EigenScape: A Database of Spatial Acoustic Scene Recordings (Raw Data)

Dataset

Description

EigenScape is a database of acoustic scenes recorded spatially using the mh Acoustics EigenMike. All scenes were recorded at 24-bit / 48 kHz resolution. This database contains the raw channel data recordings for eight different location classes:

Beach
Busy Street
Park
Pedestrian Zone
Quiet Street
Shopping Centre
Train Station
Woodland

The recordings were made in May 2017 at sites across the North of England. 8 different examples of each location class were recorded over a duration of 10 minutes for 64 recordings in total. The provided metadata file gives more detail on each recording, and the EigenScape recording map (see link below) shows the locations and classes of all the recordings.
Date made available31 May 2021
PublisherUniversity of York
Temporal coverage1 May 2017 - 31 May 2017
Date of data production1 May 2017 - 31 May 2017
Geographical coverageNorth of England

Cite this