This blog post is a very special one! You will listen to amazing & authentic sounds from New York City! Libby is a high end wedding videographer shooting weddings all across the world and one event took place in New York City and she was able to record different soundscapes on different ten different locations! Keep in mind similar sound libraries on A Sound Effect or Sonnis from New York cost at least $50! Here on Free To Use Sounds you only pay $5!!

Her schedule was packed with shooting but she could spare some hours roaming around New York with the Zoom H6 and got some amazing sound effects

That is what I love about the Zoom H6. Quick and handy without tons of knobs, cables or buttons you have to switch. Turn on the recorder, check your levels and record!

Other New York City Sounds

This blog post featured all sound recordings from 2017 that you can download separately on Bandcamp! We went a second time to New York City in 2019! THIS link brings you to the 2019 sound library!

Recording Locations New York Sounds

New York City Traffic Rush Hour & Cars Honking at Mercer and Broome Street!

What do you hear?

-A motorbike is starting and speeding

-Construction in the background

-People walking by

-A lot of horn sounds

-Traffic Jam on a traffic light

-Hammering in the background

New York City Traffic Sounds on Cobble Stone at Mercer Street!

What do you hear?

Cars driving on Cobblestone

People laughing

A skateboarder comes by

Another Car on cobblestone

beeping sound in the background

horns in the background

more cars on cobblestone

New York City Traffic and People at 5th Avenue and East 18th street outside H&M

What do you hear?

-Horn and construction in the background

-Truck beeping and driving sound

-horns and birds

-people talking and walking by

-cars driving by

-A person pushed a wagon and walks by

-a cyclist drives by

-door closing of a truck

-A big truck drives by

New York City Traffic, People & Construction at Mercer and Blecker Street

What do you hear?

-Big Construction in the Background and Truck Beeping Sound

-Sounds like a huge hydraulic hammer

-Police Sirene

-Motorbike Drives away

-Police sirene in the background

-A car drives by

-A car drives away fast

C Train Sounds to Brooklyn

What do you hear?

In the train with an open window

A lot of rumbling noise

braking brakes

another train comes in

high pitch sound

water dripping sound

squeaking brakes until the train stopped

Somebody eats something and opened a bag

arriving next station

typical new york city train sound

New York City Subway Sound Part Two In the W Local Train Subway Station

What do you hear!

-Train Arrives!

-People Talking

-Horns in the Background

-People laughing

-The Train is running but not moving

-Train started to drive

-Doors open and Doors are closing

-People talking on the train

-Arriving 30th Avenue next stop Broadway

-People Laughing

-Arriving Broadway

-Doors open and closing

NOTE:

Because I don’t know about copyright issues I took out all automatic announcements and beep sounds to make sure everything will be ok.

C Train to Queens

What do you hear?

Ambience in the Subway Station

Doors Closing

Train Starts driving

NOTE:

Because I don’t know about copyright issues I took out all automatic announcements and beep sounds to make sure everything will be ok.

New York City, Queens Neighborhood Sound Part One in Queens

While living in Queens, Libby recorded this sound from the window facing down to the street.

What do you hear?

-People walking by

-A bird fly away

-A car engine started and drives away

-Men with a trolley walked by

-A car drives by

-Somebody closed a door

-Libby turned the volume down!

-Door Closing

-Another car drives by

-Birds

-A car horn

-Something is clicking on a fence

-Another car drives by

-The clicking comes closer and goes away

-Another car drives by

-Another car drives by

-Car door closing

-People talking in the background

-Birds still chirping

-Door closing

-Another clicking sound

-Somebody gives a kiss

-A car drives by

-Somebody is spitting on the street

-A car drives by

-A truck drives by

-Another car drives by

New York City, Queens Neighborhood Sound Part Two at Queens Street

What do you hear?

-Birds in the Air

-Car Drives by

-A horn in the background

-Pedestrians walking by

-You can hear a truck backing up beeping sound

-Somebody dropped a coin

-A car drives by

-A truck in the background

-A car drives by

-Somebody must move metal on the street

-You can hear people talking and the trucks beeping sound.

-A Person walked by

-Somebody is spitting again

-A car drives by

New York City Traffic & People in Queens Part Three on a busy lively street

What do you hear?

-Car stopped with a running engine

-Horning in the background

-A car started and people walking by

-A train in the Background

-People talking and walking by

-Somebody must have a key in the hand

-The train stopped and a truck drives by

-Somebody dropped something and a car is horning

-Running car and the Guy in the car is still horning

-Kids walking by

-Horn in the background and the truck drives away

-The train starts to move and is gone.

-Somebody with a trolley walked by

Files: 10 files • Including metadata 

Size: 2 GB

Sample Rate: 96-24 WAV

Duration: Approx. 60 min

Gear: ZOOM H6 MS Microphone

Delivery: Instant – blazingly-fast – digital download on Bandcamp

License type: Single user, royalty-free no credit required

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