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Recordist's notes
I made this recording at my front window, listening out to the neighborhood on a sunny and warm Saturday afternoon in April. People are starting to come back to life in the neighborhood. Someone playing music down the street with a peculiar reverberation. Traffic including cars, skateboards, motorcycles, people walking. The hounds down the street barking. The motorcycle at 1:30 is loud and distorted, totally clipped. I left it in because it portrays the feeling accurately. Recorded with Olympus LS-10 and LOM mikroUši
About the place
Providence is a city of about 190,934 people in Rhode Island, United States. OttoAnna lists 3 field recordings from here.
Equipment mentioned: Olympus LS series and LOM microphones (Uši). Olympus's LS line (LS-10, LS-11, LS-14, LS-100, LS-P4) – small recorders with good built-in mics.
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Wind and wood frogs
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Sources & credits
- “Chapin Ave, Providence, RI 02909, USA - Sunny Saturday Afternoon Neighborhood Ambience” by Jesse Kaminsky – Public Domain Mark · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0