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Dusk in King Street, Aldeburgh, UK

Avocet Cottage, 67, King Street, Slaughden, Aldeburgh, East Suffolk, Suffolk, England, IP15 5AH, United Kingdom

A 11-minute field recording by David Pitt made in Felixstowe, United Kingdom on 15 April 2026, in the evening. Soundscape: sea & waves, birdsong & dawn chorus and streets & traffic.

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Dusk in King Street, Aldeburgh, UK
11:18
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Recordist's notes

The end of a warm day. People are returning to the street to park, the last tourists are walking back to their hotel and the gulls and pigeons watch. A calm sea is in the far distance. The mics are between a low wall and the side of the house producing a slightly different acoustic. MixPre 6 II with 2 Sennheiser MKH 8020s. 32bit x 48khz reduced to Mp3 320kbps. I have tried some very small amounts of limiting on each channel and a high pass around 100hz.

Written by David Pitt on radio aporee ::: maps.

About the place

Felixstowe is a town of about 24,521 people in England, United Kingdom. OttoAnna lists 53 field recordings from here.

Equipment mentioned: Sound Devices recorders and Sennheiser MKH microphones. Professional location recorders (702, 722, MixPre series) with very quiet preamps.

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