WORLD SOUNDSCAPE PROJECT TAPE LIBRARY

VANCOUVER DAT COLLECTION

DAT 3

 

DOWNTOWN VANCOUVER AUG 27, 1993

1. Burrard & Nelson, tape ID -

2. Burrard & Nelson, BC Hydro noon whistle 1:28

3. Waterfront skytrain station 2:58

4. tape ID -

5. skytrain interior, from Waterfront 5:03

6. CP Rail station (former), ambience 5:06

7. Seabus terminal, ambience 3:33

8. Seabus interior 4:19

9. soundwalk, seabus to street 8:34

10. Seymour & Cordova, traffic 5:10

STANLEY PARK

11. Lost Lagoon, ambience 2:07

12. Lost Lagoon, ambience 4:54

13. Brockton Point Lighthouse, harbour ambience 6:10

14. seawall, near 9 o'clock gun 2:11

15. 9 o'clock gun and ambience of seawall 5:50

DOWNTOWN CONT.

16. Robson street from Burrard to Jervis 12:01

17. tape ID -

18. Main street bus 5:59

19. tape ID -

20. Main street skytrain trip 3:10

21. tape ID -

22. Molson indy car race 0:31

23. Molson indy car race 7:51

24. Molson indy car race, from BC Place Stadium 1:05

25. Molson indy car race, from BC Place 5:18

26. Molson indy car race 2:52

27. James & 29th, ambience 1:33

28. Molson indy car race, on TV 1:00

29. tape ID, Molson indy car race on TV 0:45

30. James & 29th, neighborhood ambience 1:19

31. James & 29th, ambience, "weedeater" 3:02

32. James & 29th, backyard 10:02

 

DAT 3 COMMENTARY

1. tape ID

2. Recorded in front of BC Hydro building, BC Hydro (Canada) horn at 0:55

3. station ambience, train arrival and departure, stationary mic position

4. tape ID

5. door signal, ride on train a couple of stops, signal drops out at 1:35 returning at a lower level

6. incorrectly ID'd as the former CN Rail station, piano player 40 feet away, recorded from a bench in south-east corner, nice general ambience

7. busker singing and people talking, hiss of plumbing (busker playing Gordon Lightfoot)

8. seabus idle then depart and cruise, ambience of interior, people talking, horn at 1:55, departure at 2:00

9. seabus docking, doors open at 2:30, walk off, up ramp, up escalator at 4:53, busker at 5:35, enter station at 7:40, exit to street at 8:18, some mic noise

10. traffic and sidewalk ambience in front of station, child's voice at 1:18, car horns at 2:06 and 3:12

11. across from the city at opposite end of park, sounds of distant traffic, ducks and people passing, footsteps at 1:27, low levels

12. higher levels than take 11, ducks, distant jet, park traffic, nice ambience, ducks take off at 2:01, loud duck at 3:00, some geese

13. waves, ships passing, pleasure boats, people passing, light breeze, larger waves from boats, some mic handling noise

14. distant city noise, people passing, water fowl, distant sirens, people laughing and singing at 0:20

15. mic attenuated 20 dB in anticipation of 9 o'clock gun, people gathering, gun at 4:54, much distortion, nice echoes off mountains

16. north side of the street on a Friday night (9:20 PM), sidewalk ambience, cars cruising, buskers, car alarm at 5:34, magician at 6:28,flatulence from an elderly man at 9:05, music at 1:35, air brakes at 10:56, fiddler at 3:16

17. tape ID

18. boarding bus, sitting in rear, conversation between child and mother at 3:57, change into dispenser at 0:25

19. tape ID

20. skytrain arrives and departs, enter second train and ride to stadium

21. tape ID

22. tape ID, indy cars and helicopter

23. some mic noise, 50 yards from starting grid, person questioning recording, playing with levels at 0:50, levels drop out for a second at 4:04, cars at 6:16 and 7:12, helicopter

24. recorded from BC Place, opposite "gate A", between buildings, much reverb as cars pass

25. recorded in empty lot between buildings, much reverb, hot levels, very dynamic as cars pass, helicopter at 4:00

26. from up the slope, 80-90 feet from cars, loudest take, some mic noise

27. tape ID, ambience of neighborhood with indy race far in the distance, dogs

28. indy race on TV, in living room

29. tape ID and more TV

30. ambience of neighborhood, ice cream truck, birds

31. dog barking, children playing, weedeater starts up

32. birds (sparrows, starlings, etc.), plane overhead


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