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2010-04-20_cityscape.flac

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tim.kahn

April 21st, 2010

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Soundscapes > Urban

I recorded this as I was hoping an approaching storm would be more interesting. It was recorded from my window about 25 feet above the street. It gives a good sense of what my neighborhood generally sounds like (rather noisy). Since it is a long recording, here are various points of interest:
00:06:22-motorcycle pass
00:08:40-light rain
00:14:08-large truck
00:18:03-motorcycle
00:24:46-large truck
00:26:30-fire engine
00:31:19-air brakes
00:35:50-car starts
00:42:09-loud car
00:45:12-loud car
00:48:46-bus
01:06:04-truck
01:11:27-car
01:27:23-truck
1:29:50-weedeater
Recorded with a stereo pair of AT4021 mics into an Apogee Duet and edited with Record.

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bus
car
city
cityscape
field-recording
firetruck
life
motorcycle
phonography
rain
siren
sonography
traffic
truck
vehicle

Type

Flac (.flac)

Duration

91:09.479

File size

832.3 MB

Sample rate

48000.0 Hz

Bit depth

24 bit

Channels

Stereo

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monkeybiscuit

4 years, 7 months ago

This audio is excellent! thankyou for sharing this...
i was wondering...which city does this recording come from?

J
joaquimpedro

5 years, 6 months ago

thank you!! great sound

ghettodrone

6 years, 7 months ago

THANK YOU SO MUCH! I can't beleive ppl are complaining about the length.

P
Primordial_a...

9 years, 6 months ago

Amazing quality! I love it, it feels so alive!

L
liveghetto

12 years, 5 months ago

yeah, a bit too long. If you were able to slice it up into parts that might make for a more accessible download. But overall it's a great recording. Thanks for taking that much time to record/upload!

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