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Recordist's notes
New York City Police Department (NYPD) sirens and car horns honk as a thunderstorm passes through Central Harlem, NYC. Raining and ~70 degrees F. Tascam Portacapture X8, A-B internal mics facing north out 2nd floor apartment window, Gutmann windscreen, Manfrotto Nanopole. Originally recorded 48kHz, 32-bit float. Normalized to -23 LUFS using DaVinci Resolve Fairlight.
About the place
Harlem is a city of about 116,345 people in New York, United States. OttoAnna lists 5 field recordings from here.
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Sources & credits
- “260 W 135th St, New York, NY 10030, USA - Harlem Thunderstorm” by Dia Dipasupil – CC BY 3.0 · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0