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Recordist's notes
General ambient sounds and conversations in a busy and crowded cafe. The mics were often jostled and were moved a few times resulting in some noise which I have left as is. I tried some more aggressive high pass filtering which seems to reduce some of the very low frequency peaks the mics produce. I did try a limiter set to reduce level by no more than .5dbs at the highest peaks. Overall this setup makes editing a lot easier and the sound does not suffer in fact it seems more realistic. MixPre 6 II with 2 Sennheiser MKH 8020s in a small rucksack.
About the place
Felixstowe is a town of about 24,521 people in England, United Kingdom. OttoAnna lists 53 field recordings from here.
Equipment mentioned: Sound Devices recorders and Sennheiser MKH microphones. Professional location recorders (702, 722, MixPre series) with very quiet preamps.
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Approaching Darkness, King St, Aldeburgh, UK
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Gulls
Felixstowe, United Kingdom
Sound Walk, High St, Aldeburgh, UK
Felixstowe, United Kingdom
Conversations and Hungry Gulls, Aldeburgh, UK
Felixstowe, United Kingdom
Hotel Room Interior, Aldeburgh, UK
Felixstowe, United Kingdom
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Sources & credits
- “Cafe, Aldeburgh, UK” by david.j.pitt – Public Domain Mark · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0