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BBC selects track from Sounds of the Wetlands

The work Tiempo Austral, by Leonardo Santos, included on the album Sounds of the Wetlands (2025), has been requested by the BBC from the label Gruenrekorder for potential use in radio or television programs broadcast by the network. Leonardo Santos…


Student talk and meeting with the Soundlapse project – Rob Mackay

Rob Mackay, researcher at Newcastle University, met with the members of the Soundlapse project, Gabriel Morales, Tomás Altamirano, and Felipe Otondo. Each of them presented different aspects of their work, followed by a discussion on possibilities for collaboration and strengthening…


Field recordings carried out at Parque Oncol

Field recordings were conducted in Parque Oncol, located in the commune of Valdivia. The recordings aimed to capture the acoustic environments of birds in various sonic contexts. During the stay in the park, a Wildlife Acoustics recorder was also installed…


Project results presented in Barcelona

Results from a study exploring the pedagogical and transdisciplinary role that soundscapes can play as a conceptual framework for music and engineering courses were presented by Felipe Otondo at The International Academic Forum (IAFOR) conference in Barcelona. IAFOR is a…


Master’s student graduates with highest honors

The student Esaú Medina, a member of the Soundlapse project, earned his Master’s degree in Acoustics and Vibrations from Universidad Austral de Chile with highest honors. His thesis focused on studying perceptual phenomena in Ambisonics reproduction through the use of…


Launch of Educational Workshop Material for Environmental Education

A new resource for developing environmental education workshops was launched at a workshop held at the Río Cruces Wetlands Center on October 10, 2024. This educational material provides guidelines for conducting classroom activities, soundwalks, utilizing an online bird sound repository,…


Wetlands’ soundscapes concert by Gabriel Morales

On Friday, March 22, 2024, a concert entitled “Ciudad humedal” led by the Soundlapse project researcher, Gabriel Morales, was held at the Río Cruces Wetlands Center (CEHUM) in Valdivia. Sound montages were presented using recordings of various soundscapes collected over…


Concert in Scotland with wetland soundscapes

In the context of the “Encounters” festival, the work “Forest” by the prestigious composer Pete Stollery will be presented at the Kings Pavilion at the University of Aberdeen. The piece was composed using wetlands field recordings recorded as part of…