ForestWalk

A wooded footpath recorded near Goldbach, Nürnberg. The natural environment provides a low-distraction baseline with primarily ambient foliage and wind sounds. Versions vary the audio foreground content from pure natural ambience through to localizable and non-localizable music sources, enabling controlled study of music source salience and localizability.

📍 Flaschenhofstraße 39, Goldbach, 90402 Nürnberg49.449487, 11.092179

Version 01

Unlocalized music from a nearby festival audible in the background, blended with the natural forest ambience.

Preview on YouTube with FAO audio and 8K video · Duration: 60 s

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• 4OA Audio: ForestWalk01_A_ambiX4_24bit.wav
• 8K Video: ForestWalk01_V_7680x3840_60fps_60s.mkv
• Muxed AV: ForestWalk01_AV_7680x3840_60fps_60s_25Mbps_ambiX1_24bit.mp4

ForestWalk01. Spatial Information (SI) quantifies the spatial detail in each frame; Temporal Information (TI) measures frame-to-frame change. Left: SI×TI scatter across all frames. Right: SI and TI values over time.

Version 02

Natural forest ambience only — no music. Provides a clean baseline for the scene environment.

Preview on YouTube with FAO audio and 8K video · Duration: 60 s

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• 4OA Audio: ForestWalk02_A_ambiX4_24bit.wav
• 8K Video: ForestWalk02_V_7680x3840_60fps_60s.mkv
• Muxed AV: ForestWalk02_AV_7680x3840_60fps_60s_25Mbps_ambiX1_24bit.mp4

ForestWalk02. Spatial Information (SI) quantifies the spatial detail in each frame; Temporal Information (TI) measures frame-to-frame change. Left: SI×TI scatter across all frames. Right: SI and TI values over time.

Version 03

Localizable music from a Bluetooth speaker positioned within the scene, providing a discrete and identifiable sound source.

Preview on YouTube with FAO audio and 8K video · Duration: 60 s

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• 4OA Audio: ForestWalk03_A_ambiX4_24bit.wav
• 8K Video: ForestWalk03_V_7680x3840_60fps_60s.mkv
• Muxed AV: ForestWalk03_AV_7680x3840_60fps_60s_25Mbps_ambiX1_24bit.mp4

ForestWalk03. Spatial Information (SI) quantifies the spatial detail in each frame; Temporal Information (TI) measures frame-to-frame change. Left: SI×TI scatter across all frames. Right: SI and TI values over time.