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Train passing by in the Wirikuta Desert (Mexico, SLP)

SLP 6, Ranchito de Coronados, S.L.P., Mexico

A 3-minute field recording by Felix BLUME made in Mexico on 17 July 2012, in the afternoon. Soundscape: trains & stations and contact-mic recordings.

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Train passing by in the Wirikuta Desert (Mexico, SLP)
2:34Public Domain Markby Felix BLUMEInternet Archive
2:34
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Recordist's notes

A train is passing by in the small town of Wuadley in the Wirikuta Desert (Mexico, State of San Luis Potosi SLP). Train horn and railway vibration at the beginning (recorded by the contact microphone). Sound recorded by a MS setup Schoeps mixed with a contact microphone Microphone CCM41+CCM8 Contact Microphone Aquarian H2aXLR Sound Devices 744T recorder MS is encoded in STEREO Left-Right and mixed with the Contact Microphone recorded in july 2012 sound is in 96kHz

Written by Felix BLUME on radio aporee ::: maps.

Context

This recording was made away from larger towns, about 35 km from the nearest city in our gazetteer.

Equipment mentioned: Sound Devices recorders, Schoeps microphones, Hydrophones and Contact microphones. Professional location recorders (702, 722, MixPre series) with very quiet preamps.

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