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Recordist's notes
At this time of the year only few people around. Some fishermen (the dog of one can be heard). An army helicopter passing overhead, probably on patrol along the coastline. Binaural recording. Artificial head microphone set up in the windshade of the Poste-de-secours building. Microphone facing west. Recorded with a Sound Devices 702 field recorder and a modified Crown - SASS setup incorporating two Sennheiser mkh 20 microphones.
About the place
Fos-sur-Mer is a town of about 17,317 people in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.
Equipment mentioned: Sound Devices recorders, Sennheiser MKH microphones and Binaural microphones. Professional location recorders (702, 722, MixPre series) with very quiet preamps.
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Sources & credits
- “Poste-de-secours-Piemansons-Plage, Camargue, Arles, Frankreich - The sea and an army helicopter” by matthias.feuersenger – Public Domain Mark · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0