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Recordist's notes
On the eastern shore of the Etang des Vaccarès at noon. In between various sounds of cars and motorbikes passing on the gravel road behind, sounds of waves and calls of the distant flamingoes can be heard. Binaural recording. Artificial head microphone set up on some rocks on the shore, about 3 meters away from the waterline. Microphone facing west. Recorded with a Sound Devices 702 field recorder and a modified Crown - SASS setup incorporating two Sennheiser mkh 20 microphones.
About the place
Arles is a town of about 53,431 people in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. OttoAnna lists 10 field recordings from here.
Equipment mentioned: Sound Devices recorders, Sennheiser MKH microphones and Binaural microphones. Professional location recorders (702, 722, MixPre series) with very quiet preamps.
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Sources & credits
- “Etang des Vaccarès, eastern shore, Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, Frankreich - Flamingoes, waves and traffic” by matthias.feuersenger – Public Domain Mark · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0