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Crivelli #2
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Location: Bits & Bites 2:27 PM 2/7/18

 

  1. Farthest: I can hear the door opening on the other side of the wall with people walking through it.
  2. Medium: I can hear tables and chairs moving around
  3. Closest: The conversations and people talking very loudly.
  4. Busy
  5. Three essential sounds for this environment are: people walking fast, the chairs moving around, the sound of people talking this is pretty much the easiest way to tell you’re in Bits

Journal 2
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Suite in Colonial Square- 12 AM – February 7th

  1. Farthest: I can hear my neighbors having a dulled conversation through the walls, my upstairs neighbors are walking through their room causing the sound of soft thuds above me. I also hear a the engine of a plane flying far far above me.
  2. Medium: I hear my hamster running around my suite in her ball and occasionally slamming into something and my suite mates having a dulled conversation through the wall by my bed.
  3. Closest: I hear my rooms air conditioner humming next to me with the occasional click of an object that fell into it awhile ago.
  4. There is a very low general sound level with quiet sporadic activity.
  5. Relaxed
  6. The three essential sounds for this environment are: The humming/clinking of the air conditioner, the dulled voices of my suite mates, and my upstairs neighbors footsteps. These three sounds sum up dorm life.

Broadhollow Theatre
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  1. Broadhollow Theatre – 2/07/18 – 3pm
  2. Farthest: Singing coming from the theatre
  3. Medium: Acapella music coming from my coworker’s laptop, typing, opening drawers
  4. Closest: Router running, chair wheels moving, humming
  5. Level: Quiet to Medium
  6. Description: Lull
  7. Important sounds: Acapella music on the computer, router running, and music from inside the theatre

Journal Entry 2
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1- February 6th, 2018-10:48-Calkins 220

2- An airplane flying overhead, the wind outside,footsteps
3- more footsteps, clicking of the key of the computers, clicking of a mouse, a girl talking, the Id card swiper beeping. rolling chairs
4- my breathing, the vibrating of my cellphone, my nails grazing the desk when I hit the space bar, the aircondition turning over something smooth, sounds like water
5- quiet
6- focused
7- The white noise and water sounds of the HVAC. the airplane. the beeping of the ID machine

Journal Entry #2 – Calkins Lab
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  1. Date: February 5, 2018
    Time: 12:38 pm
    Location: Calkins Lab
  2. Farthest: people talking outside the room, the doors closing, people typing, people laughing
  3. Medium: The 3D printers wiring and printing, a girl talking to someone, two girls making weekend plans, people walking around
  4. Closest: my pen drawing and the turning of the pages
  5. General sound level: low
    General sound activity: medium
  6. One word description: busy
  7. 3 important sounds: people typing, the 3D printers, my pen drawing

Field Recording – Week of 2/09
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Location and Date- My boyfriend John’s room on 2/2/18, around 9:30 pm

Sounds heard- Dryer turning and clanking (the most obvious sound although the dryer is in another room), John typing on the keyboard and sighing in frustration (less obvious), clicking on the mouse