Sound Journal #6

1- 4/24/24- 11:20AM – Bits & Bytes

2- Furthest: The sounds from the workers cooking, the slight hum of the building, the fan blowing
3- Medium: People chatting at the table next to me, the workers having a conversation at the cash register, a phone ringing across the room.
4- Closest: My friend telling me a story, my bracelets jangling as I type, keyboards clacking, brief clips of people’s conversations as they walk by.
5- Sound level and activity: low, it’s still early and there’s not many people inside, the calm before the storm of common hour
6- Usual
7- The chatter from people, kitchen sounds, my friend’s voice

Journal Entry #2

2/23/24 – 11:00 – My Room

2 (Farthest sound) : Distant chatter from roommates, distant footsteps, Sound of kitches appliances

3  (Medium sound) : Footsteps from stairs, Creaks from doors

4 (Closest) : Ringing in ears, sound of creaks in my desk and bed, sound of wind from outside

5 (General Activity) : Not any sound that are of notice except the voices being heard, otherwise it would be a rather quiest house with only the nature to give it any noise

6 (One word description) : Hubub

7 : Voices/Laughter, banging of feet, Refrigerator doors

 

 

Journal Entry #2

  1. 02/21/2024 – 4:28pm – My House.
  2. Farthest Sounds: the cars on the turnpike, occasional honking, a very faint police siren.
  3. Medium Range Sounds: somebody doing lawn work next door, cars driving by, birds chirping, occasional indiscernible talking.
  4. Closest Sounds: one of my housemates’ playing videos on their phone, one of my housemates cooking in the kitchen, the buzz of our security system, the occasional readjusting of blankets or pillows on the couch that I’m sitting on.
  5. I would describe the general sound level as quiet and static, and the general sound activity as frequent but unpredictable.
  6. Description: cozy.
  7. Essential Sounds: cars, cooking, and phone videos.

Journal Entry #4

Bill of Rights Kitchen – 4/1/23 – 10:48pm

Far sounds: People Talking, Rain, Heater hum

Medium Sounds: Stove Fan, door opening/closing

Close sounds: Water running, scrubbing on dishes(with scrub daddy), paper towel dispenser, shoes brushing on tile floor, dishes clinking metal sing

Sounds level: Medium

One Word: Clean

Most Important: Water running, sponge scrubbing, stove fan

Field Recording 3

Location: The Stu Atrium

Sounds Heard: a fan blowing in the background, reverberating voices, incomprehensible conversations, snippets of sentences from passersby, doors shutting, heavy cart rolling by, kitchen utensils clanging, papers shuffling and crumpling, laughter.

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Field Recording 2

Date: 3/1/2023

Location: my kitchen

Sounds Heard: plastic container being moved, knife being picked up, food hitting tin foil, footsteps, tin foil rattling, tray sliding into metal rack, air fryer door opening and closing, buttons beeping, air fryer turning on, plastic being placed on the counter, sink turning on and water running.

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Field Recording 3- Michelle Pavloff

Location: My kitchen, Friday 3/18, 4 pm.

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Sounds Heard:

  • Water running
  • Clanging of dishes in the sink
  • Scrubbing of sponge 
  • Banging of cutting board against the sink 

Journal Entry #6 – Michael DeRosa

  1. Location: 3/7/19, 6:26pm, Kitchen of my house
  2. Farthest sounds: rumbling of cars outside the window, wind against the window
  3. Medium sounds: floorboards creaking in living room, door to bedroom being closed
  4. Closest sounds: stove top sizzle, conversation, fridge door opening/closing, seltzer can
  5. Sound level is low, it’s very relaxed
  6. One word description: homey
  7. Three essential sounds: stove top, fridge door, my housemates’ voices