DATE-TIME-LOCATION: 3/24/11; 7:00PM; bench outside of Hammer Computer Lab
FARTHEST SOUNDS: Axinn Library doors opening
MEDIUM SOUNDS: hum of vending machine, footsteps
NEAR SOUNDS: automatic door swinging open, automatic door sliding open
SOUND LEVEL: moderate
SOUND ENVIRONMENT: walkway
ESSENTIAL SOUNDS: automatic door swinging open, automatic door sliding open, footsteps
1- 3/23/2011 in the NAB Blackbox, around 9 PM
2- The wind, the sleet and hail hitting the roof. Thunder.
3- The air conditioning system and the wind pushing the glass of the NAB against the building.
4- People chatting, someone typing on the cell phone. My computer fan.
5- The general sound level is low, but the occasional thunder is very loud for indoors.
6- Stormy
7- The rain, the thunder, and people chatting.
1- 11:30 PM 3/24/2011 Bridget and Hauzia’s Livingroom
2- Traffic outside
3- Hum of the fridges in the kitchen, The heater, mechanical noises
4- My breathing, Bridget and Hauzia’s conversation, Mechanical noises (computer fans, etc.), my breathing
5- Quiet, but punctuated by conversation
6- Relaxed
7- Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.
1) 3/24/11-8:00 p.m.-Standing in the middle of the unispan.
2) The sounds furthest away from me included cars driving under the unispan and a distant honk from a car horn.
3) The sounds in medium range from me included a bag on wheels rolling across the cement, talking, feet scraping the cement, coats rustling, plastic bag rustling, shoe heels clicking, hum of motorized wheelchair, heavy breathing from a jogging boy, coughing, ringing of a cell phone, and faint music coming from headphones.
4) My feet impatiently taping the floor and my mechanical pencil squeaking across paper would be considered sounds closest to me.
5) The sound level was medium, but there was a lot of noise activity because people kept passing by me as I stood in one place on the unispan. I considered the noises of passersby to be medium range from me because they were far away but then came close as they passed by me.
6) Hollow
7) The sound of the feet shuffling and scraping, talking, and the rush of the cars as they drive underneath the unispan.
