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Recordist's notes
I heard this air condition which was very loud and walked off the path to record it. So I set up my equipment, stuck my contact mics on, and then managed to record it for about 10 seconds, before it turned off.. :( Recorded with two JrF contact microphones to a Tascam DR-680.
About the place
Cronulla is a town of about 17,703 people in New South Wales, Australia. OttoAnna lists 29 field recordings from here.
Equipment mentioned: Contact microphones. Piezo pickups that record vibrations in solid materials instead of airborne sound.
Recorded nearby
(Spring) Inside Gunnamatta Bay At Night
Cronulla, Australia
(Spring) Inside Bundeena Bay At Midday
Cronulla, Australia
(Spring) Inside Bundeena Bay At Night
Cronulla, Australia
Fence in the wind next to a marsh (spring)
Cronulla, Australia
Marley lagoon at 1am (summer)
Cronulla, Australia
Dawn at marley lagoon (summer)
Cronulla, Australia
More by Jeremy Hegge
Marley lagoon at 1am (summer)
Cronulla, Australia
Dawn at marley lagoon (summer)
Cronulla, Australia
Dusk by a creek in the valley (summer)
Engadine, Australia
Quiet aquatic life in a creek (summer)
Engadine, Australia
Evening cicadas in a pocket of temperate rainforest (summer)
Engadine, Australia
Crickets at midday in the coastal grasslands (autumn)
Engadine, Australia
More contact-mic recordings recordings
Walking Holme Fence, Holme Moss
Saddleworth, United Kingdom
Sound inside the rail plus a displaying hoverfly
Černý Most, Czechia
Carbridge & Birds
The Hague, The Netherlands
The last ice
Utena, Lithuania
Storm at taubanesentralen
Longyearbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen
MIne 7, Longyearbyen
Longyearbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Sources & credits
- “Cronulla, NSW, Australia - Amazing droning air conditioner and then it stopped...” by Jeremy Hegge – Public Domain Mark · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0