Location: outside Stuyvesant Hall, February 14th, 9 pm
Farthest: cars passing, mechanical humming, some talking and laughing
Medium: train horn, police sirens
Closest: people talking, car horn, car engine revving, tires on pavement with rocks, sliding door opening and closing
Sound Level: low
Description: disruptive
Essential sounds: cars passing, door opening, train horn
2/13/19, 9:19 PM, Hofstra USA (Note: Was written on paper, later put into computer)
Sounds Farthest Away: Trash being thrown away, mild footsteps.
Sounds Medium Range: People chatting at tables, shuffling of feet.
Sounds Close Range: People performing, people laughing, TV blaring.
The general sound level is high, large level of sound activity.
One-word Description: Raucous.
Three Essential Sounds: TV blaring, people performing, people laughing.
Thursday, February 7, 2019 6:30 pm Kitchen, Vanderpoel Hall
-Far: sirens
-Medium: wind against the building, people talking in the lounge, indistinct television noise
-Close: radiator running, someone typing at the kitchen table, tap running, water boiling
-Sound Level: medium, there’s sound all over the place, from all sides, but it doesn’t feel oppressive
-One Word: lively
-Essential Sounds: people talking, water boiling, television in the background
2/7/2019; 1:00 A.M.; Bedroom
Farthest Sounds: Distant cars, sirens, planes
Medium sounds: The wind, the window blind blowing in the wind and hitting the window
Closest sounds: Snoring, door creaking due to wind passing through room, radiator clanging.
General sound level: quiet to a point that rides the line of calm and eerie
One word: suspicious
Essential Sounds: sirens, wind, creaking door
2/7/19, 12:30 PM, Emily Lowe Hallway 1st floor
Sounds Farthest away: Piano playing, voices talking behind closed doors, air blowing from somewhere.
Medium-Range Sounds: Crunching from eating granola, talking from opened doors, footsteps.
Close-Range Sounds: Door to Lowe Hall banging open and closed, people talking in the hallway, a backpack being zipped up.
General sound level is kind of loud, though it usually relies on how many doors are being opened at one time. Fair amount of sound activity.
One-Word Description: Immense.
Essential Sounds: Doors closing, people talking in the hallway, footsteps.
Thursday, January 31, 2019 8:54 pm Vanderpoel Hall
-Farthest sounds: cars on Oak Street, wind against the building
-Medium sounds: the chime of the elevator, the people moving around on the floor above, door slamming at the other end of the hall, girls talking in the room next door
-Closest sounds: fingers on a keyboard, the hum of the fridge, my roommate crunching on Cheezits, foot tapping on the floor
Sound level: relatively quiet, but I can feel everyone in the building around me
One word: domestic
Essential sounds: fridge, Cheezits, girls next door