1. April 4th – 8:47 PM – Studio
2. The heater blowing on high, Alan singing operatically in the hallway, the music playing on the speakers
3. Nic and Tanner talking, Lee humming, some boxes falling under Ally’s desk
4. Typing, my phone vibrating
5. The sound level in the room is moderate – it’s not too loud, not too quiet… just average! The amount of sound activity is relatively high for the studio. There’s a lot of things going on at once.
6. Upbeat
7. The music, the talking, and of course Lee’s humming!
Monthly Archives: April 2013
Journal Entry 9
- Breslin Hall, early morning, Sitting in my classroom a few minutes early, around 9:30am
- Footsteps in the hallway, doors opening and closing, faint voices growing louder, occasional laughter
- Door to my classroom opening and closing, short bursts of loud sound from the hall, laughing, voices from right outside the door,
- Chairs scooting in, books being set on desk, murmerirng, a zipper, clothes bustling as people get settled
- Sound volume getting louder with more activity, medium to high activity
- Anticipation
- Voices, doors opening and closing, footsteps
Journal Entry 8
- Wednesday, late night Hammer Lab, 3am
- A constant high pitch humming tone, door opening and closing, janitor cart rolling through, the toilet flushing
- Voices, someones music through their headphones (hip hop), a zipper
- A phone vibrating on the table, my keyboard clacking, a friend rustling their paper
- Lots of different sounds, sound level medium to high at in short bursts
- Drained
- High pitch humming noise, voices, keyboard clacking
Field Recording #8
Journal #9
1- 3/28/13 – 11:23 A.M. – Chautauqua Guest House: Boulder, CO
2- Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you. – Furthest from me I can hear a U.S Marine playing Taps from the front porch of the building. He is standing facing inward toward the front of the room and has a mute in his trumpet as he plays. The sound is very pure but it appears that it is coming from a distance much further away than it actually is.
3- Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you. – At a medium range from me I can hear two more Marines shouting out commands as they presented the Stars and Stripes to my dad. I could clearly hear each command as the taller man said them. Then I could hear the softer sound of the fabric being folded before us to make the iconic triangle shape of the flag when it is presented to us. I could also hear the soft clicking noise the men’s shoes against the creaky old floor as they walked closer to each other as they folded the flag.
4- Identify and list the sounds closest to you (You can include internal sounds if noticed or relevant). – Closest to me I can hear my own heart beating and the internal audio that is associated as I sniffled and cried to myself; saying goodbye to my grandfather for the last time. Next to me I could hear my family doing the same.
5- Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity. – Every noise around me at this time was muffled and soft. The horn was muted and every sniffle seemed to be held back as everyone witnessed the presentation of the flag.
6- Assign a one word description to the “sound environment”. – Solemn
7- Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment. Note: you need to try to 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. – Horn, Sniffling, Fabric of the flag
Field Recording #8
Identify the location of the clip – Emily Lowe Hall Room 216 on drafting desk
Identify the sounds heard in the clip – This recording was taken as Geena was working on a piece of art work in the studio and she was peeling off the masking fluid she was using. In the clip you can first hear the sound of Geena brushing off all stray eraser marks from her paper and then feeling to make sure all paint is throughly dry. After this you can distinctly hear her using her pointer finger against the ridges of the watercolor paper to find an end of the dried up masking fluid. Finally she finds a loose end and gets it started. From this point you can hear the masking fluid peel off and stretch as it is removed from the paper. The masking fluid, once dry, is very elastic and stretches to be about four times longer than its original length when pulled. you can very distinctly hear the nature of this material as it is peeled back from the paper. It sort of sounds like stretchy tape being peeled back. As the clip continues you can hear the scratching and peeling sequence play once more.