People talking, the hum of refrigerator units, oven doors closing, someone brushing past me, very faint beeping, white noise.
Tag Archives: people
Journal Entry #4
- 3/26/26, 8pm, Hofstra Playhouse
- Background: The auditorium, people chatting, footsteps, light music
- Middle: the host coming out with microphone, people laughing
- Close: people shouting, keys jiggling, then complete silent in the auditorium
- The general sound level was medium but bit more on the loud and sound activity is above average and loud.
- Madness
- People laughing, chatting in the background, and shouting
Journal Entry #5
- 04/10/2024 – 12:30pm – Bits Tables.
- Sounds farthest away from me: cars driving by, buzzing, the occasional honking.
- Sounds at medium range: people talking as they walk by, birds chirping, somebody on a skateboard, the wind.
- Sounds closest to me: people talking at the table next to me, typing on my computer keyboard, drink sipping and swirling, bags crunching.
- The general sound level is quiet and controlled. The amount of sound activity is constant, with occasional peaks or gaps.
- Description word: tranquil.
- Essential sounds: nature, people, and general movement.
Sound Journal 1
- 2/7/2024, 1:50 pm, Emily Lowe
- people entering and exiting Lowe
- other people talking in the Drounge
- Emma talking to me
- a lot of sounds, but they’re all at more medium volumes
- alive
- the door to Lowe, footsteps walking by, people talking
It’s A Ghost Town Lads
3/13/2020
Location- Right by Bits and Bites, walking towards Lowe
Sounds in Clip- Foot Steps, Talking far off in the distance, birds, cars rushing by
Still Haven’t Moved Log #6
3/5/2020
Farthest Sound- Someone watching TV down stairs, people laughing in the lounge, and that heater thing acting up again.
Medium Distance- My suite mates laughing and talking about what school work they need to get done this weekend, people going through the now working back gate.
Closest Distance- My dorm rooms A/C going full blast, my play list entitled ‘bops’ is playing, and my rap tap tapping on my key board.
Sound Description- Medium level, the house feels alive and lived in.
Important Sounds- The people down stairs, the A/C, and the music
Field Recording
location: the student center
sounds: me walking, people talking, chairs screeching, kitchen equipment clanking
Journal Entry
- Date: February 28, 2018
Time: 7:14 PM
Location: Nassau/Suffolk downstairs lounge - Farthest: someone opening a packet of cookies
- Medium: people talking, the tv on, laughing
- Closest: me zipping up my jacket and walking through the hall
- General sound level: medium
General sound activity: medium - One word description: usual
- 3 important sounds: conversations, the tv, walking across the floor
Field Recording
Going over the Unispan – 2/7/18 – 4:00 pm
Sounds: People talking, footsteps
Crivelli #2
Location: Bits & Bites 2:27 PM 2/7/18
- Farthest: I can hear the door opening on the other side of the wall with people walking through it.
- Medium: I can hear tables and chairs moving around
- Closest: The conversations and people talking very loudly.
- Busy
- Three essential sounds for this environment are: people walking fast, the chairs moving around, the sound of people talking this is pretty much the easiest way to tell you’re in Bits
