Obsolete Sounds

Re:Obsolete Sounds by rbanffy on Thursday March 26, 2026 @08:13AM (#47529524)

I was looking for typewriter sounds and several of them are "artistic renderings" that are completely useless as a form of documentation.

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Re:Obsolete Sounds by tgv on Thursday March 26, 2026 @08:36AM (#47529685)

There's e.g. this one: http://www.mrgory.info/sm/ (path may look odd, but it probably means sound machine/museum/memory or something).

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Re:Obsolete Sounds by elaus on Thursday March 26, 2026 @10:13AM (#47530726)

Quite a lot of sample sound strange. Some even have echo or other weird artifacts. I hope it's not AI generated.

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Re:Obsolete Sounds by NoSalt on Thursday March 26, 2026 @11:37AM (#47531828)

Aaaahhh ... the IBM Selectric. Fond memories.

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Re:Obsolete Sounds by kleiba on Thursday March 26, 2026 @11:47AM (#47531951)

"Each sound in the project is recomposed and reimagined by artists"

Completely agree! I would have much preferred original sounds, or - if anything - sounds taken from original recordings but restored to compensate for the bad recording equipment at the time of recording.

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Re:Obsolete Sounds by steinwinde on Thursday March 26, 2026 @04:58PM (#47535628)

You can listen to each of the original recordings. Just make sure you click on the first play button after you've chosen the sound, not the second (which often seems to be the default).

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Re:Obsolete Sounds by klik99 on Thursday March 26, 2026 @12:22PM (#47532439)

Yes, I came to say the same thing, not just typewriter - it's a great idea but I wish they had the original recordings by themselves and not overlayed with ambient music.

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