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Recordist's notes
The "drone" of Gdańsk, recorded on top of the tower of St. Mary's church. The tower is about 75 meters high, the microphone pointed at the sky so that it primarily recorded the indirect sound reflections of the drone arising from the city below. For a chapter on the drone of the city, see http://www.academia.edu/1516131/Mapping_the_Drone._Sonic_Agents_in_Urban_Soundscapes [I used Olympus LS-11]
About the place
Gdańsk is a city of about 487,371 people in Pomerania, Poland. OttoAnna lists 106 field recordings from here.
Equipment mentioned: Olympus LS series. 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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Sources & credits
- “The drone of Gdańsk - Bazylika Mariacka, Gdańsk, Poland - St. Mary's church tower, Gdańsk - The drone of Gdańsk” by Fritz Schlüter – CC BY-SA 3.0 · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0