Monthly Archives: April 2013

Journal #8
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1) Subway, Netherlands Core, 7:30, 4/4/13

2) people talking/ordering food, laughing

3) crinkle of chips bags, people moving around, the drink machine

4) Sounds from the TV, soft meta clinks, footsteps

5) Noise is high but not super loud

6) Active

7) People ordering food, the drink machine, sounds from the TV

Journal Entry 9
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1- 4/2/13 11:30 AM, Amtrak train from Union Station, DC to Penn Station, NYC

2- Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you- Clanking sound of the train moving

3- Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you- Kids shouting and running up and down the aisle, one of them repeatedly flushing the toilet, ticket taker moving through the cabin scanning tickets- the machine making a small beep once they are scanned,
4- Identify and list the sounds closest to you- The flipping of pages as I attempt to read my book
6- Assign a one word description to the “sound environment”- Obnoxious
7- Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment. Clanking sound of the train, kids screaming, scanning tickets

Journal Entry # 9
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1- 04/04/2013- 9:08pm- Black Box Theater New Academic Building (NAB) Rehearsal for 5 Women.

2- Sounds farthest away: High-pitched but quiet hum of what could be a heater, radiator or lights.

3- Sounds at medium range: Eliza (Meredith) yelling at Sophie (Mindy), Meredith rips a piece of paper. Corinne (Trisha) putting make up away, Morgan’s (Georganne) skirt ruffles against her seat in the audience as she gets up for her upcoming cue.

4- Sounds closest: The sound of my paper crinkling as I write notes, the pencil rubbing against the paper. As I take an occasional bite of pizza, I hear the ripping crunch and then squish and crunch as I chew. Tom takes a swig of water from his water bottle.

5- General sound level and amount of sound activity: Sound level is very high as there is much sound activity including internal and external sounds with screams, paper rips, crinkling, and general movement. Sounds like everything’s falling apart.

6- One word description to the “sound environment”: Ripping.

7- Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.: Meredith screaming, ripping paper, rip and crunch of pizza.

Journal Entry 9
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1. April 4, 11:07 pm, 7th floor of Vander Poel

2. Radiator hum, door opening down the hall

3. Music from friend’s laptop, talking, laughter, shoes tapping on floor

4. Keyboard, waterbottle

5. The sound level is fluctuating. There are short bursts of increased volume, only for it to quiet down soon after.

6. Playful

7. Music, talking, laughter

Journal Entry #9
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1) 4/2/2013, 10:17pm, Republic Hall Lounge (while watching an episode of AMC’s The Walking Dead)

2) Doors closing down the hallway (slamming shut), the sliding doors opening signaling someone entering or exiting the building, the click when the door to the lounge is opened successfully by someone’s ID and that door opening and closing.

3) The television with the episode of The Walking Dead on, the fan in the kitchen, the microwave in the same kitchen beeping (someone’s food is done!), door to the stairwell opening and closing (the doorknob is loose it seems)

4) People “discussing” the TV show (it is mostly yelling about who thinks what is going to happen and what that would mean for the characters involved and who is wrong and who is right and such), me crunching on an Everlasting Gobstopper, opening and closing of the study room door and the clicking involved with that (signaling that the door is successfully unlocked)

5) There is a lot of activity and it is very loud -__-

6) Debate

7) The people “discussing” The Walking Dead, the doors in and out of the study room opening and closing, the actual episode of The Walking Dead that is playing

Field Recording 8
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Listen to

 

Stairway of Republic Hall

I recorded myself opening the door at the bottom of the stairs, going up, grabbing something at the top, returning down the steps and through the door once again. The door has a delay shutting, so you don’t hear the distinctive click until my footsteps on the stairs have already begun. You can hear how much heavier the footsteps are trudging up the stairs vs. hopping down them, as well as the difference in pattern.