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Sunny Sunday without students and swallows voices in the time of COVID19 Soundscape

Isolone Bertolla, Torino, Piemonte, 10099, Italia

A 60-minute field recording by giuseppe gavazza made in Turin, Italy on 12 July 2020, in the evening. Soundscape: birdsong & dawn chorus and crowds & voices.

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Sunny Sunday without students and swallows voices in the time of COVID19 Soundscape
1:00:00Public Domain Markby giuseppe gavazzaInternet Archive
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Recordist's notes

"Sunny Sunday without students and swallows voices in the time of COVID19" Soundscape Chapter CXVII of Ascolto il tuo cuore, città, I listen to your heart, city.  Sunday, July 12th 2020. Fixed position on an internal terrace at San Salvario district Turin, one hundred-three days after (but day forty-nine of Phase II and day thirty-six of Phase IIB and day thirty of Phase IIC and day 7th of Phase III) of emergency disposition due to the epidemic of COVID19. Start at 6:51 p.m. end at 7:51 p.m. duration of recording 01:00:00. Stereo recording made with Zoom H2N, 24 bit, 48 kHz, internal MS mics, S+6 (150°), converted to stereo MP3 320 kbit/s. Compare: same position, same kind of recording and similar “sunset time”: n. 50, Sunday April 19th: recording at 5:15 p.m and sunset at 8:18 p.m. n. 100, Sunday June 7th: recording at 6:34 p.m and sunset at 9:12 p.m. n. 110, Sunday June 21st: recording at 6:42 p.m and sunset at 9:20 p.m. n. 117, Sunday July 12th: recording at 6:50 p.m and sunset at 9:18 p.m.

Written by giuseppe gavazza on radio aporee ::: maps.

About the place

Turin is a city of about 847,287 people in Piedmont, Italy. OttoAnna lists 203 field recordings from here.

Equipment mentioned: Zoom H2n. A compact recorder with five capsules offering X/Y, mid-side and surround modes.

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