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Recordist's notes
Recorded by normal mics and a contact mic placed on the creaking pine tree to hear the internal vibrations. There is also a lovely deep bass from wind blowing through the upper branches and leaves even when it is not creaking. The contact mics are simple self made piezos, but using TritonAudio BigAmp Piezo pre-amplifiers, which are very effective. They reveal bass frequencies that previously I had no idea were there.
About the place
Templin is a town of about 17,634 people in Brandenburg, Germany. OttoAnna lists 51 field recordings from here.
Equipment mentioned: Contact microphones. Piezo pickups that record vibrations in solid materials instead of airborne sound.
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Sources & credits
- “Creaking tree 1 internal and external, Vogelsang, 16792 Zehdenick, Germany - Creaking tree 1 internal and external sounds mixed” by Peter Cusack – Public Domain Mark · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0