Sound Journal #1
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1.2/9/25 – My house’s backyard (1:30 PM)

2. Close Sounds: metal rod squeaking on rocking chair, foot hitting against solid snow, and melted snow trickling down drain.

3. Medium Sounds: wind chimes, metal panel slamming against the house, and squirrels clawing cold bark.

4. Far Sounds: cars driving on ice, gun shots, birds chirping, wind rustling leaves, and car honking.

5. The sound level is quiet for the most part. The loudest is the wind brushing against the trees or the cars on the streets.

6. Tranquility.

7. Important Sounds: Water dripping, chair rocking, wind rustling

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Time: 6:51 pm

Location: Inside Constitution Dorm

Sounds Closest: Spanish song from my friends phone, friend typing on her computer. 

Sound in Medium Distance: People talking in the hallway, wind blowing. 

Sound farthest: The airplanes outside are overpowering the rest of the farthest sounds.  

One word: comforting 

Sound Level: medium, the music is the loudest thing i can hear but it is at a lower volume. The people in the hallway occasionally get loud, but only for a moment. The wind and planes outside are the same volume. 

Three important sounds: airplanes outside, Spanish song playing. 

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1. 2/07/25 – 3:14 PM – My Bedroom 

2. Far Sounds: I hear a plane flying above my house, strong wind from cars driving on the street, and a train passing by.

3. Medium Sounds: I hear my dog’s paws tapping on the hardwood floor above me, my brother talking with my mom, and my parakeets chirping in the living room.

4. Close Sounds: I hear the humming of the gas boiler, water traveling through pipes, and the clacking of keys as I type on my laptop’s keyboard.

5. The general sound level is moderate. There is constant sound activity.

6. The sound environment is peaceful.

7. Three sounds essential to the sound environment are humming from the gas boiler, my dog’s paws tapping along the floor above me, and the clacking of keys as I type on my laptop’s keyboard.

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Feb 7th, 2025 – 1:25 pm – My bedroom

Far Sounds: Cars passing by on the street, a plane flying overhead

Medium Sounds: A fan blowing air on rotation, my string light leaves hitting softly against the wall from the fan

Closest Sounds: My fingers typing on the keyboard, the sound of me breathing air from my nose

General Sound Level: Quiet, since everyone is out of the house. I live with six other people, plus my bedroom is at the back of the house so I can hear less noise.

One word describing the Sound Enviroment: Peaceful

Three Important Sounds: Planes flying by, a fan blowing air, typing sound on the computer

 

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  1. February 6th, 2025 – Living room in my house
  2. Sounds farthest away: Light rain outside the window, cars driving by outside and water running in the upstairs shower
  3. Sounds medium range: My roommates teacher talking on Zoom through their computer speaker, radiator humming/whistling and music playing through my roommates phone speaker
  4. Sounds closet: My keyboard clicking as I type, my roommate talking to me/fidgeting their body and my own breathing 
  5. The general sound level is quite high with many different types of sounds. Since I live with 6 other people there are sounds coming from all around the house that correlate to different activities. I am also sitting with someone so their noise level is much higher in comparison to the rest.
  6. One word description of the “sound environment”: lively 
  7. Music playing in another room through a phone speaker, radiator humming and miscellaneous talking
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  1. 2/6/25 1:37 PM Bits and Bytes Dining Area
  2. Sounds farthest away: trays banging, hum of fridges, rain falling on glass
  3. Sounds at a medium distance: Blender, wrappers crinkling
  4. Sounds nearest to me: People Speaking, laughter,
  5. The general sound level: Moderate sound activity fluctuates
  6. One word to describe sound environment : friendly
  7. Three important sounds: People laughing, Pans banging,

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  1. 2/6/2025 – My bedroom 12:30pm
  2. Sounds farthest away: Car horns, my downstairs neighbors walking, birds chirping
  3. Sounds at a medium distance: My roommates talking in our living room, pots and pans clacking
  4. Sounds nearest to me: My AC running, music playing from my laptop
  5. The general sound level is moderate; loud when my music picks up
  6. One word to describe sound environment – Calming
  7. Three important sounds: Music, AC running, roommates talking

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1) February 5th, 2025 – Hammer Lab, 10pm
2) Sounds farthest away: Faint sounds of laughter and talking outside of the axinn library, faint car noises outside
3) Sounds in the medium range: Music coming from beats headphones from the guy that is sitting three computers down from me on my left side, the ID swipe sound to enter in the hammer lab, keyboard typing from other students using the computer, and the printer running
4) The sounds closet to me: My own keyboard typing noise, coughing, music in my air pods
5) The general sound level is extremely low and quiet. The hammer lab is a working and studying space so this level of quiet is normal for this space because students are concentrating. The sound activity is low.
6) One word to describe the “sound environment” is – Hushed
7) Keyboard noises, Pages turning, Printer sounds