WORLD SOUNDSCAPE PROJECT TAPE LIBRARY

VANCOUVER/BC COLLECTION

REEL 20

UNIVERSITY OF B.C. Feb. 6, 1973

A

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1. BUCHANAN TOWER 0'55"

B

[false take, 4"]

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2. A SOUNDWALK 13'45"

 

REEL 20 COMMENTARY

1. Inside tower, elevator bell, leaving Buchanan Building.

2. Opens near gas lines (high whoosh) near the Mechanical Engineering Building, distant airplane sound, wind on microphones as approaching gas lines.

l'00" horn.

*1'40" close to gas line.

3'00" change of ambience.

3'20" change of ambience.

3'30" bad wind before entering Mechanical Engineering Building -- reverberant voices, quietly humming machinery.

4'00" loud saw in workshop, nice sound!

4'35" close to saw.

4'55" change of ambience.

5'05" change of ambience to outside, walk towards powerhouse, bad wind on microphones.

*5'20" boiler noise up close, very loud.

7'30" move outside, wind noise.

8'15" entering Engineering Building.

8'30" keypunch room of computer operation, "rat-a-tats", hums, voices, all fading in and out as recordist walks about.

10'00" ambience change to outside, faint hum in the background (some wind noise)

11'20" birds.

12'00" voice (male) walking past..."exams"


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