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Buddhist temple
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I've put together a work in progress soundscape called Buddhist Temple -

Imagine sitting in a quite temple compound on a nice afternoon. The Shishi Odoshi close by provides a pleasant sense of time. Once in a while, a bird chirps. People pass by on the gravel paths. In the distance, you can hear the temple bell striking, and once in a long while, the monks chant.

For more information see this requests forum topic - http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2697

Current freesounds used are provided by MShades (bell), reinsamba (birds), gurdonark (bird), gezortenplotz (chant), lgarrett (chant), dobroide (footsteps), tigersound (footsteps), digifishmusic (footsteps). See below for full credits.

While Corsica_S gets the sounds from the Portland gardens, I decided to use one sample I had as a placeholder. The shishi odoshi sound is currently from the Hokkaido Tokai University. If anyone can figure out how to get in touch with the creator/owner of this sound, please let me know. (http://www.htokai.ac.jp/DD/ogawa/st02/99sdd232/sound/Sisi-2.wav)

For now, I've uploaded the file here - http://www.mediafire.com/?fbz0famy1md. If you have access to a computer running OS X, please try it out, and let me know what you think. Currently, the soundscape is set to make sounds very rarely, apart from the looping Shishi Odoshi sound.

Of course, you would also need the Natural Worlds software, found here - http://projects.gerryscuppatea.org/NaturalWorlds/

Thanks everyone!

Credits:
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version 0.1 - This NaturalWorld is still a work in progress. Specifically, the Looping Sound is currently being used without permission. However, since the sound is available on the Hokkaido Tokai University website, it is assumed in good faith that it can be used for non-commercial purposes.

Most other sounds have been sourced from the FreeSound Project - http://freesound.iua.upf.edu

Looping Sound:

Sisi-2.wav from http://www.htokai.ac.jp/DD/ogawa/st02/99sdd232/sound/Sisi-2.wav

If anyone knows how to contact the creator or owner of this sound, please leave me a message through my Freesounds profile at http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/forum/privmsg.php?mode=post&u=528242

This sound is planned for replacement with a Creative Commons sound as soon as available.

Environment Sounds:

By MShades (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/usersViewSingle.php?id=180608)
Kongourin-ji_bell_mp3.mp3 (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=25914)

By reinsamba (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/usersViewSingle.php?id=18799)
blackbird in backyard.wav (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=19999)
chaffinch.wav (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=20020)
mistle thrush.wav (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=20021)

By gurdonark (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/usersViewSingle.php?id=59021)
Birdsong down a Chimney.WAV (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=31839)

By gezortenplotz (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/usersViewSingle.php?id=11536)
nichi ren02.wav (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=32421)

By lgarrett (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/usersViewSingle.php?id=58726)
grafton peace pagoda 1.mp3 (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=34167)

By dobroide (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/usersViewSingle.php?id=8043)
20060129.scrub.04.wav (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=15226)

By tigersound (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/usersViewSingle.php?id=23035)
gravel walking.aif (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=15562)

By digifishmusic (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/usersViewSingle.php?id=29541)
Pebbles On Flat Beach.wav (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=43761)

Software Used

Max 0.7.1 (http://sbooth.org/Max/) was used for converting all non mp3 files to mp3.

Audacity 1.2.5 (http://audacity.sourceforge.net/) was used for editing the audio files.
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