2- Talking, door opening and closing
3- Talking, Beeps, plastic shuffling
4- Grill, voices, laughter
5- A lot of general sound but I could hear individual conversations and noises if I focus on them
6- Bustling
7- Grill, beeps, voices
1- 04/05/2013- 12:41 am- My room in Vander Poel
2- Sounds farthest away: Extreme silence. The occasional car passing by on Oak Street and some wind, but not a whole lot.
3- Sounds at medium range: Radiator’s hum, Caitlin breathing, Graham breathing, a small burst of laughter from Graham.
4- Sounds closest: My toes cracking, the bottom edge of a poster behind my head sliding along the wall, keyboard keys, a computer fan, my own breathing.
5- General sound level and amount of sound activity: It’s almost uncomfortably quiet in here, as we’re all in our own little worlds.
6- One word description to the “sound environment”: Unnerving.
7- Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.: Computer fan, radiator hum, keyboard keys
1) Subway, Netherlands Core, 7:30, 4/4/13
2) people talking/ordering food, laughing
3) crinkle of chips bags, people moving around, the drink machine
4) Sounds from the TV, soft meta clinks, footsteps
5) Noise is high but not super loud
6) Active
7) People ordering food, the drink machine, sounds from the TV
1- 4/2/13 11:30 AM, Amtrak train from Union Station, DC to Penn Station, NYC
2- Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you- Clanking sound of the train moving
3- Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you- Kids shouting and running up and down the aisle, one of them repeatedly flushing the toilet, ticket taker moving through the cabin scanning tickets- the machine making a small beep once they are scanned,
4- Identify and list the sounds closest to you- The flipping of pages as I attempt to read my book
6- Assign a one word description to the “sound environment”- Obnoxious
7- Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment. Clanking sound of the train, kids screaming, scanning tickets
1- 04/04/2013- 9:08pm- Black Box Theater New Academic Building (NAB) Rehearsal for 5 Women.
2- Sounds farthest away: High-pitched but quiet hum of what could be a heater, radiator or lights.
3- Sounds at medium range: Eliza (Meredith) yelling at Sophie (Mindy), Meredith rips a piece of paper. Corinne (Trisha) putting make up away, Morgan’s (Georganne) skirt ruffles against her seat in the audience as she gets up for her upcoming cue.
4- Sounds closest: The sound of my paper crinkling as I write notes, the pencil rubbing against the paper. As I take an occasional bite of pizza, I hear the ripping crunch and then squish and crunch as I chew. Tom takes a swig of water from his water bottle.
5- General sound level and amount of sound activity: Sound level is very high as there is much sound activity including internal and external sounds with screams, paper rips, crinkling, and general movement. Sounds like everything’s falling apart.
6- One word description to the “sound environment”: Ripping.
7- Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.: Meredith screaming, ripping paper, rip and crunch of pizza.
1. April 4, 11:07 pm, 7th floor of Vander Poel
2. Radiator hum, door opening down the hall
3. Music from friend’s laptop, talking, laughter, shoes tapping on floor
4. Keyboard, waterbottle
5. The sound level is fluctuating. There are short bursts of increased volume, only for it to quiet down soon after.
6. Playful
7. Music, talking, laughter
