BBC launches Soundscapes for Wellbeing, with archive of 33,000+ field recordings

Soothing sonics captured across the globe.

The BBC has launched a new website, called Soundscapes for Wellbeing, designed to help you connect to nature.

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The project features access to the newly relaunched BBC Sound Effects Archive, which boasts 33,000+ recordings — ranging from nature sounds to footsteps, electronics and toys — with a mixer tool that allows users to create their own soundscapes.

Soundscapes for Wellbeing also includes advice on making your own mixes, videos focusing on wellbeing during the coronavirus pandemic, and a new edit of Mary Anne Hobb’s Ambient Focus mix.

Coinciding with the website, the BBC has has also launched The Virtual Natural Experiment to examine how digital images of nature impact one’s mental wellbeing, in collaboration with the University of Exeter.

Soundscapes for Wellbeing is available through February 28th 2021.

Check it out here.