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Before we’re out again in the montain woods of Wallis for new measurements and recordings, there are new sensors to be tested at the experimental garden at WSL.

The treelab at the ICST is now fully operational and we’re conducting experiments with native and tropical plants. The ZHdK facility dept. helped us to find a quiet lab space at Mediacampus; thank you very much!

A surround-sound installation from the research project trees of the Institute for Computer Music and Sound Technology of the Zurich University of the Arts and the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL. Artistic realization: Marcus Maeder … Weiterlesen →

We conducted various tests under laboratory conditions to identify the mechanical causes of sounds in trees (wind, minor air movements, friction of needles against each other etc.) in order to be able to distinguish these from actual biological signals in … Weiterlesen →

In order to obtain measurement data and ultrasonic emissions for our first sound analysis corresponding to the data that was obtained in Salgesch in 2004 and used in our sonification experiments, we decided to return to the original measuring site … Weiterlesen →

A simple Ambisonics sound installation (4/2 channels) was created to conduct the first sonification experiment using the measurement data obtained in Salgesch by WSL. The main focus here was on which sounds and noises could be attributed to which processes … Weiterlesen →

It is quite a challenge to obtain analyzable signals from plants above the background noise that convey more than just the resonance of the sensors themselves. In order to achieve this, we conducted a series of coupling and sensor tests … Weiterlesen →