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April 27th, 2023 | 
Author: Date: 4/27 at 7:28 PM
Location: table on the quad outside Roosevelt Hall
Far Sounds: laughing, door opening and shutting across the quad, mourning dove cooing, cars driving by on nearby streets.
Medium Sounds: more mourning doves responding, outdoor AC units/fans, two birds fighting (wings flapping, chirping), loud car honk.
Close Sounds: two people walking by (footsteps, talking), chewing, leaves rustling, squirrels climbing the tree overhead.
Sound Description/Level: the AC units gave the sound on the quad a mechanical quality that would otherwise be absent in that setting. The bird calls were plentiful and coming from all directions, which gave it an almost fantastical feeling.
One Word: ethereal
Most Important Sounds: mourning doves cooing, birds fighting, rustling leaves
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Date/Time/Location: April 26th, 3:09PM, ITS Service Desk offices.
Furthest: Distant cars and trucks racing on Hempstead Turnpike, birds chirping.
Medium: Boss yelling in outrage about technology, coworker writing with pen on paper, clothing shifting, chair squeaking slightly.
Closest: Hum of desktop computers, my chair spinning, keyboard clicking, phone buzzing from notifications.
Sound level is pretty null, as the office itself is mostly quiet with some very minute sounds from the machines and people here and there. My boss raising his voice outside and the cars zooming by are the only things that disrupt this peace. The amount of sound activity lies in a small range despite these interruptions in sound.
One Word Description: Uneasy.
Essential Sounds:
- Boss yelling
- Chair squeaking
- Cars zooming nearby
Location: My room
Farthest Sound: Hum of cars on the turnpike
Medium sounds: Wind outside my window, cars speeding down my street, electric guitar playing in the basement
closest sounds: Vacuum outside my door, the show playing on my tv, typing noises
Sound level is high and very busy, lots of separate loud noises going on
Description: jumbled
Most Important sounds: Wind, vacuum, tv show
Date: 4/14/23
Location: Bill of Rights, my dorm room with the windows open
Far sounds: cars driving below, engines revving, breaks squeaking
Medium sounds: Wind blowing, birds chirping
Close sounds: refrigerator hum, fingers typing on keyboard
Sound description/level: low sound level, everything sounds further away than it it
One word: serene
Most important sounds: birds chirping, cars passing, fridge hum
- 04/13/2023 – 5:55 PM – outside Shapiro Hall
- Far away: the Hofstra shuttle, birds chirping
- Medium: the wind blowing, a squirrel, people talking, cars driving
- Closest: a Hofstra band playing music, the conductor speaking
- The sound level is high.
- Descriptor: Musical
- Essential sounds: wind blowing, Hofstra band, conductor
Date: 4/14/23
Location: my dorm in VP (7th floor, windows open), playing guitar
Far sounds: cars driving below, engines revving, people talking and laughing in the parking lot
Medium sounds: my roommate laughing at whatever she’s watching
Close sounds: my guitar playing, me singing, typing in the breaks, my laptop fan
Sound description/level: It’s loud for a dorm but quiet for a song, if that makes sense. When I’m playing, the guitar and the song I’m singing are pretty loud, but when I stop it suddenly becomes extremely quiet in the room.
One word: Musical
Most important sounds: guitar, singing, roommate laughing
1. 4/14/23 in my dorm on the phone with my family
2. Farthest Away: People talking in the hall, my dad frying something on the stove, my dogs barking outside (also via the call)
3. Medium Range: My neighbor’s door opening and closing, my mom shouting across the kitchen so I can hear her, the trees scraping up against my window
4. Closest: My HVAC unit blowing loudly (and uselessly), my sister talking to me, the sound of rustling every time I move around
5. Sound Level: Loud (because of my family)
6. Sound Activity: Constant
7. One Word: Chaotic
8. Essential Sounds: My dad frying something, my mom shouting across the kitchen so I can hear her, and my sister talking to me
April 14th, 5:00pm – my dorm with the door wide open
Farthest Away: people talking down the hall, sirens from outside
Medium Range: My roommate moving around on her bed and the sound of the HVAC blowing out air on high, a door closing a few rooms away from me
Closest: the paper towel dispenser, the bathroom door opening and closing
Sound Level: mostly a medium sound level with the paper towels and doors being able to drown out the HVAC just for a split second.
Sound Activity: Inconsistent. The background noises go in and out with the HVAC being the only sound that is constant
Description: Mundane
Essential Sounds:
- HVAC
- Paper Towel Dispenser
- Roommate moving around on her bed
1- Backyard of off campus home, 12:06pm, 04/14/2023
2- farthest away sounds – car driving by, ambulance siren, different car starting, honking, airplane above, hum of traffic on a nearby street
3- medium range – chorus of birds chirping, air conditioning whirl, rustling of bushes, distant voices from inside the house and the next door backyard, car alarm
4- closest sounds – my sniffles (allergy season is upon us), the tapping and swishing of my metal straw against the metal coffee cup, buzzing of bees, tapping of foot on bench
5- it is relatively noise provoking, considering its generally calm demeanor. Lot of random noises coming together to really create the soundscape.
6- lively
7- birds chirping, metal straw, buzzing of bees
Date: 4/13
Location: LHComm classroom
Far Sounds: Professor talking through the wall
Medium Sounds: people shifting in their seats, sniffling, feet shuffling on the ground, people typing on laptops
Close Sounds: Professor reading a text, people breathing behind me
Sound Description/Level: relatively low, nothing too loud or overbearing, just a Professor reading to his class, and them listening
One Word: studious
Most Important Sounds: Professor reading