EchoThief
A library of unique and beautiful reverberations collected from across North America, useful for relocating and resonating sounds.
Casa Grande Domes
Casa Grande, Arizona USA
Abandoned half a century ago, this network of concrete bubble domes and saucer discs had been intended for early computer manufacturing. Captured just before it collapsed, the half structure of the largest of the domes produced a vibrant and enduring ring.
Death Valley Charcoal Kilns
Death Valley National Park, California USA
In the mountains 7000 feet above the floor of Death Valley lie ten limestone furnaces. Built a century and a half ago, these giant kilns were almost immediately abandoned. The round interiors focus sound to impart a rich, bell-like resonance.
Subway Cave Lava Tube
Shasta County, California USA
Deep in the Lassen National Forest is a partially collapsed lava tube created nearly 20,000 years ago. A quarter of a mile into the tube sits a large and resonant chamber known as the Sanctum.
Castillo De Los Tres Reyes Del Morro
Canal de Entrada, Havana Cuba
This hulking castle guards the entrance to Havana Harbor. Its rough masonry, weathered by nearly half of a millennium of ocean winds, produces a rough and growly echo. This fortress has been a designated World Heritage Site for four decades.
B-39 Black Widow aft torpedo room
San Diego Bay, California USA
This Foxtrot-class attack submarine was launched in 1967 and served for a quarter-century in the Soviet Navy. The acoustic treatment of this vessel was intended to heavily dampen sound, producing an especially muted resonance. The submarine has since been scuttled.
Echo Bridge
Newton Upper Falls, Massachusetts USA
This parabolic arch bridge over the Charles River produces an unbelievable thirteen discrete echoes. Hanging around on this platform with friends and singing into this spellbinding echo is one of my favorite memories from high school and began my lifelong obsession with reverberation.
Sunset Cliffs Open Ceiling Sea Cave
San Diego, California USA
This collapsing sea cave is only accessible by foot during especially low tides. Without the omnipresent sound of crashing waves, the soft resonance of eroded sandstone becomes apparent.
Red Bridge
Cedarburg, Wisconsin USA
The last covered bridge in Wisconsin has survived for nearly a century and a half, earning it a spot in the National Register of Historic Places. Its rough-hewn cedar planks and ample venting result in a very brief but warm resonance.