I was recording a wall-clock to make some mic preamp comparisons and thought I may as well post one of ...

Small sledge hammer striking a chisel cutting into hardened cement, 16 evenly spaced blows.

A round, wooden clock ticking away.

A wall clock ticking recorded in a house in Mojave Desert (California), really close. Sound recorded by a SANKEN COS11D ...

You guessed it, ice cubes in a plastic cup! Recorded with usb mic to laptop!

The sound of a Zippo lighter .Only the sound of opening and closing. Very clear and a little fast.

a couple of ice cubes dropped into a thin walled long drink glas gear: Sennheiser MKH 416 P48 shotgun microphone, ...

A pupil 'plays' a jma jar by stroking and tapping it with it's lid.

2 cds falling on laminat table. Rec by AKG D80.

Flipping a flat wall light switch on and off

Circuit bent (dyslexic friendly) speak and spell toy transferred to computer via handy headphone output

Ice Cubes in a cub being sloshed around. Has a slight watery touch and plastic feel.

Small sledge hammer striking a chisel cutting into hardened cement, 3 evenly spaced blows.

A stereo recording of old fashioned blade sheep-shearing shears. Rode NT-4 > FEL battery pre-amp > Zoom H2 line in.

A 50 Cent Coin dropped in a tincan several times.This sample is recorded with a headset mic.I removed background noise.