Industrial Piston Compressor (Wooden Box)
Manufacturer: Alup dB: 86.5 Recording distance: 1m The staple gun is powered by compressed air supplied by the compressor via a hose.…
The sounds from the past is here to stay
Sounds of Changes is a cooperation between six museums in Europe. The project records and preserves the sounds of industrial and civil society. In our collection you will find everything from clunking from machines, to the sound of town-life in city squares.
The Sound of Progress
Put on your headphones and experience what historical ears sounded like.
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From Work with Sounds – to Sounds of Changes
Sounds of Changes builds on the legacy from the former project Work with Sounds. With the help of project Sounds of Changes we wish to document a portion of the societies rapid change, namely the change in the acoustic landscape. How does today’s world sound?
Sounds of Changes is a unique effort to preserve the soundscape of yesterday, and to make this legacy come to live again.
Brandon Smith
The sounds
Staple Gun (Wooden Box)
dB: 72 – 83 Recording Distance: 1m The final step in building this wooden box is assembling all the different pieces. The…
Belt Sander (Wooden Box)
dB: 76 – 82 Recording Distance: 1,5m A long strip of sandpaper is clamped into the machine. The surfaces of the small…