Audio and acoustic data of matraques from Santa Maria de Ripoll and Santa Maria de Cervera, Catalonia

The dataset includes sound level meter readings (folders containing acoustic data in CSV format) and audio files in WAV format of matraques, registered on site at the churches Santa Maria de Ripoll and Santa Maria de Cervera, Catalonia, Spain. We used a Cesva SC202 sound level meter (https://www.cesva.com/es/productos/sonometros/sc202/?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjw3vO3BhCqARIsAEWblcB9vq9lnKbF8Fa8OF1C4ZaXOsBXxToVBDxMb1JbUXREgGY9DjVQH-QaAtUXEALw_wcB) and a Zoom H4n recorder. Moreover, the dataset includes post-processed recordings of matraques play. The data were collected as part of the MSCA postdoctoral project "Aural Culture: Decoding the Sacred Soundscapes of Medieval Europe" (acronym: CULT-AURAL, Grant Agreement ID: 101064323). Zorana Dordevic conducted fieldwork in July 2025; Lidia Alvarez-Morales post-processed the acoustic data.