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Train Life

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TRAIN LIFE is a detailed and in-depth collection of various Exterior Freight, Passenger Trains, and Railroad Ambiences.

Rumbling Freights roaring through the desert landscape, horns reverberating across the hills, passenger trains zipping by. The metal groan, creak, moan and clack, screech and bang of slow moving rail cars. Idles, Arrivals, Departures, Bys and a variety of Horns from Doppler to Close and Distant Perspectives.

You’ll also find a few old Electric Trains, a collection of Ambiences from Harbor Ports, Desert, and Railroad Yards, and Semi-Trucks rattling across the tracks.

THE GEAR

Recorder
Sound Devices Mix-Pre-6 II
Sony PCM D-100

Mics
Sennheiser MKH 8040
DPA 4060
Line Audio CM4
Rode NTG-3

For a majority of these recordings, Sennheiser MKH 8040 (ORTF) and DPA 4060 (NARROW A/B) microphones were used. When those weren’t around I went with a Sony PCM D-100 or Line Audio CM4.

METADATA

A great deal of time and effort went into the mastering of this library so the files can easily be dropped into any project. Very detailed Metadata has been provided so that all of the sounds are easily accessible. Photos have been embedded with each file to help out. UCS compliant, markers have been placed where applicable to make for quick navigation.

 

The Story to Train Life

The first Trains I recorded were while traveling around Portland, Oregon. I was camping along the Columbia River Gorge not too far from the tracks and throughout the night I would constantly hear the rumble vibrating through the ground and the long Horns echoing and reverberating across the Mountains. A few days later I was hanging out by the Willamette River under the St. Johns Bridge and was fortunate enough to come across a Freight Train going through an hour-long process of idling and connecting cars. Huge slack metallic bangs, slow long drawn out groans and hydraulic bursts reverberated across Industrial buildings. I was hooked.

Back home in Los Angeles, I set off on the quest to find more trains to record. After spending a number of times sitting idle and patiently waiting for hours only to come up empty, I did a bit more research. A big thanks goes out to a few Train museums and Railfans for providing much invaluable information and pointing me in the right direction. I learned the times of the local Passenger Trains and found out what areas were better for getting more isolated recordings. I discovered the major transportation routes where Freights run from downtown L.A. to the Ports near Long Beach. I drove out into the Mojave desert on multiple trips and took the back roads that lead out to Bakersfield where trains rumble through tunnels and rolling hills.

As I gathered various sounds, I made a list of what I was missing and tried to find areas where I could catch a Train doing that. It was quite the challenge! Over time I also realized that even when sitting for hours on end waiting around, there was a particular wonderful sound to the surrounding environment, and I figured it was probably worth documenting as well. Eventually it all came together into TRAIN LIFE.

Licensor: : Seth Swaaley Categories: , .
Type: Train sound effects / recordings
Specs: 99 sounds • 99 files • 24 Bit / 96 kHz • 7.4 GB • Includes metadata
Duration: Approx. 212 minutes total
Delivery: Instant - blazingly-fast - digital download
License type: Royalty-free - you can select the number of users on checkout
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I’m a Sound Designer / FX Editor / Field Recordist working in Film and Television that specializes in creating high quality Sound Effects Libraries.

 

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