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Recordist's notes
Schools at the beach, children screaming, playing, low tide, windy day. Recorded from above the beach, on the path to the lighthouse. écoles à la plage, des enfants crient, s'amusent. Vagues, vent. Enregistré depuis le chemin qui va vers le petit phare. Tech Note : DPA 2006c AB -> Zoom F3.
About the place
Ostend is a town of about 69,011 people in Flanders, Belgium. OttoAnna lists 40 field recordings from here.
Equipment mentioned: Zoom F3 and DPA microphones. A tiny two-input 32-bit float recorder – no gain setting needed.
Recorded nearby
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Sources & credits
- “Ostende, Flandre-Occidentale, Belgique - Children, waves, low tide” by Flavien Gillié – Public Domain Mark · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0