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Recordist's notes
A garbage truck approaches and stops at the curb of the yellow claw-machine arcade, next door to Simple Mart on Zhongzheng West Rd. The truck produces the near-deafening melody, to alert local residents of its arrival. The truck's compactor is also activated. Stereo mics (Audiotalaia-Primo ECM 172), recorded via Olympus LS-10.
About the place
Zhubei is a city of about 212,695 people in Taiwan, Taiwan. OttoAnna lists 143 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.
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Sources & credits
- “No. 328, Zhongzheng West Road, Zhubei City, Hsinchu County, Taiwan 302 - Garbage Truck Outside Claw-Machine Arcade” by Vince Hancock – Public Domain Mark · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0