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Trains and announcements on the platform of the S-Bahn station. What becomes clear here is Berlin's gradual transformation from the old iconic three-tone door signal of the S-Bahn trains to the new door signals that can only be heard here. (Binaural recording with DPA 4560 on Zoom F3)
About the place
Berlin is a city of about 3,426,354 people in State of Berlin, Germany. OttoAnna lists 700 field recordings from here.
Equipment mentioned: Zoom F3, DPA microphones and Binaural microphones. A tiny two-input 32-bit float recorder – no gain setting needed.
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Sources & credits
- “S-Bahn station Landsberger Allee, Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, Germany - Trains and announcements” by Peter Stets – Public Domain Mark · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0