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Recordist's notes
Summer afternoon on the Freundschaftsinsel, multiple small motor vessels on the Havel river, a tourist steamer passes by and sounds his horn, pedestrians and cyclists on gravel and a few childreen. Stereo recording on Zoom H4n standing next to the river, looking south-east
About the place
Potsdam is a city of about 184,754 people in Brandenburg, Germany. OttoAnna lists 56 field recordings from here.
Equipment mentioned: Zoom H4n. One of the most widely used field recorders of the 2010s, with X/Y mics and two XLR inputs.
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Sources & credits
- “Freundschaftsinsel, 14473 Potsdam, Deutschland - Havelsounds, boats and pedestrians on Freundschaftsinsel” by Niklas Dahlmann – CC BY 3.0 · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0