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Surprise residential roadwork

Cobb County, Georgia, United States of America

A 9-minute field recording by SoundHunter made in Smyrna, United States on 15 June 2020, in the afternoon. Soundscape: wind, streets & traffic and construction & industry.

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Surprise residential roadwork
9:15CC BY-SA 3.0by SoundHunterInternet Archive
9:15
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Recordist's notes

This is a snippet from a nearly hour-long recording of a work crew ripping up pavement right outside of a residence. In this section of the recording you can hear jackhammers, trucks, car horns, and other sounds associated with roadwork and heavy machinery. Recorded with the Tascam DR-100MKiii and a custom-made wind reduction system.

Written by SoundHunter on radio aporee ::: maps.

About the place

Smyrna is a town of about 56,146 people in Georgia, United States. OttoAnna lists 29 field recordings from here.

Equipment mentioned: Tascam DR-100. A rugged recorder with both directional and omni microphone pairs.

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