This is a collection of soundscape recordings made using APL's ESMA-3D microphone array. The original 8-channel 3D recordings have been binauralised for headphone listening using APL's new binaural renderer (Coming soon!).
This playlist will keep being updated with new recordings. Put on headphones, and be immersed in the immersive soundscape.

The ESMA-3D is a microphone array is designed by Dr Hyunkook Lee.  It captures the sound field in 360°, ideal for immersive audio formats such as Dolby Atmos and Auro-3D. It offers a greater sense of spaciousness, accurate localisation as well as a wider listening area. To find out more about the technique, please visit the links below.
Presentation slides: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3550216
AES Journal paper: https://www.aes.org/e-lib/browse.cfm?elib=19883

Recording engineers who have contributed to the ESMA-3D immersive soundscape database.
- Hyunkook Lee, Dale Johnson, Hayden Price, Andrew Nye, Norberto Naal Ruiz, Joochan Lee

ESMA3D Binaural Newmillerdam Scene1

Original Atmos 9.1.6 stems binauralised using APL's upcoming binaural plugin Virtuoso.
www.apl-hud.com 
Track: Fluctuation
Album: Sonic Leaks (https://silentworkmusic.com/)
Artist: Silent Work 
Composed and produced by Olaf Strassen
Recorded and mixed by Lasse Nipkow
Mastered by Stefan Bock at MSM studios

Fluctuation by SilentWork_Atmos 9.1.6 binauralised with Virtuoso

Original Atmos 9.1.6 stems binauralised using APL's upcoming binaural plugin.
www.apl-hud.com 
Track: Pool 11
Album: Sonic Leaks (https://silentworkmusic.com/)
Artist: Silent Work 
Composed and produced by Olaf Strassen
Recorded and mixed by Lasse Nipkow
Mastered by Stefan Bock at MSM studios

Pool 11 by SilentWork_Atmos 9.1.6_Binauralised with the APL's upcoming binaural plugin

Acousmatic soundwalk composition, commissioned by Taigh Chearsabhagh Museum and Arts Centre, Lochmaddy as part of the exhibition 'Orasaigh' a collaboration between poet Steve Ely and photographer Michael Faint, inspired by the landscape around the tidal island of Orasaigh, located on the coast of South Uist at Boisdale.  Ely’s visionary poem, whilst always remaining anchored in the island, roams widely, exploring a range of themes related to Uist and the wider world – sea level rise, the crisis of the ‘sixth extinction’, history, culture, politics, conflict and class.  Faint’s powerful photographs vividly capture the spirit of the place, creating an independent yet complementary subjectivity.  The work of the two artists combines and interacts to produce a uniquely evocative response to a rich and resonant landscape in a work that affirms the vitality and resilience of the human spirit, with the island itself becoming a dual symbol of precarity and hope in the crisis of the Anthropocene.  

Poem: Steve Ely
Photography: Michael Faint
Narration: Steve Ely
Music & Soundscape composition: Duncan MacLeod
Bass Clarinet: Charlotte Jolly
Environmental field recordings: Juraj Fajnor & Duncan MacLeod

Fluctuation by SilentWork_Atmos 9.1.6 binauralised with Virtuoso

APL

Related tracks