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Recordist's notes
A short soundwalk along the pedestrianised section of Broad Street in Reading from east to west, passing the RASPO steel pan orchestra, buskers, small PAs on pop-up stalls and the local Salvation Army band. Binaural recording using Soundman OKM Classics and windscreen 'ear-muffs' with a Tascam DR-05 portable recorder.
About the place
Reading is a city of about 318,014 people in England, United Kingdom. OttoAnna lists 153 field recordings from here.
Equipment mentioned: Tascam DR-05 and Binaural microphones. A budget handheld with omnidirectional stereo microphones.
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Sources & credits
- “3 Broad St, Reading RG1 2HX, UK - Christmas on Broad Street Soundwalk (East to West)” by Richard Bentley – Public Domain Mark · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0