3/28/25
Belfast Gastropub at 11:30pm
Furthest: Glasses clinking and tapping, shoes squeaking against wood floor, indistinct conversation
Medium: Chairs sliding against the ground, glass breaking, people singing along to the music
Closest: Dj blasting music, Friends talking all around, static from a speaker beside me
Sound level: Very loud
Description:Blaring
5 Necessary sounds: Loud Dj music, people talking, glasses
Parking Lot behind the SIC
11:30pm, 03/27,26
Furthest: A house blasting music but only the bass can be heard, people walking to parties shrieking, a mourning dove call, airplanes passing, cars revving past.
Medium: Ambulance sirens as they pull out of the station, fire truck sirens, hushed talking, footsteps
Closest: Car running, breath, mixer beeps
Sound level: Medium level of noise constantly, sometimes gets louder but never quieter.
Description: Rough
Necessary Sounds: Ambulances, cars passing, car engine running, the house playing bass music
My Dorm—7:22 a.m.—3/27/26
Furthest: Car alarm ringing, sirens passing by, crows cawing outside
Medium: Elevator door opening, people talking and laughing on my floor, toilet flushing, shower running, door shutting
Closest: Heater running, sheets shuffling, tea kettle boiling, show playing on TV
Sound Level/Activity: Low level of noise and everything is toned down and not super constant
Description: Soft
Necessary Sounds: Heater running, shower running, doors shutting, people talking
Time/Place: 3.27.2026, 1:15PM. H&R Block, Selden, NY
Furthest: Phone ringing, receptionist talking at the front desk
Medium: Music coming from a small speaker that an employee had set up on top of their cubicle
Closest: Typing on the computer from the nice lady doing my taxes, the printer printing out my forms.
Sound Level & Activity: The sound level overall wasn’t quiet but I wouldn’t consider it to be at a medium volume either, more somewhere in between
Description: Overall the sound was generally normal, it wasn’t overstimulating as most public settings tend to be. I felt almost relaxed
Essential Sounds: Music from speaker, printer, typing from computer, phone ringing, talking from the other employees
Time/Place: 3.27.2026, 6:50PM. Hofstra University, Colonial Square, outside of Norwich House
Furthest: Distant wind rustling trees with few leaves.
Medium: Cars passing at a fast speed from behind.
Closest: Various hums at similar pitches from the air conditioning units.
Sound Level & Activity: The general sound level is somewhat quiet, however there’s many incidental sounds
Description: Tranquil
Essential Sounds: AC hums, Cars passing, people speaking as they pass by, industrial metal doors opening & closing, various distant car honks.
My room, 5:52pm, 3/27/26
1. 3/26/25, 10pm, Hofusa
2. Background: the kitchen, other people chatting, a couple people setting up chairs in the auditorum part of the building
3. Middle: Music playing through the speakers, the server announcing the orders, squeaking of chairs
4. Close: my own music in my earbuds, my friends talking to me, my own footsteps as I pace around
5. Medium sound level; general layer of conversation, but nothing too loud
6. Relaxed
7. 3 essential sounds are everyone at the tables talking, the music over the speakers, and the kitchen announcing orders
1- 3/26/26, 4:46 pm, Bits N’ Btyes outdoor seating
2- Plane flying across the sky(engine rumbling), Hempstead Turnpike traffic
3- People laughing, people talking, metal clattering from tables, Sneakers against the concrete, racquets coming in contact with shuttlecock(people playing badminton)
4- People talking, Podcast from an outdoor speaker, table clanking against elbow, jangling of the insides of a mechanical pencil
5- Sound Level: Medium – almost loud, Amount of Sound Activity: Constant sound
6- Spirited
7- Plane flying across the sky, podcast from an outdoor speaker, people laughing