Monthly Archives: March 2022

Field Recording #3~~~~Kaitlyn Bancroft
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Location: The RA Office in Alliance Hall (recorded while I was on duty that night) 

Sounds heard: 

  • sniffling 
  • loud beep as someone swipes through the turnstile 
  • clanking as the turnstile is walked through 
  • the creaking as the turnstile is walked through 
  • ding of the elevator doors opening 
  • distant laughing 
  • bang of the outside doors as they slam shut 

Journal Entry 3: Lizzy Tauro
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Date: March 14

Location and Time: Hempstead, NY, Campus at 8:20 am

Far Sounds: giggling in the distance, car speeding by, trash truck brakes squealing

Medium Sounds: public safety walkie talkie going off, wind rustling the trees

Close Sounds: my footsteps on the pavement, my backpack rustling against my coat, birds chirping

Sound Description/Level: it sounds like an early morning. Everything is waking up and getting ready to start the day. Cars haven’t arrived yet and not many students have come to campus. 

One Word: quiet

Journal Entry #3- Gabby Macallister
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Date: March 13th, 2022

Location and Time: My bedroom, 5:58pm

Far Sounds: An airplane flying over, water pouring into the sink from our broken washer, buttons scraping the dryer, leaves rustling outside my window, truck driving by, the hum of the dryer

Medium Sounds: Evening doves chirping, a crow flying above and cawing, neighbor bringing their trash bin out, my radiator making a low humming noise, Nia walking up the basement stairs, Lizzy shutting her door upstairs, neighbor getting into car and starting it

Close Sounds: Lizzy singing “Smoking Out the Window” by Bruno Mars, Lizzy adjusting the clocks on the microwave and oven, someone washing dishes in the kitchen and humming, chickadee that is chirping outside my window

Sound Description/Level: Serene, calm with an occasional blip

One Word: Calming

Most Important Sounds: Evening doves chirping, Lizzy adjusting the clocks, neighbor dragging trash bin out, Lizzy serenading me

Journal Entry 3 Nicole Cullen
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Date and Location: March 13th, 6:15pm, Living Room

Far Sounds: Anna and Andrew talking upstairs, footsteps upstairs, cupboard being closed, bag being dropped on the floor, creaking of the radiators, car driving in the street/wheels on the road

Medium Sounds: Front door being opened and closed, front door locking, someone walking up the stairs, water heater clinking, faucet in kitchen running

Close Sounds: Creaking of sliding door/wind against the door, laptop keys clacking, low hum of mini fridge, laptop whirring, Joey talking with me, laptop being closed shut

General Sound level and Atmosphere: mostly quiet; what an average evening sounds like in our house with a steady soundscape that I recognize as normal

One Word: Comfortable

Three Important Sounds: Low hum of the mini fridge, Joey talking with me, footsteps upstairs

Sound Journal 3
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March 13th, 2:11 pm, The Adams Playhouse lobby

Far Sounds: Faint windy buzz from the air system, muffled sounds of dialog, doors opening and shutting

Medium Sounds: circus-like music, opera singing, laughter, applause, occasional gasps

Close Sounds: footsteps, keys clanking, voices and footsteps as people walk through, keyboard clicking

General Sound level and atmosphere: a medium level of sound, it rises and falls with the show, there’s a decent variety of sounds but the majority of them are muffled

One Word Description: Pensive

Three Essential Sounds: Music, applause, muffled dialog