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Noisy afternoon in Nantes Nord

20 Rue Vincent Scotto, 44300 Nantes, France

A 9-minute field recording by Benjamin Trimoreau made in Nantes, France on 2 February 2018, in the afternoon. Soundscape: birdsong & dawn chorus, streets & traffic and trams, metros & buses.

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Noisy afternoon in Nantes Nord
8:33Public Domain Markby Benjamin TrimoreauInternet Archive
8:33
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Recordist's notes

Multi-layered noise: birds, dogs, tramway, heavy (distant) construction work, neighbour machine, passing plane Plusieurs couches de bruit: oiseaux, chiens, tramway, bruit de travaux (puissant mais lointain), bruit de machine du voisinage, passage d’un avion Sony PCM-D100, internal mics

Written by Benjamin Trimoreau on radio aporee ::: maps.

About the place

Nantes is a city of about 325,070 people in Pays de la Loire, France. OttoAnna lists 20 field recordings from here.

Equipment mentioned: Sony PCM-D100. A high-end handheld with DSD recording and very quiet preamps, loved by nature recordists.

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