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Recording soundscapes of Bangkok Airport

When we arrived at BKK Airport we were traveling from Chiangmai to Vietnam. That means we landed at the domestic terminal and had to do a self-transfer to the international terminal. With my Zoom H6 with the Soundman OKM binaural headphones (switched later to the Zoom F4) I recorded sounds at the baggage claim while waiting for our bags to recheck in.

You will hear sounds of the rolling suitcases, people chatting & picking up their luggage, using the travelator, and many fun announcements along the way. After the baggage claim, we went straight to the main terminal and to the Jetstar counter.

The main terminal at Bangkok Airport is just amazing. A huge hall with great architecture and the reverb of the chatting crowd is incredible! You can listen to thousands of people but the area is so larger that it all sounds very soft. Just like a calm ocean of sounds.

The soft white noise in the background comes from the air conditions running from each corner and from the walls.

Recording airport lounge sound effects

We have Priority Pass which allows us to enter certain lounges all over the world. After entering the lounge you can hear people eating and chatting, several moving chairs, and the waiter moves dishes around. After a few minutes, we had the entire lounge to ourselves! This is when I changed the recorder to the Zoom F4 and left the lounge.

Recording ambience on the way to the gate

The walk to the gate is about 600 meters and was filled with some incredible soundscapes and people walla. I stopped next to a shop to get the sound of the cashier and the beeping sound of the register.

Then we walked down a metal walkway and the sounds I captured were great! You can hear people chatting, kids playing, the suitcases on the metal walkway rolling, a needle printer, the staff ripping off the boarding cards, and a Chinese kid screaming all the time.