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Tram manoeuvres at the tram station

Molenbeek-Saint-Jean - Sint-Jans-Molenbeek, Bruxelles-Capitale - Brussel-Hoofdstad, Communauté française, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale - Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, 1080, België - Belgique - Belgien, European Union

A 4-minute field recording by Felicity Ford made in Brussels, Belgium on 24 March 2013, in the evening. Soundscape: streets & traffic, trains & stations and trams, metros & buses.

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Tram manoeuvres at the tram station
3:30CC BY-SA 3.0by Felicity FordInternet Archive
3:30

Tip: press play to see the sound's live frequency spectrum in blue over the waveform.

Recordist's notes

This is the sound of a tram being slowly driven out of the tram station, then re-oriented and driven back in along a different set of tracks, to a different bay. This is a beautiful street to hear many sounds of the trams - not only their movement in and out of the station, but also the sounds of cars passing over the tracks that the trams use, creating rhythmic patterns. Recorded with onboard EDIROL R09 microphones, with a little bit of space before the tram approaches, to get a sense of the ambience of the space.

Written by Felicity Ford on radio aporee ::: maps.

About the place

Brussels is a city of about 1,019,022 people in Brussels Capital, Belgium. OttoAnna lists 565 field recordings from here.

Equipment mentioned: Roland / Edirol R-05 & R-09. Compact Roland/Edirol recorders that were popular for early sound-map contributions.

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