April 3rd – 4:00pm – My bathroom
March 26th, 2025 – 2:18 AM – Bits & Bytes
Far Sounds: Scanning beep, receipts printing, frozen yogurt machines, the hum of the open refrigerators
Medium Sounds: People chattering and laughing, footsteps, chairs screeching
Closest Sounds: A group on my right having a conversation, typing on my keyboard, listening to John Mulaney cracking jokes on my AirPods
General Sound Level: A soft medium level, not too loud for a big area of social setting
One word describing the Sound Environment: engaging
Three Important Sounds: Loud Chattering, moving chairs, John Mulaney’s “New Kid On The Block” playing on airpods
1- March 31st, 7:53 am, Bill of Rights
2- trucks on the highway, airplane flying by, motorcycle
3- elevator ding, alarm going off down the hall, bird chirping outside window
4- roommate alarm going off, me typing on my keyboard, something being dropped by upstairs neighbors, roommate turning in bed
5- quiet, minimal sound
6- dawn
7- cars driving on highway, birds chirping, roommate turning in bed
March 28th – 3:00pm – Student Center
March 7th, 2025 – 7:06 AM – Boston Airport
Far Sounds: Coffee machines, receipts printing, footsteps
Medium Sounds: Overhead announcements, people chattering and laughing, footsteps
Closest Sounds: The person next to me typing loudly on his phone, typing on my keyboard, music playing softly in my AirPods
General Sound Level: A soft medium level, not too loud for a big area of social setting
One word describing the Sound Environment: Mediocre
Three Important Sounds: Minimal Chattering, overhead announcements, rolling suitcases
1. 3/8/25 – 5:42 PM – George Washington Bridge
2. Far Sounds: I hear the bus tires tracking on the highway, a low-pitched vibration from the bus slowing down, and wind whistling through the crevices of the windows.
3. Medium Sounds: I hear rattling from the window shades tapping on the window, someone putting on hairspray, and the bus engine whirring.
4. Close Sounds: I hear my students talking to each other, the bus’s turn blinker, and the bus’s roof clanging.
5. The general sound level is mild. The sound activity is constant.
6. The sound environment is soothing.
7. Three sounds essential to the sound environment are the bus engine whirring, the bus’s roof clanging, and someone putting on hairspray.