Seattle
Direct mp3 download or play: New Year’s 2017 – Seattle
This was recorded at my home in Seattle from about 11:55 PM, December 31st, 2016 to about 12:13 AM, January 1st, 2017. It was recorded using a Mackie Onyx Blackjack audio interface and an inexpensive Dell laptop running Windows 10. The microphones were cheap electret condenser capsules. The plug-in power for the microphones was provided by PFA phantom power adapters from
Queens, New York
Direct mp3 download or play: New Year’s 2017 – New York
This was captured from an online open microphone from approximately 11:55 PM, December 31st, 2016 to about 12:10 AM and 40 seconds, Eastern Standard Time, January 1st, 2017. I captured the Mpeg stream as a .wav file in Potplayer. Then I processed the .wav file in Adobe Audition (version1.5) with the free version of Stereo Tool and converted the file to a 320 Kbps mp3.
Austin, Texas
Direct mp3 download or play: New Year’s 2017 – Austin, Texas
This was captured from an online open microphone from approximately 11:55 PM, December 31st, 2016 to about 12:10 AM, Central Standard Time, January 1st, 2017. The audio file was processed the same way as the one from New York.