Sounding the Reef: Comparative Acoustemologies of Underwater Noise Pollution—Album

This album collects 13 audio tracks published in Sounding the Reef: Comparative Acoustemologies of Underwater Noise thesis for PhD by Matthew Buttacavoli. These tracks illustrate a variety of underwater acoustic phenomenon or associated data. The tracks consist of seven (7) hydrophone recordings, four (4) monologues, and one (1) sound art piece. Tracks 1-4, 13 consist of hydrophone recordings made by the author. They were collected during the fieldwork season from July 2017-January 2018 at various reefs within the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, Cairns/Cooktown Management Area. These recordings were collected via hydrophone dropped from the deck of a commercial dive vessel while the vessel was moored. The recording was then edited in Adobe Audition. Tracks 6, 8-10 are monologue stories collected from experts in Seattle (US), Friday Harbor (US), and Victoria (Canada). Each speaker was prompted to tell one story about sound and the Salish Sea. Stories were recorded using a Zoom H4 audio recorder and then edited in Adobe Audition. Track 12 is a sound installation piece which collects four composed sound art pieces commissioned by the author and one field recording by the author (consistent with the methods used in tracks 1-4, 13). The artists were prompted to use the field recording to produce a sound art piece addressing the possible future state of the Great Barrier Reef. The pieces were then combined into one track. Tracks 5, 7, 11 are hydrophone recordings produced by Orcasound and used in this dataset and thesis under Creative Commons license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). All recordings were made via hydrophone in the Salish Sea, in or around the San Juan Islands archipelago.

本专辑收录了13条音频轨道，均出自Matthew Buttacavoli的博士学位论文《探寻暗礁：水下噪声比较声态学》（Sounding the Reef: Comparative Acoustemologies of Underwater Noise）。这些轨道涵盖了多样的水下声学现象及相关数据，具体包括7条水听器（hydrophone）录音、4段独白与1件声音艺术作品。其中轨道1-4、13为作者本人录制的水听器录音，采集于2017年7月至2018年1月的野外作业季，地点位于大堡礁海洋公园凯恩斯/库克敦管理区内的多处暗礁；录音通过从商业潜水船甲板投放的水听器完成，采集时船舶处于停泊状态，后续使用Adobe Audition完成音频剪辑。轨道6、8-10为独白素材，采集自美国西雅图、星期五港以及加拿大维多利亚的领域专家，每位受访者均被邀请讲述一段与声音及萨利希海（Salish Sea）相关的故事，录音使用Zoom H4音频录制设备完成，同样通过Adobe Audition进行后期剪辑。轨道12为一件声音装置作品，整合了作者委托创作的4件原创声音艺术作品，以及1条遵循轨道1-4、13采集方法的作者本人野外录音；艺术家们被要求基于该野外录音，创作围绕大堡礁未来可能状态的声音艺术作品，最终将所有作品合并为一条完整轨道。轨道5、7、11为奥卡声（Orcasound）制作的水听器录音，已获得知识共享许可协议（CC BY-NC-SA 4.0）授权，可被用于本数据集及上述博士论文，所有此类录音均通过水听器采集于萨利希海圣胡安群岛及周边海域。