Location: Hofstra University, just outside Emily Lowe Hall
Sounds Heard: the Hofstra shuttle breaking then passing by, the Hofstra gardeners raking the leaves
Monthly Archives: February 2023
Journal Entry #1
Location: 224 Lenox living room Time: 10 PM
Farthest Away Sounds:
- people talking and laughing upstairs
- footsteps upstairs
- music playing upstairs
Mid Range Sounds:
- sink running in kitchen next door
- plates and bowls clanking in the sink
- bedroom door opening in closing
Closest Sounds:
- roommates sitting around table talking and laughing
- chairs being scooched on floor
- tv playing wii music
Sound Level:
When I started my observation I was the only one in the room and was mostly hearing everything upstairs that was very faint and far away and then as it went on more and more people joined in the living room and then we started playing games and it progressively got louder and more lively
Descriptors: lively but calm
Essential Sounds
- laughing
- music
- wii music
Journal Entry #1
1. February 12, 12:00pm, Film Set in a Dinner
2. People chatting in a corner about the next shot for set, cars driving down the street, the hum of the heater running
3. The hum of the appliances (mainly fridge), actors practicing their lines, people walking by me and the squeaking of their shoes
4. The rubbing of my jacket in the booth, my heavier breathing and stuffy nose
5. It can get loud when people are debating in the corner or when they are walking by, but it’s generally at a medium level. The most consistent sound level is the appliances running.
6. Hectic
7. Fridge hum, director talking with actors, steps of people frantically walking to grab/move equipment
Journal Entry #1
- February 10th, Enterprise Dorm, 3rd floor
- Farthest Away: Cars driving really far away
- Medium Range: An airplane getting lower slowly, the trees outside, some people talking outside
- Closest: A toilet flushing down the hall, people walking on the floor above me, me typing, a door opening down the hall
- Sound Level: Very quiet. The sounds that happen are very low
- Sound Activity: Each close sound happens very occasionally. There’s not a lot of quick movement, and the sounds don’t happen often. Not much activity at all
- Description: Gentle
- Essential Sounds: The cars driving, the doors opening and closing, and the trees moving quietly outside
Jornal Entry #1
February 10th, 1:00am–Estabrook Dorm, 12th Floor
Farthest Away: The sound of cars vrooming a couple streets away.
Medium Range: People screaming outside of HofUSA on their way home from party. The Night Shuttle speeding over speed bumps and the squeak of the breaks as it rolls through a stop sign.
Closest: The cutting in and out sound of my roommate’s phone that’s playing TikToks and the hum of my refrigerator that sits at the foot of my bed.
Sound Level: The sounds in the dorm were quiet and would be drowned out from the voices outside that seemed to echo as they spilled into my dorm.
Sound Activity: The sound was inconsistent and came in loud spirts. There would be random screams that would out of nowhere and then it would go back to the quiet sounds from my roommate’s phone and the refrigerator.
Description: Lively
Essential Sounds:
- Quiet Phone
- Drunk Girls’ Screams
- Night Shuttle’s Squeaking Breaks
Journal Entry #1
- February 8, 2023, 12:47 pm, Student Center
- – Clanging and sounds of machinery used at starbucks (possibly the microwave or coffee machine
– air conditioning overhead and behind
– beeps of the checkout scanner at my 10 oclock
– sound of metal utensils (ladle or spatula) being dropped
-chatter (unintelligible) to my far right and left. Large quantity
3. – Wheeled bins rolling around
– conversations (2-5) from people standing in line waiting for sushi or starbucks or in the pathway to the food court
-the sound of shuffling feet as people walk by
-chairs being pushed in and out
-sushi chefs stirring something in a pot or scraping some sort of metal pot or sheet
4. – people talking (very clearly. 1-3 conversations) behind me and to my left and right.
– chairs being pushed in and out
– people passing behind me
– People bumping into my board
– someone banging on the table in laughter
– group laughter to my right
-clinking of silverware
– sounds of me typing
-sounds of me chewing my food and swallowing
-sounds of me sighing intermittently
-someone making whale sounds behind me
-s0meone with a valley ish dialect talking behind and to my left
-fridge or metal cabinet door closing
5. Sound level is not loud per say, but it is a cacophony of many medium to light volume sounds. It sounds extremely busy, a lot of sounds moving in different directions. A lot of dynamic sounds all at once.
6. Populated
7. Clanging of machinery, close conversations, far chatter
Journal Entry #1
February 9th, 10:00PM, Bill of Rights dorm, 10th floor.
Furthest: Cars moving outside on the Hempstead Turnpike, at least 10 stories down from the current location.
Medium: Someone is playing classical music from a speaker in the bathroom next door, shower water running, pipes making a gentle hissing noise.
Closest: Upstairs dorm neighbor is making short thumps, heater creaking and exerting a low hum. Focused, intent breathing coming from me.
Sound level is generally soft and muffled. The amount of sound activity is somewhat limited, the room being confined to faint sounds of machinery amid far away driving and muted classical music.
One Word Description: Subdued.
Essential Sounds:
- Heater humming
- Music playing from speaker inside the bathroom
- Cars outside
Journal Entry #1
2/9/23, 8:50pm
Couch in the Living room at my off campus house
Farthest sounds – revving car engine, fridge humming, rustling wind in the front trees, plane rumbling overhead
medium sounds – doors opening up the stairs, fire station alarm (from the station behind our house), running faucet, radiator humming, footsteps upstairs, creaking floorboards
closest sounds – clicking of my laptop keys, housemate chewing her dinner, footsteps, styrafoam food container scraping, tin foil crinkling
sound description/level – when I started my observation, it was relatively quiet and the loudest thing was the clicking of my keyboard, sitting in the room by myself. My housemates got home, and the room was flooded with sporadic yet controlled noise levels of everyone doing their own night routines, settling down for the evening. the room really ebbed and flowed.
descriptor – at ease
Essential sounds – chewing, footsteps, clicking of my laptop keys
Journal Entry #1
Date: Feb. 9th, 2023, 6:08pm
Location: A/V office in the Student Center
Far sounds: Doors opening and closing, people talking downstairs and/or outside, a car outside driving by
Medium sounds: Coworker eating his dinner, coworkers typing, plastic water bottle being opened and drunk from
Close sounds: My laptop fan, chairs creaking, my own typing, people shifting positions in their chairs
Sound description/level: It is very quiet in here. The loudest sound to me is my laptop fan at a constant hum, which is not that loud. Occasionally something does happen – a few minutes ago the phone rang – but since I started listening, it’s been extremely uneventful.
One word: quiet
Most important sounds: Laptop fan, people typing, people shifting in their seats
Journal #1
- 02/09/2023 – 4:22 PM – Emily Lowe Hall Drounge
- Far away: People talking in a classroom, a small beep, the sound of an air conditioner
- Medium: Footsteps (some going further and some coming closer), the entrance door slamming, a classroom door being shut
- Closest: The sound of me breathing due to congestion, someone taking a sip of their drink, typing, someone chewing
- The sound level started out quite loud, but it has now gone down to barely any sounds that aren’t the ones mentioned in #4. This is the same regarding the sound activity. Originally, it began with hearing #2 and #3 together, and those sounds faded away, which led me to hear #4. Therefore, the sound activity went from high to low.
- Descriptor: Bustling
- The essential sounds are: the faraway sound of people talking in a classroom, the sound of footsteps, and the sound of the entry door slamming.