Scrap Yard
Brutal metal zine from the PitGoddess. Interviews, reviews, and more....

Tape Destruction
Destroy cassette tapes and get some awesome, mutated new sounds. It's fun, easy and I show you how to do it effectively. Pictures and audio examples right now.

Circuit Bending
No instrument is safe. No toy left unbroken!
The quest for new sounds has led me to this - circuitbending. Also known as taking electronic devices apart and rewiring their guts in order to make bizarre, mutant noises that were never intended by the original designers.

Experience "the Difficult Listening Channel" podcast where the sounds in my head become the sounds in yours.

Million Dollar Upgrade - FREE!!
Improve your production skills without spending anything on new gear....

Free Wavs to download!

These come from Michael Oster's original recordings and you're free to use them as you wish. These are 'wav' files, CD quality 16 bit, 44.1k. and are not available in any of my commercially released products.

Remember to "save to disk" when you download these wavs.

cicadaxcu.wav - 1Mb - extreme close-up recording of a live cicada buzzing.

distfireworks.wav - 1.7 Mb - brief ambience of neighborhood firecrackers.

dogbirds.wav - 2.3 Mb - outdoor recording of medium sized dog barking w/birds chirping in background. Sound reflects off close hill.

f18flyby.wav - 3.2 Mb - F-18 fighter jet passby recorded @ MacDill Airfest 2001.

frogs01.wav - 2.5 Mb - early am ambience of frog croaks, with crickets.

gunshot1.wav - 400k - single gunshot recorded outdoors, medium distance. Sound decays in hills.

medrain.wav - 2 Mb - medium Summer rainfall with splatts. Good for looping.



More F7 Sound and Vision wavs on the next page....

Here are some free sounds. You can use them in your work (even if it's commercial, broadcast, or podcast). All I ask is that, if possible, you mention or credit F7 Sound and Vision and/or a link to this site be placed somewhere in your project or on your site(s). Fair enough?

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Analog synth sounds! Here are some analog sounds made by an ARP Odyssey. Great for looping, game sounds or techno bleeps. Download and enjoy!