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Vrooom or: the little mics' 3rd birthday
3:08
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Recordist's notes
Noisy vehicles no-one needs. Recorded with Roland Gopro ear mics which have been hanging outside in front of the window in heat and frost, draught, rain and storm, for 3 years and counting. Bought from Thomann in a close-out sale for under 10 euros. Now, if this isn't value-for-money...
About the place
Köln is a city of about 1,024,621 people in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. OttoAnna lists 772 field recordings from here.
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Sources & credits
- “Vrooom, 50672 Köln, Deutschland, noisy vehicles - Vrooom or: the little mics' 3rd birthday” by fotoralf – CC BY-SA 3.0 · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0