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Recordist's notes
Evening atmosphere in a courtyard of an urban residential district. Many blackbirds, some people talking and having their evening meal on their balcony. In a distance some children at play. Omnipresent traffic hum. Binaural recording, Soundman OKM II Klassik microphone with A3-XLR adapter and windshield, Zoom F4 recorder.
About the place
Kiel is a city of about 252,668 people in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. OttoAnna lists 53 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.
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Sources & credits
- “Wik, Kiel, Deutschland - Evening in the courtyard” by thore.siebrands – Public Domain Mark · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0