Closest Sound: MBMBAM Podcast
Middle Sound: My roommates and their friends in our lounge talking about Troilus
Farthest: A car and people in the parking lot
Title: Nostalgia
Necessary Sounds: Podcast, People, Cars
Tag Archives: Journal Entry
Journal Entry #3
Date, Time, Location: 2/21, 9:00am, Enterprise entryway
Sounds farthest away: Wind howling, cars passing, people talking outside
Medium Range: Beep from people swiping their cards, turnstile doors clicking and the groan of them turning, SRS watching a show on laptop
Closest: Hum of water fountain cooling, someone unscrewing waterbottle top, sound of running water, doors slamming from people leaving
General sound level: quiet but somewhat cutting and loud when people let the doors slam behind them
One Word Description: mechanical
3 sounds: Beep of the card system, hum of water fountain, slamming of doors
Journal Entry #4
2/19/20 – 1:00pm – ABP
Farthest Sounds: The air conditioner softly blowing air, The workers calling out the names of the orders, the sound of cards swiping at registers, the soft playing music
Medium Distance Sounds: There is a loud table telling jokes with each other and laughing out loud, many other people talking,doors are constantly opening and closing with loud gusts of wind each time one is opened, the sound of chairs moving constantly
Closest Sounds: The sound of rubber as I move in a booth, the sound of typing on keyboards all around me, and the sound of the water fountain right behind me.
General Sound Level: Loud
Room Definition: Noisy
Essential Sounds: Chairs moving constantly, Loud people talking, and doors opening and closing
Journal #2
2/3/20 – 11:10pm – Drounge
Farthest Sounds: Dance class stomping on the floor, muffled people talking outside the door. Quiet hum of an air conditioner.
Medium Distance Sounds: People entering and exiting the main door, A professor speaking to a class from Lowe 106. The typing of keys from the office. The printer is occasionally being used to print or copy papers.
Closest Sounds: People talking in the drounge and psibrary. The sounds of people writing as they fill out forms and other papers.
General Sound Level: Slightly Quiet
Room Definition: Office-Like
Essential Sounds: Typing of keys, the printer, and people filling out forms.
Journal Entry #1 – Artuso
1/27/20 – 11:29A.M. – Pride Den
In the distance is the sound of a dull air conditioner blowing in the opposite side of the room, along with the sound of doors opening and closing as people enter and exit the room. At medium range, I hear the sound of groups of people talking to each other. Some are gossiping while some are quietly studying together. There is someone playing video games and loudly pressing buttons on a controller. Also, there are people getting into and getting out of chairs. Closest to me, there is a quiet hum from a television that is silently displaying announcement messages, along with a group that is loudly enthusing about video games and partying. The general sound level is constantly fluctuating with the many different conversations going on in the area. It constantly fluctuates between nearly silent and roaring. I would describe the sound environment as “social” because of the many conversations going on. The essential sounds that make this up are the sounds of the doors opening and closing, people getting constantly getting in and out of chairs, and the constant chatter of people talking. These all demonstrate how active the area appears to be.
Journal Entry One- Megan
1/30/20 10:57 Hague House Room 311
Farthest Sound: Rumblings coming from the room upstairs, kids jumping and messing around
Medium Sound: People outside my window in the parking lot. Talking about assorted drama.
Closest Sound: Assortment of songs by Trixie Mattel and the rumble of the heater. Also my own voice
Sound Amount: Minimal, most of it coming from my music and myself.
One Word Description: Serenity
Essential Sounds: the music since it wouldn’t have the same energy without it, my voice because singing along adds most of the calmness, the sound of the heater because it balances out the background
Vander Poel Floor 13
Location: Vander Poel, Floor 13, 4/10/18 5:44pm
Farthest: People talking in the kitchen, the elevator door “ding-ing”
Medium: Air vent running, a girl writing in a notebook
Closest: Music playing in my headphones, me typing
Level: Quiet
Description: Productive
Important sounds: Typing, the elevator “ding-ing”, people talking in the kitchen
Lowe 216
Location: Lowe 216, 2:09pm 4/2/18
Farthest: Wind blowing outside, people walking down the hall, the door opening
Medium: My friends talking about paint, Pei-Chi advising another student, ripping paper
Closest: People putting supplies away, a girl behind me ripping tape
Level: Medium-Loud
Description: Creative
Important sounds: Talking about paint, ripping paper and tape, Pei-Chi advising a student, people putting supplies away
Can My Neighbor Please Shut Off His Alarm
Location: Room 707 in Vander Poel, 8:45 am 3/13/18
Farthest: Snow being removed outside, wind blowing
Medium: Elevator dinging, the shower in the men’s bathroom running
Closest: My roommate snoring and my neighbor’s god awful and super loud alarm that woke me up and that did NOT need to be so intense on a snow day of all days
Level: Medium
Description: Annoying
Important sounds: The alarm, snow being removed, elevator dinging
The Copper Onion
The Cooper Union Green Room, 3/3/18, 4:08 pm
Farthest: My friend talking to the security guard about getting the key to the lighting room
Medium: Water running in a pipe above me, air vent
Closest: My boots squeaking, piano, chair creaking
Level: Quiet-Medium
Description: Relaxing
Important sounds: Piano, water running, chair creaking, talking to the security guard