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Journal Entry #5
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1. 2/27/2014, 3:00 PM, Rehearsal of Seussical Jr at a K-8 private school.

2. Identify the sounds farthest from you: the boom box playing music, kids singing along to the music, director shouting out dance moves

3. Identify the sounds at medium range: kids stomping around running in the back of the room, feet landing from effortful kartwheels, feet shuffling trying to find the right position.

4. Identify the sounds closest to you: my watch ticking, my pen writing on paper, kids whispering behind me, someone chewing next to me

5. General sound level and activity: the kids are attempting (and failing) to be quiet and calm, so the sound level is a medium but a whole lot of activity is going on.

6. One word to describe the sound environment: 

Youthful

7. 3 essential sounds to the sound environment: 

-boom box playing music

-kids running around in the back

-my watch ticking

Journal Entry #5
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1. Lowe 216, 10:25pm, 2/28/14

2. Music playing from Pandora of the alternative variety, humming, the sound of a watercolor brush being cleaned in water.

3. Footsteps, a low conversation.

4. Sound of a brush against the paper, squeaky chair noises.

5. Sound level is medium. Not much is going on but there is definitely tension in the air making it have plenty of activity in the anticipation to finish projects.

6. Anticipation

7. Music being played, Sound of watercolor brush being cleaned and sound of the a brush against the paper.

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1) psc class in Adams Hall 5:15pm

2) Indistinguishable voices echoing in the hallway (male only), footsteps, truck outside

3) Teacher lecturing, clicking of keyboards on lots of laptops, sniffling, plastic wrappers, people shifting in seats, shuffling of feet, jackets, plastic waterbottles

4) person behind me sniffling, person next to me lets out a sigh, someone’s phone keeps beeping

5) the general sound level is medium. It certainly isn’t loud, but there is a lot going on and no one is trying to be particularly quiet.

6) restless

7) voices in hallway, shifting in seats, sigh

Sound Journal #5:
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1. 2/27/2014, 4:00 PM, Reference Room of Axinn Library

2. Identify the sounds farthest from you: The farthest sounds I can make out are whatever noises people from outside of the reference room are making.  I am not particularly close to the doors, but there seems to be an occasional loud person getting the attention of a friend in the “non-quiet” zone.  I cannot hear any sounds that are being made through the library windows.

3. Identify the sounds at medium range: Because this room is reserved for silent working, I feel that any cough or shift is magnified because it stands so alone.  Today, there is a lovely rule breaking gentleman on his phone.  It seems as if he is trying to fool us all by walking behind the stacks of reference materials and moving closer to the window and distancing himself from the cubicles, but I can still hear that he is talking to a friend about plans for tomorrow night.  I can also hear, very clearly, coughing and sniffling from the other cubicles.

4. Identify the sounds closest to you: Closest to me, I can hear the keyboards of the Macs occupying the cubicles on either side of mine and a little bit of the one behind me.  The light above my desk is buzzing extremely faintly, but I can still hear the buzz of it.  I can also hear my jeans moving against the chair when I shift in my seat.  I have cleared my throat a few times since I have been listening as well.

5. General sound level and activity: The general sound level is extremely low.  However, the sounds that I do hear represent plenty of activity because of how they are paced.  This room does not provide the best study environment for me because the general level of sound and activity is too low for me. It makes me feel sleepy.

6. One word to describe the sound environment: Critical

7. 3 essential sounds to the sound environment: 

-The typing on keyboards

-The occasional cough

-The cubicle light buzzing

Sound Journal 5
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1 – 2/26/14 4:30PM JC Adams Playhouse

2 – Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.
>Music playing over stereo
>Table saw running in the shop
>55 crew members talking among themselves

3 – Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you.
>Stephanie becoming audibly annoyed with painting
>Beja and David chatting about renderings
>Sampson yelling orders

4 – Identify and list the sounds closest to you.
>The creaking of the wooden bridge beneath my feet
>The sound of my paintbrush on the flat
>Abbie humming

5 – Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.
>The room is very loud and bustling. Everyone has a task to carry out, and is being quite loud about it.

6 – Assign a one word description to the “sound environment”.
>Busy

7 – Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.
>Sampson
>Chatting from everyone in the room
>Music in background

Sound Journal Numero Five
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1 – Date. Time. Place.
>2.27.2014
>7:23p.m. EST
>AT&T Corporate Store, Hempstead

2 – Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.
>Car doors slamming in the distance.
>Some guy blasting hard bass rap music in his car.
>The ringing of a bike bell (who even uses those anymore.)

3 – Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you.
>The faint lobby-like music of the store.
>People murmuring and chatting about phones, and one lady about her dog’s cyst.
>The tick tacking of a keyboard as an employee rings up a customer
>People testing out phones and devices, consistent beeps, boops, and blips.
>This one guy who chews his cereal really loudly.

4 – Identify and list the sounds closest to you.
>My father playing with his new phone. More beeps, boops, and a few bleeps.
>My hiccups that keep cutting off my hearing.
>The shuffle of the receipts in the hands of the representative.
>The chewing man has now walked by me.

5 – Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.
>The sound was decently loud, definitely not uncomfortable but it had a full volume.
>The activity can be considered passively busy. There wasn’t anything too bustling about it all but the sounds all combined together made it hard to focus down on one.

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

7 – Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.
-The Lobby-like music
-The bleeps and bloops
-The chewing man

Sound Journal #5
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1 – 2/27/14 – 5:10pm – TwoGuys Discount Appliances, Centereach

2 – Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.
-Cars driving down Middle Country Road.
-A news broadcast playing on a TV in the background.

3 – Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you.
-Lou talking to customers over the phone.
-The theme song from “Laverne and Shirley” playing on the radio.
-Lou opening and closing a refrigerator door.

4 – Identify and list the sounds closest to you.
-Me coughing repeatedly.
-Joe talking to my parents about a black, GE refrigerator.
-Joe typing on a computer keyboard.
-A printer printing out a receipt.

5 – Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.
-There wasn’t that much going on in the store, as my parents and I were the only customers there. There were a few different sounds occurring at the same time, but at a low volume.

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

7 – Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.
-Joe, the owner, talking to my parents.
-Lou opening one of the refrigerators.
-My parent’s receipt being printed.

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1- 2/27/2014, The Office of Student Leadership and Activities

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

  • Karl, one of my supervisors, shuffling through papers in his office
  • Nicole, another supervisor, moving around in her chair
  • The dial tone of the phone as Nicole picks up the phone

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

  • Mary, the office’s administrative assistant, typing at her desk.
  • Mary picking up the phone and dialing.
  • Mary talking on the phone.

4- Identify and list the sounds closest to you.

  • Ariel, a GA in the office, clicking furiously on her mouse, trying to achieve an unknown goal.
  • Kathleen, another Student Aide, taking a seat next to me and wishing me a good morning.
  • A student being assisted typing on the computer across from me.
  • The clicking of my own keyboard as I navigate our office website.

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

  • The noise level in OSLA is not loud, however, there is a lot of small noise occurring, as everyone in the office goes about their daily tasks.

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

  • Efficient

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

  • Ariel’s clicking
  • Mary’s voice talking on the phone
  • the keyboard’s clicking all around me

Sound Journal #5
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1- February 25th, 2014, 6:20pm, Hempstead Turnpike

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

Furthest away from me, I can hear the sounds of cars passing by and some honking going on because we’re in New York and that’s what everyone does.

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

At medium range from me, I can hear the sounds of my feet crunching the snow as I’m walking down the sidewalk.

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

Closest to me, I can hear the sound of the wind rushing through my ears and around my body as I struggle to make my way through the cold back to campus.

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

The sound level is very overwhelming. The wind doesn’t feel good against my skin and the sound hurts my ears. The cars rush past at scary speeds and their sounds are not always heard until they’re on top of you.

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

Overwhelming

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 which are essential to the sound environment are the sounds of the cars passing by, the crunching of the snow under my feet, and the wind rushing around and deafening out everything around me.

Sound journal #4
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1. Date, time, and location

Thursday February 20th, student center waiting in line for food.

2. Sounds heard farthest away

Peoples conversations, foot steps, chairs dragging against the floor.

3. sounds at a medium distance

Music from the radio, people talking, sound of the grill cooking food.

4. Sounds heard closest.

Woman talking to me, the girls having a conversation next to me, the jingling of my keys.

5. General sound level

Loud, but mundane. There is a hustle and bustle but nothing exciting. These are normal sounds and the loudness is at a constant.

6. Word to describe the sound environment.

Hungry

7. Three essential sounds

Foot steps, people talking, the sound of the grill.