Taustmüra hõlmab keskkonnamüra, nagu veelained, liiklusmüra, alarmid, kõrvalised kõned, loomade bioakustiline müra ja elektrimüra, mis pärineb sellistest seadmetest nagu külmikud, kliimaseade, toiteallikad ja mootorid.
Background noises include environmental noises such as water waves, traffic noise, alarms, extraneous speech, bioacoustic noise from animals, and electrical noise from devices such as refrigerators, air conditioning, power supplies, and motors.