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Recordist's notes
The end of the elevated platform protrudes from the hall into the open air. There you can hear the sounds from Alexeranderplatz (here for example a trumpet busker and squeaking trams in a sharp curve), but also the announcements from the station hall and the trains arriving and departing. Binaural recording.
About the place
Berlin is a city of about 3,426,354 people in State of Berlin, Germany. OttoAnna lists 700 field recordings from here.
Equipment mentioned: Binaural microphones. Microphones worn in the ears (or in a dummy head) that capture sound as a listener hears it – best experienced on headphones.
Recorded nearby
Berlin. Alexanderplatz – Berolina-Haus
Berlin, Germany
Helping a woman feed the birds
Berlin, Germany
'Friendship of the Peoples' fountain
Berlin, Germany
Wekend night, restless abandonment
Berlin, Germany
Fernsehturm quiet observation floor at the top
Berlin, Germany
Alexanderplatz, tuned city, navigating hybrid spaces
Berlin, Germany
More by Peter Stets
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Restaurant at the railway station Bubeneč
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Voices in the Old Sewage Cleaning Station
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A Call from Underworld, Bubeneč
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Sources & credits
- “Bahnhof Alexanderplatz, Mitte, Berlin, Deutschland - End of the platform” by Peter Stets – Public Domain Mark · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0