Acoustic intelligence · Australia

Turning sound into structured environmental data

Sonevo helps local governments investigate noise complaints with continuous acoustic monitoring and intelligent analysis, showing what's happening, when, and how often.

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SONEVO Monitor // Continuous Live
Monitoring period
21 days
Detected events
212
Total event duration
7h 4m
The problem

The current process relies on residents to be the evidence.

Noise complaints are among the most common — and least resolvable — issues local governments face. Not because the noise isn't real, but because the evidence isn't conclusive.

Subjective
Diaries, not data

Resident noise diaries are self-reported, inconsistent, and easily contested. One resident's "constant noise" is another's normal evening.

Manual
Officer hours spent waiting

Site visits rarely coincide with the noise. Officers spend hours attending, observing, and re-attending — often to hear nothing at all.

Slow
Months without a defensible outcome

Without objective evidence, cases stall, escalate to disputes between parties, and fall over when enforcement is challenged.

The solution

Sonevo adds objective acoustic evidence to the investigation.

A compact outdoor monitor captures acoustic activity at the point of investigation. On-device processing detects relevant events, machine-learning models classify what's happening, and the Sonevo platform turns it all into structured, timestamped data local governments can act on.

SONEVO monitoring device installed on a residential fence
SONEVO-01 · Deployed
Noise duration grid
CRM-038-2973
Recorded audio time per hour · 14 Elm Street
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
15:00
1:43
0:33
0:57
9:05
0:39
16:00
2:35
9:23
3:17
0:21
17:00
1:10
3:27
1:20
18:22
3:21
4:38
0:25
18:00
5:43
0:10
32:07
3:24
3:48
1:47
19:00
0:30
1:08
7:09
1:02
1:10
20:00
3:38
29:13
0:23
Within threshold
Threshold exceeded
// How it works

Detect. Log. Evidence. Resolve.

SONEVO-01 · DEPLOYED
01 — Deploy
Deploy an acoustic monitor

Place the device at the investigation location and begin continuous monitoring.

17:04:124m 38s
18:11:4732m 07s
02 — Detect
Relevant events are identified

Acoustic activity is detected automatically rather than relying on someone being present at the right moment.

EXCEEDED12 / 53 days
03 — Build the record
Every event becomes structured data

Relevant events are timestamped and organised into a clear evidence record showing when, how often and for how long activity occurred.

CASE CLOSED
04 — Act
Make decisions with better evidence

Officers can review patterns, listen to relevant events and use structured evidence to support the investigation.

Privacy-conscious by design. Sonevo is built to focus analysis on relevant acoustic events rather than continuously analysing all surrounding sound.

// The product

From sound to case evidence.

See how acoustic events from a barking dog investigation become timelines, patterns and case evidence.

Every active investigation and its monitoring status, at a glance.
Cases overview
SONEVO dashboard — active cases overview
Aerial view of Fremantle harbour at sunset
// Vision

Sound is data about the physical world.

Sound carries information about what is happening: what, when and how often. SONEVO turns those acoustic events into structured, actionable data. We're starting with noise investigations for local government, where subjective complaints can become objective, defensible evidence.

// Talk to us

Noise problems shouldn't be this hard to solve.

Work in local government or noise management? Dealing with a noise problem at home? Either way, tell us about it.