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Journal Entry #10
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1- Axinn Library, Wednesday April 8,  9:00 PM

2- Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.

  • People talking at the circulation desk
  • Somone ordering coffee
  • Pingning noise of the elevator

3- Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you.

  • Someone is talking about Plato
  • Someone is printing something

4- Identify and list the sounds closest to you (You can include internal sounds if noticed or relevant).

  • Neighbor is shuffling papers
  • Someone is writing

5- Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.

It is very quiet here, and relaxing. Not too loud but just enough noise to tell you that everyone here is busy

6- Assign a one word description to the “sound environment”.

Studious

7- Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment. Note: you need to try and figure out what sounds make up this environment and which of those sounds need to be there for the feeling of the environment to stay intact.

  • Writing next to me
  • Papers shuffling
  • Circulation desk conversation

Sound Journal #10
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1- Tuesday, April 8, 2014, 8:30pm, Adams Playhouse

2- Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.

Furthest away from me, you can hear the sound of the tap dancers as they perform their routine onstage in the Playhouse. I’m sitting backstage so the sound is muffled, but their movements can still be heard.

3- Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you.

Medium range from me, you can hear the sounds of their accompaniment playing through the speakers.

4- Identify and list the sounds closest to you (You can include internal sounds if noticed or relevant).

Closest to me, through the headphones, I can hear the sounds of the sound cues being called by the stage manager and other various people chattering on the sound pack.

5- Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.

The sound level of this environment is very scattered. There are many people everywhere and sometimes it can be hard to focus on one sound in particular.

6- Assign a one word description to the “sound environment”.

Confusing

7- Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment. Note: you need to try and figure out what sounds make up this environment and which of those sounds need to be there for the feeling of the environment to stay intact.

Three sounds that are essential to this sound environment are the sound of the tappers’ shoes onstage as they perform their routine, the sound of their accompanying music coming through the speakers, and all the chatter coming through the headphone into my ear.

Sound Journal #10
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1 – 4/8/14 – 12:49pm – Gallon Wing, room 242

2 – Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.
-A siren as it approaches the classroom’s general area, and then whooshes away as the vehicle drives by.
-A pen as hit hits the floor outside of the classroom.
-The sudden closing of a door down the hall.

3 – Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you.
-Students typing on their MacBooks.
-The beeping of the projector.
-My professor talking to tech support over the classroom’s phone.

4 – Identify and list the sounds closest to you.
-The air conditioners running.
-Students talking to one another.
-The zipping and unzipping of a few backpacks in the classroom.

5 – Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.
-This was one of the loudest days in my 12:45 Tuesday/Thursday class. Since the classroom feels like the inside of a volcano on most days, either one of my friends or myself put the air conditioners on close to full blast. On top of this, practically everybody was talking at the same time while my professor was talking to tech support to get help with the beeping projector. These sounds, along with some of the other ones, were bouncing off the walls so it seemed even louder to me.

6 – Assign a one word description to the “sound environment”.
-Rambunctious.

7 – Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.
-My professor talking.
-The projector’s beeping sound.
-The sounds the air conditioners make.

Sound Journal #10
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1- Saturday, April 5th, 2014, 2:45am, Union Square.

2- Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.

Cars driving by, murmurs of conversations, yelling of people in the farmers market.

3- Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you.

People playing musical instruments, singing, dogs barking, cars beeping.

4- Identify and list the sounds closest to you (You can include internal sounds if noticed or relevant). My friend talking to me, people waling by, the sound of my jacket swishing againt itself.

5- Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.

The sound level is constant and very noisy, the activity is exciting and lots of sounds over one another.

6- Assign a one word description to the “sound environment”.

Exciting

7- Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment. Note: you need to try and figure out what sounds make up this environment and which of those sounds need to be there for the feeling of the environment to stay intact.

My friend talking to me, people playing instruments, cars driving by.

Journal Entry Numero 9
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1. Thursday, 4/3/14, 11:07P Greengrove Ave

2. Identify the sounds farthest from you:

> Cars passing on distant streets
> Thunder overhead
> A single bird down the street

3. Identify the sounds at medium range from you:

> A person throws trash out of their houses back door
> Wind rustles leaves of a tree
> Rain hitting the pavement

4. Identify the sounds closest to you:

> My footsteps
> My breathing
> The jingling of my various zippers

5. Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity:

The sound level is low and the amount of activity is low. It is late, all the animals are tired, and the rain is not helping anybody to want to go outside.

6. Assign one word to describe the sound environment

Slipery

7. Select three sounds essential to the environment:

Rain on Pavement
Trees rustling
Thunder

Journal Entry #9
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1. Thursday, 4/3/14, On break at 7:52 pm, Lowe 106

2. Identify the sounds farthest from you:

  • Cars outside in the parking lot
  • Footsteps on the side walk
  • An airplane outside

3. Identify the sounds at medium range from you:

  • Music coming from Room 108
  • People talking loudly in the hall

4. Identify the sounds closest to you:

  • Matt and Maggie talking behind me
  • Cindy texting on her phone
  • Justin playing on his 3DS

5. Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity:

The sound level is pretty low but the activity is fairly high due to the music from 108 and the people talking in the hall

6. Assign one word to describe the sound environment

Techno

7. Select three sounds essential to the environment:

  • Music from 108
  • People talking in the hall
  • Cindy texting

 

Sound Journal #9
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1 – 4/3/14 – 4:00pm – Outside Emily Lowe

2 – Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.
-The opening and closing of Emily Lowe’s doors.
-The footsteps of students walking down the stairs and onto the sidewalk.
-Other students talking while they play catch with a football.

3 – Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you.
-My friends’ cheers as they successfully throw and pass the Frisbee around.
-The clacking sound the Frisbee makes when as it hits a few tree branches.

4 – Identify and list the sounds closest to you.
-My feet thumping on the grass as I run.
-The rustling of the bushes as the Frisbee flies into them.
-The whoosh of air as I throw the Frisbee.

5 – Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.
-The sound level was pretty loud outside Emily Lowe. There was never a minute where someone wasn’t goofing around and enjoying each other’s company.  All of the sounds were occurring within moments of each other.

6 – Assign a one word description to the “sound environment”.
-Fun.

7 – Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.
-My friends cheering.
-The initial whooshing of the air.
-The thumping of my feet.

Sound Journal #9
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1. 4/3/2014, 7:30 PM, Marshalls

2. Identify the sounds farthest from you: The music over the speaker system, the sliding doors occasionally opening and closing, carts rolling

3. Identify the sounds at medium range:  More carts rolling, employees talking, footsteps by many

4. Identify the sounds closest to you:  Even more carts rolling, my mom talking, the sound of my arm brushing against my jacket as I walk around, my own footsteps

5. General sound level and activity: It’s a week day night but there are definitely a decent number of people in the store. The sound level and activity are both at a medium level. The store is still far from closing so no one is in a rushing to do anything really.

6. One word to describe the sound environment:  Leisurely

7. 3 essential sounds to the sound environment: 

-Many carts rolling

-Music playing

-My own footsteps

Sound Journal #9 OPEN DRESS
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1. 4/3/2014, 8:30 PM, NAB Female Dressing Room

2. Identify the sounds farthest from you: Furthest from me, I can hear a can of hair spray spraying in the last row of mirrors.  I can also hear a bit of the conversation in that aisle.

3. Identify the sounds at medium range: At medium range, I can hear the action on stage via the intercom, and the faint fuzz that can be heard when the intercom is turned on.  There are some wire hangers banging against each other on the dressing rack and footsteps coming from the same area.

4. Identify the sounds closest to you:  Closest to me, I can hear the conversations of the girls in my dressing row.  I can hear Laura’s keyboard and Sophie putting on her shoes.  Whenever someone sets something on the counter, there is a satisfying placement sound.

5. General sound level and activity:  Now that the show is in progress, the general sound level is lower than it is pre-show.  It is cool, despite the heat in the dressing room.  You can tell that everyone is ready now and is doing homework between scenes.

6. One word to describe the sound environment:  Costumed

7. 3 essential sounds to the sound environment: 

-Hair spray spraying

-Dressing room chatter

-Makeup, water bottles and spray cans on the counters

 

Sound Journal #9
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1- Wednesday, April 2, 2014 1:30 PM Graphic Design Lab Room 220, Calkins Hall, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY, 11549 USA, North America, Earth, Milky Way Galaxy, Local Cluster, Observable Universe

2- Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.

  • Someone walking in the hall
  • Professor Ocko teaching in the room next door.

3- Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you.

  • My boss talking to another professor
  • Someone opening the door
  • Printer printing things

4- Identify and list the sounds closest to you (You can include internal sounds if noticed or relevant).

  • Soft music from my computer
  • Typing
  • Hum of my computer

5- Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.

The room is quiet per usual, but a bit louder from the whirring of the printer.

6- Assign a one word description to the “sound environment”.

mechanical

7- Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.

  • Printer
  • Boss conversation
  • Ocko teaching