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Recordist's notes
Roaming the hallways of Memorial Hermann Hospital after midnight, encountering lone walkers supported by I.V. rigs; doctors and nurses wheeling gurneys along, patients chime for their nurses from their rooms. Elevator doors opening/closing, people talking, shoes squeaking, A/C blowing. Tascam DR100 MK-2 internal cardioids
About the place
Alief is a town of about 98,725 people in Texas, United States. OttoAnna lists 5 field recordings from here.
Equipment mentioned: Tascam DR-100. A rugged recorder with both directional and omni microphone pairs.
Recorded nearby
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Sources & credits
- “Lonely hospital corridor with patients chiming for help, Houston, Texas” by ryan urban – Public Domain Mark · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0