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That one website that plays real nature sounds recorded all over the world

Why it's the pick

Earth.fm is a free, non-profit library of more than a thousand real field recordings, from Serengeti lions to dawn on a Swedish island, with a map to pick a spot. Recordings are real places, not looped sound effects.

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Sounds of the Forest timberfestival.org.uk A soundmap of forests worldwide, built from listener recordings FreeNo signup Link checked Oct 9
radio aporee ::: maps aporee.org Huge global map of field recordings you can play in a row FreeNo signup Link checked Oct 9
Cities and Memory citiesandmemory.com Global sound map of field recordings and their remixes FreeNo signup Link checked Oct 9

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