Sound Journal 12

Location: On a Swamp Boat in the middle of a Bayou in Louisiana on 4/18/11 at approximately 4 p.m.

Farthest Sounds: Fan boats, water lapping against rocks, the trees blowing in the wind

Middle sounds: Tour guide talking in Cajun French to the gators, people gasping, the water hitting the side of the boat, people clapping

Close Sounds: me gasping, the gator’s jaws snapping, his tail slapping the water,

Sound level: loud

Description: Enthralling

Essential Sounds: The fanboats, the tour guide speaking cajun french, the gator’s jaws snapping

 

Sound Journal #12

DATE-TIME-LOCATION: 4/28/11; 6:30PM; Student Center Cafe

FARTHEST SOUNDS: machine beeping, people talking, metal clanking

MEDIUM SOUNDS: people talking, fryer bubbling

NEAR SOUNDS: sauce sizzling, people talking, machine beeping

SOUND LEVEL: loud

SOUND ENVIRONMENT: busy

ESSENTIAL SOUNDS: people talking, metal clanking, sauce sizzling

Sound Journal

Location: On a train, somewhere between Bridgeport and New York (The train was from Boston to New York, but the distinct moment was sometime after I had passed Bridgeport). Wasn’t exactly keeping track of time that day. 24th of April.

Far Sounds: Sound of wheels on tracks.

Middle Sounds: People in seats behind me and across from me talking.

Near Sounds: The music from the headphones of the man seated next to me. It is loud enough that I can distinguish words. He frequently begins a song, plays it for about 20-40 seconds, then skips to the next one, creating an unflattering break in the unflattering rap music.

General Level: Quiet

One-Word Description: Intruded

3 Sounds: Rap music. The skipped-track break. The wheels on the tracks.

Sound Journal Number Twelve

Date/Location/Time: 4/21/11, Chatham Bay, Chatham, MA, 2:00PM

Far Sounds: waves crashing, cars driving by, wind blowing

Medium Close Sounds: seagulls, more waves crashing, people playing football

Very Close Sounds: beer cans opening, John and Mike talking, bag of chips being opened

Sound Level: Relatively quiet, all the sounds were not muddled but subdued.

One Word Description: Carefree

Sounds to Recreate Environment: bag of chips, seagulls, waves from the ocean.

Journal Entry Devin Gee

1-    4/26/11- 11:30 am- Calkins Lab.

2-    The door opening and closing, garden tools being used outside, printers printing, people talking, guy rolling a cart in the hallway, footsteps.

3-    People talking, the rolling of chairs, the card swipe beeping, footsteps, inner door opening and closing, setting down of backpacks, the zipping up and opening of backpacks

4-    People talking close, typing, mouse clicking, the squeak of the chairs, writing of pencil on paper, low humming from the computers, foot tapping, the persons music sitting next to me, vibration of a cell phone, clicking of the buttons while texting on a blackberry.

5-    The general sound level is low and there is not a lot of activity it is just a lot of small things that don’t amount to much.

6-    Electronic

7-    The humming of the computers and printers, typing on keyboards and clicking of the mouse, the beep from the card swipe.