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Sound of cicadas

945, Taiwan, Pingtung County, Mudan Township, 199縣道

A 2-minute field recording by Wu,Tsan-Cheng made in Hengchun, Taiwan on 2 April 2018, in the morning. Soundscape: frogs & insects, streets & traffic and mountains.

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Sound of cicadas
2:00CC BY-SA 3.0by Wu,Tsan-ChengInternet Archive
2:00
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Recordist's notes

Beside the road,The sound of cicadas,Small highway in the mountains,Traffic sound, Binaural recordings ,Best with Headphone, Proposal to turn up the volume , Sony PCM D100+ Soundman OKM II ( SoundMap20180402-2) , recorded by Wu,Tsan-Cheng 吳燦政

Written by Wu,Tsan-Cheng on radio aporee ::: maps.

About the place

Hengchun is a town of about 29,702 people in Taiwan, Taiwan. OttoAnna lists 125 field recordings from here.

Equipment mentioned: Binaural microphones. Microphones worn in the ears (or in a dummy head) that capture sound as a listener hears it – best experienced on headphones.

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