Monthly Archives: February 2014

Sound Journal #3
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1 – 2/13/14 – 6:20pm – Home, Centereach

2 – Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.
-Dad listening to The Beatles on the computer, specifically “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da.”
-A subtle clang as Mom placed a pot cover on a pot.
-Mom taking the casserole dish out of the oven.
-Both the kitchen fan and bathroom fan running.

3 – Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you.
-The clicking of the bathroom door closing suddenly.
-Mom’s footsteps as she walks down the hallway.

4 – Identify and list the sounds closest to you.
-House Hunters playing somewhat loudly on the TV.
-The constant ringing of the house phone.
-Footage from the latest Nintendo Direct presentation playing through my headphones on the PC.
-Me drumming my fingers on the desk.

5 – Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.
-It sounds like a normal night around dinner time at my house. Appliances are running at the usual volume and rate while dinner is being prepared, and I’m just lounging around.

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

7 – Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.
-The sounds of the pot cover.
-The casserole dish being taken out of the oven.
-The repetitious ringing of the phone.

Sound journal #3
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1. 6:29 pm, 2/13/14, sitting on my bed

2. People talking down the hall, video game music, wind blowing, and beeping from a truck backing up.

3. Refrigerator noises and heater noises.

4. My hand dragging across the paper I’m writing on and the noise if the pen writing on the paper.

5. it is a very low, calm sound level. There is also very little activity. The area is quiet and dull during this time of night so nothing is happening.

6. Borring.

7. Talking down the hall, wind blowing, and my hand dragging across the paper.

Field Recording #2
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Location of clip: Kitchen, my house.

Sounds heard: Mom opening up the box of Cinnamon Toast Crunch, ruffling the plastic bag, and pouring the cereal into the blender. The blender’s motor can then be heard, along with a cabinet door closing. The faucet is then turned on and off, followed by Mom pouring more cereal into the blender.

Sound Journal #3
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1- February 12, 2014, 8:42pm, HofUSA

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

Farthest from me, I can hear the sounds of students having lively conversations while eating their dinners. I can hear faint plans for Valentines Day and surprises girls are planning for their boyfriends.

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

At medium range from me are the TVs showing the news, sports games, and the Olympics in Sochi.

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

Closest to me, I can hear the voice of my friend as she’s telling me a story while eating her dinner. I hear the sound of myself chewing my food and contributing to the conversation.

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

The sound level in HofUSA is that of excited, hungry students just looking for a place to relax and enjoy their dinner. It’s bustling and loud with a lot of people moving about the room.

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

Lively

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.

Three sounds that are essential to the sound environment are the sound of the other students around me, the TVs next to me and the sound of the conversation I’m having with my friend while eating dinner.

Journal #3
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1- DATE-TIME-LOCATION

  • Tuesday, February 11th 2014. 8:20 pm. Rehearsal room.

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

• Low, loud hum of the vent
• Foot steps from the other room

3- Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you.
• Scene going on between 5 people
• Paper being flipped as the musical director thumbs through the score
• Cast members whispering to one another

4- Identify and list the sounds closest to you (You can include internal sounds if noticed or relevant).
• Person next to me fingers taping on their phone
• My congested breathing

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

The sound level is very focused on the scene that is going on. The sound level is loud due to the acoustics of the room. The amount of sound activity is medium, pretty much every person in the full room is producing some noise

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

7- Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.
• The huming of the vent

• The scene being acted out

• Paper turning

Journal Entry #2 – Bits N Bytes
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1. Friday, February 7, 9:56 am. Bits N Bytes.

2. The sounds farthest from me:  The clamor of dishes in the kitchen as they’re being washed. There is also the high-pitched squeaking of the toaster, continuously rotating, without any bagels to heat.

3. The sounds at medium range: I can hear the faint murmur of people talking over breakfast. Behind me, the TV is playing an infomercial about the government.

4. Closest to me, a person beside me flips through their notebook, I can hear the pages turning as they study their notes. They open and close the rings of their binder, getting themselves organized for the day. The whirring of the fans spinning above me is the most soothing of all the sounds I hear.

5. Sound activity: The combination of the TV, which is actually turned up quite loud, in comparison to the lack of human activity in Bits currently is a little overwhelming. The constant squeak of the toaster seems to drown out any hope of concentration.

6. Word for the sound environment: Inactive.

7. Sounds essential to environment:

– Soft talking of colleagues
– High-pitched squeal of the toaster behind me.
– Loud, opinionated television.

 

My field recording is of the sink on the second floor of my house, I am in the downstairs bathroom when I record the sound. It is to reiterate the distraction that is the everyday noises of my house on Front Street from last week.

Sound Journal #2
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1- DATE-TIME-LOCATION

  • Friday, February 7th, 2014. 8:42 AM, My living room.

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

• Garbage truck starting and stopping on the next block
• Gentle hum of the wind
• Television coming from another room, set on a very high volume

3- Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you.
• Foot  steps clonking as my neighbors make a mad-dash for the train station.
• The bell on my cat’s collar ringing as he prances around the house
• Cars rushing past behind me

4- Identify and list the sounds closest to you (You can include internal sounds if noticed or relevant).
• The gentle hum of my laptop
• The bell on my cat’s collar ringing as he prances around the house
• Another cat breathing as she sleeps soundly
• My mother singing Les Mis, horribly.

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

The general sound level is at a medium, half the people in my family are not present- but the loudest two are here. The amount of sound activity is decent, its at this time that the house is quiet enough to hear all the sounds my cats make, which is a lot.

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

7- Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.
• The television
• The rattling of my cat’s bell collar
• The birds chirping

Sound Journal #2 Laundry Night
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1. 2/6/2014, 8:00 PM, Vander Poel Hall laundry room

2. Identify the sounds farthest from you: The medium sound of all of the machines does a pretty good job droning out distant sounds, but I can definitely hear the two squeaky doors opening and closing now that the girl who was in here with me is leaving.  The heavy thud of the door to the laundry room has a secure weight to it.  Before each door, I can hear the girl’s slippers shuffling along.

3. Identify the sounds at medium range: The combination of the 6 washers and 6 dryers ALL working at the same time creates a chorus sounding like a small factory.  The washers have more of a spinning and shaking sound, and the two rows of stacked dryers all tremble together.  They would probably shake more wildly if they stood alone, but on top of and next to one another, they are more contained.  I can hear that they are all working together to make the room VERY warm.  On days when I am not doing a sound journal, I try to be in and out of this room because it is loud and hot, although I have attempted to read in here and definitely taken a phone call or two in the past.  In the one of the dryers further from where I’m standing, I can hear a button or zipper consistently scratching the inside of one of the machines.

4. Identify the sounds closest to you: Even with all the noise, I can hear my feet on the floor as I transfer my weight from one foot to the other and change how I am standing.  Like my laundry comrade who has left for now, I am wearing my “in the dorm” Ugg boots; they are very old and have a distinct shuffling sound to them.  If I really try I can hear myself breathing, but I have to intensify my breath to do so.  I can certainly hear myself crack my knuckles.  The sound doesn’t get swallowed up by the medium range, but rather stands out because it is so different in comparison.

5. General sound level and activity:  This room is expectedly loud.  It isn’t painfully noisy or particularly annoying, but it has a general loudness to it.  The sound of all the machines working together is like an unorganized round of some tune they all have learned the exact same way.  The air circulation seems to mimic the general sound level, and the heat and general sound seem to go hand-in-hand.

6. One word to describe the sound environment: operational

7. 3 essential sounds to the sound environment: 

-The shaking and spinning of the washers

-The tremble of the stacks of dryers

-The squeaky doors opening and closing