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Rain, thunder

Coryluslaan 10, 1702 VN Heerhugowaard, Netherlands

A 31-minute field recording by m_smit made in Heerhugowaard, The Netherlands on 4 June 2019, in the night. Soundscape: rain, thunderstorms and wind.

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Rain, thunder
31:02
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Recordist's notes

Recorder : Sony PCM-D100 Original rec : 192.000 Hz / 24-bit Convert rec : 320 Kbps Microphones : Clippy EM172 Best sound : Use a headphone for most realistic sound. Made the recording out of window second floor, about 8 meter from the pavement. Outside in garden of neighbours was a party tent with an plastic material roof. Further on is the road about 30 meters after the house. I placed the tiny clippy EM172 stereo microphone on a distance of 40 centimeter apart, placed on a wardrobe hanger just outside the window. All start quiet but in the procress you can hear the rain, the sound of rain on the plastic roof of partytent, car passing by on wet pavement and of course the incoming thunder. Max recording level was -6Db.

Written by m_smit on radio aporee ::: maps.

About the place

Heerhugowaard is a town of about 47,580 people in North Holland, The Netherlands.

Equipment mentioned: Sony PCM-D100 and Primo EM172 capsules. A high-end handheld with DSD recording and very quiet preamps, loved by nature recordists.

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