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Journal Entry #4
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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
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1- DATE-TIME-LOCATION of the sound environment

April 2nd, 12:24pm, Hofstra’s Student Center. 

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

Furthest: Footsteps, talking between people, kitchen materials clanging from inside the food hub, beeps from the register, plastic utensils flying out of the dispensary. 

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

Medium: Closer conversations droning in and out, Starbucks orders being called out, people swiping cards, footsteps walking next to my table. 

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

Closest: Friends at my table talking, plastic utensils hitting plastic dishes, chewing, laughing, chairs scraping against the tile floor. 

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

Sound level is generally very loud with a few moments where the volume lulls. There is large amount of sound activity as people are bustling in and out of the building, making food orders and being social amongst themselves. 

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

One Word Description: Bustling. 

7- Essential Sounds: 

  1. Multiple conversations happening at the same time
  2. Chairs scraping on tile floor 
  3. Footsteps

Journal Entry #4
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Bill of Rights Kitchen – 4/1/23 – 10:48pm

Far sounds: People Talking, Rain, Heater hum

Medium Sounds: Stove Fan, door opening/closing

Close sounds: Water running, scrubbing on dishes(with scrub daddy), paper towel dispenser, shoes brushing on tile floor, dishes clinking metal sing

Sounds level: Medium

One Word: Clean

Most Important: Water running, sponge scrubbing, stove fan

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Date: 3/29/23

Location: Hauser Hall room 109, Psychopathology course

Far sounds: Typing of people at front of room, central heating/air blowing, people sniffling

Medium sounds: Professor lecturing, professor’s shoes on the linoleum, questions and voices from classmates

Close sounds: My own typing, my chair creaking

Sound description/level: Quiet, focused sound, revolving around the sound of the lecture currently being given by the professor. She is speaking loudly and clearly but the rest of the class and classroom is understandably silent.

One word: Focused

Most important sounds: Typing, professor lecturing, air from the vent blowing

Sound Journal #4
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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
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  1. Friday March 31st @3:25PM: inside the ceramic studio office
  2. 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.
  3. The sinks running and the hum of the kiln room fan
  4. 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.
  5. There is a fair amount of activity but it is still relatively quiet – just a lot of ambient noise interspersed with voices
  6. Liminal
  7. 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
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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
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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

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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.