WORLD SOUNDSCAPE PROJECT  RECORDING LIBRARY
BERLIN 1993 COLLECTION
Recorded by Dietrich Hasse, December 1993
Recordist's notes

NO.
SUBJECT
SOUNDFILE
DURATION
1
 Tegel Airport, main hall (gong and announcement at 0:56)
1:22
2
 Lichtenberg Railway Station, main hall (large hall, low reverberation)
3:30
3
 Lichtenberg Railway Station, passage (gong and announcement at 0:52)
1:35
4
 Lichtenberg Railway Station, outside platform, partly roofed (S-Bahn comes and leaves)
5:14
5
 Hauptbahnhof Railway Station, main hall (similar in size to Lichtenberg, but more reverberation)
5:02
6
 Hauptbahnhof Railway Station, passage (gong and announcement at 6:47)
7:47
7
 Hauptbahnhof Railway Station, platforms (completely covered by am arch-shaped construction, steel and glass)
3:10
8
 Alexanderplatz Railway Station, platform (similar in construction to the Hauptbahnhof, but a bit smaller)
4:25
9
  Friedrichstrasse Railway Station, platform (similar to others, sounds from distant trains are transmitted by the rails as clicks, gong and announcement at 2:11 in the background)
3:22
10
 Zoologischer Garten Railway Station, platform (a more modern, rectangular roof construction, signals of closing doors of the ICE (InterCity Express) at 1:47, gong and announcement)
2:24
11
 Zoologischer Garten Railway Station, platform (closing doors again at 2:38, announcement of incoming train)
4:02
12
 S-Bahn City Train from inside (an older one, ringing bell as a caution signal)
0:32
13
 S-Bahn City Train from inside(new one from East Berlin)
2:58
14
 S-Bahn City Train from inside(new one from West Berlin)
4:39
15
 U-Bahn Subway from East Berlin (starts outside and gets into the tunnel at 1:14)
4:09
16
 U-Bahn Subway from West Berlin
2:20
17
 Streetcar (only in service in East Berlin; a very old one, standing awhile before starting; Walkman can be heard)
4:12
18
 Streetcar (newer one, with buzzing sound when it speeds up or slows down; police car passing at 0:40)
4:37
19
 Streetcar (same type with another steering mechanism without buzzing sound)
3:33
20
 Crosswalk signals (usual crosswalk signal at several crossroads in Berlin)
3:42
21
 Crosswalk signals (steady signal to find the location, loudness depends on the level of the surrounding sounds)
2:52
22
 Kaufhof Shopping Centre (telephone, cash register, signal for the staff in the background)
0:58
23
 Recording from the recordist's balcony (workers on a building site, streetcar in the background)
2:54
24
 Recording from the recordist's balcony (the same with a concrete mixer and some cars)
3:06
25
 Recording from the recordist's balcony (rainy Sunday morning with churchbells in the background)
2:02
26
 Birds (ducks, high frequency sounds comes from the ducks walking over thin ice, planes in the background)
1:21
27
 Birds (seagulls and coots, industrial sounds in the background)
2:41


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