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Piezo_ShipQuay 130708_09.flac

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klankbeeld

July 9th, 2013

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Soundscapes > Nature
's-Hertogenbosch, North Brabant, Netherlands
contact microphone recordings

Piezo's (contact-microphones) mounted on wooden quay (see geotag) along river and a yacht passing. (More piezo in this pack)

Nice to hear the propeller-noise in the water and the talking of the people on board at the end. In the back-ground some birds and a caw.
This recording is like I was lying there with my ear on the wooden quay when I was young (and that's long ago ;) . I like the result of this experiment.

The two 5cm piezo's are clamped on two separate parts of the quay.
Recorded with Sony PCM D50 recorder and EQ with Audacity-software.

Hanging the piezo in the river did not give a great recording. Clamping them on the quay gave a much better result because the two parts of wooden quay functioned as a stereo sound-booster. To get rid of the noise above the water I have to find or make a large underwater construction along the shore.

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ambience
ambient
contact-mic
contact-microphone
engine
field-recording
hum
noise
piezo
piezoelectric
propeller
propeller-noise
recording
river
sail
sailing
sound
soundscape
under-water
yacht

Type

Flac (.flac)

Duration

3:49.299

File size

83.4 MB

Sample rate

96000.0 Hz

Bit depth

24 bit

Channels

Stereo

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Mr.eg

7 years, 11 months ago

An excellent sound, thank you.

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