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Vibrations in the elevated structure as a UBahn train passes

Berlin, 10117, Deutschland

A 5-minute field recording by Peter Cusack made in Kreuzberg, Germany on 23 November 2020, in the afternoon. Soundscape: streets & traffic, trains & stations and contact-mic recordings.

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Vibrations in the elevated structure as a UBahn train passes
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Recordist's notes

The UBahn tracks here are elevated above the road. These are the vibrations in one of the massive metal supports recorded with a contact mic. Between trains not much is audible in the structure - just very minimal traffic - so I've edited to shorten the gaps. The sound is somewhat different depending on train direction. In this recording it is eastbound followed by westbound, repeated twice.

Written by Peter Cusack on radio aporee ::: maps.

About the place

Kreuzberg is a city of about 153,135 people in State of Berlin, Germany. OttoAnna lists 790 field recordings from here.

Equipment mentioned: Contact microphones. Piezo pickups that record vibrations in solid materials instead of airborne sound.

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