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Sound Journal #5:
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1. 2/27/2014, 4:00 PM, Reference Room of Axinn Library

2. Identify the sounds farthest from you: The farthest sounds I can make out are whatever noises people from outside of the reference room are making.  I am not particularly close to the doors, but there seems to be an occasional loud person getting the attention of a friend in the “non-quiet” zone.  I cannot hear any sounds that are being made through the library windows.

3. Identify the sounds at medium range: Because this room is reserved for silent working, I feel that any cough or shift is magnified because it stands so alone.  Today, there is a lovely rule breaking gentleman on his phone.  It seems as if he is trying to fool us all by walking behind the stacks of reference materials and moving closer to the window and distancing himself from the cubicles, but I can still hear that he is talking to a friend about plans for tomorrow night.  I can also hear, very clearly, coughing and sniffling from the other cubicles.

4. Identify the sounds closest to you: Closest to me, I can hear the keyboards of the Macs occupying the cubicles on either side of mine and a little bit of the one behind me.  The light above my desk is buzzing extremely faintly, but I can still hear the buzz of it.  I can also hear my jeans moving against the chair when I shift in my seat.  I have cleared my throat a few times since I have been listening as well.

5. General sound level and activity: The general sound level is extremely low.  However, the sounds that I do hear represent plenty of activity because of how they are paced.  This room does not provide the best study environment for me because the general level of sound and activity is too low for me. It makes me feel sleepy.

6. One word to describe the sound environment: Critical

7. 3 essential sounds to the sound environment: 

-The typing on keyboards

-The occasional cough

-The cubicle light buzzing

Sound Journal 5
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1 – 2/26/14 4:30PM JC Adams Playhouse

2 – Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.
>Music playing over stereo
>Table saw running in the shop
>55 crew members talking among themselves

3 – Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you.
>Stephanie becoming audibly annoyed with painting
>Beja and David chatting about renderings
>Sampson yelling orders

4 – Identify and list the sounds closest to you.
>The creaking of the wooden bridge beneath my feet
>The sound of my paintbrush on the flat
>Abbie humming

5 – Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.
>The room is very loud and bustling. Everyone has a task to carry out, and is being quite loud about it.

6 – Assign a one word description to the “sound environment”.
>Busy

7 – Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.
>Sampson
>Chatting from everyone in the room
>Music in background

Sound Journal Numero Five
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1 – Date. Time. Place.
>2.27.2014
>7:23p.m. EST
>AT&T Corporate Store, Hempstead

2 – Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.
>Car doors slamming in the distance.
>Some guy blasting hard bass rap music in his car.
>The ringing of a bike bell (who even uses those anymore.)

3 – Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you.
>The faint lobby-like music of the store.
>People murmuring and chatting about phones, and one lady about her dog’s cyst.
>The tick tacking of a keyboard as an employee rings up a customer
>People testing out phones and devices, consistent beeps, boops, and blips.
>This one guy who chews his cereal really loudly.

4 – Identify and list the sounds closest to you.
>My father playing with his new phone. More beeps, boops, and a few bleeps.
>My hiccups that keep cutting off my hearing.
>The shuffle of the receipts in the hands of the representative.
>The chewing man has now walked by me.

5 – Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.
>The sound was decently loud, definitely not uncomfortable but it had a full volume.
>The activity can be considered passively busy. There wasn’t anything too bustling about it all but the sounds all combined together made it hard to focus down on one.

6 – Assign a one word description to the “sound environment”.
-Public.

7 – Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.
-The Lobby-like music
-The bleeps and bloops
-The chewing man

Sound Journal #5
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1 – 2/27/14 – 5:10pm – TwoGuys Discount Appliances, Centereach

2 – Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.
-Cars driving down Middle Country Road.
-A news broadcast playing on a TV in the background.

3 – Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you.
-Lou talking to customers over the phone.
-The theme song from “Laverne and Shirley” playing on the radio.
-Lou opening and closing a refrigerator door.

4 – Identify and list the sounds closest to you.
-Me coughing repeatedly.
-Joe talking to my parents about a black, GE refrigerator.
-Joe typing on a computer keyboard.
-A printer printing out a receipt.

5 – Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.
-There wasn’t that much going on in the store, as my parents and I were the only customers there. There were a few different sounds occurring at the same time, but at a low volume.

6 – Assign a one word description to the “sound environment”.
-Quiet.

7 – Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.
-Joe, the owner, talking to my parents.
-Lou opening one of the refrigerators.
-My parent’s receipt being printed.

Field Recording
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Location: Hofstra Fitness Center- 2/27/14

Sounds heard: Me counting “one”, Christina realizing that she’s doing the wrong exercise, music in the background, a trainer talking to his client next to us, people running on machines in the background, us faintly counting out our ab moves, Me saying “twenty” as we finish

 

Sound Journal # 5 & Field Rec. #4 – Applebee’s
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1. Thursday, February 27, 4:30-6:30pm, Applebee’s.

2. Identify the sounds farthest from you: In the distance, there is the faint clatter of dishes from the kitchen. Upon over arrival, the restaurant is fairly empty; a general, low murmur of conversation fills the air.

3. Identify the sounds at a medium range from you: Twice while here, the Applebee’s staff comes out to sing their rendition of “Happy Birthday,” in order to avoid copyright issues. Interesting that this is so relevant to our discussions in class right now. Their version is particularly interesting. Note one of my field recordings, “Applebee’s 2”, to hear part of it. There is an older couple speaking to who appears to be the manager. They must have had bad service or something because I can hear him offering them a bottle of wine. Waiters take orders from tables near by, mentioning the 2-for-1 drink specials to avoid giving away a free appetizer (if they don’t mention one of the drinks, you get a free app). The music in the restaurant is somewhat loud considering it was 4:30 when we got
here and it was empty; it becomes less noticeable as the restaurant fills with more customers, and thus, a louder undertone of general murmuring.

4. Identify the sounds closest to you: Sam and I are chatting, enjoying our appetizers: the crunch of the chips, the knife scraping the plate as she cuts her boneless wings in half, the rustle of the paper that lines the basket of the sampler, the crunch of a celery stalk, a sip of beer, and the sound of the glass being placed back on the table. A phone vibrating on the table top.

5. Describe the general sound level/activity: Progressively more noisy as the dinner rush comes in and the music plays, from a speaker above our table, I’ve noticed. The undertone of general talking makes the sound level louder, busier.

6. Word to describe sound environment: Lively.

7: Three sounds vital to sound environment: Music playing above us, undertone of talking, rustling and crunching as we eat our appetizer sampler.