Location: Davison #101
The sounds heard in this clip consists of background chatter that gradually gets louder, backpacks/chairs/papers moving around, occasional laughter, typing on a computer, and the closing of a computer as the clip ends.
Tag Archives: Talking
Field Recording #2
Location: Studio B, The Lawrence Herbert School of Communication
Sounds heard: laughing, overlapping voices, clapping, people rehearsing lines, people talking about Beyoncé
**I received consent from everyone in this recording to post it here
Field Recording #2
Location: a house concert.
The sounds heard in this clip consists of singing, quiet drumming, guitar strumming, people talking, laughter, and applause/cheering.
Journal Entry #2
2/23/24 – 11:33 pm – my friends dorm
Farthest Sound – the farthest sound from me is the cars racing down Oak Street, honking at other cars that are going “too slow”
Medium Sound – the sound that is in medium distance from my friend’s air purifier, a white noise background noise if you will
Closest Sound – the closest sound from me is my besties ranting about the newest tea in around campus and a song playing on my friend’s tiktok
The sound level – the sound level continues to vary like the shape of a wave due to the people around me getting really into what they are explaining
One word – drama
Essential sounds – talking, white noise, honking, cars driving quite fast
Farthest Sound – the farthest sound from me is the cars racing down Oak Street, honking at other cars that are going “too slow”
Medium Sound – the sound that is in medium distance from my friend’s air purifier, a white noise background noise if you will
Closest Sound – the closest sound from me is my besties ranting about the newest tea in around campus and a song playing on my friend’s tiktok
The sound level – the sound level continues to vary like the shape of a wave due to the people around me getting really into what they are explaining
One word – drama
Essential sounds – talking, white noise, honking, cars driving quite fast
Field Recording #1
Location: the middle of the student center (during common hour).
The sounds heard in this clip consists of people walking/talking about, my friend (who was sitting across from me) singing, my friend clicking her pen, my drink being swirled around, my papers/trash being crushed and moved around, and quiet thuds or booms of things being placed/dropped in the very background.
Journal Entry #1
- 02/07/2024 – 8:30pm – Emily Lowe Hall.
- Sounds farthest away from me: people walking around upstairs, laughing, the occasional toilet flush and sink.
- Sounds at medium range: slow contemporary music playing, dancing and feet moving, quiet applause.
- Sounds closest to me: people talking, papers rustling, pens clicking and writing.
- The general sound level is average but close to loud and the amount of sound activity is constant.
- Description word: chaotic.
- Essential sounds: constant talking, dancing, and faint music.
Journal Entry 4.26.23
- 04/26/2023 – 10:11 AM – Emily Lowe Room 201 – sound class
- Far away: people walking in the hall
- Medium: the radiator making squeaky noises, people typing, someone’s foot tapping, someone’s pen clicking
- Closest: Rych speaking, my laptop fan
- The sound level is medium.
- Descriptor: Attentive
- Essential sounds: Rych speaking, laptop fan, people typing
Field Recording 3
Location: The Stu Atrium
Sounds Heard: a fan blowing in the background, reverberating voices, incomprehensible conversations, snippets of sentences from passersby, doors shutting, heavy cart rolling by, kitchen utensils clanging, papers shuffling and crumpling, laughter.
Journal Entry 3
Date: March 8
Time: 6:00 pm
Location: Bits & Bytes
Far Sounds: indistinguishable conversations in the back room, electricity humming, food wrappers rustling.
Medium Sounds: garbled voice speaking over the phone, people talking, chairs scraping across the floor, hands clapping occasionally.
Close Sounds: fan whirring overhead, keyboard clicks, table wobbling, fabric rubbing.
Sound Description/Level: quite consistent, there is a steady drone of voices engaged in different conversations, but they all blur into one another. The other sounds are mere accents dropped in occasionally.
One Word: bustling
Most Important Sounds: people talking, chairs scraping, voice on the phone
Sound Journal #3
March 6th, 4:26PM, Shapiro Family Hall lobby.
Furthest: Heating system humming, very distant talking, echoes from the piano.
Medium: Footsteps walking towards outside, piano playing melodically.
Closest: Students talking, the double glass doors closing, fabric from my clothing moving.
Sound level varies extremely as the people who pass me talk loudly and their footsteps ring, contrasting with the light piano tunes and the echoing. The amount of sound activity is spirited as there is a strong contrast between low tones and high.
One Word Description: Spirited
Essential Sounds:
- Piano playing melodically
- Students talking
- Footsteps