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Journal Entry #9
1. 3/25/12 In passenger’s seat, near Long Island City 3:00pm
2. The sounds farthest away from me are cars honking their horns and engines revving.
3. The sounds at a medium distance from me are the train passing by overhead and music playing from a car somewhere nearby.
4. The sounds closest to me are the radio playing and the GPS giving directions out loud.
5. The general sound level is loud and constant.
6. I would describe this sound environment as “urban”.
7. The three sounds essential to the sound environment are the train passing by, the cars honking horns, and the GPS. They are related to traveling in an unknown urban area and sitting in loud, heavy traffic.
Journal Entry #2
1- 2/6/12, 1:30pm, in my car on I-95.
2- The radio coming from a car a couple cars behind me, the sound of the cars going south bound.
3- the sound of the tires on the road and the horn of the truck next to me.
4- My radio playing and the hum of my speakers
5- Loud and the radios create a beat and the cars going southbound create dashes of sound as they go back us. The horns of the truck pierce the steadiness of the other sounds.
6- Impatient
7- the cars going southbound, the hum of tires, car horns.
Journal Entry 12
1) 4/29/11-9:00 a.m.-Hammer Computer Lab
2) The printer running, traffic driving by outside, the door opening and closing, the machine beeping when people scan their card to gain entry to the lab, and two students talking near the lab entrance were the furthest audible sounds.
3) Chair near me sliding on the carpet, a student’s phone ringing, other students typing on their keyboards, and keys jingling would qualify as medium range sounds.
4) My mouse clicks and my fingers typing on the keyboard would be considered sounds closest to me.
5) The sound level was fairly quiet. The sound activity was low because not many people were in the computer lab on a Friday morning.
6) Feeble
7) Machine beeping when students swipe into the lab, typing on keyboards, and the printer running.
Sound Journal
4/14/11 Approx. 8:15 AM, my bed
Farthest sounds: An airplane overhead, that siren, a lot of birds chirping, traffic outdoors
Medium sounds: Nick (my roommate) walking around doing his morning routine, Shama barking, doors opening and closing.
Near sounds: Bridget’s breathing, my breathing, my bedsprings creaking when either of us move.
Sound level: Loud, sustained
Sound environment: Noisy Morning
Essential Sounds: Siren, birds, creaking springs