1- 3/18/2011, in my living room apartment.
2- Cars and the Hempstead bus going by outside my apartment.
3- A youtube video back in my bedroom, and a computer fan.
4- I am talking to the person beside me, and she is playing with two butterknives, which are clacking together.
5-The sound level is low, but the activity near me is animated due to the conversation taking place.
6- Laid back
7- The bus going by, the video in the background, and the talking in the present.
DATE-TIME-LOCATION: 3/17/11; 7:55PM; Adams Playhouse
FARTHEST SOUNDS: people talking, ushers taking people to seats
MEDIUM SOUNDS: people talking, seats slapping up
NEAR SOUNDS: people talking, turning pages
SOUND LEVEL: loud
SOUND ENVIRONMENT: theater
ESSENTIAL SOUNDS: people talking, turning pages, seats slapping up
Emily Lowe Lounge. 10:00 pm. 3/17/2011
-People talking outside, the heater
-Chris talking, various people whispering, the sound of people texting
-Sniffing my nose, shuffling of my feet, breathing
-The sound is dull, but occasionally will grow to a roar as people start to chatter more.
-Classroom
-Chris talking, whispering, sniffing
March 17th 2011, 10:30, Shop
2- File being used, talking, music playing, a file being taped against a metal post
3- Drill, talking
4- my foot taping on the ground, me coughing, keyboard clacking and being sticky
5- LOUD
6- Productivity
7- file, music, metal taping
1. 03/16/11, 9:10 am- Spiegel
2. Everyone talking in the back row. Some people are whispering and some are talking at a normal level.
3. Kolb is talking about the papers he just gave back. I can hear the papers being shuffled in everyone’s hands as they read through them or put them away, and those desks are also sqeaking/thumping.
4. The desk part of my seat is sqeaking because it’s loose. I can hear myself chewing a bagel and the plastic wrapping in my other hand. When I take a sip of my tea I hear that buzzing sound that you can sometimes hear when you drink out of paper cups with lids.
5. The general sound level is pretty loud. Lots of people are talking over each other to be heard, there is a lot of activity.
6. Chaotic
7. Kolb at the front of the room, loud voices from the back row, sqeaking of chairs/desks
1) 3/14/11- 11:15 pm- Student Center
2) There is a hum from some machine like refrigerator or something, I can kind of hear the HVAC system but just barely if at all, there is distant chatter.
3) There is medium range chatter, seats moving, pots and pans being moved and clanked together, there is Spanish music playing in the background, many different kitchen noises, a lady calling out numbers, the beep of someone trying to get a soda and the machine not working and keys jingling.
4) Seats moving, footsteps both high heels and regular sneakers, close chatter, there is a even louder humming behind me from some machine, the noise from a vibration as someone got a text at the end of the table, rustling of food containers, the sound of eating food, the sound of drinking from a straw, and rustling of clothing.
5) The general sound level is pretty high and loud. The sound activity is also a lot and very active.
6) Social
7) Sounds of the Kitchen, Chatter, low background music or ambient noise (humming)
Location/Date/Time: 3/7/11, Lawrence Woodmere Academy, 1:00pm
Far Sounds: cars driving by, children talking
Medium Close Sounds: people conversing, screwdriver, wood banging against floor
Very Close Sounds: heater rattling, school bell
Sound Level: Medium with spots of loudness because of the bell and the screwdrivers being used
One Word Description: sporadic
Sounds to Recreate Environment: bell, screwdrivers, people and children, wood.
Location: Bits n’ Bytes, 3/10/11, 9:30 a.m.
Far Sounds: squeak of the bagel toaster, people talking in food area
Medium Sounds: television in back area, a low hum (lights? heaters?), clanging, footsteps
Close Sounds: Maury on television in front area, door opening and closing, girl on the phone behind me
Sound Level: Medium
Sound Description: calmly bustling
Critical Sounds: clanging, televisions, people talking, door
1- 3/8/2011, 10 AM in class.
2- The wind is bracing the glass in the windows, making a creaking sound.
3- The professor is talking in response to questions from the class.
4- the class around me is asking the professor questions. Someone behind me is clearing their throat. I am coughing, as usual.
5- the general sound level is low.
6- Professional
7- the wind, the professor, and the class is necessary for this sound environment
3/9/11, Colony Diner, 11:00 pm
The sound furthest away from my position in the sound environment are the clatter of dishes from the kitchen of the diner.
The sounds of medium distance from me in the sound environment are male and female voices of wait staff and other customers and the banging and clanging of cups and silverware on tables surrounding us.
The sound closest to me is Conor Burke’s voice.
The general sound level is fairly relaxed with many sounds in the environment but none in particular at an astonishing high or overwhelming level. The amount of sound activity is great.
The sound activity can be described as hurried.
The three sounds essential to this sound environment are male/female voices, the clatter of silverware, and the clatter of dishes.