"sonic London" contains original sound recordings from 2 well-known city locations - Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square. Each location has 20 alternative, processed versions of each sound. It provides the chance to explore what is often ignored - the aural aspects of a location rather than the visual - and to consider hidden aspects of the soundscape, and the sounds that may have existed in these famous locations in the past.

Each sound can be played on its own and can be tapped on/off. More than one sound can be played at the same time by tapping more than one "bubble". The bubbles animate when a sound is playing and stop when it is not. Each of these 20 sounds varies each time it is played. The original sound can also be toggled on/off by tapping on the 'original sound' checkbox at the bottom of the screen.

This app is based on research by Jerry Fishenden at the UK's Institute of Creative Technologies. Sonic London v1.0.





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