I'm a student studying sound and i and recording sounds this is one of the recordings. This sound was made by having the microphone near a fridge door that was opening and closing.
Closing a metal door in a natural reverberated acoustic. France, 2005. Recorded with octava mc12 in, ortf setuprecorded on fostex fr2wave stereo 16 bits 48khz.
I needed a sound for an opening door and i didn't find anything so i made one with my h4n and a ntg1 microphone. I used two doors and different ways of opening the doors.
Plywood door with spring latch closed with moderate force. By changing pitch/volume it could work for a variety of doors, cabinets or percussive thumps. Recorded on a sony wireless lav to a dvcam.