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Sound Walk, The Scallop, Aldeburgh, UK

East Suffolk, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom

A 16-minute field recording by david.j.pitt made in Felixstowe, United Kingdom on 12 February 2024, in the morning. Soundscape: wind, sea & waves and crowds & voices.

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Sound Walk, The Scallop, Aldeburgh, UK
16:05
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Recordist's notes

A sound walk across the shingle on a beautiful sunny day to The Scallop, a sculpture by Maggi Hambling, then on to the waters edge where the recorder is placed on a ridge of shingle about 2 metres from the waves, a return to The Scallop and voices of children, finally leaving across the shingle again. There are noises of friction against the mics and some wind which I have left in as they are part of the event. My home-made windscreen does a good job on most of the gusts. I am still experimenting with some low cut below 80hz and very slight limiting, max 2db, which works in my opinion. 32bit x 48kz, MixPre 6 II with 2 Sennheiser MKH 8020s in my home made portable rucksack recording rig. The home made windscreens have been mistaken for a dog stuffed into a bag 4 times so far :)

Written by david.j.pitt on radio aporee ::: maps.

About the place

Felixstowe is a town of about 24,521 people in England, United Kingdom. OttoAnna lists 53 field recordings from here.

Equipment mentioned: Sound Devices recorders and Sennheiser MKH microphones. Professional location recorders (702, 722, MixPre series) with very quiet preamps.

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