Earth Garden is a web-based tool that allows users to explore the world through environmental field recordings sourced from Freesound.
Key facts
- •Earth Garden uses environmental audio recordings sourced from the Freesound database.
- •The interface features an interactive globe that plays location-specific sounds as the reticle moves.
- •Available recordings include natural sounds like crickets and waves, as well as urban audio like rainfall.
- •Users can toggle an optional background feature that plays generic ambient drones.
- •The platform's audio library is currently most concentrated in the U.S. and Europe.
Earth Garden is a digital tool that enables users to navigate a virtual globe to listen to environmental audio recordings from various locations. Similar in concept to Radio Garden, the platform focuses on natural and urban soundscapes rather than radio broadcasts. Users can listen to diverse audio, ranging from Atlantic island waves and Tanzanian crickets to rainfall in Manhattan.
Platform functionality and content
The platform utilizes recordings sourced from Freesound, which allows for an automated rotation feature that transitions between different audio clips as the globe moves. Users also have the option to overlay generic ambient drones onto the field recordings. Because the content is pulled from Freesound, the audio quality and volume levels can vary between clips. The geographic distribution of the recordings is currently concentrated in the United States and Europe, with a notable density of clips from the United Kingdom. The tool is designed for both active listening and as a source of background noise.
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This article was independently rewritten by ManyPress editorial AI from reporting originally published by The Verge.
