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Recordist's notes
A social-media inspired event designed to encourage those working to support the elderly or ill during the Covid-19 pandemic in March 2020. Someone suggested that, at 8.00pm on 27th March, everyone should show their appreciation by cheering or clapping from their windows. The suggestion went viral online, and this was the result. This was recorded from a back garden and I think most people were cheering from their front windows, so the sound isn’t as clear as it should be. Recorded on a Zoom H1n.
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: Zoom H1 / H1n. An entry-level stereo handheld recorder with fixed X/Y microphones – many people's first field recorder.
Recorded nearby
Montpelier train station at dusk
Bristol, United Kingdom
Collecting bins from gentrifying flats
Bristol, United Kingdom
St Andrews park ambient sound + choir practice
Bristol, United Kingdom
Bikes & trains
Bristol, United Kingdom
Birdcalls after the rain
Bristol, United Kingdom
Bommie Stream through Vegetation
Bristol, United Kingdom
More wind recordings
Sources & credits
- “Redland, Bristol BS6 6PW, UK - “Clap for Carers”” by ersby – Public Domain Mark · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0