Vehicles rolling over the railway crossing at Vifanskaya street, Sergiyev Posad recorded on a dark winter night.

Recorded December 1st, 2011 (CA-14 omni + STC-9000)
Published January 3rd, 2012.

Air conditioning units, Atak supermarket backyard, Severny, Sergiyev Posad.

Recorded November 24th, 2011 (CA-14 omni mics)
Published November 24th, 2011.

Isn’t that a wonderful pattern?

This is the sound of the Moscow train gathering speed. It takes a little less than an hour and a half to get there from Sergiyev Posad.

Recorded October 30th, 2011 (MS-TFB-2)
Published November 5th, 2011.

They say it’s better not to look at the welding arc as it may easily cause eye injury. Ok – let’s have a listen then, it’s perfectly safe. Here are the sounds of the wheelchair ramp being renovated at the Gagarin cultural centre in Sergiyev Posad.

Recorded October 6th, 2011 (CA-14 + STC-9000)
Published October 7th, 2011.

Isn’t it way too familiar? This very carousel that I’ve found at one of the playgrounds in Zvyozdotchka, Sergiyev Posad sounds like a cross between the stone-age dial up modems screaming and a guitar solo played through a mobile phone speakers.

Recorded September 16th, 2011 (CA-14 + STC-9000)
Published September 17th, 2011.

A bit of support for the one of the most neglected areas of this blog, the Machinery pages. Here’s a set of three sounds many of us don’t pay much attention to.

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Let’s start with a disc-shaped bus joint, connecting the two sections of a bus. Its creaky sound reminds of a horse’ neigh. Note the whoosh sounds at the end of the recording made by the portable ticket validators operated by a bus conductor. This recording was made on route 23 somewhere in the field half way between Sergiyev Posad and Peresvyet.

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Next, the sound of the stage being dismantled. This wooden platform was used during the Youth Day festival held at the Blinnaya Mountain in Sergiyev Posad this June. When the event is over the screwdrivers come in.

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Finally, the mixer. Recorded in central Yaroslavl in 200 km to the North East from Sergiyev Posad, it sounds like a musical instrument.

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Recorded June 2nd, 2011 in Sergiyev Posad and August 20th, 2010 in Yaroslavl (MS-TFB-2 and CA-14o)
Published August 7th, 2011.

Know what all those little knobs of the washing machine are really for? Great! Record a full colour wash at 40° and Ward Weis, a sound recordist from Belgium would be delighted. More info at his website (press WASH when there).