Class 12:00PM School of Communication
Sounds closest to me- Sounds of a video playing from the speaker my professor is playing
Sounds medium distance- a tour guide giving a tour through the wall right behind me
Sounds furthest – people lightly typing on laptops
sound level – pretty loud. The contrasting sounds of the tour and video are overstimulating
description – overstimulating
essential sounds – the tour and the video
Location: 8PM, my friends room for band rehearsal
Sounds: keyboard, drums, saxophone, me counting, guitar, bass, my friend lightly singing
Audio Player2. Sounds further away from me – birds very quietly chirping, wind hitting trees lightly
3. Sounds medium range – footsteps of someone walking to the bathroom
4. Sounds closest to me – a rooster being loud. (the room I was in is right in front of the backyard where the roosters are)
5. The sound level is pretty low and quiet until every once and a while the rooster makes a loud and abrupt change. Sound activity is pretty low as well, not much is going on besides the rooster
6. Morning
7. the rooster, and the footsteps
Location: Hofstra Fitness Center Thursday at 7:00 AM on the Track
Sounds furthest from me: the tvs playing the news, a girl on the treadmill running and the treadmill beeping
Sounds medium distance from me: the music faintly playing from the speakers
Sounds closest to me: the echo of my own footsteps, my own breathing
essential sounds: my footsteps and breathing are essential to the overall sound because it establishes how quiet it is that I can hear it. The music faintly playing and the sounds of the treadmill show that there is someone else around besides just me
one word: Calm
sound level: It is quiet. The large gym allows for my footsteps to echo through the gym. It has that early morning “calm before the storm” feeling.
Retro Fitness 1PM
Sounds Heard: music playing, sounds of weights slamming, chattering, most men grunting
Friday Morning – 8:00 AM – My Bedroom
Sounds Furthest from me – The wind blowing, cars outside driving by
Sounds medium from me – birds chirping outside loudly, talking outside from next door neighbors in the backyard
Sounds closest to me- my roommate opening their door next to mine and it slamming shut
Overall it is really peaceful and quiet and there is not much sound besides the temporary shutting of the doors and talking. The birds chirping feel like a light soundscape.
“Comforting”
The 3 essential sounds are the birds chirping because they make the environment fuller, the talking of my neighbors, and the doors shutting.
Hofstra Fitness Center 8:07 PM Friday
sounds closest to me: Weights slamming, chattering, sounds of metal banging together
medium distance: pop music playing from the radio, more weights
Furthest from me: cars from outside driving by
sound level: it is pretty loud, as the weights are slamming constantly and people are talking loudly. It is pretty busy.
one word: Rough
essential sounds: the weights slamming, the music playing, the people talking to show that it is crowded