upstairs bathroom at off campus home
sounds heard: hum of vent, placing of bathroom items on counter, sniffle, water running, closing and opening of medicine cabinet.
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Journal Entry #4
April 2nd, 9:00pm – Back Room of Hof U.S.A.
Farthest Away: Squeaking of the Milkshake Machine
Medium Range: The beeping of the beepers a couple tables away.
Closest: People talking tables away from. People laughing. Maya blowing her nose.
Sound Level: Mostly a medium level of constant. Occasionally when there is more background noise, people’s conversations would get louder, so the sound level would be higher.
Sound Activity: Inconsistent. Conversations go in and out as well as the machines the workers were using. Also, Maya wasn’t blowing her nose for two minutes straight.
Description: Social
Essential Sounds:
- People’s Conversations
- People Laughing
- Maya Blowing her Nose
Sound Journal #4
1. 3/31/23 in Tilburg House in C Square
2. Farthest Away: The oven clicking as it heats up, people talking a few tables away, people walking around
3. Medium Range: The sound of air coming through the hood above the stove, a clock ticking
3. Closest: My friend preparing to make cookies, a plastic bowl falling on the floor, my friend laughing and talking to me
4. Sound Level: Soft
5. Sound Activity: Pretty calm and infrequent
6. One Word: Relaxing
7. Essential Sounds: The sound of air in the hood above the stove, my friend talking, and the people talking a few tables away
Journal entry 4
Location: 3/31/2023, 5:12 bedroom
Furthest sounds: cars driving down hempstead turn pike, further cars driving in the distance, cars honking, engines revving, semi trunks hissing and stopping
medium: car doors being closed, cars going over the metal plate in the road near my house, the popeyes drive throw window worker talking about combos, my roommate playing loud rock music in the basement.
closest: the sound of the youtube video about black holes i am watching, me typing on my computer
sound level: loud but not busy
description: relaxing
essential sounds: car honks, loud basement music, youtube video
Journal 03/31/2023
- 03/31/2023 – 4:06 PM – the Back area where I work
- Far away: the store music playing
- Medium: the manager typing, someone using a hammer
- Closest: a chair moving around, a toilet flushed, someone shuffling through boxes
- The sound level is low.
- Descriptor: Preparing
- Essential sounds: the shuffling of boxes and the store music playing
Journal Entry #4
- Friday March 31st @3:25PM: inside the ceramic studio office
- I can hear the faint sounds of voices from the class happening in the ceramic studio and the sliding of the metal stools across the cement floor.
- The sinks running and the hum of the kiln room fan
- Closest to me I can hear footsteps as people walk by the office doors as well as the sound of the door opening and closing.
- There is a fair amount of activity but it is still relatively quiet – just a lot of ambient noise interspersed with voices
- Liminal
- The hum of the fan is essential, as are the distant voices and metal stools. I think what’s key in creating the environment is way in which they overlap and give the sense that there is something happening in the other room but not here. Like when you fall asleep on the couch next to a room full of people.
Journal Entry #4
Date: March 30th
Location: Monroe Hall theater, Indian music concert for a class
Far Sounds: people whispering around the auditorium, people outside auditorium talking
Medium Sounds: professor talking, band playing on stage, tampura drone
Closest Sounds: my friends whispering next to me, water bottle crinkle
Sound description/level: sound wasn’t too loud or abrasive, the nature of this music is to relax you
essential sounds: tampura drone, flute , drums
one word: tranquil
Journal Entry #4
Date: March 30
Location: LHCOMM Classroom
Far Sounds: doors opening from down the hall, professor’s voice through the wall
Medium Sounds: air vents, people moving in their seats, clearing their throats, marker squeaking on the board
Close Sounds: Professor lecturing, people writing in their notebooks
Sound Description/Level: the professor himself is loud and clear because he projects his voice, but other than that the level of noise is pretty quiet.
One Word: enthusiasm
Most Important Sounds: Professor talking, marker squeaking
Journal Entry 4
Date: March 29
Time: 11:20 am
Location: Career Center waiting room
Far Sounds: door opening and latching down the hall, voices moving past, footsteps, paper cutter slicing in a nearby office.
Medium Sounds: light keyboard tapping, bracelet swiping across a desk, computer mouse clicking, desk drawer opening and closing.
Close Sounds: two women talking, door opening, footsteps on carpet, jacket rubbing, white noise machine.
Sound Description/Level: the sound in this room is refined, almost antiseptic. The white noise machine gives it a calming atmosphere and nothing is too loud or jarring.
One Word: clean
Most Important Sounds: keyboard tapping, footsteps on carpet, white noise machine.
Field Recording #3
Location: Main Dining Room in Bits and Bytes
Sounds Heard: Clicking (unsure of source), Distant hum of the blender, hum of the toaster, people talking, movement of kitchen equipment