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Bus Station Reloj de Flores - Sapo announcing the buses and the time between each one

Av. España 753-755, Viña del Mar, Región de Valparaíso, Chile

A 3-minute field recording by Felix BLUME made in Viña del Mar, Chile on 13 October 2017, in the morning. Soundscape: sea & waves, trains & stations and trams, metros & buses.

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Bus Station Reloj de Flores - Sapo announcing the buses and the time between each one
3:29

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

Recordist's notes

The Sapo in Chile is the guy who announce the time between two buses of the same line, so they can slow down or speed up to get more passengers. The bus driver give them a tip for their help. You can find sapo at different bus station in the cities of Chile. Here is Andres, a sapo from Reloj de Flores, Viña del Mar. This sounds as been recorded for the project El Placer de Oír, a workshop of sound recording for blind people who choose the sound they wanted to listen to, and present them in a sound installation in the museum Centex. More info here http://www.felixblume.com/elplacerdeoir/ Sound recording by a Sound Devices 633 with a MS Setup Schoeps CCM41+CCM8 and a Lectrosonics wireless transmission wirh a Sanken COS11D. Original Recording in Wave 96kHz 24bit

Written by Felix BLUME on radio aporee ::: maps.

About the place

Viña del Mar is a city of about 334,248 people in Valparaiso, Chile. OttoAnna lists 6 field recordings from here.

Equipment mentioned: Sound Devices recorders and Schoeps microphones. Professional location recorders (702, 722, MixPre series) with very quiet preamps.

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