The project wants to ‘draw attention to the world’s disappearing soundscapes.’ The project wants to ‘draw attention to the world’s disappearing soundscapes.’ is a reporter with five years of ...

Last week, the British Library launched a £40m ($60m) crowdfunding initiative to preserve its archive of over six million sound recordings. The Save our Sounds project is concentrated on remediating ...

British Library warns its collection of unique and important sound recordings, including extinct birds, First World War testimony's and the UK's most famous voices, could be lost forever within 15 ...

Last year, the British Library began the "Save our Sounds" project, with the aim of accelerating the digitisation of millions upon millions of lost audio recordings held in its vast archive. The ...

Of the roughly 250,000 known marine species, scientists think all ~126 marine mammals emit sounds – the ‘thwop’, ‘muah’, and ‘boop’s of a humpback whale, for example, or the boing of a minke whale.

In brief: If you've ever wanted to remind yourself (or learn, for those a bit younger) what a Sony Walkman, a Polaroid camera, or a 56K modem sounded like, Cities and Memory has launched a website ...

Ethiopian Orthodox Christians celebrate Timiket, or Epiphany, in Columbus, Ohio. This photo is part of “Sounds of Religion,” an educational Smithsonian poster exhibition that presents the history of ...

The Pokémon Company has released the Pokémon DP Sound Library. The library features music and sounds from the 2006 original Diamond and Pearl DS games, available to listen to and to download for use ...

Snap Inc. SNAP owned Snapchat has announced that it is adding more music to its Sounds library, as it looks to tap into the popularity of audio elements, which have seen a big rise on the back of the ...

The notice of the Sound Library’s closure was first spotted by Eurogamer. An announcement on the website of the library states, “This service has been terminated as of May 31, 2022, at 9:00 a.m. UTC.” ...