Is the Money Counting Sound in ATMs Fake?

Sharing that this sound, which makes us feel good from time to time, is fake, has been circulating on social media for a while. According to the allegations; The sound of counting money we hear in ATMs comes out of a loudspeaker and therefore If we withdraw 50 TL, we hear the same sound if we withdraw 1000 TL.

We have news that will sprinkle some water on you about these shares, which disappointed many people. Actually the sound we hear is real; so it’s not coming from a speaker. However, this sound is not the sound of an ATM counting money. So what is the source of this sound? We asked an expert and it’s been years Carrying out the maintenance of ATMs in one of the most established banks of our country. We consulted experts (who we cannot name).

Let’s remember that famous money counting sound:

According to the allegations circulating on social media; This sound was shared by a website with the hashtag of ‘artificial sounds that relax people’, and on top of that, people started sharing, saying that the sound came from a speaker. However, the sources and Experts on ATMs say the opposite.

Let’s start with a question we’re all wondering: What’s inside ATMs?

We do not want to bore you by explaining the working system of ATMs in great detail. For this reason, if we need to talk briefly; The mechanism inside ATMs ensures that your card and password are correct. vacuum separated It performs many operations until it is sent to the top.

Moreover, while making these transactions, the money withdrawn and deposited, checks are always in separate compartments. drawer-like these partitions are called ‘cassettes’.

There are usually 4 cassettes (drawers) inside the ATMs and usually 2 of these cassettes It is reserved for the money that can be withdrawn from the ATM. One of the remaining tapes contains documents with cash such as checks, and the last remaining tape contains the money deposited in the ATM.

In drawers (i.e. cassettes) set up for the ATM to pay The coins are stacked in bales. Thus, when you enter the amount of money you want to withdraw, the ATM separates the amount you want from these bales by vacuum and sends it to the money chamber with the help of rotating bands and wheels.

We think the sound of these wheels is the sound of counting money.

The working mechanism of ATMs is always the same for moving the money upwards from the stacked drawers. This mechanism creates the cogs always make the same action (the whole mechanism takes a single turn) to deliver the money to us; first selects the coin according to its size and quantity, He then sends the money to us. The reason why we hear the same sound no matter how much money we withdraw is that ATMs are always same way caused by his work.

The people who maintain the ATMs also clearly state that the source of this noise we hear is not any loudspeaker. Because they do not count money according to the information we receive from them. The source of the sound is the wheels inside the ATM and the bands working to move the money up. So we think he is counting money. ATMs don’t have any speakers inside; we only dream of our money that will come by hearing the sound of the wheels inside.

You can see how real the voices we hear are in the video sent to us by our expert who maintains ATMs:

In old type ATMs, the working system was slightly different. However, there was a similar sound.

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