Thunderstorm in Amazonia, Ecuado, a small selection from a longer recording.

Ecuador Thunderstorm Sample

Ecuador Thunderstorm

Typewriters is a sound effects collection chock-full of vintage typewriters making sounds beyond the simple click-clack-clunk heard in so many TV shows and movies. I was curious if there was more to the sound of these old machines than meets the naked ear. Would recording them with high-end Barcus Berry contact microphones help bring out the best in them sonically? After recording 20 typewriters for this library, and performing a variety of keystrokes and actions on each in isolation, I can definitively say, yes. 
Included are machines (standards, portables and ultraportables) from the early 20th century to the mid-1970s. Each machine taps its own staccato beat in a unique, almost musical nature right down to its warning bell. These files can enhance your next sound design project in nuanced ways that exceed the usual clickity-clack-clunk-thwack-smack we associate with these vintage machines. You'll get additional metallic zips, rips, twangs, growls, crunches, bounces, snaps, zings, rings and dings that will spark your imagination for uses that may have nothing to do with typewriters. For instance, many of these machines give off a metallic growl when their carriages are returned that would sound right at home in a sci-fi Serengeti picture. Let your imagination take over from where my tired fingers gave out.


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Note: In the preview above, I’m bumping sound against sound. However, in the library, I let these sounds - springs, levers, latches, knobs, buttons, keys, etc. -  ring out and fade until their natural end. You’ll also hear the faint sound of a babbling brook below the preview. Don’t worry, this is not part of the sound files you purchase.

Typewriters

Typewriters Sound Effects Library

Hello, I'm Richard Alan Hannon, an audio field recordist based in Northeast Ohio. I love searching out and recording unique high-quality soundscapes and sound effects near and far. As a former newspaper photojournalist who concentrated solely on visuals, I find myself smitten by sound in ways I never experienced prior to hitting the record button. Let me share my ear-opening passion with you.

Typewriters Sound Effects Library

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