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🎉 SonicMaps v3 is here! Our latest update lets you schedule content zones to create dynamic audio experiences that change throughout the day. Imagine having night 🌙 and daytime ☀️ variations of your sounds! #AudioInnovation #TechUpdate 🚀🎧

An accessible route through Walthamstow Wetlands is also available for this geolocated experience: sonicmaps.xyz/tours/1690/

🌿 We’re honoured that Hayden Thorpe (ex @WildBeasts ) has chosen SonicMaps to premiere his new album "Wetlands". 👉sonicmaps.xyz/tours/1688/ Set in Walthamstow Wetlands, Europe’s largest urban wetland reserve, this location-based work will be temporarily available only on-site.

This immersive soundwalk was created by Dutch-Swiss composer, producer and performer Evelien van den Broek (aka Leafsheep). Explore more of her work: evelienvandenbroek.com

Wander among mythic beings. Listen to nature and music merge in a living mythscape. Your journey begins here: 🎧 sonicmaps.xyz/tours/1667/ #mythology #SoundArt #SoundWalk

What if five ordinary trees were inhabited by mythological beings? 🌳 Would you dare to walk among these creatures? 👇

@sfiscience "the possibility that a universe capable of simulating another could itself be perfectly reproduced inside that very simulation." --> Is this what Douglas Hofstadter defines as a "Strange Loop"? #GödelEscherBach

The simulation hypothesis — the idea that our universe might be an artificial construct running on some advanced alien computer — has long captured the public imagination. Yet most arguments rely on intuition rather than clear definitions, and few have formally defined what “simulation” even means. A new paper by SFI Professor David Wolpert aims to change that — introducing the first mathematically precise framework for what it would mean for one universe to simulate another — and shows that several longstanding claims about simulations break down once the concept is defined rigorously. His results suggest a far stranger landscape than previous arguments suggest, including the possibility that a universe capable of simulating another could itself be perfectly reproduced inside that very simulation. santafe.edu/news-center/ne…

🎧✨ Take a stroll through sound this Christmas! Free immersive audio tours from around the globe are waiting for you. From Scotland’s coasts to Taipei’s streets, hear the world through stories & soundscapes. 🌍 sonicmaps.xyz/player/ #SonicMaps #AudioAdventure #FreeExperience

Follow the tideline of Berneray as waves, poems and music braid together along the shore. 🌊“Tidelines” is a lyrical 2-mile coastal walk on East Beach, voiced by Uist writers and scored by Duncan MacLeod’s soundscapes. #naturelovers #travel #soundwalk 🔗sonicmaps.xyz/tours/1634/

Discover the sounds of Brazil's rainforests and help protect biodiversity! 🌳 Join @GoogleCulture & @WildMon_AI in the Forest Listeners project to train AI by identifying animal calls and support rainforest conservation. Listen & contribute from anywhere! blog.google/outreach-initi…

📢 We’re thrilled to announce the launch of 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮.𝗶𝗼 — our brand new platform built for all musicians, learners, and music teachers! Explore all the new tools now: 👉musicalia.io #music #musician #edtech #piano #musiceducation #musictheory

📢 All #SonicMaps public tours now have their own dedicated page—making discovery and sharing even easier! 🌍 If you’re a creator, make sure your bio and photo are up to date in the Editor—your profile appears on every tour page and helps listeners connect with your story!

Light Keeper explores the poetics and politics of navigation through sound and light. A GPS-guided walk and light installation at Fort Canning Park transform its maritime past into a sonic journey of discovery and encrypted messages. 🎧sonicmaps.xyz/player/?p=1635 #SoundArt #Singapore

We've added a sleek, draggable Zone Selector window to facilitate content management in complex projects with many overlapping zones. Try it out! 👉sonicmaps.xyz (10-days free trial) 🔧#WebDev #SonicMaps #Editor Thank you for your valuable feedback and ongoing support!

Time to make sure you’re ready to make a submission to this year’s #SoundWalkSeptember #Awards - free entry, cash prize, judges by your peers walklistencreate.org/awards/sound-w…

🚀 SonicMaps 3.3 is here! 🎧 Smarter Conditional Playback with group-based triggers 🛠️ Improved beat sync & key bug fixes 🌍 UI now available in German! Explore what’s new 👇 sonicmaps.xyz/blog/sonicmaps… #SonicMaps #audiotech #storytelling

Guten Tag! 🇩🇪 Die SonicMaps Player-Oberfläche ist jetzt auf Deutsch verfügbar. Entdecke Klanglandschaften in deiner Sprache! The SonicMaps Player UI is now available in German. #SonicMaps #Deutsch #Soundwalks

“The final question will be: is the soundscape of the world an indeterminate composition over which we have no control, or are we its composers and performers, responsible for giving it form and beauty?” R.Murray Schaefer. 🌍🌳🐝 Happy #WorldListeningDay!

Orasaigh is a binaural soundwalk by composer Duncan MacLeod exploring themes of place, memory, and ecological change—reflecting on disappearing paths, shifting coastlines, and the deep entanglement between language, land, and listening. #OuterHebrides 🎧👉 sonicmaps.xyz/player/?p=1540