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Contact mic at the railing of the bridge

Unnamed Road, Potsdam, Germany

A 2-minute field recording by Fritz Schlüter made in Potsdam, Germany on 9 November 2016, in the evening. Soundscape: crowds & voices and contact-mic recordings.

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Contact mic at the railing of the bridge
2:12CC BY 3.0by Fritz SchlüterInternet Archive
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Recordist's notes

A contact mic is attached to the handrail of the bridge, recording steps of people on the bridge as well as passing trains. Recorded during the workshop ›Listening to the Environment‹ with Peter Cusack at ZeM – Brandenburgisches Zentrum für Medienwissenschaften, Potsdam. [Piezo mic made by Simon Bauer/Sony PCM-D100]

Written by Fritz Schlüter on radio aporee ::: maps.

About the place

Potsdam is a city of about 184,754 people in Brandenburg, Germany. OttoAnna lists 56 field recordings from here.

Equipment mentioned: Sony PCM-D100 and Contact microphones. A high-end handheld with DSD recording and very quiet preamps, loved by nature recordists.

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