In a military parade in mexico city several helicopters fly passing by through the air producing a sound experience in a quiet neighborhood. Stereo recording at 96/24 with stereo omni microphones.
Mono field recording of walking in a busy city during a light rain (no footsteps in recording). Rain, traffic and people talking in english can be heard.
This is a recording made just outside my window. A helicopter flew over just a minute later, twice! i used a cheap large diaphragm condensor mic, with a plastic bendable tube around it, pointing just outside of my window. This created a cool midrangy-resonant-combfilter kind of sound. Gear used: cheap ldc -> m-audio dmp3 -> terratec ewx2496. This is for the earthfirewindwater contest. It is a 2:08 minute long, stereo 24/44 wave file.
I am trying to work on a series of sound-postcards of the city. This is my first modest attempt to question the idea of a city, where the boundaries lie and extend.
Rode nt4 placed in a small stand pointed perpendicular and center directly out my living room window during the daytime. Some birds and some humans, along with the noise of cars in a small town. Nt4 goes directly to an maudio delta1010lt. Raw file with trimmed ends. Ludington, michigan, us.
Night on a filed near a small town in mallorca. Wind, crickets are singing, someone steps on the gas in his car, dogs barking, night bird sings from time to time. Bells of some sheep are jingling.
Standing @ drugstore cashtray, leaving shop, then listening to german city guide on horse car, lueneburg, am sande (53°24' n, 10°41' e), recorded with diy binaural head (2 x atr-3350) & md-recorder.
This sound was recorded halfway up to the castle santa barbara in the city of alicante. Signal that carries a connotation of alert. His tone and timbre are characteristic of this element. "possessed by almost all modern cities and whose use is reserved for that fateful day when the sound will be followed by the disaster. " (schafer, 2013). Recorded by a zoom h5 recorderrecorded in 48khz 24bit wave. .
Cleaned-up version of kstein1's file http://freesound. Org/people/kstein1/sounds/52631/. . . Filled left channel, removed some of the hiss and recorder noises.