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Recordist's notes
On the side of a small countryside road in the southwest of France, natural and human-made sounds blend together on an autumn night. High in the sky, planes fly overhead as cranes pass a few kilometers below, migrating south. Leaves fall onto the grass, while the sounds of foxes, owls, dogs, and roe deer echo from the forest in the background. Closer by, human presence is subtly marked by the occasional passing of vehicles and the chimes of the village church bells, ringing 10 p.m. Recorded with an XY Audio-technica BP4025 microphone. Recorded on a Sound Devices MixPre-3.
Context
This recording was made away from larger towns, about 43 km from the nearest city in our gazetteer.
Equipment mentioned: Sound Devices recorders and Audio-Technica microphones. Professional location recorders (702, 722, MixPre series) with very quiet preamps.
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Sources & credits
- “D44, 24410 Saint-Aulaye-Puymangou, France - Autumnal night-time circulations in the South-West of France” by David Lagarde – Public Domain Mark · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0