Tuesday, December 13, 2005

A Community of Sound

Podcasting may be inundating us at every turn, and collaborative music projects about. But what about sounds themselves? The sounds of our world can now be heard on soundtransit.
SoundTransit is a collaborative, online community dedicated to field recording and phonography.

In the “Book” section of this site, you can plan a sonic journey through various locations recorded around the world. And in the “Search” section, you can search the database for specific sounds by member artists from many different places.
If you are a phonographer, you can also contribute your recordings for others to enjoy.

The Creative Commons Attribution license encourages the sharing and reuse of all sounds on this website.
I listened to this sound voyage, combining New York's Grand Central station, to the sound of waves on a Japanese bay, to a walk on the Sardinian coast. From a practical standpoint, it offers great sound clips for background on any multimedia production. From a "voyager" perspective it took me away for a moment, into someone else's world. It was like a mini meditation. The transitions were smooth. The sound went from one side of my headset to another as the waves lapped the shoreline.

I could see creating a soundtrack for doing yoga off this site, or something to help me concentrate when working. Another example of an amazing gift economy. Thanks, Soundtransit!

Edit: I just went and created yet another journey. This is truly an AMAZING site. I encourage you to experience it.

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