These sounds were meant to be a part of another feature that I planned to start here on Sonic Terrain, called ‘Sound Comparisons’. Unfortunately, because of a recent string of commitments I have been unable to get it started. I thought it would be a good idea to feature them as October’s sounds.
The idea was to record traffic at different locations around the world at the same local time. All the sounds on this page were recorded around 6pm (local time) at a busy traffic junction. I have levelled them out to the same loudness (without changing the dynamics) so that it’s easier to pay attention to the content and the relative loudness of the elements within each recording.
If would be wonderful to have people contribute to this post! If you can record traffic in which every city/town you are in at 6pm, do post the link as a comment.
Downtown Orlando, USA
[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/27927532″ params=”show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=1a887e” width=”100%” height=”81″ ]
Recorded with a Schoeps CMXY 4V into a 702T @ 96k
Recorded by: Colin Hart
SoundCloud: colin-hart
Web: http://hartfx.net/
Twitter: @colinhart
Edinburgh, Scotland
[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/27928661″ params=”show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=1a887e” width=”100%” height=”81″ ]
Recorded with a Sony D50
Recorded by: Varun Nair
SoundCloud: ntkeep
Web: http://re-sounding.com
Twitter: @ntkeep
Medellín, Colombia
[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/21415865″ params=”show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=1a887e” width=”100%” height=”81″ ]
Recorded with a Zoom H2
Recorded by: Miguel Isaza
SoundCloud: misazam
Web: http://miguelisaza.com/
Twitter: @misazam
Bangalore, India
[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/27929218″ params=”show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=1a887e” width=”100%” height=”81″ ]
Recorded with a Sony D50
Recorded by: Varun Nair
SoundCloud: ntkeep
Web: http://re-sounding.com
Twitter: @ntkeep
