Journal Entry #2

1- February 21, 2024. Starbucks in Student center at 8:51 am

2- Chairs moving, keys jingling, someone talking in a high-pitched voice to a dog

3- Starbucks workers talking, customer talking in Spanish to another worker, footsteps

4- Music from speaker, buzz from speaker, soft conversations at tables, a drink with ice being made

5- Medium

6- Human

7- Music, people talking, drinks being made

Journal Entry

Time: 5:05

Location: Drounge

Sounds closest: Air conditioner, music

Sounds in medium distance: keys clacking on the other side of the room and the door opening and closing

Sound furthest: people talking down the hallway

One word: studious

Sound level: medium

Three important sounds: AC, Talking, Music

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Field Recording #6

Bits’ n’ Bytes – 3:36 PM
Sounds: Various chatter throughout the room, the blender, a squeaking noise, various kitchen noises, ice moving in a cup

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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

Field Recording #5

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Location: my house

The sounds heard in this clip consists of my fan, music playing faintly from my neighbor’s house, distant clanging/beeping, and my housemates talking downstairs.

Journal Entry #4

 

1- 4/10/24 – 12:35 – Tables outside of Bits ‘n’ Bytes

2- People talking on the other side of the quad, cars driving down the turnpike, shuffled steps on the concrete.
3- Birds chirping, someone’s heels clacking on the cement as they walk, leaves rustling in the wind, someone’s keys jangling as they walk.
4- My friend typing at the computer next to me, an airplane flying overhead, someone laughing at the table next to me, the ice in my drink shifting as I pick it up and take a sip, the sound of someone’s skateboard as they skate by my table.
5- Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity – Sound level: low and quiet; Sound activity: relatively high, there are a lot of different noises and sounds outside.
6- Peaceful.
7- The birds, the ambience voices throughout the quad, and the steps and general movement of the people passing by.

Field Recording #4

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Location: Bernon Hall
Identify the sounds heard in the clip: my co-workers talking, my co-workers discussing math, the music playing from the radio, computers clacking, ice moving in a cup, my friend sneezing and me saying “bless you.”