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Drainage Pipe

Valley Park, Saint Louis County, Missouri, 63088, United States

A 2-minute field recording by Pierrot Desperes made in Kirkwood, United States on 20 December 2020, in the afternoon. Soundscape: rivers, streams & waterfalls, underwater (hydrophone) and contact-mic recordings.

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Drainage Pipe
2:00Public Domain Markby Pierrot DesperesInternet Archive
2:00
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Recordist's notes

Drainage Pipe Study. Large steel drainage pipe running through the embankment of Grand Glaize Creek. A rivulet of water is emptying out of pipe and falling about 2 feet onto a creek bed of rocks and leaves. 0-30: narrow MS stereo recording. 30-1:00: narrow MS stereo and hydrophone in pipe. 1:00-1:30: hydrophone alone. 1:30-2:00 stereo contact mics attached to pipe on either side of rivulet

Written by Pierrot Desperes on radio aporee ::: maps.

About the place

Kirkwood is a town of about 27,750 people in Missouri, United States. OttoAnna lists 32 field recordings from here.

Equipment mentioned: Hydrophones and Contact microphones. Underwater microphones used for whales, fish, ice and the hidden sounds of rivers and ponds.

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