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Upstairs Flat, down the road

Posted: 11 Aug 2026 18:16
by orangecannonim
I live on a road with victorian terraced houses. The main bedroom of the houses is at the front of the house, overlooking the street.
So there should be lots of opportunities for captures, in our warm summer.

However, sadly not, as most people in a house either have kids, (so are quiet) or are older, (with less opportunity)

All the best action seems to be in those houses that have been converted into flats, often rented with a younger crowd. However, the bedrooms of the converted flats are then at the back of the house, with no access possible.

However, a house down the road has been converted into flats, and is on a road junction, the front windows are the lounge, the bedroom / rear windows are adjacent to the road.
I had a historic capture their a few years ago, (not worth uploading), so its always been on my radar

So last weekend, I noticed the front windows on the upstairs flat were open by 3-4 inches, and my spidey senses started tingling as I heard a younger female voice talking pretty loudly. This was about 11:00pm. She sounded pretty drunk.
I planted a recorder, and retreated., (tascam)
upstairs-flat-01-tascam.mp3
I returned after an hour, and it was game on, easily heard from across the street.
I therefore planted a second slightly worse but much smaller recorder on a street sign, to test the audio quality - this is a spot I can leave the recorder in after dark easily, so hopefully more recordings are to come
upstairs-flat-01-alt.mp3
They were in the front lounge for 90 mins, then adjurned to the bedroom at the back of the flat, (which unfortunately had the windows shut) but you can still hear her a few times from the front.
At that point, a local neihbour started padding up and down the street for 30 mins, (which you can hear on one of the recordings).

The flat has been shut up for the last few days, but i'm keeping a watching brief for future installments :-)

I've cut the initial 45 mins of talking - it had minor action, but no great loss

Re: Upstairs Flat, down the road

Posted: 11 Aug 2026 18:18
by orangecannonim
I've left both files raw,
I normally use a high pass filter in audacity to made the action more obvious, and has limited impact to the quality

Re: Upstairs Flat, down the road

Posted: 11 Aug 2026 21:02
by sc0tt-uk
jackpot! Listen to the speed the neighbour walks at - methinks someone isn't in a rush to pass that particular window heh.

Re: Upstairs Flat, down the road

Posted: 11 Aug 2026 21:51
by joshzeiss2021
I love all your recordings Orange! Always good stuff. However, but do u mind giving me a rough minute guide of when the action is in both files? Just got don't have 2 hours to spare although part of me loves the suspense not knowing when. Cheers

Re: Upstairs Flat, down the road

Posted: 12 Aug 2026 10:52
by orangecannonim
np, i'll do a summary in a bit.
I normally download the file, then load it into audacity. The visual display then gives a very clear indication of the action, (especially following a high pass filter to remove wind / background roar).

Re: Upstairs Flat, down the road

Posted: 12 Aug 2026 12:34
by orangecannonim
there you go Josh....
This is for the tascam file. The other i the same action, just starts part way into things

They are intermittently intense, ie not continuous in the timed sections, but there is enough going on :-)
2:45-3:15 quiet warmup
7:35-10:00
11:00-12:45
But basically on to 33:00, intermittently intense.

46:30 - 52:45

1:00:00 - 1:05:00 male groans

1:06:00 - 1:08:00 both
1:13:30 - 1:20:00
1:25:45 - 1:27:45

1:33:00 - 1:24

1:39:00 - 1:40 quiet - now in the rear of the flat, but sound carries
1:53:15 - very quiet
1:56:45 - very quiet
1:59:15 - very quiet
2:14:50 - very quiet

2:17:20 - very quiet

Re: Upstairs Flat, down the road

Posted: 12 Aug 2026 14:42
by joshzeiss2021
Thanks a lot

Re: Upstairs Flat, down the road

Posted: 13 Aug 2026 20:34
by hociin
this is a masterpiece you achieved here, this capture is 🔥 thank you!
if possible can you share the uncut version ? that would be great

Re: Upstairs Flat, down the road

Posted: 14 Aug 2026 14:03
by Ilovesexsound
Her voice (at least when she moans) is so soft. I imagine it was even better to hear in person.
Hope to hear more of them.