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

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