LWL Museum of Natural History // Life in the Darkness
The Sound Space “Night” was part of the temporary “Life in the Darkness” exhibition at the LWL-Museum of Natural History in Münster, Germany. Inside the darkened space, visitors become a part of the wild concert of the Amazonas Rainforest, surrounded by conversations and songs of the indigenous animals. Another soundscape lets the nighttime inhabitants of the Sonora Desert on the border of the USA and Mexico speak. THE SOUND OF THE MOUNTAIN designed the spatial audio system. For the production of the 3D audio content, the MNTN Production Suite was used.
All the animal sounds used in the soundscapes are recordings of the original species found in the two geographic areas to correctly represent both habitats. The sound design is made for two speaker arrays plus the ceiling, so the species at ground level and in the trees can be localized and distinguished. One speaker ring was located on the floor, one above ear level, and one on the ceiling, so that the species at ground level and in the trees could be localized at the right places.
Client: Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe
Institution: LWL Museum of Natural Science Münster
Spatial audio content production: TAUCHER
