This recording is from a large audio dataset assembled over a 12 month (2019) period, using 12 custom built sound recorders placed approx. one mile appart. The project was in collaboration with the McDowell Sonoran Conservancy and examined anthropocentric sound impact on the preserve. CAPLTR Showcase Denoised with RX7

This recording is from a large audio dataset assembled over a 12 month (2019) period, using 12 custom built sound recorders placed approx. one mile appart. The project was in collaboration with the McDowell Sonoran Conservancy and examined anthropocentric sound impact on the preserve. CAPLTR Showcase Denoised with RX7

This recording is from a large audio dataset assembled over a 12 month (2019) period, using 12 custom built sound recorders placed approx. one mile appart. The project was in collaboration with the McDowell Sonoran Conservancy and examined anthropocentric sound impact on the preserve. CAPLTR Showcase Denoised with RX7

This recording is from a large audio dataset assembled over a 12 month (2019) period, using 12 custom built sound recorders placed approx. one mile appart. The project was in collaboration with the McDowell Sonoran Conservancy and examined anthropocentric sound impact on the preserve. CAPLTR Showcase Denoised with RX7

This recording is from a large audio dataset assembled over a 12 month (2019) period, using 12 custom built sound recorders placed approx. one mile appart. The project was in collaboration with the McDowell Sonoran Conservancy and examined anthropocentric sound impact on the preserve. CAPLTR Showcase Denoised with RX7

This recording is from a large audio dataset assembled over a 12 month (2019) period, using 12 custom built sound recorders placed approx. one mile appart. The project was in collaboration with the McDowell Sonoran Conservancy and examined anthropocentric sound impact on the preserve. CAPLTR Showcase Denoised with RX7

This recording is from a large audio dataset assembled over a 12 month (2019) period, using 12 custom built sound recorders placed approx. one mile appart. The project was in collaboration with the McDowell Sonoran Conservancy and examined anthropocentric sound impact on the preserve. CAPLTR Showcase Denoised with RX7

Secondary Authors: Cornelius Pöpel, Carla Banai-Schoneweg.This recording was made in the park Yerba Loca, about 2 hours drive from Santiago. We went with the car as far as possible, then went by foot. The recording was done close to a huge stone. There were bushes and some trees close to the recording spot. There is a river making a lot of sounds. We went far away from the river to keep water sounds and their masking small. One can hear birds as well as the river and cows from far away.

This recording was taken on one of the walking paths on Vogelinsel (Bird Island) at the Altmühlsee (Lake) in Germany, which is a nature reserve. The microphone was mounted on a stand. On both sides of the path is water - behind there is a small pond and in front of the mic-direction, a big lake. All around this, there are other small islands. Various different birds are heard, frogs croak, and sometimes one hears water sounds. They could come from fish. One can hear insects flying around the microphone, humans talking far away, music coming from a radio or so is heard as well along with airplanes.

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This recording exhibits the silent landscape of the Mojave Desert at night. Very minimal sonic events happen during this recording, the most notable of which being an airplane flying overhead. Sporadically throughout the recording small birds begin chirping and at a couple points near the end of the recording, larger birds flapping their wings become an brief sonic characteristic to the recording.

This recording starts right away with an amazing eagle call. The call repeats every 7-10 seconds. The call is varies in dynamics, is raspy, and may sound a bit like a baying horse sometimes. The microphone was not held steady and bumps and taps can be heard randomly throughout the 2 minute recording. The eagle is not the only bird featured in this recording. There are various squawks and chirps that can be heard alongside the eagle. Also, as in many of the other recordings, a bug flies around the microphone and wind blows. It can be a bit distracting from the eagle call itself.

This recording contains a large, windy soundscape. There are many instances where the microphone was bumped by surrounded objects being blown from a gust of wind. During these gusts of wind there are rich textures from dried shrubbery, creaking twigs and dry branches. This recording also contains sporadic bird calls and chirping, however they mostly remain in the distance. The most notable sonic element to this recording is the consistent sound of the microphone moving due to the winds.

This recording is rich with sonic events! An eagle calls ten times throughout the recording, a fly buzzes around the microphone for the duration of the recording, and there is another sort of buzzing right towards the end which sounds much heavier than coming from a fly.

Due to this recording's environment, there is a lot of reverberation from the birds chirping, vehicles passing by and the occasional plant life being brushed together. There are over 10 instances of cars passing by, most of which are large trucks - presumably semis passing through on the highway. Throughout the recording there are a plethora of birds calling and chirping. At one particular point in the recording, no cars or trucks pass for over three minutes and the sounds of the birds thrive inside the cave-like environment this recording was made in.

This recording contains a plethora of bird calls which are consistent throughout most of the recording. The other sonic events of this recording include sounds of motor vehicles as they pass through the scene, a few instances of insects buzzing by the microphone, and winds occasionally blowing around twigs and dried shrubbery.

This recording is mostly bugs (i.e. crickets and cicadas) and a faint sound of water. There are occasional bird chirps and squeaks as well as what sounds like little water droplets landing near the microphone.

This recording mostly consists of distant highway noises. There are occasional bugs that buzz by and bird calls and what seems to be a jet or airplane near the end of the recording.

This recording consists of occasional bird call, bugs buzzing near the microphone, human movement, and a near constant hum of the freeway. We hear crows and doves in the recording as well as one plane flying over head. There doesn't seem to be much breeze or any breeze at all and the human movements in the recording consists of a man's voice, crunching on the gravel, footsteps, and stones being tossed.

This recording contains sounds equally from nature and humans. There are four instances when a car will drive right next to microphone and zoom past from the right channel to the left. Essentially this entire 2 hour recording has ambience of vehicles driving along the freeways in the distance as well as consistent sounds of bird calls. There are a few instances where a squawking bird begins calling quite close to the microphone and the timbre of its voice is very clear. The rest of the bird calls are are a little off in the distance and only vary between birds once about three times.

This recording contains a long sample of running water falling from a small creek. A few times in the recording what seems to be a very, very gentle breeze causes the stream to flow differently for a brief moment, otherwise the stream of the creek is consistent throughout the recording. Another sonic characteristic to this recording are a few crickets chirping. The crickets have been noted accordingly.

This recording is very silent. There sounds that occur throughout the recording are far into the distance. These sounds include consisted chirping of crickets from about the 13 minute mark until the end of the recording; cars passing along the freeway system; bird calls and the sounds of airplanes passing overhead.

This file contains a large, evolving soundscape of crickets chirping. About 3/4 through the recording there is a fairly dense sonic field of crickets chirping which create a nice immersive environment. There is a short instance where an airplane flies over the scene as well as some nice sounding breezes, but the majority of the recording is the crickets chirping together. The recording is marked at 8:36PM.

This file contains a few interesting events. As stated in the previous recording, this recording also contains the same electronic beeping in intervals of 25 seconds. There are some interesting bird calls, one sounding similar to a seagull’s caw, and one loud squawking bird call. From about the 9:30 minute mark until the end of the recording there is a very gradual build up of crickets chirping together. It starts with just one until the 15:30 minute mark.

This file contains frequent reoccurring events that mostly contain bird calls or notably strong winds. There are consistent winds present throughout the recording, as well as insects flying around the microphones. The author describes the recording at about the 1 minute mark stating that the GPS is marked Mojave 16, 05, 2014. It is Friday, May 16th at 6:36PM. According the the description there are lots of little bugs flying all over the place. Someone describes that it is overcast and the sun is going to set in about an hour. The recording was made in ambisonic A format on channels 1 - 4 and MS microphones recording on channels 5 and 6. The gain on the sound field microphone is set at 53db, the gain on the MS pair is also set at 53db and center. These recordings are hoping to document the sounds of coyotes.

This recording contains a wind sound scape with plenty of wildlife activity. Sporadically throughout, new birds chime in to the recording and gives their unique calls for a few minutes at a time. Needless to say the wind overpowers most of the bird calls as most of the birds are usually off in to the distance. There a couple of instances in where wildlife movement becomes audible. This events are quite brief however, but they depict the dry dessert landscape.

This recording was done at 7:57 AM on March 16, 2014. The recording features aircraft and birds. The aircraft is not marked in time because it is consistent throughout the entire track. It turns into a dull noise that blankets the recording. There are also birds chirping for a majority of the recording, though they may be faint against wind or aircraft.

This recording has consistent wind, bugs, and birds, but has a lot of unique bird calls throughout the entire piece.

This recording contains a steady amount of wind and consistent bird chirping throughout the entire recording. About every 30 seconds or so, a bug flies around the microphone.

At virtually any point in this recording one can scrub to a period in the file, listen for a few moments and here lush winds blowing across the landscape; dried leaves and shrubbery being pushed along the landscape; and various bird calls. There are two specific instances where the sonic environment was particularly pleasing and have been been annotated as so. There are also a couple of instances where some interesting wildlife movement is audible. At the 55 minute mark, there is a heavy flapping sound coming from, presumably, a bird taking flight from the recording location. The other is of a humming bird-esque fluttering that occurs around the 1 hour, 5 minute mark. The last notable event is wildlife movement from what could possibly be a rodent or other small animal. At the 1:35:04 mark the critter moves from the left channel to about the middle and then a few moments later quickly scurries from the right channel to the far left.

This recording contains many samples of wildlife activity. Such as birds chipping, birds fluttering their wings, and birds hopping around on the ground pecking at the floor. There are also many samples of wind and plant life moving in the wind; i.e. shrubbery brushing against one another, dried sticks and leaves being pushed around on the floor. At virtually any point in the recording these sounds are present after a few moments of listening. The more prevalent events, or sections, of these sonic events have been noted accordingly.

This file is mostly another wind soundscape sample. There are plenty of instances when the breeze is a little bit stronger and pieces of equipment become audible. Perhaps the most exciting event is when for a very brief second, at the 2:30 mark, a fly buzzes across the microphones from right to left.

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This is a very noisy recording. There are many odd sounds such as clacking, birds coo-ing, whistles, and a pesky bug that flies around consistently throughout the entire recording. At the end of the recording, there is a description of the scene and that the time is 12:51 PM.

This recording contains consist wind soundscape. There are instances of insects chirping as well as a large section of bird calls. Unfortunately there are no coyotes to be heard.