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5am. Malvern Wells, Worcestershire, UK - 5am

Malvern Hills, Worcestershire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom

A 52-minute field recording by david.j.pitt made in Great Malvern, United Kingdom on 27 June 2021, in the dawn.

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5am. Malvern Wells, Worcestershire, UK - 5am
51:35Public Domain Markby david.j.pittInternet Archive
51:35
Spectrogram of 5am. Malvern Wells, Worcestershire, UK - 5am
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Recordist's notes

An experiment with longer recordings allowing the listener to engage more completely with the location. MixPre 6 II with 2 x Sennheiser MKH 8020s. I set the record level quite high for a full sound and let 32 bits take care of the louder sounds.

Written by david.j.pitt on radio aporee ::: maps.

About the place

Great Malvern is a town of about 36,770 people in England, United Kingdom. OttoAnna lists 145 field recordings from here.

Equipment mentioned: Sound Devices recorders and Sennheiser MKH microphones. Professional location recorders (702, 722, MixPre series) with very quiet preamps.

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