – Ep 7: The SFX Metadata Revolution!

Episode outline: ‘Hear how sound supervisor Tim Nielsen is reinventing and supercharging sound effects metadata with the UCS system + go behind the creative sound for ‘Radioactive’ with Steve Fanagan. Interviews by Jennifer Walden • Hosts: Asbjoern Andersen & Christian Hagelskjaer’

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    Vehicle Sound Effects Kaput Play Track 81+ sounds included $75

    Presenting the most malfunctioning, dirty old gritty sounding engine failure library out there

    Featuring a staggering 81 files with numerous takes in most tracks, the Kaput sound effects library will cover the bases of almost any broken false starting engine scene one can imagine.

    I can honestly say, that finding the vehicles and tools for this library, has been among the most challenging I have come by. Old and broken cars and trucks are hard to come by these days. Most cars are obviously either driving and dont have start problems, and many of the rest just wont start at all.

    Just as rare are broken petrol powered tools, which usually fit the latter category of not working at all.

    Still, with amazing recording help from recordist Michal Fojcik Soundmind Poland, and just as amazing help from recordist Erik Watland from Norway, the Kaput sound effects library is featuring no less then

    24 different cars, trucks, moped and motorcycles

    1 boat engine

    A few weird sounding power generators and water pump motors

    Back firing exhausts

    Petrol powered garden tools, chain saws, and hedge trimmers

    Brutal construction machines

    From old eastern european trucks, vintage US V8 muscle trucks, classic scandinavian cars, and more modern diesel and petrol engines to funny sputtering dying petrol power tools.

    There is even a few more recording sessions planned, that just didn’t make the deadline for the first batch of sounds in this library (buying a copy of this first of sounds, will of course make any future sounds added to the library free of charge).

    KAPUT is 81 stereo and mono files, 96/24. 1,6 gb big, all UCS ready!

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  • Materials & Texture Sound Effects Mutate Organic Play Track 3042 sounds included From: $135

    SOUNDS FROM UNDER YOUR SKIN
    BOOM Library’s newest sound effects outgrowth has surfaced: MUTATE ORGANIC, the deliciously abnormal collection of mutating and morphing lifeforms and rogue organic matter. Discover the full spectrum of size, dampness and gut-wrenching movement this library provides in its ready-to-use Designed collection as well as the ultra-detailed comprehensive Construction Kit.

    WHAT’S INSIDE

    INCLUDED SOUNDS – KEYWORDS
    ALIEN, ANIMAL, ATMOSPHERE, BLAST, BONES, BOULDER, BREATH, CARVE, CHOKED, CLOTH, CUTTING, DEBRIS, DRY, ERUPT, FICTIONAL, FLAME, FLUID, FUTURISTIC, GARGLE, GORE, GRANULAR, GRIND, GROW, GUT, IMPACT, INSECTS, JUICY, LIFEFORM, LIQUID, MOIST, PARTICLE, PLASMA, RUBBER, SCREECH, SIZZLE, SLIME, SLURPING, SQUEAK, STRETCH, SWISH, SYNTHETIC, TEXTURE, TUBE, VEGETABLE, VIRUS, VOCALIZATION, WET, WHOOSH, WOBBLE, WOODEN
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  • Fire Sound Effects Combustion Play Track 685 sounds included $100

    Combustion is a sound effects library exploding with combustible sound design material. It encompasses explosions, chemical reactions, fires, and various other forms of combustion. It provides a vast scope of sound design elements for weapons, whooshes, vehicles, impacts, and so much more.

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  • Hum, Buzz & Glitch Sound Effects Inner Sounds Of A Vintage Juke Box Play Track 60 sounds included, 230 mins total $8

    Inner Sounds Of A Vintage Juke Box is a distinctive sound library that reveals the subtle mechanical noises of the NSM Nostalgia Gold juke box.
    Captured using contact mics and LOM Geofon’s, this collection features deep bass sounds, low-frequency hums, clicks, clanks, soft whirrs and the watery movements of the bubble tube lighting.

    Source Files Info

    Mastered : No
    Normalised : No
    Multi Recording Takes For Varying Nuances
    Multiple Microphone Perspectives
    Recorder : Sound Devices Mix Pre 10II
    Microphones : Stille and Klang spot contact microphones, Organic Audio Cjossul v2, LOM Geofon
    Microphone Perspective : Contact / Magnetic / Suction

    20 %
    OFF
    Add to cart
  • Human Sound Effects Kids Vol.1: Vocalizations Play Track 239 sounds included $15

    The unbridled sound of childhood.

    As both a sound designer and a father of three, I know how challenging it is to capture the spontaneous sounds of children at play in a perfect studio setting. Kids Vol. 1 brings that elusive magic straight to your fingertips, featuring a meticulously curated collection of authentic kids’ sounds—laughing, grunting, playing, screaming, singing, speaking, and more—recorded in both solo and group settings.

    Each file has been carefully treated to remove unwanted noise without sacrificing the character and nuance of the original recordings. The sounds are trimmed and given clear, UCS-compliant filenames and metadata, so you can easily drop them right into your films, games, commercials, or any project that needs an infusion of childlike energy.

    Kids Vol. 1 captures the sound of kids at their best—having fun.

    Add to cart
  • Foley Sound Effects Oil-Paper Umbrellas Play Track 296 sounds included $7

    Oil-Paper Umbrellas is a collection of sound effects recorded from three sizes of traditional oil-paper umbrellas.
    
It includes various actions such as unfolding, folding, handling movements, creaking, shake-outs, lock mechanism clicks, and grabs.

    Microphones & Recording Equipment:
    Mic (Facing Inward): AKG C414 XLII
    Mic (Facing Outward): Sennheiser MKH 8040

    Recorded at 96kHz/32bit using a Sound Devices MixPre-10 II, and bounced to 96kHz/24bit.

    30 %
    OFF
    Add to cart
  • Helicopter Sound Effects Airbus H125 Helicopter Play Track 44+ sounds included, 47 mins total $80

    Over 28 minutes of startups, idling, takeoffs, hovering, approaches, pass-bys, and shutdowns from an Airbus three-blade helicopter, delivered in both stereo and ambisonic formats.

    Also you’ll receive a processed folder containing 24 additional files featuring engine failures, whine ramps, distant fly-bys and other helicopter sound simulations. These have been crafted exclusively from the original source files, showcasing the flexibility of this library and the creative possibilities it offers.

    20 %
    OFF
    Add to cart
  • City Life Sound Effects Sonic Snapshot Shanghai Play Track 43 sounds included, 122 mins total $29

    This library features a Sonic Snapshot into the sonic signature of Shanghai, China. Hear traffic ambiences from a city with the world’s highest EV adoption rate, street sweeper bells played by workers driving three-wheeled trucks loaded with cardboard, walla from art galleries and metro stations, and the low-frequency drones of passing ships in the Huangpu River at the Shanghai Bund.

    Add to cart

   

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