Sounds of Istanbul gets you more than 6 hours of oriental-flavored soundscapes and ambiences – gathered around Istanbul, Turkey. It features calls to prayers, bazaars, harbor sounds, Walla, crowds of people passing through the streets and alleys, car traffic, street musicians, both close and distant emergency siren sounds, as well as the quiet crowd at the Istanbul Museum of Modern Art.
So if you’re after middle-eastern city ambiences, Sounds of Istanbul delivers:
Sufficient time scale variation: The collection comes with 80 files ranging from 21 seconds to 17 minutes in length, providing enough time-scale variation for a total of 360 minutes.
Straight forward samples, minimally processed: The sounds have been minimally processed and intended to serve not only those who need straightforward samples but also those who search for intriguing “raw” material for maximum creative freedom in creating new sounds.
Well grounded folder structure, ease of use: The library is divided into 9 group folders of 80 total audio files all recorded and edited at 24bit, 96kHz stereo Wav format, embedded with metadata.