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Blakiston Crossing - Blakiston Freight Train

Blakiston, South Australia

A 2-minute field recording by John Tudor made in Mount Barker, Australia on 19 March 2010, in the evening. Soundscape: streets & traffic and trains & stations.

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Blakiston Crossing - Blakiston Freight Train
2:17CC BY-SA 3.0by John TudorInternet Archive
2:17

Tip: press play to see the sound's live frequency spectrum in blue over the waveform.

Recordist's notes

Freight Train from Adelaide, South Australia heading to Melbourne, Victoria. This particular train was about 1,300 metres long. Recorded with two Schoeps CCM4Lg in ORTF configuration inside a Schoeps/Rycote stereo blimp directly into a Sound Devices 702 recorder. Recorded at 20:30 on 19 March 2010

Written by John Tudor on radio aporee ::: maps.

About the place

Mount Barker is a town of about 21,554 people in South Australia, Australia. OttoAnna lists 10 field recordings from here.

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

Recorded nearby

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