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Recordist's notes
Riverharp recording of Danube canal current near its beginning(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donaukanal). Approx. 7m of 0.5mm nylon line with 500g metal weight suspended in current from pole. Schaller Oyster piezo pick up as contact mic on small wooden plate connected to string. Recorded with Zoom H1. mono.
About the place
Brigittenau is a town of about 86,967 people in Vienna, Austria. OttoAnna lists 4 field recordings from here.
Equipment mentioned: Zoom H1 / H1n and Contact microphones. An entry-level stereo handheld recorder with fixed X/Y microphones – many people's first field recorder.
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Sources & credits
- “Danube Canal Vienna - Riverharp Recording” by Markus Gradwohl – Public Domain Mark · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0