THE OPPORTUNITY
Put your skills to work.
AIxBlock is collecting real-world videos of different types of selective sounds to train AI models that generate sound for video. You will record short videos with your smartphone where the action making the sound is clearly visible on screen, such as footsteps on different floors, doors closing, cooking in a kitchen,…
- Closes
- 2027-01-31
What You Will Do
- Record videos of sounds in your daily surroundings, indoors and outdoors, following the project's Recording Guidelines.
- Make sure the object or action making the sound is visible on screen while it makes the sound.
- Record each sound in different ways: different surfaces, materials, distances, intensities, rooms, and times of day.
- Keep recordings free of speech: do not talk during recording and avoid nearby conversations, only the required sounds are visible in the videos, no speech, no music.
Sound Categories
Categories open and close based on project needs. Available categories and their rates are listed on the platform.
- Indoor and household: kitchen activity, doors, furniture, footsteps on different floors, clothing, props, appliances.
- Workplace and public indoor spaces: offices, shops, restaurants, cafes, gyms.
- Urban and transit: city streets, traffic, buses, trains, stations, markets, crowds.
- Nature and weather: forest, rivers, coast, wind, rain, fire, animals.
- Machines and vehicles: engines, tools, industrial and mechanical sounds, alarms and signals.
Requirements
- Phone: one of the following:iPhone XS / XR or newer, running iOS 17 or later, with the free Blackmagic Camera app.Android phone that supports the mcpro24fps app with uncompressed (WAV) audio. Compatibility is checked with the free demo version before you start.
- Video at 1080p or higher; audio set to uncompressed PCM/WAV at 48 kHz (set-up instructions are in the Recording Guidelines).
- Ability to follow technical instructions exactly.
- Basic English to read the guidelines and communicate with the project team.
Pay
- Paid per accepted hour of video: only footage that passes quality review counts. We only pay for natural sound recorded at the same time as the video. No talking, no music added, no editing, no public videos, no AI generated sounds. Anyone submitting AI-generated videos/public videos will be banned permanently from our projects and unpaid.
- Rates differ by sound category (for example, nature and machine sounds pay more than indoor household sounds) and by region.
- Your rates and payment details are shared by email at onboarding.
Role details are copied from the AIxBlock listing and can change. Check the platform before you apply.
Relevant skills
Video Sound RecordingRemote collaboration
A few things to check
- Location and experience requirements.
- Schedule, compensation, and assessment process.
- Current availability on AIxBlock.