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Recordist's notes
Waiting in the station for the Metro train to arrive, and then the train arriving. You can hear the nice sounds of people in the space, and the acoustics of the station, and the sounds of trains arriving on more distant platforms. The recording was made with on-board EDIROL R09 microphones.
About the place
Brussels is a city of about 1,019,022 people in Brussels Capital, Belgium. OttoAnna lists 565 field recordings from here.
Equipment mentioned: Roland / Edirol R-05 & R-09. Compact Roland/Edirol recorders that were popular for early sound-map contributions.
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Sources & credits
- “City of Brussels, Belgium - Metro train approaching” by Felicity Ford – CC BY-SA 3.0 · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0