Porth Oer sand squeaking underfoot.wav

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Benboncan

May 18th, 2008

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This sound is part of the pack Walking/Footsteps

A field recording of sand squeaking underfoot at Porth Oer (Whistling Sands) beach on the Llyn peninsula North Wales. Zoom H2 front on-board mics.

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Wave (.wav)

Duration

0:36.512

File size

6.7 MB

Sample rate

48000.0 Hz

Bit depth

16 bit

Channels

Stereo

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Benboncan

12 years, 3 months ago

I heard a BBC Radio programme about this phenomenon, a French scientist was convinced that the silica had to have a coating of salt and a certain humidity to 'sing'.
See also
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singing_sands

klankbeeld

12 years, 3 months ago

Great 'ben' ;-) so it's not common but real great to hear. But why does it sound like this?
Thanks for comment on my sound: http://www.freesound.org/people/klankbeeld/sounds/163293/

avventura2046

13 years, 9 months ago

thank you - reminds me of squeaky footsteps in hot sand on Sydney beaches (Australia)

digifishmusic

16 years, 6 months ago

Nice. There is a beach like that where I grew up in Esperance (Western Australia), 'Lucky bay' ... high quartz content, finely granulated.

http://www.australiasgoldenoutback.com/NR/rdonlyres/E98D4857-2E5E-4AE6-912B-43709B9BCB7F/12384/KangarooontheBeach.jpg

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