Monthly Archives: February 2013

Journal Entry 5
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1- Feb 27, 10:10pm, Dutch Treats

2- The door to the store bumps open and closes every so often as students exit or enter, plastic bags rustle as items are put in them, a general hum of conversation

3- The refrigerated display hums loudly, the mini oven of the sandwich place beeps to signify something is done warming, a worker is fussing with some food items – perhaps cutting something (it is difficult to tell by sound what exactly he is doing due to the incessant humming of the refrigerator)

4- The squeaking of shoes and crinkling of chip bags as people shift in line, I can hear several more distinct conversations regarding/complaining about how long the line is, that it is “taking forever” and that they should open up the second register.

5- The general sound level is at a medium high – the “background” noises are loud, making things a little more indistinct. The sound activity is also about a medium high

6- Impatient

7- the more distinct conversations about the checkout line, the humming of the refrigerator, and the rustling of the people waiting in line

Field Recording 4
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On the 23rd, my friends and I went bowling at AMR Meadow Brook Lanes, so this is a sound recording of part of the night.

 

In the clip, you can hear some pop song playing, people talking and laughing, pins being knocked over, bowling balls rolling, and my friend Brian swearing to mess the sound clip up.

 

Listen to

Journal Entry 5
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1- 2/26/13 – 8:08 P.M. – 4th Floor study room in the library
2- Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you. – The rumble of cars, car acceleration, perhaps wind, and airplanes overhead. 
3- Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you. – Wind right outside the building, some sort of hum running through the building (perhaps it’s the electric lines? Or maybe the water pipes?), and the hum of the radiator. 
4- Identify and list the sounds closest to you (You can include internal sounds if noticed or relevant). – People (me and Graham) shifting in chairs, papers and folders sliding around on a table, my keyboard keys clicking, the ticka-tap of a pen writing on a paper on a hard surface, my breathing, Graham’s breathing, Graham’s keyboard keys, the clatter of Graham tossing the pen down, the creak of my bones as I stretch my neck and back. 
5- Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity. – The sound level is very soft, but it’s often punctuated by surprise sounds that deafen, like Graham throwing the pen down. Usually these sounds wouldn’t startle me, but in this room they do. 
6- Assign a one word description to the “sound environment”. –  Focused

 
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. – Pen scratching paper, pen being tossed down, and a combination of the wind and car sounds.  

Field Recording #4
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Listen to

Identify the location of the clip – This recording was taken in the studio one night while working on a design project for 179.
Identify the sounds heard in the clip – There is one principal noise that is found in this sound recording, the noise of my watercolor paper wiggling around as I shake it. I discovered the noise as I was cutting out a sheet 300lb paper for my set rendering. I was carrying the sheet back to my desk and kind of shook the paper in my hand and discovered that as the paper bent back and forth it made this very unique and intriguing sound. If you listen to the entire clip you can hear my shaking the cut out piece for a while then set it down and then grab the larger, scrap sheet and begin to do the same thing to see if there was any difference in noise; it was only slightly lower and deeper sounding. 

 

 

Journal #5
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1- 2/23/13 – 9:30 P.M. – Walking across quad in front of Bits
2- Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you. – Furthest away from me I can hear the noises of the fans in the stadium across California Avenue. I am not sure exactly what event was taking place at this time but there were lots of noises of cheering and screaming and the occasional announcement made over the loud-speaker. The loud-speaker was a man’s voice that was rather deep and he had a lot of inflection within his tone and seemed to have a lot of energy. 
3- Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you. – At a closer range to me I can hear a few kids screaming and yelling as they returned from Dunkin’ Donuts. I could specifically hear the man and woman talking back and forth and the faint noise of the ice in their drinks hitting the walls of their plastic cups. As they walked up the steps into the unispan they made harsher stomping noises as they climbed up.  
4- Identify and list the sounds closest to you (You can include internal sounds if noticed or relevant). – The most interesting aspect of the sound space in which I was observing was the sound that was closest to me. At this point where I was standing, coming from my right side is a repeat of the sound that is furthest from me. The sound of the announcer’s voice was cutting through the areas between the buildings and bouncing sound waves off of the walls of bits and echoing into the quad. This noise appeared to be the loudest noise in this space and I felt as though I was standing right inside the stadium. The words were crystal clear and made a very cool effect to know the sound furthest and closest to me were from the same source. 
5- Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity. – Sound level was medium. The activity and feeling of all noises was very high but the amplitude of said noises were not more than a level of normal conversation. 
6- Assign a one word description to the “sound environment”. –  multi-directional 
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. – announcement, echo, ice rattling 

Journal Entry #5
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1) 2/20/13, 8:30pm, John Cranford Adams Playhouse

2) Extremely loud and overwhelming sounds from the wind outside- the wind whistling through the crack under the stage door, something knocking against the building, the garage door at the back of the stage rattling loudly

3) Enobarbus talking and pacing, Kolb giving notes, Codee’s pencil scratching

4) Phil flipping through his book, my computer fan whirring

5) The sound level is loud, and there is a large amount of activity, especially from outside.

6) Violent

7) The wind sounds- The whistling of the wind, the knocking, and the rattling. All very loud and seemingly from an astoundingly powerful wind.

Journal Entry #5
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1. Monday, February 25th – 4:29 PM – studio

2. Beja’s phone vibrating from the other side of the room, a car outside, typing

3. The heater on full blast, Noah and Katie talking, papers flipping

4. Rachel talking, music playing on my computer

5. The sound level is moderate, not too loud or soft. The sound activity is moderate as well – there are a bunch of different sounds, but it’s not overwhelming.

6. Typical

7. Music playing, talking, papers

Journal Entry 4
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1. Early morning, Friday Feb. 22nd 8:30

2. Jingling money, faint music in the background, occasional beep of the cash register

3. voices, trash bin rolling by, chairs being moved around,

4. People talking, the hum of my computer, me sniffling, my breathing

5. Volume goes from high to low very fast but there about the same amount of activity

6. Awakening

7. Footsteps, voices, my breathing

Journal Entry 4
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1- 2/21/13, 7pm, Rugby pitch (Intramural fields)

2- It is difficult to hear things in a further range due to major wind, but during moment that it dies down, I can hear cars passing on the highway/campus road.

3- Trees whipping in the wind, their leaves sounding similar to a rain stick at moments, but also the sound of the wind is so strong it drowns out other minor sounds. When it does die down, sometimes I can hear a voice carry from across the field where the  coaches are standing

4- I am doing a drill with the Women’s Rugby team. The girls are shouting each other’s names, directing the other to put the ball “In my gut! In my gut!”; The ground is frozen, so feet pound steadily as we run back and forth pushing the ball into each others bodies with a ‘thwack’. Those who have a moment are panting loudly and wheezing a little due to the cold, as am I. The wind is howling, making it difficult at times to hear exactly what’s going on at times, but we are focused on the drill.

5- The general sound level is high, although muffled by the wind, and the sound activity is energetic, as we shout to each other with encouragement.

6- Determination

7- Roaring wind, pounding feet, girls shouting “In my gut! In my gut!”

 

Sound Journal #4
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1:  Saturday, February 16, 2013, 3:17 am, My Room in Alliance Hall

 

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

The boys two doors down the hall are having some sort of party in their room.  Their subwoofers emit a thunderous bass line that combines with the high-pitch clangor of their laughter and general horseplay to create a cacophony that precludes any sleep.  The voice of a more stentorian girl carries the most; she flirts with Matt, the louder of the two roommates, by protesting loudly (albeit unconvincingly) to whatever he is trying to do to her, with seemingly interminable iterations of “Stawwwp it!”  This ruckus persists for over an hour before either Matt or Henry turns the music off to speak with a girl at their door.  She is the girl whose single sits between the boys’ room and mine and thusly has taken the brunt of their late-night, sonic assault.  I can hear her something garbled about how it’s 3:00 am, and then the doors to respective rooms close.  Thankfully, the music stays off.

 

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

In an attempt to drown out the sound of the random dorm party, I am blasting the heat in my room, making use of the fuzzy sound of the hot air rushing out of the grate, as well as the hum of the unit itself.  As an additional measure, I have turned on an old, white noise machine, so that the its assertive whir blends in with the sound of my heater and provides me further aural distance from the racket.

 

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

Through a set of headphones, I listen to an ASMR video on YouTube in yet another attempt to batten down my ears.  A woman whispers into a set of binaural microphones, smacking her lips and making little clicking sounds with her tongue that are very relaxing.  She slowly goes through the entire Greek alphabet, naming each letter with a thick accent.

 

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

The noise level is very high – even two doors down, the sounds from the party are louder than anything happening in my own room.

 

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

“Antagonistic”

 

7: Select and list 3 sounds that 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.

The sound of my ASMR video is not as important as the external sounds of the party, with which I come into conflict with my attempts to tune them out.  Thus, the warring sounds of Matt and Henry’s music (and their very loud, pitchy voices) and my heater and white noise machine are most essential to the combative mood of this sonic environment.