Field Recording #3
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Location: Calkins Quad

Sounds Heard:

  • Sirens
  • Birds Chirping
  • Revving of an engine
  • Audible sigh
  • Human inhaling
  • Jangling keychain
  • People talking
  • Short scream/holler
  • Rustling of papers/notebook
  • General street traffic
  • Phone being moved

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  1. 3/6/26, 12:30pm, Lidl, Lake Grove
  2. Farthest: Chatter from customers waiting on line
  3. Medium: Shuffling of customers placing their groceries on the belt/music from the speakers (side note: we are pretty sure the music that is played from the speakers is generated from AI)
  4. Closest: The beeping every time I scan an item
  5. Sound Level/Activity: The sound level was pretty high, due to it being midday on a Friday and at that time we generally get pretty busy, so with all the people, and several registers open it can get loud and pretty overstimulating
  6. Description: Grocery store, normal activity
  7. Essential Sounds: Beeping from the register, pushing of the carts, the speaker system announcing which registers are open/closed, music from the speakers

 

Journal Entry #3
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  1. 3/6/2026, 7:00-10:00 pm, Hofstra Game Room during a Mario Kart Tournament
  2. Farthest: Pool (cue balls clashing and going in pockets), air hockey, ping pong
  3. Medium: Music, Talking/Yelling, Mario Kart noises, games, stomping
  4. Closest: Analog sticks and button clicks on the controllers
  5. Sound Level/Activity: A lot of different noises from a lot of different games and people. The level of sounds changes from low to high constantly. Cluttered. 
  6. Description: Arcade.
  7. Essential: Controller noises, games music/noises, talking/yelling.

Journey Entry #3
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1- 03/06/26-1:30 pm – Home

2- Furthest Sounds: Dryer humming noise in the basement and Cars driving past by the block.
3- Medium Range: TV playing in the living room, kettle whistling, pots and pans slamming
4- Closest Range: Music playing out of my laptop, clicking noise coming out of my keyboard.
5- The general sound level was in the medium. Nothing too loud or too quiet and the sound activity is average/moderate sound activity.
6- Normal
7-Kettle whistling, dryer humming, tv playing

Journal Entry #3
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Time: 10PM

Place: My dorm in Dover Hall, Hempstead, NY

Close sounds: Laptop keyboard typing, medium sized heater, various phone notifications, shoes sliding on tile floor.

Medium Sounds: Doors opening and closing, toilet flushing, whistling from the window

Faraway Sounds: Unintelligible conversations in the hallway, footsteps from hallway,

Sound Level: The hum of the heater is constant and presently quiet. The other sound elements are sporadic and random while being loud enough to distract.

Description: Stable

Essential Sounds: Hum from heater, footsteps, laptop keyboard typing. Passing conversations.