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Recordist's notes
The mics are hanging outside against the kitchen window. The humming sounds are from the fridge and freezer inside the kitchen. The owls are vocal all around and some quite distant as are the traffic sounds, about a mile away. At 6.01" a fox calls just once and at 9.38" stupidly I push a chair making a scraping noise. The rest is the texture of audio from midnight. MixPre 6 II with 2 Sennheiser MKH 8020s at 32bit x 48khz converted to stereo Mp3 at 320kbs with some very low frequency cut up to 80hz.
About the place
Great Malvern is a town of about 36,770 people in England, United Kingdom. OttoAnna lists 145 field recordings from here.
Equipment mentioned: Sound Devices recorders and Sennheiser MKH microphones. Professional location recorders (702, 722, MixPre series) with very quiet preamps.
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Sources & credits
- “Dawn, 6-6-21, Malvern, UK - Midnight Ambience Across The Severn Valley.” by David Pitt – Public Domain Mark · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0