Journal Entry #5

Date: 4/8/26 at Bits and Bytes (11am)

Furthest: People ordering their food/ picking up their food, cash registers

Medium: Chair scratching the floor by moving it, tables moving, the door opening/ closing

Closest: plugging/unplugging outlets, the sound of writing on the iPad, people talking loudly behind me

Sound Level: Low to Medium Level

Description: Cafeteria

5 Essential Sounds: People talking, chair scratches by moving around, the door opening/closing, moving tables, plugging/unplugging outlets

Journal Entry #4

  1. 3/26/26, 8pm, Hofstra Playhouse
  2. Background: The auditorium, people chatting, footsteps, light music
  3. Middle: the host coming out with microphone, people laughing
  4. Close: people shouting, keys jiggling, then complete silent in the auditorium
  5. The general sound level was medium but bit more on the loud and sound activity is above average and loud.
  6. Madness
  7. People laughing, chatting in the background, and shouting

Journal Entry #3

1- 03/06/26-1:30 pm – Home

2- Furthest Sounds: Dryer humming noise in the basement and Cars driving past by the block.
3- Medium Range: TV playing in the living room, kettle whistling, pots and pans slamming
4- Closest Range: Music playing out of my laptop, clicking noise coming out of my keyboard.
5- The general sound level was in the medium. Nothing too loud or too quiet and the sound activity is average/moderate sound activity.
6- Normal
7-Kettle whistling, dryer humming, tv playing

Journal Entry #2

1- 02/19/26-9:00 pm – NorthShore Hospital

2- Furthest Sounds: people typing on their keyboard outside the room, speaker muffling, medical cart with wheels squeaking around high pitch
3- Medium Range: heart monitor beeping, walker scraping on the floor, bathroom door slamming
4- Closest Range: Remote clicking buttons, foot kicking the heater (making a low pitch), people laughing loud
5- The general sound level was in the medium range but a little bit on the higher pitch side of sound.
6- Overwhelming
7- Banging doors, beeping medical machines, speaker muffling outside the room

Field Recording #1

Location: Friends House at 7:30pm

Identifiable Sounds: the drying machine running, uno cards slapping on the table, cards shuffling, people talking and laughing.

*gotten permission from the two people that’s are also in the recording.

Journal Entry #1

1- 02/02/26-1:30 pm – Office of Residence Life

2- Furthest Sounds: Cisco phone ringing, people saying “hello this is the residence office, how can i help you?, door slamming.
3- Medium Range: Printer printing, the shredder making a crunching/buzzing noise.
4- Closest Range: Music coming out of a person headphone, someone typing on this keyboard.
5- The general sound level was in the medium. Nothing too loud or too quiet and the sound activity is average/moderate sound activity.
6- Chaos
7- Clicking sounds on the keyboard, shredder making buzzing/crunching sound after putting the paper in, and Cisco phone ringing.