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As one dare finishes, another one comes to life!...
... or, in this case, two!

One of the challenges will be musical, as that may not appeal to everyone, I Am also posting this recording dare.

RULES:
- We are looking for unprocessed (i.e., natural) recordings of windows and doors. A bit of EQ or noise-reduction to remove background noise is allowed.
- Think and look for different windows / doors to record: big, small, metal, wooden, plastic,glass...
- think of the different sounds they can make: open, close, slam, lock, creak, knock...
- We are looking for natural recordings. No processing, please.
- Please tag your uploads with "Dare2025-06A".
- ANYTHING NOT SPECIFICALLY FORBIDDEN BY THE RULES IS ALLOWED.
- ANYTHING NOT SPECIFICALLY REQUIRED BY THE RULES IS NOT MANDATORY.

Deadline for submissions: 26-Apr-2025

(P.S. - Have a good idea for a dare? Send me a PM!)

Why the A in the Dare2025-06A ?
(Edit : Typed this so fast, Dare 06B wasn't posted yet)

Sadiquecat wrote:
Why the A in the Dare2025-06A ?

Here's some material:
https://freesound.org/people/copyc4t/packs/43291/

Room door in a hotel. Makes a really nice sound
https://freesound.org/people/AlienXXX/sounds/799498/

copyc4t wrote:
Here's some material:
https://freesound.org/people/copyc4t/packs/43291/

I hope more people participate. This is a really easy dare and this kind of sounds will actually be usefull for others (movies, cartoons, etc). It should also be possible to get a huge variety of sounds.

Don't worry I have got some things coming

Just too many projects going on, but I have already recorded a door/handle, and got a cave/barn door to record (actually one of my first sounds here was of THAT door.)

I already had a few door sounds here
https://freesound.org/people/Sadiquecat/packs/36842/

Still going to record (and Edit and Upload, I have been spending days doing that for voice-acting sounsd and field recordings ;_ a few more for the dare.
Cheers!

Added this one to the pack, forgot I had a creakier door I could record.
https://freesound.org/people/copyc4t/sounds/799652/

Thanks copyc4t

I have done a lot of recordings of creaky doors. You can fet some amazing sounds, especially when the door body resonates.
If only I could find them...
They probably sit un-named on my hard drive...

This is my first 'dare', thanks to the moderator for pointing me toward this: https://freesound.org/people/naturenotesuk/sounds/798993/

naturenotesuk wrote:
This is my first 'dare', thanks to the moderator for pointing me toward this: https://freesound.org/people/naturenotesuk/sounds/798993/

Welcome naturenotesuk / David

Your first dare, but hopefully not the last!
Squeaky gates are one of my favourite sounds!
I like squeaky doors too, but metal gates resonate in a different way.

By the way, if anyone is recording squeaky gates (or even doors). Yiu know when you open the door quickly and it doesn't squeak? - I bet it still does, but in ultra-sound!
If yior recorder allows it, change to 96000 Hz sampling rate and record the door / gate moving fast with 'no sound'. Then play it back at 1/2 speed.

Thank you for the welcome and suggestion, David

I have a deep low squeaking barn door near by.
My tascam goes up to 192khz, and my rode NT5 although advertised to up to 20khz I believe it goes way higher.
I'l give it a try

Sadiquecat wrote:
I have a deep low squeaking barn door near by.
My tascam goes up to 192khz, and my rode NT5 although advertised to up to 20khz I believe it goes way higher.
I'l give it a try

Awesome!