1- 2/17/13 – 1:09 AM – On bench in front of Hofstra Hall
2- Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you. – Furthest away from me I can hear the occasional and very faint tone of a car passing by on the Turnpike. Every noise is quick and is a fast swoosh past the University due to the Doppler effect of where I was sitting in relation to the cars that were zooming past. A little bit closer but still pretty far from me on the other side of me I can hear the noises of the few maintenance guys working on the building behind me. They are generating a series of clicking and clanging noises as they move equipment from their car to the building
3- Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you. – A little closer than these noises I can hear the flags on the flag pole whipping in the wind and cracking like a whip with every large gust of wind. Whenever the wind dies down the tension on the cable was released and the clip on the flag would briefly clang into the pole just before another large gust came and pulled the flag away again. To the left of me I can hear the distinct noise of the two posters hung on the light posts clinging onto the pole for dear life. The paper was whipping so hard I thought it could rip off at any moment.
4- Identify and list the sounds closest to you (You can include internal sounds if noticed or relevant). – Closest to me I can hear a few dry leaves scootch across the concrete and create a very distinct noise i associate with late fall. Just behind me I can hear needles of the evergreen trees cling create friction with the wind sailing around them. Against my ears I can hear the whistle as the wind goes through the fibers of my hat- effectively muting almost every noise I have listed above.
5- Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity. – All around me the noises are very intense and there is a plethora of noises around me mostly being influenced by the wind that is whipping through the air. The interesting thing is that the noise of the wind through my hat is that it lessens the intensity of every noise around me.
6- Assign a one word description to the “sound environment”. – Exposed
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. – Wind in my ears, Flag pole, leaves scootching
Daily Archives: February 17, 2013
Field Recording #3
Identify the location of the clip – I got a lifeproof case for Christmas for my Iphone. A lifeproof case is completely waterproof and so I decided to do something entirely new and different. This field recording is taken from inside my shower stall with my phone placed on the soap holder.
Identify the sounds heard in the clip – The first sound that you can hear is the background noise of the water hitting the bottom of the shower floor and then the ting of me setting my phone down on the soap holder. You can then proceed to hear me rinse my hair and the surges of water drop and hit the shower floor. As the recording continues you can hear me fill my hands with water and then drop it to the floor. At the end the water is shut off and you can only hear it drip off of my body adn then the shower curtain opened. The final noise is me grabbing my towel and drying off which is a lower “boomy” noise. Overall the sound is very tinny and echoey because I am in the shower stall and the tiles of the walls reflect the high frequency of the sound waves as the water hits the ground.