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Recordist's notes
Soundscape of the hotels backyard, recorded on the windowsill of the bathroom. Sounds of birds, something that sounds like a vacuum cleaner, water running down a drain, a car, finally the bells of the nearby church. Binaural recording. Artificial head microphone set up on the windowsill of the bathroom. Microphone facing north. Recorded with a Sound Devices 702 field recorder and a modified Crown - SASS setup incorporating two Sennheiser mkh 20 microphones.
About the place
Aix-en-Provence is a city of about 146,821 people in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. OttoAnna lists 17 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.
Recorded nearby
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Marseille, airport, hall 1
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Marché de la Belle de Mai
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Skatepark de la friche de la Belle de Mai
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Skatepark de la friche de la Belle de Mai
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Sources & credits
- “28 Rue Cardinale, 13100 Aix-en-Provence, Frankreich - Hotel Cardinal, backyard, quiet morning and churchbells” by matthias.feuersenger – Public Domain Mark · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0