1- 3/14/12-3:oopm-6:00pm-Quad outside Lowe
2- People talking and laughing
3- People shouting and talking
4- People talking and music playing from an iPod
5- The general sound level is medium due to the size of the area and the amount of sound activity is medium
6- Fun
7- Talking, shouting, and music
1- 3/8/12-1:00pm-Bits N Bites
2- Tv on, people laughing and talking
3- People talking
4- Movie trailer playing off of laptop
5- The general sound level is loud and the amount of sound activity is high
6- Interactive
7- Talking, laughing and movie trailer
Due: 3/9/12
Walking across the main Unispan.
Talking, laughing, people walking by, girls in heel making noise as they walk.
1. 3/14/12 11:15am Common hour, bench near Roosevelt Hall
2. The sounds farthest away from me are people sitting at the tables talking and laughing.
3. The sounds at a medium distance are birds chirping in a tree and a door to the building in front of me being opened and shut.
4. The sounds closest to me are people walking on the sidewalk/ground, you can hear their shoes shuffling. I also hear my phone receive an email and it makes a little ringing noise.
5. The general sound level is somewhat moderate, and the level remains fairly constant.
6. I would describe the sound environment as “lively”.
7. Three sounds essential to the sound environment are the birds chirping, people talking behind me, and the sounds of people walking. They are common sounds for common hour, when people are going to meetings or relaxing before class in the nice weather.
1. 3/1/12 12:40 pm Breslin classroom
2. The sounds farthest away from me are someone opening the door to leave the classroom and it shutting, someone throwing something out in the garbage, and someone asking my professor a question.
3. The sounds at a medium range from me are someone rummaging through stuff, like a bag or backpack, and the sounds of people talking to each other before our test.
4. The sounds closest to me are chairs squeaking as people move in and out in them and the sounds of pages turning in notebooks and textbooks.
5. The general sound level is moderate and there is a lot of sound activity coming from throughout the classroom.
6. I would describe this sound environment as “anxious”.
7. Three sounds essential to the sound environment are the sounds of rustling papers, the chairs squeaking and creaking, and people asking each other about things for the test. Together they make up a classroom full of students trying to fit in last minute studying and getting situated before a test.
1. Thursday March 1st in the Health and Wellness Center waiting room at 1pm
2. The sounds furthest away from me are people talking otuside the health and wellness center’s building and people talking in the hall of where all the patiences’ rooms are located.
3. The sounds that are at medium range to me are a woman typing on her computer, another woman is flipping through files, and two other people are whispering behind the reception desk.
4. The sounds that are closest to me are a girl coughing in the waiting room, a guy is talking to a woman at the reception desk, and the girl to the other side of me is flipping through pages of her magazine.
5. There is not much going on in the waiting room because of the fact that it is a doctors office. The office is quiet for the most part, with little going on.
6. “mellow”
7. The coughing in the waiting room, the guy talking to the woman at the receptionist’s desk, and the flipping pages of a magazine. This really gives the room the feel of a doctor’s office and those sounds need to be there for the feeling of the environment.
2/19/12 6:58 pm LIRR, Ronkonkoma Line
Sounds heard: Constant ringing/whistling noise of the train as it moves, people talking behind me, the chugging sounds of the train as it slows down, the announcer saying what station it is and what stop is next (Deer Park and Wyandanch), train doors closing, loud beeping
1. Thursday Feburary 16th at 4pm-Nail Salon at Roosevelt Field Mall
2. The sounds that are farthest away from me are the faint sounds of the escalators moving, people walking by the salon, and people chatting as the walk by the salon.
3. The sounds that are at medium range to me are the sounds of running water from a woman washing her hands and a nail dryer running.
4. The sounds that are closest to me are of the workers in the salon that are speaking to one another in a language that I do not understand and the woman sitting next to me is talking on the phone.
5. Since it is a small place, the sound is circulating around one enclosed area so it gets pretty loud. There are dyers running and people talking over the dryers, so the sounds are a bit ear-piercing at times.
6. “noisy”
7. Nail dryer, workers talking in a language that I do not understand, and the woman talking on the phone.
1. 2/9/12, 11:27 pm, Colonial Square
2. The sounds farthest away from me are the t.v. playing in the other room and my friends talking loudly. Through the wall in the next suite there is a girl yelling.
3. The sounds at a medium distance away are the jingling sound as someone takes off a belt, and their feet making sound on the tile floor. A chair is pulled out. Mouse clicks are heard.
4. Close to me I can hear the fan-like sound of the HVAC. I also notice how much I am sniffling.
5. The general sound level is somewhat quiet, the sounds are spread out. The sound activity is steady.
6. This environment can be described as “sporadic”.
7. Three sounds essential to the sound environment are my sniffling every so often, the random mouse clicks, and the t.v. going in the background. These sounds make up what can be considered a “dorm” environment, where there is a mix of productivity and procrastination.
