Vehicles by American Zoetrope

Sample CD

Specific cars include Mustangs, Buicks, Lincoins, Pontiacs, Impalas, Corvairs, as well as the limited production Tucker. Several foreign models are also represented such as BMW, Volvo, Maserati, Citroen and Porsche. There are general car types such as limos, taxis, ambulances, fire trucks, hot- rods and muscle cars.

The vehicle sounds were recorded on road-surfaces ranging from gravel, dirt, city streets, highway and wet pavement at varying speeds: racing, slow driving and steady. Isolated car sounds include wipers, doors, trunks, horns, tire peel-outs and blow-outs. Finally there are some bonus moving vehicle sounds including motorcycles, trucks, trains, tugboats, ferries, subway cars and related ambiences. Most recordings are in stereo, several are in dual perspective.