Table 2

Sound label(s)

Train Station

Sound keywords

(1) Train station

(2) Transportation

(3) City scene

Sound source(s)

Indoor sounds train coming up, people talking, announcer, stopping, air releasing, doors opening, and conductor speaking

Source isolation

2 (Scene with multiple sources)

Contextual information

Recorded at a BART train station, San Francisco

Recording quality(on a 1 to 7 scale)

5

File origin

The file was obtained from sound recordist Stephen Sykes. It was originally submitted in wave format

Submitted by

Brian Gygi (bgygi@ebire.org)

Recording details

Type of equipment used

N/A

Distance from the source

N/A

Recording environment

N/A

Recording date/time

N/A

Recording level (SPL)

N/A

Usage history

Citation

Gygi, B.: Parsing the Blooming Buzzing Confusion: Identifying Natural Auditory Scenes. In Speech Separation and Comprehension in Complex Acoustic Environments Montreal, Quebec, Canada (2004).

Behavioral data available

Yes

Identifiability p(c)

0.95

Familiarity (1-7)

N/A

Typicality (1-7)

N/A

Number of downloads

0

File and waveform statistics

File format (current)

PCM.wav

File size

5.19 MB (5,446,816 bytes)

Sampling rate

44,100 Hz

Quantization depth

16 bits

Duration

30.877 sec (308777 msec)

Number of Channels

Stereo

DC offset

0

Number of clipped samples

0

Mean rms (in dB)

L: −22.24 dB below maximum (0 dB) R: −21.65 dB

Peak (in dB)

L: −10.87 dB below maximum (0 dB) R: −8.57 dB

Acoustic analysis

Loudness (sones)

27.31

Sharpness (acum)

1.34

Spectral centroid (Hz, scale value)

L: 113.68 Hz (A#2 -43) R: 108.91 Hz

Spectral spread (Hz)

3136.4

Pitch salience

0.42 (average-low)

Pitch

N/A

Autocorrelation peaks (No. and Hz)

None

Qualitative ratings

Harshness

N/A

Complexity

N/A

Size

N/A

Appeal

N/A

Comments

This sound is freely distributable. The recording quality is decent but not outstanding