NSL010 Optical Drives Preview by New Sound Lab

published on 2013-05-13T13:18:50Z

NSL010 Optical Drives Preview This library features recordings of computer optical disc drives (two internal desktop CD/DVD-R and one internal laptop slim CD/DVD-R slot-load). Two induction coil pickups were used to record the electromagnetic fields emitted by the drives, capturing a very unique set of sounds and textures. These range from sharp percussive bleeps, glitchy static and noise, to electromechanical motor sounds, and drones. You'll find use for many applications, including UI interface design, transitions, sci-fi, robot/servo sounds, technology, and computer sound effects. Recordings include all functions of the DVD drives, e.g. disc loading, reading, writing/burning, spin up/down, errors, and disc ejecting. Also, each drive was taken apart and manipulated to create additional sounds. The signal chain for this library consists of a pair of induction coil pickups, Barcus Berry 4000XL preamps, and a Sound Devices 702. Webpage: www.newsoundlab.com/optical-drives

Genre: Sound Effects Library

Comment by NathanPalmerAudio

unbelievably cool great stuff

2014-08-22T06:06:52Z

Comment by Digimonk YJ

nice! which driver is it? I recorded 4 different optical drivers. None of them can sound like this:-)

2013-09-27T01:06:58Z

Comment by Airon-Extv

Wow. What a fine batch of cool noise. Will keep this in mind for future projects.

2013-05-28T00:05:09Z

Comment by Takamaro Ahn

kewl

2013-05-26T13:52:32Z

Comment by Rodney Berry

thanks so much for this. Great widget noises and dance music instruments! Please consider putting some on http://freesound.org/ It's a collaborative repositry of variously licensed sounds and has a great attribution system (It is easy to go back and check where all your sounds came from when doing acknowledgements for a project

2013-05-24T20:29:52Z

Comment by formatnone

lol optical drive being musical :)))

2013-05-24T07:13:35Z