Field Recording #4

Location: 8th Floor Study Room in the Axinn Library

Sounds Heard:

  • Background talking
  • Swiping of finger across the pad of a MacBook
  • Distant traffic(a car speeding by)
  • Sniffles
  • Pressing down on the pad of the MacBook
  • Click-clacking of the typing on a keyboard
  • Scraping of a chair against the floor
  • White Noise

Journal Entry #4

  1. 4/1&2/2026, 11:30 pm – 12:45 am, Cabaret in the Spiegel
  2. Farthest: The creaking from the floors from the stage and aisle, The doors opening and closing.
  3. Medium: People performing and Hosts talking, Clicking from the computer keyboard and/or mouse, chatter from the audience.
  4. Closest: People breathing, Seats moving, creaking, and squeaking, Whispering.
  5. Sound Level/Activity: The level of sound changes depending on what’s happening, if we’re in between acts the level is higher, and if we’re in the middle of an act the level is lower. Switching. Feels both controlled and uncontrolled.
  6. Description: Cabaret.
  7. Essential: Hosts and/or Performers from the stage, Chatter, Floor creaking.