Prompted by the recognition that while there exists a vast wealth of visual and written documentary material on life's experiences, there exists relatively little whose audio characteristics have been captured, the BBC's 'Save Our Sounds' project is attempting to assist in the preservation of what it calls 'endangered sounds'.
While 'sound maps' are nothing new (a simple Google search demonstrates this), and the extent to which the sounds featured so far could be described as 'endangered' is questionable, I'm impressed that the BBC are doing something that will expose more people to the concept of field recording and that they are doing so with such aplomb.
The project seems to span a number of sites, however the the following page serves as the primary location for curious listeners. - http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/specialreports/saveoursounds/index.shtml
Unfortunately however I tried to contribute two recordings to the map this evening, and was met by a webpage error message. I hope this is only temporary, and in the meantime I've popped an e-mail to their support hoping that they'll be able to assist.
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Hi Ollie,
Please accept my apologies for the problems with our uploader. I am working closely with our technical team to ensure that we get things fixed as soon as we can when problems arise. I believe that it is up and running again now, so do please try and submit your sound again, and if you have any problems don't hesitate to get in touch.
Whilst we are aiming to collect as many "endangered" sounds as possible, we are also interested in sharing world soundscapes. It's a big ask to get people to send sounds in so we've tried to keep it as open as possible to encourage maximum engagement. To that end we've made it possible to upload directly to the map online or via Audioboo, or you can ring in submissions (obviously less desirable due to the quality limitations) or post them too.
We really want to get as many people involved as possible, whether contributing sounds or writing in with sounds they'd like to hear again for the feature "Desperately Seeking Sounds". You can also follow our progress on Twitter at www.twitter.com/bbc_sos
Thanks for your interest - I look forward to hearing your sounds on the map soon!
Kate
Save Our Sounds
BBC World Service
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