The “Seismic Activities” sound archive contains over 2500 different noises from vibrations, shocks, and their resonances.

We have taken the trouble to use a set-up of different natural sounds, such as frequency drops, thunder, or the sound of deep rumbling, to control two structure-borne sound transducers. We have installed these converters in various locations. For example, we were at a company that produces large roller doors. There we shook all sorts of pipes, high racks, tool cabinets, gates, and the like.

In addition, we worked with many household items to create a variety of sound structures, which should make the use of “seismic activities” particularly diverse.

Almost all of the sounds were generated from a multi-channel set-up made up of Sennheiser MKH80 (ORTF), DPA 4060 (AB) and a Sony DR100. So you can expect the best sound quality. As always, a Sounddevices 744T and a Mixpre were used as recording devices.

As always, all files come with burned in metadata in open standards like iXml, BWAV, ID3 Chunk.