Six kinds of place are named, and the field introduces them with “such as” — so six is what is named, not what is in there.
Streets, markets, restaurants, public spaces, transportation hubs and religious sites, in the field’s own list. Part of the library is ambisonic AmbiX with decoded stereo files alongside it, and the rest is stereo alone — the field explains that split by saying discreet conditions in certain locations made a larger ambisonic rig impractical. It puts no number on either part, and neither does this page.
At a Glance
- 101 files, 436 minutes About 4 minutes 19 seconds per file — the division is computed here
- 20.9 GB across 101 files About 207 MB per file — the division is computed here
- Six kinds of place named Streets, markets, restaurants, public spaces, transportation hubs and religious sites — counted off the field
- The list is open The field introduces that list with “such as”, so six is the number it names and not the number it holds
- Two delivery formats, no counts AmbiX with decoded stereo for part of it, stereo alone for the rest. The field gives no figure for either part and this page does not supply one
- Parks are the odd entry A set of urban soundscapes that also carries birds and nature recordings — the field names them itself, as the contrast to the city noise
Content & Detail
A city is not one sound; it is a set of rooms with the traffic leaking into each of them differently. This field names six kinds of room and then admits that part of what it holds could only be taken in stereo, which is worth knowing before a session rather than during one.