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Recordist's notes
A warm summer evening, shortly after bathing time, which strictly ends at 6pm at New York's beaches. When most of the people had left, the sea waves gave acoustic space for a distant siren somewhere in Edgemere, a helicopter which flew along the shore and some planes from JFK airport. Binaural recording.
About the place
Far Rockaway is a town of about 39,189 people in New York, United States. OttoAnna lists 5 field recordings from here.
Equipment mentioned: Binaural microphones. Microphones worn in the ears (or in a dummy head) that capture sound as a listener hears it – best experienced on headphones.
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Sources & credits
- “Edgemere, Quens, New York, NY, USA - After bathing time” by Peter Stets – Public Domain Mark · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0