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Recordist's notes
Soundscape dominated by three helicopters circling overhead and to the southwest of the Lake Biwa shoreline in Kusatsu. The helicopters appeared to be assisting in a police investigation. Audio was captured by a Sony PCM-M10 recorder and two Micbooster Clippy omnidirectional mics attached to a bicycle handelbar bag for a quasi-binaural sound image.
About the place
Kusatsu is a city of about 143,913 people in Shiga, Japan.
Equipment mentioned: Sony PCM-M10 and Binaural microphones. A pocket recorder famous for its low self-noise and long battery life.
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Sources & credits
- “Lake Biwa Shoreline, Kusatsu-shi, Shiga-ken, Japan - Helicopters” by Greg Peterson – CC BY-SA 3.0 · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0