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Journal Entry #2
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1- 02/04/2013
9:40pm
Mineola Train Station
I am sitting on a bench near a curb under a bridge. Many streets surround me.

2- Sounds farthest away: A clicking noise that sounds like a cricket chirping but clearly is not, must be a far off machine or an alarm that refuses to turn off. A solitary laugh, the slightest hint of conversation which lasts very little.

3- Sounds at medium range: Occasional car slams and honks, random squeaks and sputters from driving. Nothing consistent or constant.

4- Sounds closest to you: Cars whiz by and start off relatively far away but then reach middle range and eventually become the sounds closest to me when they pass behind me.

5- Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity: It would be completely silent if it were not for the cars and alarm. The sound level is hauntingly low and any sound activity only occurs in sporadic spurts. The lack of sound creates a solitary environment that is extremely unsettling. Very much like what I would imagine the sound environment to be like in a scary movie before something horrible is going to happen.

6- One word description to the “sound environment”: Eerie.

7- 3 sounds essential to the sound environment: Clicking alarm, cars whizzing past, the solitary laugh.

Journal # 2
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1) 2/7/13 6:51 P.M Hallways in Amsterdam, the Netherlands

2) Cars, general highway noise

3) Girls voices, keys jingling

4) A television show, people laughing, talking, music

5) A little on the loud side, but otherwise pretty level

6) Lively

7) The T.V, the people laughing, and the music

Journal Entry 2
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1- Feb 6, 10:10pm, Republic Hall dorm room

2- Footsteps down the hallway, the occasional door opening/closing, the inconsistent clink of the washer/dryer across the hall

3- Soundtrack and effects of a videogame (Skyrim), slightly garbled conversation between a few guys, the jingling of a key ring being played with

4- Guitar strumming/tapping and tuning, the occasional squeak of the stings, intermittent breaths of the person sitting next to me

5- The sound level is medium-low; everyone is lazily occupied with their own tasks but keeping an eye on what’s happening on screen – the activity is at a low buzz

6- Lax (Relaxed)

7- Guitar noises (strumming, tapping, etc), the sound effects of the videogame, garbled conversation/chatter

 

Journal #2
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1- 2/4/13 – 4:24 PM – Unispan
2- Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you. – Furthest away from me, down at the bottom of the ramp I could hear the low roar of the people and activities in the student center. There was a distinct echo and more hollow noise that one could imagine from a gymnasium. The volume of activity combined with high ceilings creates a chamber for noise to get trapped in. 
3- Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you. – Within a medium range of me I could hear the activity of the many people on the unispan going from residential to academic. There were few discernible conversations going on, one girl passed speaking in Chinese while another student walked through advertising to others about the Jewish club on campus. I could never hear a full conversation or even sentence; just brief words. Tiny, one word, snippets of  conversation is all I could ever pick up. “Martha – smoking – my alarm – UPS was late” As I focused in even further into these sounds around me on the unispan I began to pick up the distinct sound of the occasional student shuffling their feet. Every so often I could hear someone walk by that was just a little bit too tired to actually lift their feet while they walked and I could hear the scraping noise as their shoes slid across the concrete floor. As I sat there with my eyes closed, I began to try to decipher whether the person passing me was a male or female simply by the way their feet hit the ground. 4 out of 5 times I was correct, somehow I was able to pick up on the very subtle differences, I think it had to do with the higher and cheaper sound “Uggs” make when the hit the ground as opposed to the more solid construction of most men’s shoes. Men also seemed to have a larger gait with a more spaced out step than the girls did. 
4- Identify and list the sounds closest to you (You can include internal sounds if noticed or relevant). – Closest to me I could hear the wind whistling through the small cracks in the window behind me. I could also feel the deep vibration of the bridge traveling through the hand rail and if I focused in on it hard enough it seemed to have a low rumble or roar to it. 
5- Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity. – Overall there are noises coming at me from all 360 degrees around me. All sounds are at a reasonable level with the exception of the occasional loud student. The loudest noises are the ones at a middle range from me. The noises from the student center were only a soft noise in the background and the immediate sounds were almost non existent. 
6- Assign a one word description to the “sound environment”. – Comatose 
7- Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment. Note: you need to try and figure out what sounds make up this environment and which of those sounds need to be there for the feeling of the environment to stay intact. – Foot shuffle, deep rumble of the bridge, small pieces of speech 

Journal Entry #2
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1. Tuesday, February 5 – 8:46 PM – Studio

2. Lee typing on the computer, bad rap playing on Lee’s computer on shuffle, then a movie trailer playing

3. The flipping of paper, Noah’s pencils (both the scratching of the pencils on his paper, and the ‘clunk’ of the pencils whenever he puts one down)

4. The heater right above me, on full blast, but starting to slow down

5. The sound level is fairly low, and there is not a lot of sound. The hum of the heater is the only constant sound that’s always heard, with a handful of other sounds floating in and out. The sound from Lee’s computer also fluctuates as the music and trailer build and fall in intensity.

6. Calm

7. The heater, the scratching of the pencils, the quiet music

Journal Entry #2
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1) 2/4/13, 7:28pm, Calkins Dance Studio, Antony and Cleopatra rehearsal

 

2) Air vents, vibrations from cars outside

 

3) Actors laughing, Kolb explaining Shakespeare, Scripts Rustling, whispering, pencil tapping against table

 

4) Typing, Phil’s script pages turning, phone vibrating

 

5) The sound level is medium, noisy but not overwhelmingly loud.

 

6) Attentive

 

7) Kolb, Scripts, actors laughing

Journal Entry 1
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1- DATE-TIME-LOCATION 1/30/13, 8 PM in my dorm room

2- Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.

Outside I can hear a large truck drive by. Someone upstairs paces steadily back and forth, and the bathroom door is occasionally opening and closing down the hall.

3- Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you.

The small fan whirring across the room, my neighbors TV playing quietly on the other side of the wall.

4- Identify and list the sounds closest to you (You can include internal sounds if noticed or relevant).

Carry On by Fun. is playing on Pandora on my computer. The computer keys are clacking away as I type, and I occasionally adjust the volume of the music in order to overpower other sounds, resulting in Apple’s signature beep as I hit the volume key.

5- Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.

The sound level is moderate. The more intrusive noises are muffled enough that they are not too bothersome, whereas all the noises coming from inside the room are steady and mid-volume. All of the sounds blend together very well so that no one sound is overpowering another.

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

Soothing

7- Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.

The person walking upstairs, the fan, the music

 

Journal Entry #1
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1:  Thursday, January 31, 2012, 12:17 pm, 714 Alliance Hall

 

2:  Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.

There’s the distant, tinny beep of a truck backing up somewhere in the sprawl of adjacent parking lots.  There’s also the hissing sound of the wind rioting at upwards of 35 miles an hour, lashing the side of the building and making faint screaming sounds against the seams of my windows.

 

3:  Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you.

The boys two doors down have rigged their deadbolt to not lock automatically, so that they don’t have to pay for their misplaced keys.  But they must have left a window open, because their door keeps opening and closing with the tide of air pressure, the now impotent locking mechanism making fluid, metallic clicks as it slides out of its place before the door swishes open and then shut with a heavy thud.  The Resident Assistant on next door in the other direction asks someone on the phone about his “reservation.”

 

4: Identify and list the sounds closest to you (You can include internal sounds if noticed or relevant).

My fingers tap percussively on my keyboard; the keys are shallow and make clicks as soft as the exoskeletons of wayward insects, throwing their bodies against a light in a dark room.  My heating unit pushes out air with a constant, fuzzy hum.  I can also hear air hitting the inside of my nose as I inhale sporadically.

 

5: Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.

There is a lot of varied sound outside my room, but none so loud or close that the most minute of sounds cannot be heard in my own room.

 

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

Journal Entry 1
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1-When and where are you

1/31/2013, 11:47PM, Vander Poel Hall dormitory room

 

2- Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.

Cars on Oak Street

 
3- Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you.

Wind whistling outside

 
4- Identify and list the sounds closest to you (You can include internal sounds if noticed or relevant).

Caitlin and Ryan talking, keyboard keys clicking, pretzels crunching, computer fans.

 
5- Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.

The overall noise level would be relatively quiet if not for Caitlin and Ryan. So the level seems to fluctuate between brief moments of calm lulls and loud sound shocks.

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

Distracting

 
7- Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.

Keyboard clicking, Caitlin/Ryan’s talking, electronic hums of the computers.

Journal Entry #1
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1- 1/31/2013, 8:05PM, Lounge of Republic Hall

2- Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.

Car starting outside, automatic door opening and closing

 
3- Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you.

Television (Hockey game), people playing a board game, door into lounge and going upstairs opening and closing rather frequently

 
4- Identify and list the sounds closest to you (You can include internal sounds if noticed or relevant).

Chewing of tortilla chips, voices of fellow residents having conversations, sniffling, tapping sound of typing

 
5- Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.

The general sound level is moderately loud. There is a lot of activity that is creating a lot of sound

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

“Rambunctious”

 
7- Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment. Note: you need to try and figure out what sounds make up this environment and which of those sounds need to be there for the feeling of the environment to stay intact.

The sounds of the people playing the board game, the voices of the residents having conversations, and the noise of the doors to and from the lounge opening.