Furthest sound from me: people chatting at the opposite side of the student center
Medium range: the two different songs playing by Brooklyn Slice
Closest: the sound of me typing up my notes for the day
Sound Level: medium
Word(s): casual evening
3 essential sounds: Music, keyboard clacking, and distant talking
02/09/2023 4pm – My Dorm Room
The sounds the furthest away from me are cars honking out on the turnpike and some people yelling
Medium Range sounds include the birds, and a couple of people walk by down below
Closest Sounds are my heater running, the sheets of my bed moving as I shift around, and someone walking down the hallway outside of my room
It’s extremely quite all things aside. The heater can be decently loud, but other than that there isn’t much going on
One Word: Peaceful
Most Important Sounds: people outside, cars, heater
Tuesday Feb 6th, 8:15PM
Sounds heard: women struggling and counting. People coughing and laughing. The sounds of the wind and cars from outside. Chatter every once in a while and scattered laughter is heard. As the counting goes on, it gets louder and more intense.
Sounds farthest from me: cars driving by
Sounds medium range to me: The chattering and comments
Sounds closest to me: The coughing and counting
Description word: organized yet relaxed
Essential sounds: the counting, the laughing, coughing, and comments made. This allows the audience to know that even though there is organized counting, it is still in a relaxed environment.
2/9/2024, 7:03 PM ET, My dorm room
The farthest sound from me is the dull sound of cars speeding by on the road close to my dorm. It’s a dull roaring sound that starts just loud enough to be noticeable and fades quickly as they get further away.
A bit closer to me is the loud rumble of my air conditioning system that turned on a few seconds before I started typing. It’s the loudest thing in my room, incessant and powerful.
The closest sound to me is the Sims idling music, a happy little tune playing from my computer while it waits for me to return my attention to it.
The sound level, in general, is a relative quiet, only broken by the air conditioner when she decides my room is not yet cold enough. As I type currently, the sound of my dorm is peaceful and relaxed.
The word I would use to describe it would be calm.
Important sounds: the hum of my computer as she works oh so hard, the dull, heavy rattling of a truck passing by, and the click the air conditioner makes to signal she’s turning on.
Date: 2/9 6:51, my upstairs living room
Farthest away from me: My downstairs housemates talking in their kitchen
Medium range: My refrigerator humming in the kitchen and my upstairs housemate’s desk chair creaking a few times per minute
Closest to me: My keyboard clacking as I type and my occasional sniffling. My other housemate typing on her phone and clearing her throat
The sound level is very quiet. My other 2 housemates are out of the house and everyone is sort of decompressing from the day on their own in different parts of the house.
One word: Mundane
3 essential sounds: Chatter of the downstairs housemates, the fridge, and my housemate’s nails as she types her phone.
February 8th, 2024. 9:25am J-Train.
The sounds that are closest to me is a child crying next to me and the train announcement.
The furthest sounds are the cars and trucks and music outside.
The medium distances, I would consider the shuffling and train itself, noises from peoples phones and high schoolers talking.
The sound level is loud and the amount of sounds being created is consistent until the High Schoolers got off.
Word Description: Light Cacophony
Important sounds are talking, train on the tracks, crying child, and the MTA Train Announcer!
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February 8, 2024. 1:20. My Backyard.
The sounds that are furthest away from me: Truck beeping, distant cars, a plane.
The sounds that are a medium distance from me: Neighbors footsteps, squirrels shuffling in the trees, occasional car on my street.
The sounds that are closest to me: Birds, music coming from my computer (Sugar Magnolia- Grateful Dead).
The sound level of the space: Low. A lot of different quiet sounds.
One word description: Peaceful
Three sounds that are most important to the environment: Birds chirping, wind in the trees, hum of planes from nearby airport.