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Bikes & trains

Concorde Way, Bristol, City of Bristol, UK

A field recording by RorySmith made in Bristol, United Kingdom on 19 January 2016, in the evening. Soundscape: trains & stations.

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Bikes & trains
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Recordist's notes

Standing on a bike path facing away from the train lines, you can hear bikes coming fast downhill from right to left, and struggling slowly up from left to right. A couple of trains pass in each direction. Recorded w/ an Audio Technica BP4029 (MS stereo shotgun) into a Sound Devices 633 mixer.

Written by RorySmith on radio aporee ::: maps.

About the place

Bristol is a city of about 479,024 people in England, United Kingdom. OttoAnna lists 40 field recordings from here.

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

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