Field recording archive · India

Listening to India, before the sound changes.

Immersive, high-quality, multi-channel field recordings made to document India as it actually sounds.

8Libraries documented
432Recordings
27h 23m 53sTotal recorded audio
FOA · XY · AB · MS · 5.1 · 8-Channel Array · Quad · ORTFRecord types

Every recording is professionally RECORDED, restored, mastered and catalogued according to the Universal Category System.

About the archive

We are building a dedicated Indian sound library focused on immersive, high-quality, multi-channel field recordings. Our aim is to document the sounds of India as they actually exist—naturally, organically and in detail—and make them accessible to sound artists, researchers and audio professionals around the world.

This is more than a collection of sound effects. It is an ongoing effort to document India’s sonic identity.

We want to record places before they change, traditions before they disappear, environments before they are altered, and everyday moments that might otherwise never be preserved. From the smallest details of a street to the vast ambience of a landscape, every recording becomes a piece of India’s acoustic history.

We know there is a long way to go. We are constantly improving our recording techniques, equipment, formats and production standards. But we believe building something meaningful starts with simply going out, listening and recording.

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