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New Year 2015 Temple Bells and Fireworks

445-29 Takano, Rittō-shi, Shiga-ken, Japan

A field recording by Greg Peterson made in Rittō, Japan on 1 January 2015, in the night. Soundscape: wind, church bells and festivals, parades & fireworks.

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New Year 2015 Temple Bells and Fireworks
CC BY 3.0by Greg PetersonInternet Archive
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Recordist's notes

New Year temple bells and fireworks, beginning just before 1 January 2015. Recorded with an Audio-Technica BP4025 stereo mic and a Tascam DR-70D recorder at 48Khz/24bit from an upstairs window with the mic pointed North. The recording was trimmed with Audacity on CentOS (Linux). No other processing was done. Max amplitude -2.2dB was preserved as-is from the recorder.

Written by Greg Peterson on radio aporee ::: maps.

About the place

Rittō is a town of about 70,312 people in Shiga, Japan. OttoAnna lists 20 field recordings from here.

Equipment mentioned: Audio-Technica microphones. Including the AT8022 and BP4025 X/Y stereo microphones.

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