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Recordist's notes
inside a hydro-electric powerplant Take a dive down to the turbines and listen to the rotation from the inside. The noise is transmitted directly through the building's concrete structure up to the iron handrail of the pedestrian bridge, where the sound is picked up with the modified magnetic pickup from a bass guitar. Recorded on a Zoom H6 with added sound from the MS microphone.
About the place
Basel is a city of about 177,595 people in Basel-City, Switzerland. OttoAnna lists 22 field recordings from here.
Equipment mentioned: Zoom H6. A six-track recorder with interchangeable capsules and four XLR inputs.
Recorded nearby
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Basel, Switzerland
Basel, dreispitz, shift festival, installation in zugwagon 01
Basel, Switzerland
Basel, dreispitz, shift festival, ausstellungshalle
Basel, Switzerland
Basel, dreispitz, shift festival, steg vor ausstellungshalle
Basel, Switzerland
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Basel, Switzerland
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Basel, Switzerland
Sources & credits
- “Hofstrasse 82, 4127 Birsfelden, Schweiz - Kraftwerk Birsfelden” by Bruno Gebhard – CC BY 3.0 · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0