Monthly Archives: February 2024

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Date: 2/9 6:51, my upstairs living room

Farthest away from me: My downstairs housemates talking in their kitchen

Medium range: My refrigerator humming in the kitchen and my upstairs housemate’s desk chair creaking a few times per minute 

Closest to me: My keyboard clacking as I type and my occasional sniffling. My other housemate typing on her phone and clearing her throat 

The sound level is very quiet. My other 2 housemates are out of the house and everyone is sort of decompressing from the day on their own in different parts of the house. 

One word: Mundane 

3 essential sounds: Chatter of the downstairs housemates, the fridge, and my housemate’s nails as she types her phone. 

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February 8th, 2024. 9:25am J-Train.

The sounds that are closest to me is a child crying next to me and the train announcement.

The furthest sounds are the cars and trucks and music outside.

The medium distances, I would consider the shuffling and train itself, noises from peoples phones and high schoolers talking.

The sound level is loud and the amount of sounds being created is consistent until the High Schoolers got off.

Word Description: Light Cacophony

Important sounds are talking, train on the tracks, crying child, and the MTA Train Announcer!

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  1. 2/8, 6:26PM, my living room
  2. Farthest away from me: the sound of the refrigerator running, footsteps in the hallway
  3. Medium range: My housemate sniffling and pouring her drink
  4. Closest to me: The sound of the fan in my laptop, my keyboard as I type, and the sound of my own breathing
  5. It’s generally very quiet – everyone just got home from class and we’re passing around my phone putting in our Doordash orders so no one is really making much noise
  6. One word: comfortable
  7. 3 essential sounds: the sound of my breath, the footsteps, the refrigerator. These sounds together represent the idea of comfortable silence for me.

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February 8, 2024. 1:20. My Backyard.
The sounds that are furthest away from me: Truck beeping, distant cars, a plane.
The sounds that are a medium distance from me: Neighbors footsteps, squirrels shuffling in the trees, occasional car on my street.
The sounds that are closest to me: Birds, music coming from my computer (Sugar Magnolia- Grateful Dead).
The sound level of the space: Low. A lot of different quiet sounds.
One word description: Peaceful
Three sounds that are most important to the environment: Birds chirping, wind in the trees, hum of planes from nearby airport.

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  1. 02/07/2024 – 8:30pm – Emily Lowe Hall.
  2. Sounds farthest away from me: people walking around upstairs, laughing, the occasional toilet flush and sink.
  3. Sounds at medium range: slow contemporary music playing, dancing and feet moving, quiet applause.
  4. Sounds closest to me: people talking, papers rustling, pens clicking and writing.
  5. The general sound level is average but close to loud and the amount of sound activity is constant.
  6. Description word: chaotic.
  7. Essential sounds: constant talking, dancing, and faint music.

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2/7/24 – 1:30PM – My dorm

Sounds farthest from me: My suitemates talking in the other room, my suitemate opening the fridge, someone unlocking and opening their door down the hall.

Sounds at a medium range from me: The heater, my fan next to my bed, my roommate walking into my room and grabbing something from her desk.

Closest to me: the music playing from my phone, me typing on my computer, my foot tapping the floor.

Sound level: The sound level is relatively low, since there are only three of us home. My music is louder than the rest of the sounds in my dorm – so that specific sound level is higher.

Sound activity: There is a small amount of sound activity because there are only three of us. The TV and other appliances aren’t on, and my suitemates are having a relatively quiet conversation.

One work description for the sound environment: Familiar

Three sounds that are essential to the sound environment: My roommates talking, my fan, and the sound of my keyboard

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  1. February 7, 2024. 11:30 am. Bits and Bytes.
  2. The sounds that are furthest away from me: the sound of cooking in the kitchen, fridges opening and closing, the workers behind the food counters talking to each other
  3. The sounds that are a medium distance from me: the hum of the fridges, the women who work at the check out area talking to each other and other students, the chatter of the students eating lunch in this space
  4. The sounds that are closest to me: my friend tapping on his computer, the video he is watching, the tapping of my own keyboard.
  5. The sound level of the space is medium-to-low, with an occasional louder noise. The sound activity is high, as there are many people in this space doing their own individual things.
  6. One word description: casual
  7. Three sounds that are integral to the environment: the fridges humming, the employees speaking Spanish casually to each other, and the happy chatter from other students.