Location: Hofstra’s Unispan
Sounds: Clothing rubbing together, distant and closer cars moving, engines sputtering, footsteps, light key jingling.
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Field Recording #2
Location: My dorm in Enterprise Hall
Sounds: Wind on the branches outside, some shuffling, distant talking, some distant object being put down
Field Recording #2
Location: Bill of Rights Kitchen
Sounds heard: eggs sizzling, spatula scraping pan, microwave beeping, microwave buzz, salt shaker opening, pouring salt, and closing lid
Field Recording 2
Location: Student Center
Sounds heard: People talking, Starbucks ovens, kitchenware being used, chairs dragging, wrappers being crinkled
Field Recording 2
Location: Hofstra University, inside the Psibrary
Sounds Heard: people talking to each other in the distance, people speaking softly
Field Recording #2
Location: Commuter Parking Lot
Sounds Heard: Crunching of snow, light footsteps on the sidewalk, the slight crunch of dirt/gravel, cars driving in the distant street, a little bit of ruffling of clothes
Journal Entry 2
- 02/26/2023 – 8:47 PM – my bedroom
- Far away: Cars on the highway, people talking outside
- Medium: People talking downstairs, a toilet flushing, a sink turning on
- Closest: Someone watching tiktoks, someone walking past my door
- Sound level: relatively low, not much going on
- One word: Tired
- The essential sounds are: TikToks, people passing by in the hall, cars in the distance
Sound Journal 2
Date: 2/24, 5:58pm
Location: Dutch Treats
Far sounds: water running in the kitchen in the back
Medium sounds: rustling of a bag, door opening and closing, beep of the scanner at the register, people walking around shopping
Close sounds: the TV playing loudly (ads, then Star Wars music), the cashiers having a conversation, a staff member answering a phone call, the refrigerated items shelf buzzing, the crinkle of the Uncrustable I’m about to buy
Sound description/level: it’s not a busy time for Dutch but there are a handful of other people so it’s a fairly consistent volume in here. Not loud; you can hear the TV from anywhere inside but it’s not overwhelming, and a few people are talking but when they move away I can’t hear them as clearly
One word: supermarket
Most important sounds: the TV, the cashiers’ conversation, the fridges buzzing
Journal 2
- 02/24/2023 – 5:16 PM – Outside of Vander Poel Hall
- Far away: A car honked, some kind of radio music playing
- Medium: Cars driving by, a car driving very fast, leaves on trees blowing in the wind
- Closest: People having conversations passing by, a cat meow, some birds tweeting
- The sound level is quite low when it is closer to me, but things like the car driving are loud.
- Descriptor: Busy
- The essential sounds are: the car honking, the sounds of cars driving by, leaves blowing in the wind, and the birds tweeting.
Journal Entry #2
- Location: Living Room of my house, 4:14 pm 2/24/23
- Sounds furthest away: Planes flying overhead, Cars driving down the turnpike behind me, wind in the distance, cars revving, horns honking
- Sounds at Medium range: Cars driving past my house and down the street, The sound of my storm door banging against the porch railing due to wind, my roommate typing down the hall, sound of garbage being thrown in the dumpster of Popeyes, woman talking on the phone on the sidewalk.
- Sounds closest to me: Me typing on the computer, the sound of me sipping my tea, phone buzz notification, me breathing, my knees popping, the chair shifting under my weight.
- Around me in the house, the sound is very quiet. There is, however, a lot of loud sounds in the distance, mainly due to the cars and busy roads. By the time those sounds get to my ear, they are dampened and muffled.
- “Secluded”
- Cars going by on the turnpike, me breathing, me sipping tea