1) 02/10/11, 2:30 pm, health center
2) talking in the hall, footsteps in the hall
3) doctor’s pen on paper, doctor and nurse’s voices
4) my breathing, sneeze,sniffling, paper crinkling
5) The sound level is moderate. Voices are the main thing heard.
6) uncomfortable
7) voices, sniffling, paper crinkling
1) 2/10/11-8:00 p.m.-Study Area on the 2nd floor of Breslin Hall
2) Feet walking up and down the steps, door slamming, and people talking downstairs were the furthest audible sounds.
3) The sound of people talking, wrappers crinkling, papers shuffling, chairs clinking, and a person humming would qualify as medium range sounds.
4) My own breathing, coat rustling, and knuckles cracking would be considered sounds closest to me.
5) The sound level was moderate; talking was the most noticeable sound as people left classrooms.
6) Calm
7) People talking, papers shuffling, and feet walking up and down the stairs.
1- 2/10/11, 4 pm, Hofstra University Student Center, Taro 13
2- Cars going across Hempstead Turnpike, cashers ringing up meals, phones ringing.
3- Footsteps, people sucking drinks through straws, cutlery against plates, chairs scooting over the floor.
4- Knifes cutting through sushi and hitting boards, people talking (loudly).
5- Its loud, hectic, full of commotion.
6- Loud.
7- Talking, cutlery against plates, cash registers.
1) February 10, 2011, 11:13 AM, Alpha Psibrary, Emily Lowe Hall
2) Footsteps shuffling up the stairs, baby crying, some unidentifiable talking.
3) Crinkling paper towels, phone ringing, doors opening/closing, coughing.
4) Gum chewing/popping, shoes shuffling, sniffling.
5) At a medium level overall, the sounds from medium range seem to have the loudest level.
6) Hectic.
7) Feet shuffling on the ground, the doors opening and closing constantly, and a phone ringing..
1) 2/7/2011 – about 10:30 – 13th floor of dorm
2) Cars driving by down below, airplane flying by, very faint talking and a little bit of TV noise.
3) The air conditioner/ heater, the elevator doors, regular doors opening and closing, people walking by and the wind blowing against the windows.
4) The undoing of a wrapper, foot tapping, chair squeaking, my coughing, my typing, my breathing (a little raspy) and clothes rubbing together.
5) The general sound level is low and peaceful and there isn’t a lot of sound activity around.
6) Tranquil
7) This sound environment needs the low hum of the heating and air conditioning system, the wind blowing against the windows and light noises in the background (plane, talking)
2/2/11, 1:30 PM, Table furthest left outside of Bits and Bites
The furthest sound from me in the sound environment was groups of people in conversation projected from across the otherside of the quad.
A sound middistance from my position in the sound environment is the click of the door opening and shutting as people bus in and out of bits.
The sound closest to me are the mildly frequent footsteps of passersby that come by my table.
The environment can be described as a mild bustle. The amount of sound activity is far from overwhelming but it is certainly present and consitient whether it be a conversation or multiple conversations, or just the sounds of people in transit- footsteps, rustled jackets, or the opening and closing of doors. At this time in this sound environment there was never a moment of absolute silence though the sound level was never hectic and the enviornment as a whole was quite peaceful.
Hurried
Rustling of jackets, Footsteps, Passing conversation
1- 2/3/11 8:30 PM, my apartment’s front stoop
2- Car doors opening/closing, people coming and going from nursing home, Airplane overhead
3-Cars driving by on my street, People walking on snow-covered sidewalks
4- My roommates sitting next to me smoking cigarettes
5- Moderate traffic, but no particularly loud sounds. Medium
6-Busy
7- Cars driving by, peoples voices, The airplane overhead.
1. February 3rd, 11PM, HUHC lounge.
2. Far: yelling outside, cars
3. Medium: Someone playing the guitar and singing, door slamming shut, footsteps, keys rattling, voices
4. Close: My own breath, my own swallowing, jeans against couch as I shift my legs
5. Overall, the sound level is fairly low the closer I get to myself. Immediately there is nothing going on audibly other than noises I make myself, and although as I move further from myself it gets busier, it is easier for me to ignore those noises.
6. Sound Environment: Soft
1) Feb. 3, 2011; 6:15 p.m.; dorm room
2) Muffled talking in the hallway, footsteps above andoutside, the “s” sounds of words from conversations
3) Air blowing from the heater, hum of the refrigerator
4) Typing on the keyboard, turning pages, roommate’s voice, sniffling, coughing
5) Low sound level, but sounds are easily drowned out by the hum of the heater.
6) Mellow
7) Heater, muffled talking, footsteps
Time/Date/Locale: 2/3/11 5:30p.m.- Bookstore
Far Away Sounds: People talking in the student Center, Rowing Machine, Shouting
Middle Range Sounds: The cash register beeping, Cashier helping customers, people talking in line to check out, bags rustling, people dropping there book bags
Close sounds: My own breathing, my keys rustling as a hide the fact i’m recording during work, someone high fiving me, my stomach rumbling, the pages of the book I keep flipping through.
Atmospheric Volume: It is rather loud in the student center, but not as loud where I am. There is a constant level of commotion from the cafeteria while it only becomes loud when people in line in the store start talking or arguing with the cashier.
Description: Busy
Essentials: I believe that the constant background yelling, the register beeping and the rustling of merchandise bags are the essentials to this particular environment.