As someone who didn't grow up with AM radio, the arrhythmic, almost unpredictable noise of the AM waves has always given kind of an uneasy feeling to me, as if some sort of unknown creature was, somewhere by the highway, wandering around, unconsciusly interfering the radio waves with it's mere presence.
I grew up with my grandparents who were always tuned to the radio and this sound is a gateway to the universe for me especially in the shortwave bands where it gets really weird.
I used to love turning the dial real slow,searching out the station that was the furthest out from where I was. If I found a voice or music between all the static, I'd listen until I heard where they were broadcasting from and then move on. I still do it on am occasionally but it's not the same unless you have an actual dial instead of a button which is so common now. When I lived on Hawaii on Kauai, one night I was doing this and couldn't believe that I was receiving a station from Los Angeles, and pretty clear actually. Used to have a Grundig Majestic radio as a kid with reception from the world and did the same thing,searching out countries. Simple pleasures....
I used to do this too... I started with an old Archer transistor radio and graduated to a Sony ICF 2010, then to a JRC NRD 535 which I still have. Some of my favorite memories.
After all these years (age 63), this is one thing that hasn't changed one bit, as far back as I can remember. This hails back to the days when *everything* was on AM.
@lavanta2024 Today's commercial FM broadcasting started operating in the current frequency spectrum in the postwar late 1940s, as some then new receivers were equipped to receive the band. FM didn't really gain popularity until about the late 1960's, when AM commercial broadcasters started simulcasting their signals on the FM band -- most of whom eventually abandoned AM around 1990 or so.
Just like the old days. Traveling at night out in the open when hardly any stations where on one would hear this sound until a station came in. Great memories of the old vehicles with AM radio
I just searched for it I guess I find it soothing and was shocked others liked it. My boyfriend hates it. Lol says he keeps wanting to fix the radio. But he likes the sound of the fan making a slight vibration noise. I don't like that.
Going back 50 years, radio 1 was on 247 and Luxy was on 208 (metres wavelength). During the day, Luxembourg was impossible to receive in the North of England, but after dark it was fairly clear. In the summers there was a long wait to get a signal on 208 due to long twilight and when you did get one, the sound would sometimes fade away and there would be a "whistler" which steadily descended in tone and sounded ominous and magical at the same time. It was a good job we had Radio Luxembourg, because Radio 1 finished broadcasting around 6PM. I remember a school trip to Switzerland in 1972 and we could get Luxembourg really strong all day long which seemed cool. FM was became dominant around 1980 and we loved it, but some of the magic went with AM's demise. It was the time of Radio legends (such as Wolfman Jack in North America) and the North Sea pirates. Thanks Max for the nostalgia.
Shortwave and amateur radio are still alive if you want to try that out. AM is still around too even if there isn't much to hear on it, but shortwave has plenty of interesting programs.
I occasionally find videos entitling old stuff, and I duly enjoy scrolling through the comments to see stories and such. It makes me happy to see so many have fond memories around such obscure small things and moments in their lives. :)
I use to fall asleep listening to such sounds. It looks like some kind of creatures trying to send some sort of message to earth far from some where. I like it with analogue AM receivers... 73!
This is the first real noise recording I discovered on youtube. In my childhood and youth I was a listener of radio static sounds, wave modulations, interference sounds and all the fascinating noises and mysteries an old tube radio can recieve and produce. I too thought sometimes I'm the only one interested in these sounds but when I was 17 i discovered the unique album of David Sylvian and Holger Czukay 'Plight and Premonition'. The existence of the record and the music were a revelation. Now in 2019 I have a fear it will be too late to buy an old tube radio again and record countless fascinating noises. My plan was and is to arrange it into real 'radio noise arrangements'.
Ebay is your best bet. The radios will always be around, they made tens of millions of them, the tubes however, may end up becoming rare just because they eventually go bad and there's no way to repair them and they don't make them any more.
Yea, used to love it, also. It's like I was part of a warm, comforting community, that was just out there, ready for me to tune in to, if I wanted to. :-)
DWDD-AM 1134 KHz Signs off On July 6, 2014 at 11:02 pm 1. Ang Inyong Kalibakat Closing 2. DWDD Station ID 3. Evening Prayer 4. 2003 Station Notice 5. Lupang Hinirang (2004 version) 6. Silent
I m floored lol , I love that to when I'm sleeping especially when it's a cool just a little warm outside and the window is up with a nice breeze coming in.
Sometimes I put on the AM radio and turn it to dead channels so I can listen to this when I drive. in the summer I keep the windows down, my eyes glued wide open, and the static loud so that it looks like im haunted
@@strawberry_sadist8100 i lkle to think when he sleeps this is what it sounds like, but i like ur headcanon too ! *walks away because you don't know me🕴🕴🕴🏃🏽♀️🏃🏽♀️🏃🏽♀️🧍🏽♀️🧍🏽♀️🧍🏽♀️*
This sounds mint I remember as a kid trying to find john peel on me tranny (under the covers of course) and quiet happily falling asleep to it, also,how influential it was during the 70/80s music scene helping to develop music as a creative seed for nu sounds (see crass) monster babes monster x
This takes me back to the attempted coup d'état of 1981 in the Seychelles. Very scary time and with only a radio for company but since the relay station was commandeered all there was to listen to was noise like this and gunfire.
Hey man, I absolutely love this! Would I be able to use (download) 4 minutes of it for a private Theatre performance in my class? I will give you credit and everything; it would really add to my performance. Thank you.
I like this one. Although it basically hangs around the same station. I wish I could find one where it goes slowly from station to station. Overall very cool though. Thumbs up!
I like AM radio. My dad got me into it growing up. He would go thru the Am dial at night you would pick up WLW in Cincinnati also Wtmj Milwaukee. I learned to have appreciation for that AM sound. I would listen to baseball games from Milwaukee.
Love. Actual, genuine radio static. Not some god-forsaken matlab-generated white-noise abomination. It would be great to have a download link instead of ripping from YT.
@@MaxSwineberg Sry i didn't notice the comment before. I didn't listen for long, when I hear the noise it just drills into my ears. Something about it is unbearable for me
Hey there, I was wondering if you would be alright with someone using this as part of a podcast/creative project? I saw you answered a question about private use, but was wondering if something more public would be okay as well. (Credit and a link would of course be given!) If not, no worries, will continue to enjoy this as background noise to put on while I write :)
@@MaxSwineberg well that is two things we must have in common ,i have a radio that is tuned to the am band and have it turned down low when i go to bed .and besides i detect some back ground sounds from other stations .
The sweet sounds of static and randomly fading stations. Love it!
Static is cosmic background radiation from the early days of the universe.
Reminds me off falling asleep in the car as a little girl
As someone who didn't grow up with AM radio, the arrhythmic, almost unpredictable noise of the AM waves has always given kind of an uneasy feeling to me, as if some sort of unknown creature was, somewhere by the highway, wandering around, unconsciusly interfering the radio waves with it's mere presence.
That my dear friend sounds like the one and only radio demon~
For me it reminds me of the static from the radio of silent Hill which emits loud bitcrushed static when a monster is nearby.
*It is me!*
dawg this shit is used for the esteth method
I grew up with my grandparents who were always tuned to the radio and this sound is a gateway to the universe for me especially in the shortwave bands where it gets really weird.
I used to love turning the dial real slow,searching out the station that was the furthest out from where I was. If I found a voice or music between all the static, I'd listen until I heard where they were broadcasting from and then move on. I still do it on am occasionally but it's not the same unless you have an actual dial instead of a button which is so common now. When I lived on Hawaii on Kauai, one night I was doing this and couldn't believe that I was receiving a station from Los Angeles, and pretty clear actually. Used to have a Grundig Majestic radio as a kid with reception from the world and did the same thing,searching out countries. Simple pleasures....
I used to do this too... I started with an old Archer transistor radio and graduated to a Sony ICF 2010, then to a JRC NRD 535 which I still have. Some of my favorite memories.
Welcome to the DX underground.
After all these years (age 63), this is one thing that hasn't changed one bit, as far back as I can remember. This hails back to the days when *everything* was on AM.
@lavanta2024 Today's commercial FM broadcasting started operating in the current frequency spectrum in the postwar late 1940s, as some then new receivers were equipped to receive the band. FM didn't really gain popularity until about the late 1960's, when AM commercial broadcasters started simulcasting their signals on the FM band -- most of whom eventually abandoned AM around 1990 or so.
Just like the old days. Traveling at night out in the open when hardly any stations where on one would hear this sound until a station came in. Great memories of the old vehicles with AM radio
Trains
I always thought that I was the only weird to love this sound. Thanks for uploading this pal!
Glad you like. Thanks for stopping by.
youre not the only one
Same here!
Found out today my fellow band member used to love the sounds of static .that's why I'm here
Do you love Counting Stations? They are even better.
I thought I was the only one who even considered this. Thank u for being here❤
I just searched for it I guess I find it soothing and was shocked others liked it. My boyfriend hates it. Lol says he keeps wanting to fix the radio. But he likes the sound of the fan making a slight vibration noise. I don't like that.
Going back 50 years, radio 1 was on 247 and Luxy was on 208 (metres wavelength). During the day, Luxembourg was impossible to receive in the North of England, but after dark it was fairly clear. In the summers there was a long wait to get a signal on 208 due to long twilight and when you did get one, the sound would sometimes fade away and there would be a "whistler" which steadily descended in tone and sounded ominous and magical at the same time. It was a good job we had Radio Luxembourg, because Radio 1 finished broadcasting around 6PM.
I remember a school trip to Switzerland in 1972 and we could get Luxembourg really strong all day long which seemed cool.
FM was became dominant around 1980 and we loved it, but some of the magic went with AM's demise. It was the time of Radio legends (such as Wolfman Jack in North America) and the North Sea pirates.
Thanks Max for the nostalgia.
Shortwave and amateur radio are still alive if you want to try that out. AM is still around too even if there isn't much to hear on it, but shortwave has plenty of interesting programs.
Before Internet...before 5G...before Directv....We love This AM Static Radio
And lest we forget, even before FM.
I occasionally find videos entitling old stuff, and I duly enjoy scrolling through the comments to see stories and such. It makes me happy to see so many have fond memories around such obscure small things and moments in their lives. :)
*YOU!?*
@@Alastor1933 YOU !!!!!!
Still love that classic AM radio sound.
I use to fall asleep listening to such sounds. It looks like some kind of creatures trying to send some sort of message to earth far from some where. I like it with analogue AM receivers... 73!
This is the first real noise recording I discovered on youtube.
In my childhood and youth I was a listener of radio static sounds, wave modulations, interference sounds and all the fascinating noises and mysteries an old tube radio can recieve and produce.
I too thought sometimes I'm the only one interested in these sounds but when I was 17 i discovered the unique album of David Sylvian and Holger Czukay 'Plight and Premonition'. The existence of the record and the music were a revelation.
Now in 2019 I have a fear it will be too late to buy an old tube radio again and record countless fascinating noises.
My plan was and is to arrange it into real 'radio noise arrangements'.
not too late, even if they are more rare now so many existed and still work decades after. Good luck on your project!
I love weird and staticy sounds a radio can make. Lots of interference videos on my channel too
You are not alone, my friend.
Ebay is your best bet. The radios will always be around, they made tens of millions of them, the tubes however, may end up becoming rare just because they eventually go bad and there's no way to repair them and they don't make them any more.
I was hearing AM white noise on the car and when my mother got in, she said "are you crazy?" actually I am schizophrenic. But who cares? :)
oh god that's insane
sometimes i like to listen to this while doing 100 on the freeway, it reminds me of space.
Bro??!???
You good?
Do you ｆｌｏａｔ like a feather in a beautiful world?
except in space, you arent hitting 13 pedestrians per minute
I can see your point how it sounds like space shift. 100 mph no I'm not gon do that
The sound and the picture of that radio gives me so much memories:D.
Yea, used to love it, also. It's like I was part of a warm, comforting community, that was just out there, ready for me to tune in to, if I wanted to. :-)
I love radio noise
So do we!
Max Swineberg nice one loved it since I was a kid playing with the tuning and watching the needle move over the bands
I’ve never heard such inspiring words in my life
DWDD-AM 1134 KHz Signs off On July 6, 2014 at 11:02 pm
1. Ang Inyong Kalibakat Closing
2. DWDD Station ID
3. Evening Prayer
4. 2003 Station Notice
5. Lupang Hinirang (2004 version)
6. Silent
I loved to just turn the wheel of the tuner and listen to all this alien sounds. It would anoy the crap out of my family but i love it.
Auf deitsch
I hear to radios signals
sublime music to the ears, given by the gods.
Yuuum The epic
@@simonwillis1529 Simon Willis
Reminds me of listening to the faraway oldies radio station growing up before all the music stations went to FM.
_"-- Remains. Yes, Yes"_
_"Now which is it?"_
_"I'm not sure.."_
*Orchestral flourish*
*Wish you here begins playing, overlapped*
Was looking for exactly this to use in some audio to get that "barely catching a frequency" kind of sound, thanks for uploading!
I still don’t know why this is relaxing to me
Roberto Hernandez me too, I think it’s the fact that we’re listening to a whole lot of nothing!
I have so many hours recorded on VHS. Good recording btw thanks.
Wow. There's a bunch of us oddballs!
I have a bunch of staticy videos on my channel too
It gets to a point where theres enough oddballs to where we're no longer the odd 1s out.
@@staticradiolistening6204 Alright, I'm subscribing if you have stuff like this-
@@sebastianflorian8320 generally distorted radio stations and static is what's on my channel
next try merzbow
This is beautiful, thank you very much
Eda Sacirovitch
love playing music and layering this on top of it, thank you!
I m floored lol , I love that to when I'm sleeping especially when it's a cool just a little warm outside and the window is up with a nice breeze coming in.
Oddly this helped me through a lot of stressful nights in my life just by listening to it as i lay in bed
Sometimes I put on the AM radio and turn it to dead channels so I can listen to this when I drive.
in the summer I keep the windows down, my eyes glued wide open, and the static loud so that it looks like im haunted
Dude, this is just what i was looking for!
Thanks for uploading this
You got it RP!
I play this with 60s music so it sounds like it's playing on a damaged speaker somewhere on a firebase in Vietnam..
Yes.
Great story! Might have to give this one a try!
I rigged up a Part 15 AM transmitter to play old music through vintage radios and i like the occasional crackle from switches and lightning.
Thank you ♡ I sleep to this commonly
I SEE YOU ON EVERY VIDEO I CLICK ON
@@CherriBomb996 🔥😎🔥 I'm just better like that
Very Nice effect. Very simple, extremely effective.
i thought i was the only one intrested in radio signals and thoose things
Wonderful
Omg it's the radio demon alastor
*Hello!...*
@@Alastor1933dayum
@@gael_isaacalastoreldemonioradi *Hello, to you too.*
@@Alastor1933 thank you,My good friend
Wow, this both annoys me and helps me concentrate on my essays. This is incredible :O Thanks for uploading it. I love it.
Ha! Glad this could be of some help. Hope you get an A++++
Hahaha, I certainly hope so! Thanks again :D
Alastor in a nutshell
*Exactly!...*
yeah going to bed listening to this and being watched by ghosts no thanks hahaha
I listen to this every night makes me go to sleep
To me it just sounds very creepy, but I respect it!
I'm 90% sure there's an SCP narrator who uses this as his redacted noise. Love it either way
I use this as some sort of audio scrying.
this is literally what i have been hearing inside my head for the last 2 days
Might want to get that checked out. ;-)
This Sound is so Good...
This is Alastor’s internal monologue probably
This and screaming is probably how he broadcasted his carnage
@@strawberry_sadist8100 i lkle to think when he sleeps this is what it sounds like, but i like ur headcanon too !
*walks away because you don't know me🕴🕴🕴🏃🏽♀️🏃🏽♀️🏃🏽♀️🧍🏽♀️🧍🏽♀️🧍🏽♀️*
@@polariscoven MY REPLY WAS A MONTH AGO BYE AJJGJG
@@polariscoven sleeps is more calming and carnage is more loud and obnoxious so yeah!
@@strawberry_sadist8100 fool i use this every night and s t a l k
the comments for any sus related ones bye 🏃🏽♀️🏃🏽♀️🏃🏽♀️🏃🏽♀️🏃🏽♀️🏃🏽♀️
Thank you this will come in handy!
This sounds mint I remember as a kid trying to find john peel on me tranny (under the covers of course) and quiet happily falling asleep to it, also,how influential it was during the 70/80s music scene helping to develop music as a creative seed for nu sounds (see crass) monster babes monster x
What this guy say?
This takes me back to the attempted coup d'état of 1981 in the Seychelles. Very scary time and with only a radio for company but since the relay station was commandeered all there was to listen to was noise like this and gunfire.
Hey man, I absolutely love this! Would I be able to use (download) 4 minutes of it for a private Theatre performance in my class? I will give you credit and everything; it would really add to my performance. Thank you.
Yes. You may use it. No credit is necessary.
Max Swineberg Great, Thanks Max!
Thank you for posting it :)
My pleasure
I like this one. Although it basically hangs around the same station. I wish I could find one where it goes slowly from station to station. Overall very cool though. Thumbs up!
These kids in gtag are going to regret joining the game
Would love to have this looped.
This brings back so many warm memories.
This helps me go to sleep,,wish it was longer though
great video
i grew up with this shit😭
It's got a good beat.
Where have I heard this?
i listen to this when i just got done yell fighting with my mom and i just wanna block out the world for a bit.
i know... so emo lol
if u think its emo then its not emo
thanks! can I use in a non-commercial audio (music)?
Absolutely!
@@MaxSwineberg thanks!
ruclips.net/video/5rZtlKrQN9c/видео.html
Thank you. Analog is better.
I like AM radio. My dad got me into it growing up. He would go thru the Am dial at night you would pick up WLW in Cincinnati also Wtmj Milwaukee. I learned to have appreciation for that AM sound. I would listen to baseball games from Milwaukee.
It's called DXing and it's a magical thing. I was in Illinois in the 60s and 70s listening to WABC, WLW, WPLJ...
hm... no Alastor comments yet... disappointing.
Well, i came across some so it's not all that disappointing
*. . .*
Dw ı'm gonna turn the whole world to Alastor Everyone should know him :D
@Alastor1933
WHY ARE YOU EVERYWHERE
@@İncoliwwqq ㅤ
why did I think Mangle was going to jumpscare me while watching this video.
Is there any way to extend it?? Like loop it for 2-6 hours???
click on the 3 dots when you tap the screen (with the video) and there should be something that says "loop video"
just letting you know I used this on a song, here's the link if anyone wants to listen, thanks!
soundcloud.com/conor_lynch/static
Pretty cool Conor. I think I would have ended with a reprise of the static and a long fade out.
Hey, I know it's been seven years n stuff, but I gave your song a listen aha. It's great :) Gave you a follow on spotify too.
hello, I want to ask why "Music for programming // coding // concentration VOLUME 2 [ 2-HOURS ]" is gone from RUclips? Thanks.
Good question. I think it got busted for copyright claims. Please check out the Spotify link on my "about" page.
SCP Illustrated!!!
Hey, can I use it in a non commercial Video? :-)
Absolutely :-)
My First radio was a AM Radio
Love. Actual, genuine radio static. Not some god-forsaken matlab-generated white-noise abomination.
It would be great to have a download link instead of ripping from YT.
Can I use it in a non commercial Video for our project ?
Yes... (sorry for the delayed reply). Thanks for asking.
This makes my head feel like it's about to explode
How long did you listen?
@@MaxSwineberg Sry i didn't notice the comment before. I didn't listen for long, when I hear the noise it just drills into my ears. Something about it is unbearable for me
you know... this reminds me of a certain demon
and i wonder who that might be
it's Al!
would it be ok if i used this a part of an intro to an album i am working on
Please do! Thanks!
How the hell does this help you sleep? Anyways, thank you for the upload.
Hey there, I was wondering if you would be alright with someone using this as part of a podcast/creative project? I saw you answered a question about private use, but was wondering if something more public would be okay as well. (Credit and a link would of course be given!) If not, no worries, will continue to enjoy this as background noise to put on while I write :)
Hi Sophia. You are welcome to use the audio in your project. No credit it required. 🙂
@@MaxSwineberg Ah, lovely!!
Hey, I'm doing a music project and this fits the bill for what I need perfectly. Would you mind if I used this? Non commercial btw.
Also, not to mention this is the prettiest static I've come across. Idk how you'd describe static to be pretty but I much prefer this recording.
Absolutely. Enjoy.
SCP Illustrated censor sound effect be like:
great
can i use this for an arg im makin?
This is my Roman Empire
Found my new elite dangerous ambience track
I hate the sound of people chewing so I listen to this so I do t hear it
have you ever heard about misophonia?
yall know its dina mita and not dyna mite
This sounds like ████████
I could barely hear a voice saying this:
“- -Back”
My favorit night sound and some japanoise)
Can i use it for my game?
Got for it!
i believe the start of this is a baseball game though i haven’t actually heard the rest because i keep falling asleep
19 Minutes 🇪🇬
No Russian Woodpecker noise too?
must be the AM band
You know your bands well. ;-)
@@MaxSwineberg well that is two things we must have in common ,i have a radio that is tuned to the am band and have it turned down low when i go to bed .and besides i detect some back ground sounds from other stations .
@@MaxSwineberg and it sounds like a sports show in the background and there talking about baseball