---
configs:
- config_name: default
  data_files:
    - split: train
      path: data/*.parquet
features:
- name: id
  dtype: string
- name: scenario_id
  dtype: string
- name: location
  dtype: string
- name: location_subtype
  dtype: string
- name: audio
  dtype: audio
license: cc-by-4.0
task_categories:
- audio-classification
- text-to-audio
language:
- en
tags:
- audio
- sound-effects
- background-noise
- synthetic
---

# Background Sounds

A collection of over **1000 realistic background audio files** generated using [stabilityai/stable-audio-3-small-sfx](https://huggingface.co/stabilityai/stable-audio-3-small-sfx), structured around the taxonomy from the [agentlans/public-announcements](https://huggingface.co/datasets/agentlans/public-announcements) dataset.

## Dataset Specifications

* **Volume:** Normalized to **-20 dB RMS**
* **Duration:** 1 minute per sample
* **Volume per Scenario:** 10 audio samples per scenario type
* **File Format:** MP3

## Limitations & Known Issues

* **Generation Artifacts:** Some audio files may contain synthetic artifacts or looping anomalies typical of text-to-audio generation models.
* **Acoustic Analysis:** This dataset has not undergone deep acoustic analysis, filtering, or manual quality control beyond automated loudness normalization.

## Licence & Disclaimer

This dataset is released under the **Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC-BY 4.0)** license.

**Note:** Users are advised to review and comply with the underlying licensing terms of the generation models (such as Stability AI's terms) and any associated dependencies before downstream or commercial deployment.