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Recordist's notes
Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard islands. Recording in a small pool of still water. Tascam DR100-MKIII, two hydrophones Jez Riley French d-series at about 30 cm distance. Wav 96 kHz, 24 bit, converted in MP3 320 kbps. two consecutive recordings with identical hydrophone positions except: - 1st recording (+-6 minutes) I used the hydrophones directly (jack plug), - 2nd recording (+-6 minutes) I used XLR impedance matching adaptors (thoses provided by JRF). I selected and edited in sequence: 3'20 of the first recording and 3'20" of the second; the two recordings are separated by a 6" silence.
About the place
Longyearbyen is a town of about 2,368 people in Svalbard, Svalbard and Jan Mayen. OttoAnna lists 40 field recordings from here.
Equipment mentioned: Tascam DR-100, Hydrophones and Contact microphones. A rugged recorder with both directional and omni microphone pairs.
Recorded nearby
2024 New year fireworks at Longyearbyen
Longyearbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Radio electronic signals and helicopter
Longyearbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Storm at taubanesentralen
Longyearbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) on the shore with passing airplane…
Longyearbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Summer solstice happiness in Longyearbyen, Svalbard
Longyearbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Longyearbyen Svalbard: Hydropones in in the stream of a tiny brook
Longyearbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen
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Sources & credits
- “6J98+7F Longyearbyen, Svalbard e Jan Mayen - Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen: still water, hydrophones, two recordings compared.” by giuseppe gavazza – Public Domain Mark · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0