City streets are the channels of all the possibles. They are a heat place for sensorial stimulus connecting people lives and their urban activities throughout the day. Yet when it becomes quiet, we still perceive the energy. We are able to sense the mood of the moment with serenity.
These recordings were made at ground level with very few editing in order to keep them natural. They therefore are intended to be as close as a human would experience the city in a daily basis. At times, distinct activities can be heard from distance although the most noisiest events were taken out. Each files are loopable. Also every season and weather condition are represented. This library has been thought for the universal need of sonic bed in urban scenes, used as glue or ‘exterior roomtone’.
This selection is the result of 15 months of recording throughout the multicultural city of Montreal (considered the most European City in North-America). Where the mix of culture in this city gives it a universal flavor that makes it belongs to the world of the 21st Century. Various seasons and weather conditions have been captured.
The library is available in stereo, and surround (Quad).
- 60 Stereo ambience and 27 Surround ambience recordings between 1 to 5 minutes long each
- Various settings, locations and time of the day
- Different weather conditions: as sun, wind, rain, snow…
