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Recordist's notes
Abriss des Parkdecks vom ehemaligen Karstadt-Gebäudes. Der Bagger beisst sich durch den Beton.Steine fallen herunter, Motorengeräusche . Das Mikrofon stand 30cm über dem Fußboden. Aufnahme mit dem Olympus LS12 und dem externen Triangle-Mikrofon mit AOM 5024-Omni-Kapseln. Peak-level = -2dB Demolition of the parking deck of the former Karstadt building. The excavator bites through the concrete. Stones fall down, engine noises. The microphone was 30cm above the floor. Recorded with the Olympus LS12 and the external triangle microphone with AOM 5024 Omni capsules. Peak level = -2dB
About the place
Wandsbek is a city of about 411,422 people in Hamburg, Germany. OttoAnna lists 3 field recordings from here.
Equipment mentioned: Olympus LS series. Olympus's LS line (LS-10, LS-11, LS-14, LS-100, LS-P4) – small recorders with good built-in mics.
Recorded nearby
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Sources & credits
- “Quarree 4, 22041 Hamburg, Deutschland - Demolition of the parking deck” by gerrit-hh – Public Domain Mark · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0