A place to explore field recording and the wider ecology of environmental and immersive sound.

“A quiet residency on the west coast of Scotland offering time, space, and tools for focused creative work.”

What this residency offers

• A flexible studio for sound, writing, and research

• Access to ambisonic and field recording tools

• Separate, self‑contained accommodation

• Time and space for deep focus

• Supportive, clear communication

• A gentle, ecological approach to practice

“I felt myself as part of the environment, playing softly with the birds and listening under the soil… deeply grounding and healing experiences.” — Bela Emerson, 2025

Positive Ambisonics Residency

Positive Ambisonics is a small, independent residency near Tayvallich on the west coast of Scotland. It offers artists, writers, and researchers: a specialist immersive audio studio, one-to-one mentoring and access to an extraordinary natural landscape.

Whether you work with sound, language, ecology, or image — or across all of these — the residency provides time and tools for focused, unhurried practice. Residencies run with one to one mentoring from March to October, with flexible formats to suit different ways of working.