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Sound Journal #7
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  1. 3/11/2016, 12:41 am, My room
  2. Farthest: footsteps in the hallway, laughter and chatter of my housemates outside my room
  3. Medium: the cars on the street in front of the Netherlands driving, random kids walking around and talking outside my window
  4. Closest: the sound of my fan whirring, papers flapping on my walls
  5. Level: Low
  6. One word: Serene
  7. 3 sounds: Footsteps, Cars, Fan

Sound Journal #1 – Tia
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  1. 1/29/2016 – 6:14pm – Hague House Lounge
  2. Farthest: footsteps going up and down the staircases and in the hallways
  3. Medium: other students in the common room typing on their computers and watching videos on their computers
  4. Closest: music from my computer while I do my work, scratching on my notebook from my pen
  5. Sound level: medium, not too loud but there are many things going on
  6. One Word: active
  7. 3 words: footsteps, typing, video playing

Sound Journal #6
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1. 3/7/14, 2:01am, HUvZ Club Office

2. Identify the Sounds farthest from you:
>I can faintly hear cars in the distance.
>The occasional open and close of the sliding door in the atrium.
>The workers at Sbarro closing up shop.

3. Identify the Sounds at Medium range from you:
>The buzz of the lights.
>The light footsteps of whoever is outside the room.
>The occasional bump on the walls, probably from pipes or old building creak noises.

4. Identify the sounds Closest to you:
>My breath.
>The song that is stuck in my head that is driving me crazy enough to actually hear it.
>The sound of my mouth as I shift my tongue around and swallow some saliva.

5. Describe the general sound level and amount of activity:
>It’s almost at a dead silent. There is nothing going on.

6. Assign a one word description to the “sound environment”
>Creepy

7. Three sounds essential to the sound environment:
>My breath
>The buzzing
>The occasional bump on the walls

Sound Journal #6
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1 – 3/6/14 – 5:30pm – Middle Country Public Library, Centereach

2 – Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.
-A library patron’s footsteps as he walks up the stairs loudly.
-The wheels of a cart full of books and DVD’s being pushed toward the elevator.
-The furious clicking of keys on the computer keyboards.

3 – Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you.
-A kid crying to his mother that he wants to leave.
-The fish tank’s motor up and running smoothly.
-The beeping of the alarm as someone walks past the sensors without checking their item out.

4 – Identify and list the sounds closest to you.
-A Librarian asking, “How may I help you?”
-The conveyor belts moving as I return the videogames I borrowed.
-Librarians helping a patron to find a book she wants.

5 – Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.
-There was a lot of activity occurring where I was in the library, as there was a program going on. The library was very busy today, and seemed like it was louder than normal as well.

6 – Assign a one word description to the “sound environment”.
-Active.

7 – Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.
-The conveyor belts operating.
-The sounds of the cart being pushed.
-The motor in the fish tank running.

Sound Journal #2
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1- DATE-TIME-LOCATION of the sound environment
>Friday, February 7th
>2:30 A.M.
>Study Lounge, 6th floor of Nassau Residence Building

2- Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.
>Michael Jackson’s Smooth Criminal playing all the way down the hall.
>A first responder’s siren lightly pulsing a few blocks aWay.
>Footsteps approaching from down the hall.
>Trash being thrown away down the hall. It contain glass. I hope they recycle.

3- Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you.
>The couple making out in the room next to me.
>A very bass-filled male voice vibrating the wall.
>A t.v. playing in the room next to me.

4- Identify and list the sounds closest to you (You can include internal sounds if noticed or relevant).
>The heating unit that clanks and chinks every 23 seconds.
>The buzz of the light that seems to overpower everything.
>The cracking of my big toe.
>The sound of the couple hitting against the wall behind me as they make out.

5- Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.
>Sound level is at a filling dull roar.
>Sound activity can best be described as casual and lightly paced.

6- Assign a one word description to the “sound environment”.
>Alive

7- Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.
>The heating unit.
>The couple hitting against the wall
>The muffled television.

Sound Journal #1
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1- DATE-TIME-LOCATION of the sound environment
Thursday, January 30th, 2014. 2:36 p.m. EST. Room 107 Emily Lowe Hall, AKA “The Psibrary”

2- Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.
>The whirring of a distant machine, possibly something in relation to the heating.
>Footsteps from way upstairs, they’re more of a shuffle than a step.
>A professor speaking. The noise is way too muffled to even determine the gender.

3- Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you.
>There’s a door that keeps slamming, the slam consists of two very rapid clicks, one for the collision of the door and the other for the locking mechanism.
>Voices in the next room over, students. The voices are orderly, not one speaks over the other.
>A stapler has been being used consistently for almost two minutes at this point. Followed by the occasional ‘Ah, shit’ from Angela.

4- Identify and list the sounds closest to you (You can include internal sounds if noticed or relevant).
>The noises nearest myself are very quiet.
>The clock ticks in a manner that makes you feel like it’s working too hard. The sound of a marker on an easel from the updated Act Facts of the day.
>Another clock is ticking, and it’s slightly out of sync with the other.
>A very calm tapping, something just short of a water droplet on the ceiling.

5- Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.
The sound level is a few steps above eerily silent. The voices at medium range allow for a relaxing background that isn’t all that unnerving.
The activity can be described as dispersed, free, very thinned out, and passing.

6- Assign a one word description to the “sound environment”.
>Sparse.

7- Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.
>Out of sync clocks
>Footsteps
>The orderly voices of students

Sound Journal #1- Doesn’t Anyone Eat Breakfast?
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1-  January 29, 2014 9:50 am Bits & Bytes at a table

2- Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.

  • The rumble and crackling of the radiator
  • The morning news on the television
  • The door opening and closing
  • The wind brought in by the opening and closing of the door

3- Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you.

  • The footsteps of students
  • The rotation of the ceiling fan
  • The shaking of sugar packets by a cafeteria worker at the coffee machine
  • A student pulling out a chair and arranging their things

4- Identify and list the sounds closest to you (You can include internal sounds if noticed or relevant).

  • The humming of the toaster oven
  • The conversation happening between cafeteria workers
  • My pen writing on paper

5- Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.

  • The general sound level is low but the sound activity is very low.  It is still considered early in the morning for most people, so there is no conversation made by any passing students. It is also a time where the cafeteria is generally empty. Most of the sounds are coming from objects.

6- Assign a one word description to the “sound environment”.

  • Asleep

7- Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment. Note: you need to try and figure out what sounds make up this environment and which of those sounds need to be there for the feeling of the environment to stay intact.

  • The conversation among the employees
  • The humming of the toaster
  • Footsteps

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