Sound Map
Mar 4th
Brief
Create a simple sound map of an agreed area, say the center of a town or city.
Cover 8 to 12 locations.
Output options
Interactive
Put them on Google Maps
Present them as an interactive video on youTube
InstallationCreate a short video with images and sound recordings from the locations
Example
Soundscapes Worksheet
Mar 4th
Brief
Recreate a journey through the following environments
- Industrial
- City
- Jungle
The listener should become immersed in the environment you have created, try to make them feel like they are actually there.
Guide
Each journey should be around 60 seconds long
Source material from a site like freesound.org and record your own samples when possible.
Try to create a rich texture of sounds using multi-track production software.
Fade each piece in and out
Mix down, normalise and export a final master in WAV format
Upload to Soundcloud and link through to your blog
References
The British Library
The British Library’s extensive collections of unique sound recordings, which come from all over the world and cover the entire range of recorded sound: music, drama and literature, oral history, wildlife and environmental sounds.
Freesound
Freesound is a collaborative database of Creative Commons Licensed sounds. Browse, download and share sounds.
Sound map Worksheet
Mar 6th
Brief
Create a sound map of an agreed set of locations
Guide
Use 6 to 10 locations that you can easily and safely access. Agree them first with your tutor.
Capture around 60 seconds worth of material at each location. Take some photographs as well.
You can use the Soundcloud app on your phone or a Zoom recorder and upload to Soundcloud
Create a map in Google maps and add your locations with a link to the sound you recorded at that location (There’s a mini tutorial for this)
You cannot use where you live as a location.
Reference
Edinburgh Sound Map project
http://www.edinburghwateroflife.org/sound-map/
UK sound map at the British Library
http://sounds.bl.uk/sound-maps/uk-soundmap
London Sound Survey
Book based sound map of London
http://www.apenguinjourney.com
A sound map of New Orleans
http://www.opensoundneworleans.com/core/
Acoustic Ecology
http://www.banffcentre.org/blog/2013/05/15/a-short-history-of-acoustic-ecology/