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Recordist's notes
On a pavilion walkway outside a fragment of mangrove forest in Sanya city, an older couple play a traditional wind instrument to notation taped to a wall. Birds sing in the mangroves, and the occasional fish jumps in the river, while traffic rumbles and beeps past according to the traffic lights. Recorded on Sony PCM-M10 with built-in microphones.
About the place
Sanya is a city of about 1,031,396 people in Hainan, China.
Equipment mentioned: Sony PCM-M10. A pocket recorder famous for its low self-noise and long battery life.
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Sources & credits
- “Tianya, Sanya, Hainan, China - Traditional flutes in an urban mangrove pavilion” by connorwalsh – CC BY 3.0 · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0