Location: At Citi Field for a Mets-Red Sox game
Sounds: The ball making contact with the bat of the previous hitter, a fan whistling, the public address announcer announcing the next batter, fans clapping, the batter’s walk-up music, fans cheering.
Monthly Archives: April 2021
Field Recording #6 – Dylan Pojano
Location: On a field that is between the Field Hockey Field and the parking lot with the Three Bears Statue. Basically where I did last weeks field recording.
Sounds: Through the large amount of gusting winds and rain, I moved around a rusty old commercial-grade irrigation sprinkler. It creaks and irks as the metal tries to glide across itself, attempting to reclaim the glory days for when it used to with ease. Eventually, from all the moving around, the chain that was on it falls and what was holding it bounces up and down for a bit. I move the rusty chain around itself for a bit, and then I leave it alone entirely, so it may return to its dormant sleep.
Field Recording #6 – Ash Boone
My friends and I (Brennan, Tori, Arianna, and Dianté) sitting in the Bread Box (Brennan’s car) in the parking garage of Roosevelt Field Mall on the evening of Free Pretzel Day at Auntie Anne’s. I intended to record just the sounds of the parking garage, but a spider had entered the car and landed on me and Brennan lost it. Tori is cracking up, Arianna is wondering if I had started recording yet, and Dianté is jamming to music.
Sound Journal Entry
Time: 7:11
Location: Adams playhouse
Far sounds: backstage work
Medium sounds: sound booth, people prepping front of house
Close sounds: Board ops going over cues, static in headset
Important sounds: Talking about cues, static in headset
Journal Entry #6- Dani
April 24, 2021 at 11:40 AM
Location: RSR booth in Stuyvestant Hall
Far Sounds: Cars driving by, birds in the trees outside, a car backfiring, honking, music coming from a car parked out front
Medium Sounds: ID card being swiped multiple times, the beeping as the card is declined, the click as the card is finally accepted, multiple doors opening and closing, footsteps, keys jangling
Close sounds: The air conditioner in the booth coming on and off, my typing on the keyboard, my chair creaking as it rolls/rocks back and forth
Sound Description/Level: Medium to low, there are many moments of complete silence followed by multiple and continuous sounds at once
Important Sounds: Music coming from a car, the opening and closing of doors, typing on a keyboard
Journal Entry 6-Juliana Battaglia
Friday, April 23rd, 2021 at 2:00pm
Location: Island Rock rock climbing gym in Plainview
Farthest Sounds: The front desk associate speaking with incoming members, people talking and trainers speaking to the trainees, the chiming of the bell on the front door as it swung open and closed.
Medium Sounds: People walking around on the safety mats, the clapping of hands with gripping powder, the music heard overhead.
Closest Sounds: My feet digging into the grips on the walls, my hands scraping the grips, people plunging to the mat below, the jingling of my keys in my pocket as I climbed.
Sound Description / Level: Loud and energetic. Every sound contributed to the active energy of the climbers in the room.
Important Sounds: People plunging down to the mats, the clapping of hands with powder, my feet digging into the wall grips.
Sound Journal Observation Entry #6 – Dylan Pojano
4/23/2021, 9:31 pm, the balcony in the Student Center
Sounds farthest away to me: People walking to and from the unispan, some occasionally stopping to order from Brooklyn Slice. Brooklyn Slice, exhausted but not relenting, continuously cooks pizza after pizza, slapping in a new pizza in the blasting oven, just for the poor hungry souls of the students of Hofstra.
Sounds at a medium range to me: A trash bin is wheeled around from the restaurants that are closed, picking up the thin plastic bags of garbage from each one. The Starbucks floors are being cleaned of all the hectic non stop orders they receive. First an old broom removes the floor of any hair and crumbs, and then an audibly damp mop is used to remove all the spilled drinks that have long since dried up. Then they finally close and lock up the creaky metal walls of all the restaurants, allowing them to rest until tomorrow’s busy day.
Sounds closest to me: Sitting not too far from me are some of my friends, as they laugh and talk about whatever is happening to them in life. As I sit and tap away at my computer, eager to join them, as I pound away at the keys as if it were their fault.
The general sound level and amount of sound activity: An above average sound level, but the overall amount of sound activity is high as there is so much going on, even though it appears as though there isn’t.
One word description to the “sound environment”: Moribund
Three sounds which are essential to the sound environment: Large squeaky bins, brooms sweeping, and metal walls being locked up.
Journal Entry #6 – Ash Boone
Wednesday, April 21nd, 2021 at 3:03pm
Location: 10th Floor of the Axinn Library
Farthest Sounds: planes flying by, the elevator moving here and there, birds (crows?) outside, sometimes hitting the windows with their wings
Medium Sounds: gusts of wind, occasional thunder, the heater making noises, chairs and film equipment being moved around, fun music being softly played in between takes
Closest Sounds: my friends and I talking and laughing, my friends and I in awe of the sudden tremendous downpour, the sound of very heavy rain thrashing itself at the windows and the ceiling, closer thunder, us shuffling around, dancing, goofing and enjoying the rain, keys jingling
Sound Description / Level: loud, yet peaceful — I love the sound of pouring rain. I don’t care for light rain and I dislike “average” rain. It sucked that it was pouring at times when we had class (like before sound class), but it was enjoyable now because we were in the library the entire time just enjoying it from the inside.
Important Sounds: laughter and dancing, keys jingling, the sudden downpour and thunder, moving of equipment
Field Recording #5
Location: Leslie’s pool store
Sounds: my manager has a little waterfall at his desk(it sounds like peeing but it isn’t) and my co-worker was trying to call another store but called the wrong number so you have the phone dial tone and the automated message.
Field Recording #5
Location: On a field that is between the Field Hockey Field and the parking lot with the Three Bears Statue.
Sounds: I found a very large stick that I used to cut the air with several times, sometimes I would even hit the ground and a thud like sound would be made. The stick did unfortunately break in the middle of the recording, so it quickly evolved into me breaking it several times, making crisp cracking noises like I was breaking into a walnut, all before the overall sound is engulfed by the wind.