Category Archives: Journal Entry

Journal Entry #3
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  1. 2/13/2020, 7:31pm, Backyard
  2. Airplane, Sirens in the distance
  3. Cars zooming down the street, car doors slamming, housemates inside talking
  4. The wind, my breathing 
  5. The sound level is very low since there were only a sounds that were heard from a distance, and amount of sound activity is very minimum since I was able to pinpoint certain sounds and they didn’t clash together.  
  6. Serene
  7. Wind, Cars, Airplane 

Journal Entries #4
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Date, Time, Location: 2/13/20, my dorm room, 6:31 pm

Farthest away: dings of the elevator, doors opening, cars honking

Medium range: Crows cawing, wind from outside, my neighbor opening inserting her key

Closest: my heater working, keyboard tapping, a youtube video playing from my phone

One word description: calming

3 essential sounds to the environment: keyboard tapping, heater working, doors opening

The Room Where Homework Happens #3
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2/13/2020

Farthest Sound- The dripping of rain from the gutters on the roof, and of the rain falling down into the drain, a large truck just passed by as well as a plane.

Medium Distance- Students walking back into their dorm, there is a path right next to my. window that people tend to use quite often.

Closest Distance- The rap tap tapping of my key board, as well as the pop pop popping of my highly messed up back/spine. 

General Sound Level- a good sound level to work comfortably in, not to loud but not deathly quite either.

Sound Description- Quite… Perhaps too quiet… 

Important Sounds- Rain dripping and hitting the ground, cars going vroom on the street, my typing as I’m writing this, and students walking outside. 

Journal Entry #3
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2/10/20 – 2:00pm – Campus on a Rainy Day

Farthest Sounds: The sounds of cars driving around the parking lot and Hempstead Turnpike, car horns honking, a police siren driving past

Medium Distance Sounds: People walking back and forth as they go to class, the sound of rain falling, rain hitting trees and the ground, people talking

Closest Sounds: The sound of stepping on the wet ground, wind hitting my ear, 

General Sound Level: Low

Room Definition: Rainy

Essential Sounds: Rain falling, Rain hitting the trees and ground, and the sound of stepping on the wet ground.

Journal Entry #2 – Brennan
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When & Where: 02/09/2020 6:02pm Balcony above the Student Center Starbucks

Far Sounds: A Heavy door slamming shut occasionally, Chatter of dozens of people eating, music

Medium Sounds: People ordering coffee, Baristas, latte machines, ice being served and poured, a cash register printing receipts, a blender

Close Sounds: keys jingling, footsteps, keystrokes on a laptop a few seats away,

General Level: loud

One-word Description: Bustling

Essential Three Sounds: Baristas, tons of dinner time chatter, distant music

(my apologies for the late post — I just forgot about the assignment until last night)

Journal Entry #2 – Ferguson
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1. Date: 2/5/20 – Time: 10:45pm – Location: HofUSA

2. Farthest away from me, I can hear students talking and laughing with one another as they are entering HofUSA. Also, I am able to hear the shows displayed on the televisions at different volume levels in the far corners of the building.

3. In a medium range of sound, I can hear milkshakes being made and the server yelling out the menu items when some students’ orders are ready. I can hear when a student’s buzzard starts making noise, as well as them scooting their chair back in order to get up and get their food.

4. The sounds closest to me involve my friends and myself talking and laughing with each other. Also, I can sometimes hear a sipping noise when some of my friends are drinking their beverages or a munching/crunching noise when they are chewing their food. Internal sounds include me using words to ask myself when my food will be ready.

5. The general sound level is a bit noisy. There are many people at HofUSA conversing and eating, so there is a good amount of sound activity occurring. However, not as many students are here as usual due to it being a Wednesday night.

6. One word to describe the “sound environment” is “lively”.

7. Three sounds that are essential to the “sound environment” are the many conversations/laughs that are happening throughout HofUSA, the many televisions displaying different television shows at different volumes, and the server yelling to indicate when certain students’ orders were ready.

Journal Entry 2-Megan
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  • Hague House Feb/7th/2020 
  • Farthest sound: Kids talking in the lounge of the house
  • Medium sound: my roommates laptop
  • Closest sound: the hum of the AC and my music playing, also people walking in and out of the house and talking. The squeak of peoples shoes as well
  • Sound level: Loud depending on who’s coming in but if there’s a lull then its very low
  • One Word: Alive
  • Necessary sounds: Music, shoes, AC hum 

 

Journal Entry #2
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  1. Date/Time/Info: 2/6/20, 11:19pm, Enterprise Hall 8th Floor

2. Close: Mini-fridge humming, Spotify playing Mahalia, laptop keys clicking

3. Medium: Someone showering in the bathroom across from my room, neighbors in double next door talking loudly

4. Far: Toilet flush on the opposite side of the floor, elevator ding, bedroom door opening and slamming shut, cars driving by outside window

5. Sound Level: Occasional loud screeches from neighbors (but muffled by wall) and doors slamming shut behind people. Overall quiet, sounds from outside are masked by the window and mini-fridge so they seem far away.

6. One word: Hushed

7. Essential Sounds: Mini-fridge, shower, elevator dings

Journal Entry #2 – Andrade
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Date, Time, Location: 2/6/2020, Around 9 pm, The doors from South Campus to the unispan

Farthest away: cars driving on Hempstead turnpike, a large group of girls laughing

Medium Range: Fans spinning, doors opening and closing, people talking

Closest: footsteps and people talking

General sound Level and amount of sound Activity Description: Medium and it came in different waves. The highest sound level was when one of the groups of students would pass behind me.

One word description: Rush

3 essential sounds to the environment: cars, talking, and doors opening and closing

Journal #2
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  1. 2/6/2020, 5:44pm, LIRR train to Penn Station.
  2. Train wheels bumping & squeaking.
  3. Doors between train cars sliding open.
  4. Passengers conversing, train doors opening/closing, automated voice announcing train stop, & ding when door opens.
  5. The sound is a medium level because people are talking at a reasonable volume and the wheels aren’t distracting.  However, the amount of sound is high since many voices are clashing together and you can’t focus on individual voices. 
  6. Cluttered.
  7. Train wheels, announcing voice, & passengers voices.