The Positive Soundscapes Project is a unique research effort which seeks to re-evaluate environmental sound.

The project aims to broaden the current paradigm of noise control toward an understanding of how positive sounds can be characterised and designed into the everyday environment. The work involves integrating perspectives from acoustic engineering, social science and sound art to produce a holistic account of sound perception in the environment.

There are artistic, qualitative, scientific and practical outputs. The project is funded by EPSRC and began on 1 October 2006. 

All Positive Soundscapes sound files are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial license.

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