Date, Time, Location: 2/13/20, my dorm room, 6:31 pm
Farthest away: dings of the elevator, doors opening, cars honking
Medium range: Crows cawing, wind from outside, my neighbor opening inserting her key
Closest: my heater working, keyboard tapping, a youtube video playing from my phone
One word description: calming
3 essential sounds to the environment: keyboard tapping, heater working, doors opening
Location: Walking from hempstead turnpike back to Bill of Rights
Sounds Heard: My boots walking on concrete, people walking, and cars passing on the turnpike.
Location- My Dorm room window
Sounds in Clip- A plane flying over head, my hand accidentally scraping against the concrete, and rain
2/13/2020
Farthest Sound- The dripping of rain from the gutters on the roof, and of the rain falling down into the drain, a large truck just passed by as well as a plane.
Medium Distance- Students walking back into their dorm, there is a path right next to my. window that people tend to use quite often.
Closest Distance- The rap tap tapping of my key board, as well as the pop pop popping of my highly messed up back/spine.
General Sound Level- a good sound level to work comfortably in, not to loud but not deathly quite either.
Sound Description- Quite… Perhaps too quiet…
Important Sounds- Rain dripping and hitting the ground, cars going vroom on the street, my typing as I’m writing this, and students walking outside.
2/10/20 – 2:00pm – Campus on a Rainy Day
Farthest Sounds: The sounds of cars driving around the parking lot and Hempstead Turnpike, car horns honking, a police siren driving past
Medium Distance Sounds: People walking back and forth as they go to class, the sound of rain falling, rain hitting trees and the ground, people talking
Closest Sounds: The sound of stepping on the wet ground, wind hitting my ear,
General Sound Level: Low
Room Definition: Rainy
Essential Sounds: Rain falling, Rain hitting the trees and ground, and the sound of stepping on the wet ground.
When & Where: 02/09/2020 6:02pm Balcony above the Student Center Starbucks
Far Sounds: A Heavy door slamming shut occasionally, Chatter of dozens of people eating, music
Medium Sounds: People ordering coffee, Baristas, latte machines, ice being served and poured, a cash register printing receipts, a blender
Close Sounds: keys jingling, footsteps, keystrokes on a laptop a few seats away,
General Level: loud
One-word Description: Bustling
Essential Three Sounds: Baristas, tons of dinner time chatter, distant music
(my apologies for the late post — I just forgot about the assignment until last night)
Location: Walking down Oak St.
Sounds: Cars, wind, distant yelling, birds, footsteps, keys jingling
Morning at Starbucks
1. Date: 2/5/20 – Time: 10:45pm – Location: HofUSA
2. Farthest away from me, I can hear students talking and laughing with one another as they are entering HofUSA. Also, I am able to hear the shows displayed on the televisions at different volume levels in the far corners of the building.
3. In a medium range of sound, I can hear milkshakes being made and the server yelling out the menu items when some students’ orders are ready. I can hear when a student’s buzzard starts making noise, as well as them scooting their chair back in order to get up and get their food.
4. The sounds closest to me involve my friends and myself talking and laughing with each other. Also, I can sometimes hear a sipping noise when some of my friends are drinking their beverages or a munching/crunching noise when they are chewing their food. Internal sounds include me using words to ask myself when my food will be ready.
5. The general sound level is a bit noisy. There are many people at HofUSA conversing and eating, so there is a good amount of sound activity occurring. However, not as many students are here as usual due to it being a Wednesday night.
6. One word to describe the “sound environment” is “lively”.
7. Three sounds that are essential to the “sound environment” are the many conversations/laughs that are happening throughout HofUSA, the many televisions displaying different television shows at different volumes, and the server yelling to indicate when certain students’ orders were ready.