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Recordist's notes
This recording is from a college town coffee shop, Caje in Isla Vista, on a warm and sunny fall day. It is primarily the sounds of the espresso machine through the stages of grinding the beans, pulling the shots, steaming the milk and pouring the cup. The sounds of background music, the employees working, other orders being prepared, and customers chatting can also be heard. Recorded with a Zoom H4N mic
About the place
Isla Vista is a town of about 23,096 people in California, United States. OttoAnna lists 16 field recordings from here.
Equipment mentioned: Zoom H4n. One of the most widely used field recorders of the 2010s, with X/Y mics and two XLR inputs.
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Sources & credits
- “948 Embarcadero del Norte, Goleta, CA 93117, USA - Making a Flat White” by laeticia.jenelle – Public Domain Mark · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0