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Journal Entry 4
1. February 21, 6:15 PM, Back room of Bits and Bytes
2. Hum from vents, voices from main area of Bytes
3. Voices of people at other end of table, pages turning
4. Voices of people sitting next to me, water bottle being capped, myself chewing
5. Medium. Not many things happening, but the voices are very excited, especially for such a small room.
6. Passionate
7. Vent hum, voices, me chewing
Journal Entry #4
1. Thursday, February 21, 2:22 PM, Breslin 112
2. The projector humming, someone’s chair squeeking, someone’s phone vibrating
3. More chairs squeeking, Martha talking about Artstor and technology
4. Rachel eating pretzels, Matt typing
5. The sound level is fairly quiet (as class is just about to start), but there’s lots of different elements incorporated making the activity pretty high.
6. Distracting
7. Squeeky chairs, noms, and Martha
Field Recording 3
Main Unispan
I originally took this clip to try to capture the way the footsteps echoed across the unispan in adjunct to the passing conversation. I was standing still near the middle of the unispan when a blind student bumped into me. I think this is what makes the clip especially interesting because my interaction created an unplanned accent to the field recording.
Journal Entry #4
1) 2/20/13, 6:08pm, Studio
2) Indistinguishable movement from the conference room next door and the hall. Something that sounds like a cat meowing outside. Cars pulling away for the night
3) Phil’s footsteps and shuffling of papers, Phil clipping a carbineer, the air blowing out of the vent, Noah rustling canary paper and the scratch of his pencil, the clock ticking extremely quietly
4) My typing and breathing. My jacket rubbing against the edge of the desk as I type.
5) The sound level is low, but there is a fair amount of sound activity.
6) Focused
6) Pencil Scratching, rustling of papers, clock ticking
Field Recording #3
Field Recording #3
Field Recording #3
Location: Outside Alliance Hall — February 18, 2013, 2:05 pm
Sounds heard: A fire alarm has just started going off inside the dormitory, and I am standing outside in the crowd of displaced students, some of whom can be heard at the beginning of the sound bite making light-hearted conversation about classes. At times, the blaring of the alarm can be heard only faintly, but the doors to the building sporadically open to admit firefighters and public safety officers, at which point the alarm becomes much louder. The final sound is that of the wind blowing against the building, as the plateau outside Alliance Hall functions as a fairly strong wind tunnel. At the end of the sound bite, one student can be heard asking if another is “ok,” to which his comrade responds, “Yeah, I’m just cold.”
Journal Entry # 4
1- 02/17/2013-9:52 AM- On the Bolt Bus from NYC to Boston.
2- Sounds farthest away: Whizzing of cars passing by outside.
3- Sounds at a medium range: Light rattling of the bus, sounds like a baby’s toy. Very light whisper of women’s voices, one woman’s pronunciation of s’s is very predominant.
4- Sounds closest: Constant low hum of the bus, sounds like a propeller at times beating at a 2/4 rhythm. Soft rustling when my head moves to get comfortable in the seat. It is so calm I can hear myself inhale and exhale.
5- General sound level and amount of sound activity: Sound level is very low and sound activity is calm and tranquil. There are maybe about five people on the bus and it is an easy early morning.
6- One word description to the “sound environment”: Soothing.
7- 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.: Constant low hum of the bus, light whisper of women’s voices, inhalations and exhalations.
Field Recording #3
Location: In my room on my computer.
Sounds heard: Skyping with my parents, they were playing around with the camera and this had some sort of effect on the sound system, causing them to sound like demon chipmunks on my end of the conversation. Thought it made for a perfect field recording so I taped it on my phone. Sounds heard include their voices, during and after demonization, and my voice when I’m laughing and wondering what happened.