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Recordist's notes
In the center of the city, from the balcony on Alameda Park, thunders clapping and rain arriving. Music from a bar in background, sirens passing by at 2'30. Various sounds from the city. Recorded by an ORTF Setup Schoeps CCM4 x 2 On a Sound Devices 633 Recorder Original Recording in Wave 96kHz 24bit Recorded on 18th of September 2018 Sound Ref: MX-180919T06 GPS: 19,4362 / -99,1462
About the place
Cuauhtémoc is a city of about 531,831 people in Mexico City, Mexico. OttoAnna lists 7 field recordings from here.
Equipment mentioned: Sound Devices recorders and Schoeps microphones. Professional location recorders (702, 722, MixPre series) with very quiet preamps.
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Sources & credits
- “Alameda Park, Mexico City - Thunders in Mexico City, downtown” by Felix BLUME – Public Domain Mark · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0