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Home Sound Effects Vacuum Cleaners

Vacuum Cleaners

$34.99

Certain sounds evoke memories of our childhood homes. By listening to them again, whether by chance or intentionally, we can magically be transported back to that time and place. For me, one sound that is forever engrained into my memory is that of an old vacuum cleaner. Vacuum Cleaners is my attempt at rediscovering the unique sound of the machine I remember from when I was a kid. To my imaginative, adolescent ears, it sounded like a rocket ship, a blimp and a race car. I couldn’t get enough of it.

Included are 35 machines: stick, canister, upright, robot, handheld, hand pump, industrial and central vacuum cleaners, plus antique and modern sweepers, a steam mop, carpet cleaner and shampoo polisher. To my ears, each motor’s unique voice sounds like something way beyond a simple vacuum cleaner. Vintage uprights howl and roar like rocket ships, classic space-age canister vacuums whine like futuristic hovercraft. There’s a central vacuum that can suck the life out of you and an antique pump vacuum that gives off eerie breath-like sounds.

I recorded some machines while sweeping back and forth in front of my microphones. For others, I captured them in place, in line with my belief that these motors sound more like rocket engines than vacuum cleaners. I created loops when a file allowed for it. To record a wooden Adler-Royal sweeper at an antique store, I asked the owner if I could walk around the store and sweep the aisles. She said yes, so I slung a Domke bag over my shoulder and gaffer taped a pair of contact mics to the sweeper. The result sounds like a muffled boulder going down a hill.

    • Sound Devices 702 and Sony PCM D100 recorders

    • Line Audio CM3 microphones in ORTF and XY, plus a pair of Barcus Berry contact mics

Machines Recorded
• Adler Royal Zephyr wooden sweeper
• Bissell ProHeat upright carpet cleaner
• Craftsman 9-gallon Shop vac
• Dirt Devil Plus handheld vacuum
• Dust Care sweeper (the non-motorized kind you see in restaurants)
• Dyson DC 25 upright vacuum
• Dyson DC 41 upright vacuum
• Electrolux Diamond Jubilee 1521 canister Vacuum (1984)
• Electrolux Sanitaire upright vacuum
• Eureka Airspeed One Turbo upright vacuum
• Fairfax Fax-O-Matic canister vacuum (circa 1992)
• Filter Queen Model 200 canister vacuum (circa 1939)
• Hoover Constellation model 842 canister vacuum
• Hoover Constellation model 858 canister vacuum
• Hoover shampoo polisher
• hydro vacuum excavator pushing out 62000 cubic feet of air per minute (current)
• Jaeger Jr. hand pump vacuum (1913)
• Kenmore 10341 stick vacuum (current)
• Kenmore 31140 upright vacuum
• Kirby Dual Sanitronic 80 upright vacuum (1967-1970)
• Kirby Heritage II upright vacuum (1984-1989)
• Kirby Sentria upright vacuum (2006-2012)
• Miele C3 Cat and Dog canister vacuum (current)
• Miele Dynamic U1 Twist upright vacuum
• Miele Powerplus upright vacuum
• Miele Quickstep stick vacuum (current)
• Riccar handheld vacuum (current)
• robot vacuum (current)
• Royal 501 Prince handheld vacuum (circa 1980s)
• Sebo Airbelt D4 canister vacuum (current)
• Sebo Automatic X4 upright vacuum
• Shark Navigator upright vacuum
• Shark steam mop
• Simplicity multi-use stick vacuum (current)
• Vacuflo Acclaim 12 Electric Powerhead central vacuum (current)

Licensor: : Evocative Sound and Visuals Categories: , , .
Type: vacuum cleaners sound effects / recordings
Specs: 112+ sounds • 24 Bit / 96 kHz • 3.28 GB • Includes metadata
Duration: Approx. 80 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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