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Platform ambience
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Recordist's notes
Trains passing by, birds (crows, parakeets..), voice announcements. Trains au passage, corneilles, perruches, annonces dans les hauts-parleurs sur le quai (grève, interdiction de fumer sur le quai). Tech Note : Immersive Soundscapes Earsight V2 microphones AB -> Zoom F3.
About the place
Ixelles is a town of about 86,671 people in Brussels Capital, Belgium. OttoAnna lists 29 field recordings from here.
Equipment mentioned: Zoom F3. A tiny two-input 32-bit float recorder – no gain setting needed.
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Sources & credits
- “Germoir, Etterbeek, Belgique - Platform ambience” by Flavien Gillié – Public Domain Mark · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0