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Recordist's notes
A contact mic pick up sounds and vibrations inside anything it is attached to - here a rail on a train track. It was an amazing piece of luck that a hoverfly chose the mic to land and perform its mating display (the hum slowly rising in pitch).
About the place
Černý Most is a town of about 22,466 people in Prague, Czechia. OttoAnna lists 10 field recordings from here.
Equipment mentioned: Contact microphones. Piezo pickups that record vibrations in solid materials instead of airborne sound.
Recorded nearby
Rokytka creek near Běchovice train station
Černý Most, Czechia
Railaway station Vršovice Praha 10 - Turntable Music 2
Vršovice, Czechia
Italian tree cricket (Oecanthus pellucens)
Vršovice, Czechia
Sobbing of the cat in Vinohrady
Prague, Czechia
The Owl in Kunratický forrest
Krč, Czechia
Station Praha - Bubny Zátory - Early Evening at the desolated station
Prague, Czechia
More by Peter Cusack
Singing Fountain, Prague Castle
Prague, Czechia
Symphony of Groans, Spreepark abandonned fun fair
Rummelsburg, Germany
Water pumps
Jüchen, Germany
Walking over a dead village, Opencast atmosphere
Jüchen, Germany
Whistling windgenerator
Grevenbroich, Germany
Whistling windgenerator plus transformer hum
Grevenbroich, Germany
More trains & stations recordings
Essen, rathaus galerie, entry to subway
Essen, Germany
Essen, rathaus, subway station
Essen, Germany
Hořejší nábřeží, Chirping Smíchov
Prague, Czechia
Restaurant at the railway station Bubeneč
Prague, Czechia
Voices in the Old Sewage Cleaning Station
Prague, Czechia
A Call from Underworld, Bubeneč
Prague, Czechia
Sources & credits
- “Sound inside the rail plus a displaying hoverfly” by Peter Cusack – CC BY-SA 3.0 · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0