Location: My room
Farthest Sound: Hum of cars on the turnpike
Medium sounds: Wind outside my window, cars speeding down my street, electric guitar playing in the basement
closest sounds: Vacuum outside my door, the show playing on my tv, typing noises
Sound level is high and very busy, lots of separate loud noises going on
Description: jumbled
Most Important sounds: Wind, vacuum, tv show
1- Backyard of off campus home, 12:06pm, 04/14/2023
2- farthest away sounds – car driving by, ambulance siren, different car starting, honking, airplane above, hum of traffic on a nearby street
3- medium range – chorus of birds chirping, air conditioning whirl, rustling of bushes, distant voices from inside the house and the next door backyard, car alarm
4- closest sounds – my sniffles (allergy season is upon us), the tapping and swishing of my metal straw against the metal coffee cup, buzzing of bees, tapping of foot on bench
5- it is relatively noise provoking, considering its generally calm demeanor. Lot of random noises coming together to really create the soundscape.
6- lively
7- birds chirping, metal straw, buzzing of bees
Date: 4/13
Location: LHComm classroom
Far Sounds: Professor talking through the wall
Medium Sounds: people shifting in their seats, sniffling, feet shuffling on the ground, people typing on laptops
Close Sounds: Professor reading a text, people breathing behind me
Sound Description/Level: relatively low, nothing too loud or overbearing, just a Professor reading to his class, and them listening
One Word: studious
Most Important Sounds: Professor reading
Date: 3/29/23
Location: Hauser Hall room 109, Psychopathology course
Far sounds: Typing of people at front of room, central heating/air blowing, people sniffling
Medium sounds: Professor lecturing, professor’s shoes on the linoleum, questions and voices from classmates
Close sounds: My own typing, my chair creaking
Sound description/level: Quiet, focused sound, revolving around the sound of the lecture currently being given by the professor. She is speaking loudly and clearly but the rest of the class and classroom is understandably silent.
One word: Focused
Most important sounds: Typing, professor lecturing, air from the vent blowing
Location: 3/31/2023, 5:12 bedroom
Furthest sounds: cars driving down hempstead turn pike, further cars driving in the distance, cars honking, engines revving, semi trunks hissing and stopping
medium: car doors being closed, cars going over the metal plate in the road near my house, the popeyes drive throw window worker talking about combos, my roommate playing loud rock music in the basement.
closest: the sound of the youtube video about black holes i am watching, me typing on my computer
sound level: loud but not busy
description: relaxing
essential sounds: car honks, loud basement music, youtube video
Date: March 30
Location: LHCOMM Classroom
Far Sounds: doors opening from down the hall, professor’s voice through the wall
Medium Sounds: air vents, people moving in their seats, clearing their throats, marker squeaking on the board
Close Sounds: Professor lecturing, people writing in their notebooks
Sound Description/Level: the professor himself is loud and clear because he projects his voice, but other than that the level of noise is pretty quiet.
One Word: enthusiasm
Most Important Sounds: Professor talking, marker squeaking
Date: 3/10/23
Location: the walk from the Student Center to VP
Far sounds: someone singing or playing music (faint), cars driving
Medium sounds: planes overhead, doors to the tower dorms opening
Close sounds: footsteps, jangling keys, stuff in bags rustling, clothes brushing, footsteps, breathing, friends talking
Sound description/level: It’s quiet, which make the quieter sounds like breathing and clothes brushing louder. The general feeling is calm. It’s also nighttime, so it’s dark out, which lends itself to the muted nature of the surrounding world.
One word: muted
Most important sounds: footsteps, jangling keys, friends talking
March 10th, 2023
1:12 pm
Hofstra Gym, second floor
Far sounds – hum of machines surrounding me, weights hitting floor downstairs, muffled conversations as people run by, feet hitting the track surrounding me
medium sounds – rhythmic hum of treadmills as people run, tv above me, music on radio in gym speakers, conversation behind me, pull of the paper towel machine
Close sounds – music pulsing in my headphones, water bottle clanking against the machine, the hit of my feet on the treadmill
Sound level – full of random clashing background noise, but overall medially mellow. Not too rambunctious.
one word – focused
Most important sounds — rhythmic hum of treadmills as people run, pull of the paper towel machine, weights hitting floor