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March 8, 2004 James "Jim" Balfour Buchanan (b. March 31, 1921 in Vancouver) is the only child of James Buchanan (b. Feb. 1877 in Shanghai, d. 1944 in Vancouver) and his mother (b. in Kingston, Jamaica), whose maiden name was Balfour. Father: sent to boarding school in Yorkshire, England at age 8. After completing his schooling, he lived in Germany for one year, learning the language and thus preparing him for later services as an interpreter at the end of the First World War. He was living…

Shipping at the waterfront in New Westminster, B.C.

Recording Context: Environmental ambience; Public; OutdoorContext Notes: Thick ambience, maskingThe locations indicated on the map may be approximate, depending on log/archival data available. A soundscape recording.

Recordist in conversation.Recording Context: Specific venue; Environmental ambience; Public; OutdoorThe locations indicated on the map may be approximate, depending on log/archival data available. A soundscape recording.

Wind on microphones.Recording Context: Specific venue; Environmental ambience; Public; OutdoorContext Notes: Vents; FansThe locations indicated on the map may be approximate, depending on log/archival data available. A soundscape recording.

Recording Context: Specific venue; Environmental ambience; Public; OutdoorContext Notes: Long reverberation tail; Reverberation; Long decayThe locations indicated on the map may be approximate, depending on log/archival data available. A soundscape recording.

Recording Context: Specific venue; Environmental ambience; Public; OutdoorContext Notes: Crescendo and decrescendo; Chords produced by motorThe locations indicated on the map may be approximate, depending on log/archival data available. A soundscape recording.

Recording Context: Specific venue; Environmental ambience; Public; OutdoorThe locations indicated on the map may be approximate, depending on log/archival data available. A soundscape recording.

Recording Context: Environmental ambience; Public; OutdoorContext Notes: A high wineThe locations indicated on the map may be approximate, depending on log/archival data available. A soundscape recording.

Recordist is walking but movement is not clear.Recording Context: Specific venue; Environmental ambience; Indoor; TransitContext Notes: Disoriented sense of space; Spatial ambiguity; High frequency oscillation (TV monitors); Diffused soundsThe locations indicated on the map may be approximate, depending on log/archival data available. A soundscape recording.

Recording Context: Specific venue; Environmental ambience; Public; OutdoorThe locations indicated on the map may be approximate, depending on log/archival data available. A soundscape recording.

L and R channel differences (mic position). Wind distortion.Recording Context: Environmental ambience; PublicContext Notes: Steady-state broadband. Layers/masking. Echo (reverberation) present at 17'20".The locations indicated on the map may be approximate, depending on log/archival data available. A soundscape recording 26'10".

Recordist is walking.Recording Context: Environmental ambience; Public; OutdoorContext Notes: Harmonics; Reverberation; Echo; WhistleThe locations indicated on the map may be approximate, depending on log/archival data available. A soundscape recording.

Microphone distortion. Recordist is walking.Recording Context: Environmental ambience; Public; OutdoorThe locations indicated on the map may be approximate, depending on log/archival data available. A soundscape recording.

Shotgun microphone rather than cardioid. Clicks on right channel.Recording Context: Environmental ambience; Public; OutdoorContext Notes: Masking; Distance; Depth of field; Rumble; Close up; Heavy frequencyThe locations indicated on the map may be approximate, depending on log/archival data available. A soundscape recording.