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Recordist's notes
Blackbird singing above, cars passing by on a wet road, trams, someone putting bottles in the glass container, rainy day. Un merle chante sur le toit de la maison communale, des voitures passent sur la chaussée humide, les trams remontent l'avenue, quelqu'un jette des bouteilles dans la bulle à verre, jour pluvieux. Tech Note : Ambeo Smart Headset binaural → iPhone, listen with headphones.
About the place
Brussels is a city of about 1,019,022 people in Brussels Capital, Belgium. OttoAnna lists 565 field recordings from here.
Equipment mentioned: Binaural microphones, Ambisonic microphones and Smartphones. 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
- “Place Maurice van Meenen, 1060 Saint-Gilles, Belgique - Blackbird, cars, trams, bottles, rainy day” by Flavien Gillié – Public Domain Mark · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0