Edinburgh CitySounds was one of 17 experiments selected for the second phase of OrganiCity in 2017. Edinburgh CitySounds was designed to explore and celebrate the richness of sounds in the city, benefiting from recent innovations in digital technology and network infrastructure.
Soundscape Ecology: Opening your ears to conservation
The following article was published in Scottish Wildlife Magazine June 2019, issue 98, pp32-33 and is reposted with permission of ...
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CitySounds Talk at Smart Data and Smart Cities Conference
We presented an overview of the CitySounds project at the 3rd International Conference on Smart Data and Smart Cities in ...
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Exploring the data
The audio data files are large in size and long in duration. 10-second samples at 192kHz are 3.5MB in size ...
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Reflections on Outreach
A key part of our approach to CitySounds was involving the most relevant stakeholders from the outset. This included soliciting ...
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First outing for Sonikebana v1
Upstairs in St Cecilia’s concert hall are six boxes on wheels. Each box contains a small computer, amplifier, speakers, battery ...
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Chris Watson: Inside the Circle of Fire
On 5th April, field recordist and sound artist Chris Watson helped set the CitySounds project into a wider context by ...
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DIY and DIWO Boxes
Over the last couple of weeks, the Edinburgh Forge has provided space and facilities for a couple of sessions of ...
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CitySounds Makes a Noise
We are lining up a number of exciting events to round off the current phase of CitySounds. Check out the ...
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