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Hi!

I'm looking for a specific sound that I can't find: imagine that you turn on a big light bulb (click) and then you can hear the electric hum (bzzzzzz), or imagine an industrial system with a relay: the relay activates (click) and then the electric hum. Can anybody help me?

Thanks a lot!

Regards.

Do you mean, like the very beginning of Pink Floyd's "Welcome to the machine", perhaps?

Similar but the beginning of "Welcome to he machine" is more industrial... What I mean is more like to... imagine a normal building where the light of the corridors is controlled by a timer. If you are near this timer, when lights turn on you can hear the relay (like a click, a snap) and the electric hum. The sound is more electric, but not very heavy.

Hope my description helps...

I have two examples just uploaded. I'll send the links once approved. Hopefully they are similar to what you want and not too 'loud' or industrial. I merged the sound of a breaker panel switch from my studio with the electrical ballast hum of the lights in my basement. Has a nice little 60hz hum to it. (Or the octaves of that hum anyway)

I hope you are able to find them useful. Should be up soon.

Update:

http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=53679
http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=53680

These sounds are fantastic! Thank you very much for sharing them! They suit my requirements 100%

Thank you. Regards.

Lovely to hear those were to your liking! They were built specifically from your description.