An acoustic and psycho-acoustic experimental setup for analysing urban soundscapes

Abstract

This paper introduces a psycho-acoustic experimental setup for the representation of urban soundscapes. The approach combines a series of acoustic measurements and ambisonic recordings made with several sensors that favour the interpretation of biological, geophysical and anthropogenic sounds derived from an urban environment. The experiments realized in the Tunisian city of Sidi Bou Saïd illustrate how such soundscapes can be visualised and interpreted, as well as the feasibility of the whole framework experimented in a real urban environment.