February 25th, 2013 | 
Author: 1- 2/23/13 – 9:30 P.M. – Walking across quad in front of Bits
2- Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you. – Furthest away from me I can hear the noises of the fans in the stadium across California Avenue. I am not sure exactly what event was taking place at this time but there were lots of noises of cheering and screaming and the occasional announcement made over the loud-speaker. The loud-speaker was a man’s voice that was rather deep and he had a lot of inflection within his tone and seemed to have a lot of energy.
3- Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you. – At a closer range to me I can hear a few kids screaming and yelling as they returned from Dunkin’ Donuts. I could specifically hear the man and woman talking back and forth and the faint noise of the ice in their drinks hitting the walls of their plastic cups. As they walked up the steps into the unispan they made harsher stomping noises as they climbed up.
4- Identify and list the sounds closest to you (You can include internal sounds if noticed or relevant). – The most interesting aspect of the sound space in which I was observing was the sound that was closest to me. At this point where I was standing, coming from my right side is a repeat of the sound that is furthest from me. The sound of the announcer’s voice was cutting through the areas between the buildings and bouncing sound waves off of the walls of bits and echoing into the quad. This noise appeared to be the loudest noise in this space and I felt as though I was standing right inside the stadium. The words were crystal clear and made a very cool effect to know the sound furthest and closest to me were from the same source.
5- Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity. – Sound level was medium. The activity and feeling of all noises was very high but the amplitude of said noises were not more than a level of normal conversation.
6- Assign a one word description to the “sound environment”. – multi-directional
7- Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment. Note: you need to try and figure out what sounds make up this environment and which of those sounds need to be there for the feeling of the environment to stay intact. – announcement, echo, ice rattling
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