- 4/30/23 in my dorm with the windows open
- Farthest Away: A plane flying, people talking on the ground outside, a car backfiring, several cars driving
- Medium Range: A sink running, people opening and closing doors, the elevator beeping
- Closest: Rain on my open window, wind, my blinds moving a little in the wind, leaves rustling
- Sound Level: Quiet
- Sound Activity: Occasional sounds, constant rain
- One Word: Relaxing
- Essential Sounds: Rain on the window, the sink running, cars driving
Monthly Archives: April 2023
Journal entry 6
Location: My living room 4/29/2023
Farthest sound: Cars driving in the rain on the turnpike, Wind
Medium Sounds: Trees rustling in the breeze, car going down my street
Closest sounds: Front storm door hitting the railing of our porch in the wind. My roommates talking, jazz music playing from Sean’s phone, Betty (cat) meowing
Sound level Medium amounts of sound. not loud, but there are very specific key sounds
Description: Serene
Key Sounds: Betty meowing, Jazz from Sean’s phone, roommate conversation
Journal Entry #6
Date: 4/25/23
Location: Citi Field
Far sounds: cheering & shouting from opposite side of stadium
Medium sounds: clapping and cheering from sections around us, the bat hitting the ball
Close sounds: roommate making comments next to me, people speaking French behind me, the loudspeaker anytime anything happens
Sound description/level: loud and passionate and full of a low level of anticipatory chatter punctuated by cheers
One word: lively
Most important sounds (three sounds that make the scene what it is): clapping, cheering, baseball hitting bat
Journal Entry #6
April 28th, 10:33pm – my dorm with the door cracked
Farthest Away: Car vrooming down a street (barely audible), Plane flying overhead
Medium Range: Toilet Flushing, The sound of my roommate’s phone playing a tv show, the paper towel dispenser on the other side of my wall
Closest: Hum of the refrigerator, My roommate moving around the dorm packing, My roommate opening and closing her drawers
Sound Level: A medium level excluding farthest away sounds. Medium and Close range were often in a battle trying to be heard over the other.
Sound Activity: Inconsistent. It often felt like once one sound came in, they all tried to happen at once, then once one stopped they all stopped. My roommate was also not consistently moving around, she would stop in a spot to contemplate what she wanted to pack. Also, there wasn’t a person in the bathroom who was consistently dispensing paper towels.
Description: Active
Essential Sounds:
- Roommate moving around the room
- Paper towel dispenser
- Plane flying overhead
Journal Entry #6
1:45pm/ Hofstra’s Child Care Institute (where I work) / April 28th
Farthest sounds: kids and teachers playing outside
Mid sounds: babies crying next door
Closest: sound machine playing white noise for babies nap, one of the kids being fussy
Sound level; quiet
One Word: sleepy
Most important sound: sound machine, babies crying
Journal Entry #6
2:45pm // speigel theater SFAB open forum // April 28th.
Farthest away sounds — hum of the ebb and flow of traffic, the occasional siren, shuffling of speigel seats.
Medium sounds — clinking of bri’s dog’s collar, typing of Sfab rep computers.
Closest sounds — me adjusting in my chair, people talking behind me, professors answering questions, ice shifting in my plastic dunkin cup.
Sound level – mostly silent on the background noise except for the occasional shifting of people in audience or on stage. Focused in on the conversation and dialogue happening.
One word – productive
Most important sounds – the professors speaking, audience members speaking, typing of SFAB computers.
Journal Entry 6
Date: 4/28
Location: Content Suite in LHCOMM
Far Sounds: Door opening and closing, people walking in and out, people talking about a group project
Medium Sounds: AC/Patching station, fans going
Close Sounds: People typing on keyboards, someone on the phone
Sound Description/Level: The room is big and industrial sounding, so the sound echos with relative ease
One Word: Corporate
Most Important Sounds: People talking, people typing/working at computers
Journal Entry 6
Date: 4/27 at 7:28 PM
Location: table on the quad outside Roosevelt Hall
Far Sounds: laughing, door opening and shutting across the quad, mourning dove cooing, cars driving by on nearby streets.
Medium Sounds: more mourning doves responding, outdoor AC units/fans, two birds fighting (wings flapping, chirping), loud car honk.
Close Sounds: two people walking by (footsteps, talking), chewing, leaves rustling, squirrels climbing the tree overhead.
Sound Description/Level: the AC units gave the sound on the quad a mechanical quality that would otherwise be absent in that setting. The bird calls were plentiful and coming from all directions, which gave it an almost fantastical feeling.
One Word: ethereal
Most Important Sounds: mourning doves cooing, birds fighting, rustling leaves
Sound Journal #6
Date/Time/Location: April 26th, 3:09PM, ITS Service Desk offices.
Furthest: Distant cars and trucks racing on Hempstead Turnpike, birds chirping.
Medium: Boss yelling in outrage about technology, coworker writing with pen on paper, clothing shifting, chair squeaking slightly.
Closest: Hum of desktop computers, my chair spinning, keyboard clicking, phone buzzing from notifications.
Sound level is pretty null, as the office itself is mostly quiet with some very minute sounds from the machines and people here and there. My boss raising his voice outside and the cars zooming by are the only things that disrupt this peace. The amount of sound activity lies in a small range despite these interruptions in sound.
One Word Description: Uneasy.
Essential Sounds:
- Boss yelling
- Chair squeaking
- Cars zooming nearby
Field Recording 5
Sounds Present: Legend of Korra playing on TV in the background, me sipping coffee and also blowing on that same exact coffee