disquiet0436 Sirene May 6th 2020 At Noon by rizzi published on 2020-05-08T18:44:47Z I originally recorded this for the "What do you her from your window" project initiated by Gille Malatray as a shirt of sound walk without leaving your home during the Covid19 pandemic - I thought it would be appropriate to include this recording in the Disquiet Junto for this week... Recorded in my front garden on Wednesday 5:6:2020 12 noon - the weather was sunny and pretty windy Every year on the first Wednesday of May - exactly at noon, the air raid sirens are tested all over Denmark. They blow them three times 4 minutes apart - the first two signals tell you to go inside and turn on the news, the final one is the “all clear” signal… the first blast in my recording happens around 5:30 When I was growing up they tested them every Wednesday - I guess the world is safer now? I reduced the low end a bit to get rid of some of the wind…other than that, the track is unprocessed except for gain setting/normalizing Recorded with a pair of Lewitt LCT 540 S in NOS and Sound Devices MixPre3 II 32 Bit float. Enjoy Genre Field Recording Comment by rizzi Oh, I see... I don't think we'll ever hear the sirens due to the weather - it's mostly very mellow here. 2020-05-13T05:31:26Z Comment by Ron Harrity @rizzi: I grew up in Kansas where we had tornado sirens that were also occasionally tested. 2020-05-13T02:10:18Z Comment by rizzi @ronharrity: Hmm, don't think I ever experienced air raid sirens in the States... but the sound changed since I was growing up and they sounded every Wednesday... 2020-05-12T18:48:01Z Comment by Ron Harrity The warble in the siren sounds unlike any I've heard in the US.They feel a little friendlier, somehow? 2020-05-12T14:37:06Z Comment by rizzi @vonna-wolf: Yeah, it is... and we only get to hear it once a year (hopefully) 2020-05-12T05:51:33Z Comment by Vonna Wolf What an intersting sound. The whirl 2020-05-12T03:26:23Z Comment by Luca Stereo ❤️ 2020-05-08T18:49:46Z
