Birds, Bugs and Cats (or, Why I Can't Sleep)
Now that the warmer weather is here and we leave the windows open, I cannot sleep.
At around 8 PM every night either an insect or some aquatic creature starts making noise. Later, they are usually joined by more. This goes on until about Midnight.
But then, around 3 AM - a single bird awakens and decides to serenade the neighborhood.
So I decided to sample them. It is not like I am sleeping anyway....
Also included in this sample pack are the raw samples of Damien, the world's most evil cat.
Samples
All of the samples are 44KHz, 16 bit stereo .wav files. The background noise has been removed in Adobe Audition and I have removed any digital artifacts I could. Other than that these are just raw samples waiting to be chopped, mangled and used in any way you see fit.
Birds 1 - 38 seconds long - 5.9 Mb
Birds 2 - 1 minute, 30 seconds long - 15 Mb
Birds 3 - I minute 10 seconds long - 11.8 Mb
Birds 4 - 2 minutes, 45 seconds long - 27.8 Mb
Birds 5 - 1 minute, 30 seconds long - 15.4 Mb
Birds 6 - 2 minutes, 15 seconds long - 23 Mb
Bugs 1 - 35 seconds long - 5.9 Mb
Bugs 2 - 55 seconds long - 9.2 Mb
Bugs 3 - 1 minute, 20 seconds long - 13.8 Mb
Bugs 4 - 2 minutes, 20 seconds long - 23.5 Mb
Bugs 5 - 2 minutes, 20 seconds long - 23.4 Mb
(this one actually has cats in it as well. There is one cat chirping back at the critters - it sounds like another insect but it IS a cat.)
Bugs 6 - 4 minutes long - 40.8 Mb
(This one also has a guest appearance by another cat, who jumped on the counter and meowed once back at the critters through the window.)
Bugs 7 - 20 seconds long - 3 Mb
Damien the Evil Cat
These are the raw samples I used to make sounds from Damien for Anomaly VIII. Basically, my wife held the cat in her lap and petted him until he got pissed off. It never takes long....
Damien 1 - 21 seconds long - 3.5 Mb
Damien 2 - 55 seconds long - 9.5 Mb
Damien 3 - 10 seconds long - 1.8 Mb
Damien 4 - 35 seconds long - 6 Mb
Total 240 Mb
http://westgatesounds.net/BirdsBugsandCats/index.html
Birds Bugs and Cats
- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 2696 posts since 19 Apr, 2005 from The City Beneath the Sea
- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 2696 posts since 19 Apr, 2005 from The City Beneath the Sea
I have added some files to this. I sampled some of the day birds around here...
Birds 7 - 45 seconds long - 7.5 Mb
Birds 8 - 21 seconds long - 3.5 Mb
Birds 9 - 37 seconds long - 6.3 Mb
Birds 10 - 27 seconds long - 4.7 Mb
Birds 11 - 51 seconds long - 8.6 Mb
new size in total - 270 Mb.
Birds 7 - 45 seconds long - 7.5 Mb
Birds 8 - 21 seconds long - 3.5 Mb
Birds 9 - 37 seconds long - 6.3 Mb
Birds 10 - 27 seconds long - 4.7 Mb
Birds 11 - 51 seconds long - 8.6 Mb
new size in total - 270 Mb.
- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 2696 posts since 19 Apr, 2005 from The City Beneath the Sea
New files added:
Birds 12 - 3 minutes, 10 seconds - 32.5 Mb
Birds 13 - 1 minute, 40 seconds - 17 Mb
Birds 14 - 1 minute, 55 seconds - 19.7 Mb
Birds 15 - 2 minutes, 20 seconds - 24 Mb
Birds 16 - 2 minutes, 15 seconds - 22.8 Mb
new size in total - 387 Mb
http://westgatesounds.net/BirdsBugsandCats/index.html
Birds 12 - 3 minutes, 10 seconds - 32.5 Mb
Birds 13 - 1 minute, 40 seconds - 17 Mb
Birds 14 - 1 minute, 55 seconds - 19.7 Mb
Birds 15 - 2 minutes, 20 seconds - 24 Mb
Birds 16 - 2 minutes, 15 seconds - 22.8 Mb
new size in total - 387 Mb
http://westgatesounds.net/BirdsBugsandCats/index.html
- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 2696 posts since 19 Apr, 2005 from The City Beneath the Sea
New and final files added:
Birds 17 - 2 minutes, 48 seconds - 28.2 Mb
Birds 18 - 1 minute, 20 seconds - 13.8 Mb
Birds 19 - 1 minute, 5 seconds - 11 Mb
Birds 20 - 2 minutes, 45 seconds - 28 Mb
Birds 21 - 3 minutes, 8 seconds - 31.4 Mb
Total of 32 samples, 500 Mb.
http://westgatesounds.net/BirdsBugsandCats/index.html
Birds 17 - 2 minutes, 48 seconds - 28.2 Mb
Birds 18 - 1 minute, 20 seconds - 13.8 Mb
Birds 19 - 1 minute, 5 seconds - 11 Mb
Birds 20 - 2 minutes, 45 seconds - 28 Mb
Birds 21 - 3 minutes, 8 seconds - 31.4 Mb
Total of 32 samples, 500 Mb.
http://westgatesounds.net/BirdsBugsandCats/index.html