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Tramfahrt Linie 8

Halle (Saale), Sachsen-Anhalt, Deutschland

A 15-minute field recording by elias.kue99 made in Halle (Saale), Germany on 20 February 2025, in the afternoon. Soundscape: trams, metros & buses, crowds & voices and soundwalks.

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Tramfahrt Linie 8
15:10
Spectrogram of Tramfahrt Linie 8
Spectrogram of the full recording (time left to right, frequency bottom to top), generated by the Internet Archive.

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

Recordist's notes

For my third track, I decided to take a recording in the tram line 8 as it is one of the most frequently used ones by me. While I generally do prefer walking, tramrides are an everyday event that kinda has a unique atmosphere to them. They're like waiting rooms and you're not really doing anything during the ride, yet you're moving to a certain destination. I always thought the soundscape of the tram to be very stimulating, the ongoing technical noise mixed with the sound of people talking, entering and leaving the ride. While in some situations I find myself distressed by the constant noise, more often than not, it actually creates more of a blur around me, like a place separate from time and space, where it's just me and my thoughts. Like with my other recordings, I used a Soundman OKM Surround Mic and my Zoom Recorder to record these sounds as it allowed my to capture the soundscape the way that I myself experienced it as I was taking the ride.

Written by elias.kue99 on radio aporee ::: maps.

About the place

Halle (Saale) is a city of about 237,865 people in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. OttoAnna lists 30 field recordings from here.

Equipment mentioned: Binaural microphones. Microphones worn in the ears (or in a dummy head) that capture sound as a listener hears it – best experienced on headphones.

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