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Recordist's notes
Cockroaches singing like pretty birds, en masse! Recorded among them, perched in the middle of a jasmine garden - where they were hiding... Urban, insects, cars, traffic, night sounds. Church Audio CA-14 omnis with binaural headset > Tascam DR100 MK-2
About the place
Houston is a city of about 2,314,157 people in Texas, United States. OttoAnna lists 30 field recordings from here.
Equipment mentioned: Tascam DR-100 and Binaural microphones. A rugged recorder with both directional and omni microphone pairs.
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Ben Milam Hotel Demolition
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WLD: 2012: Buffalo Bayou's Night Buddies
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Church singers
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Grackle Colony (this is Houston)
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Sources & credits
- “Cockroach chorus, Exxon Mobile building, Downtown Houston, Texas” by ryan urban – Public Domain Mark · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0