Jane St Backyard (4/23/26, 12:20am)
Farthest – Cars on Hempstead Turnpike, the sound of roadwork machinery, an ambulance siren.
Medium – Crickets chirping, the leaves in the trees rustling.
Closest – The fire crackling, friends chatting quietly, a guitar being played.
Sound Level – Low
Description – Peaceful
Essential Sounds – The guitar, the fire crackling, my friend’s voices.
April 10th, 2026 – McDonald’s
Furthest sounds are coming from the kitchen (voices of the workers, machines beeping, general clatter)
Medium sounds are coming from other tables (other patrons eating and talking, kids screaming)
Closest sounds are coming from my own table (my friend talking to me, the sound of his food wrappers)
The sound level was quite high when we first got there, lowered a bit by the time we were done eating.
Busy
People talking, the machines in the kitchen beeping, kids screaming.
My room, 5:52pm, 3/27/26
Time: 10PM
Place: My dorm in Dover Hall, Hempstead, NY
Close sounds: Laptop keyboard typing, medium sized heater, various phone notifications, shoes sliding on tile floor.
Medium Sounds: Doors opening and closing, toilet flushing, whistling from the window
Faraway Sounds: Unintelligible conversations in the hallway, footsteps from hallway,
Sound Level: The hum of the heater is constant and presently quiet. The other sound elements are sporadic and random while being loud enough to distract.
Description: Stable
Essential Sounds: Hum from heater, footsteps, laptop keyboard typing. Passing conversations.
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.
April 14th, 5:00pm – my dorm with the door wide open
Farthest Away: people talking down the hall, sirens from outside
Medium Range: My roommate moving around on her bed and the sound of the HVAC blowing out air on high, a door closing a few rooms away from me
Closest: the paper towel dispenser, the bathroom door opening and closing
Sound Level: mostly a medium sound level with the paper towels and doors being able to drown out the HVAC just for a split second.
Sound Activity: Inconsistent. The background noises go in and out with the HVAC being the only sound that is constant
Description: Mundane
Essential Sounds:
April 2nd, 9:00pm – Back Room of Hof U.S.A.
Farthest Away: Squeaking of the Milkshake Machine
Medium Range: The beeping of the beepers a couple tables away.
Closest: People talking tables away from. People laughing. Maya blowing her nose.
Sound Level: Mostly a medium level of constant. Occasionally when there is more background noise, people’s conversations would get louder, so the sound level would be higher.
Sound Activity: Inconsistent. Conversations go in and out as well as the machines the workers were using. Also, Maya wasn’t blowing her nose for two minutes straight.
Description: Social
Essential Sounds:
Date: March 30th
Location: Monroe Hall theater, Indian music concert for a class
Far Sounds: people whispering around the auditorium, people outside auditorium talking
Medium Sounds: professor talking, band playing on stage, tampura drone
Closest Sounds: my friends whispering next to me, water bottle crinkle
Sound description/level: sound wasn’t too loud or abrasive, the nature of this music is to relax you
essential sounds: tampura drone, flute , drums
one word: tranquil
Date: March 11
Location: Studio A (comm school)
Far Sounds: people walking past, laggers being moved, genie going up and down, people yelling
Medium Sounds: mild conversation, food being served, equipment being moved
Close Sounds: people chewing on food, people walking past
Sound Description/Level: not too loud, people are eating lunch so everyone’s more focused on that
One Word: busy
Most Important Sounds: people talking, equipment moving
March 11th, 1:00am – Corner of Belmont and California Ave.
Farthest Away: Girls screaming and the whoosh of cars driving on a wet road.
Medium Range: The rustling of leaves from the wind.
Closest: The softness of the person next to me’s breathing, and the water dripping onto the ground from gutters, drains, and roofs.
Sound Level: Everything was at the same level regarding my ears. Since I was hearing everything at a consistent level, the farthest away sounds were actually louder than the closest sounds, so that my ears could pic them up as being at the same volume.
Sound Activity: Everything was very consistent except for when the cars would stop at the traffic light. However, even though the cars on the turnpike directly in front of me were stopped, I could still hear other cars driving on the wet pavement a couple streets away.
Description: Wet
Essential Sounds:
March 9th, 2023 | 
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