Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Cities and Memory
a global field recording sound map with remixes
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Cities and Memory launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Sound recordings of people, places and events in the capital
2016 · soundsurvey.org.uk · its alternatives →
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A massive dataset of manually annotated audio events
2017 · research.google.com · its alternatives →
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Music discovery and exploration on web, iOS and Android
2014 · indieshuffle.com · its alternatives →
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This is an web audio experiment I've been wanting to do for a long time. Basically an ambient music composition, but all the sound elements are laid out in space, and that musical space can be explored freely. It's definitely inspired by in-world music that sometimes appears in games. I basically took that concept, keeping the music aspect, and dropping the entire "game" aspect. I also turned it into a more "traditional" non-interactive album, but since I started with code, why not program the whole thing? Had a blast making the entire album from code, the complete source for the album is…
2024 · ambient.garden · its alternatives →
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Nostalgic sounds from the past
2014 · savethesounds.info · its alternatives →
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RecordGram▲97A studio and production marketplace in the palm of your hand
2017 · recordgram.com · its alternatives →
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FreeSound▲161Huge database of free audio snippets, samples, + recordings
2014 · freesound.org · its alternatives →
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A fresh new take on sound wave art
2016 · soundviz.com · its alternatives →
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Musikcube▲107A fully functional terminal-based music player
2017 · musikcube.com · its alternatives →
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