Recording made December 2001 on unknown Sony condenser mic and MD. Setting is Montreal subway station late at night with only a couple of people present, way off in the distance. A train arrives and then departs. The cavernous sound of the station is quite striking. The announcer can be heard over the din.
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Comments
14 years, 3 months ago
ding dong 132-10, 132-10 communiqué.
16 years, 2 months ago
I gust love the sound on the Montreal subway, the 3 note sound that the subway makes when departing is a cool story. The three-note sound is produced by traction motor control equipment called a "current chopper", which is used to control and power the motors. These notes are the same as the first three notes of Aaron Copland's "Fanfare for the Common Man", one of the musical themes for Expo '67, though this is apparently just a coincidence.
