play the sound map…
move around the map and zoom in and out to find different sounds…
change the direction of the playhead with these buttons…
filter the sounds using dates…
press this to add music box notes to your soundscape…
filter the amount of sounds using the Tag cloud…
hover over the buttons to see what they do…
press play and trigger sounds of Bedford like a musical score…
filter the sounds by selecting a user to listen to…
change the speed of the playhead here…
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Echo Location
Echo Location is a sound map created specially for Bedford, UK
Play with the Echo Location soundmap and create new and intriguing soundscapes by combining and overlapping different Bedford sounds. Get creative by customising the playback settings and filter the sound selection.
Take part by recording sounds, uploading them to the map and contribute to the expanding sonic palette of Bedford Recordings. Come along to an Echo Location Listening Walk to record and upload sounds with easy-to-use digital sound recorders. See Events for scheduled walks or contact Bedford Creative Arts on 01234 818670
Listen to, record and play the sounds of Bedford as you’ve never heard them before.
The Echo Location sound map was created by interdisciplinary artist Kathy Hinde in collaboration with digital artist Ed Holroyd, commissioned by Bedford Creative Arts to create a series of Bedford-specific sound-art-works. Bedford artist Aaron Head will be accompanying Kathy on some sound recording walks, and leading other walks. Echo Location is related to Kathy and Ed’s piece Twitchr which is specifically for recording and mapping birdsong.
Latest News
Echo Location at The Pad
On Saturday 10th December Bedford Creative Arts held an event to showcase the Echo Location Sound map of Bedford. At the Pad I gave a short talk about the project and screened a short movie which is a recording of me … Continue reading
Installation at The Pad – this Saturday
Bedford Creative Arts are taking over The Pad for a couple of hours before the usual Saturday night madness with an interactive installation by Artist Kathy Hinde of the Echo Location project, which has seen groups of Bedfordians mapping the town … Continue reading
November 21st
Today I took over from Kathy Hinde to deliver my first Echo-location ‘walkshop’. As a studio artist at Bedford Creative Arts I learnt about Kathy’s project early on and have been helping out along the way. Before I met Kathy … Continue reading
Help
How do I play the map and customise my playback settings?
Press the PLAY button and a line will scan across the map playing sounds as it passes markersChange the direction of the scrolling line hereChange the speed of the line
Loop playback
Select if you want to play the tags like a music box, just hear the sound recordings, or combine the two.
Select the scale and start note for the music box notesWhy don't all the markers play a sound?
We have limited the number of sounds that play at any one time. This is so that the Echo Location sound map runs smoothly. The 'active' markers at 'drop pins' and the inactive markers are small circles. You can zoom in and reframe the map to activate different markers.
Why do sounds keep playing after I've clicked pause?
The play and pause buttons only affect the movement of the playhead. Any sound that is playing when you press pause will continue to its conclusion. To stop all sounds, use the stop button.
What do the filters do?
You can use filters to refine the selection of active markers on the soundmap, consequently refining you soundscape to fewer sounds. You can filter the results by date, user and Tags. To filter by Tags, select a word from the Tag Cloud, and only recordings with those tags will remain active. You can select more than one tag.
The clear filters button removes any date, user or tag filters you have selected.
I selected a Tag and all the sounds stopped playing
The Tag Cloud represents all the tags present on the whole map, you may have to zoom out and move around the map to find the active sound with the tag you have chosen. Alternatively, select a different tag.
How can I find out more about each recording?
If you click on the marker for a recording, an info box will appear. You can then click on the link to that recording on Audioboo.
How do I upload recordings?
You can find out how to upload recordings on the Upload page.