People talking, the hum of refrigerator units, oven doors closing, someone brushing past me, very faint beeping, white noise.
Tag Archives: white noise
Journal Entry 3/27/26
My room, 5:52pm, 3/27/26
- A distant plane flying overhead, birds chirping, a car’s engine revving, voices coming from the backyard (or a neighbor’s backyard).
- The dog barking, my mother typing on her computer in another room, my brother walking down the stairs.
- The hum of my computer’s fans, my phone buzzing, my chair creaking as I lean back.
- Everything is either very muted or just very quiet.
- Peaceful, calm.
- My computer’s fans humming, the birds chirping.
Field Recording #3
Location: UBS Arena loading docks
Date & Time: 3/13/26 (1:38pm)
Identifiable Sounds:
-Van doors opening and closing
-Footsteps
-White noise
-Van suspension creaking
Journal Entry #1
1. Bits and Bytes, 6:30pm (2/5/26)
2. A refrigerator door closing, chatter from a table on the other side of the room, sounds of cooking utensils and ovens from the kitchen areas.
3. The hum of the drink refrigerators, the soda machine being used, ice being dispensed, someone pulling plastic utensils from the dispenser.
4. My friend collecting her garbage from dinner, a three person conversation to my right, the fan overhead and behind me, the table rocking back and forth and hitting the ground because of its uneven legs.
5. Moderately noisy. Much quieter than Bits usually is during the day. Everything starts to blend together as soon as I stop paying attention and becomes white noise.
6. Bustle.
7. The sound of human voices, a fan humming, kitchen utensils banging together.
2. A refrigerator door closing, chatter from a table on the other side of the room, sounds of cooking utensils and ovens from the kitchen areas.
3. The hum of the drink refrigerators, the soda machine being used, ice being dispensed, someone pulling plastic utensils from the dispenser.
4. My friend collecting her garbage from dinner, a three person conversation to my right, the fan overhead and behind me, the table rocking back and forth and hitting the ground because of its uneven legs.
5. Moderately noisy. Much quieter than Bits usually is during the day. Everything starts to blend together as soon as I stop paying attention and becomes white noise.
6. Bustle.
7. The sound of human voices, a fan humming, kitchen utensils banging together.
Journal Entry 4
Date: March 29
Time: 11:20 am
Location: Career Center waiting room
Far Sounds: door opening and latching down the hall, voices moving past, footsteps, paper cutter slicing in a nearby office.
Medium Sounds: light keyboard tapping, bracelet swiping across a desk, computer mouse clicking, desk drawer opening and closing.
Close Sounds: two women talking, door opening, footsteps on carpet, jacket rubbing, white noise machine.
Sound Description/Level: the sound in this room is refined, almost antiseptic. The white noise machine gives it a calming atmosphere and nothing is too loud or jarring.
One Word: clean
Most Important Sounds: keyboard tapping, footsteps on carpet, white noise machine.
Field Recording #6
Location: My dorm room
Sounds heard: the whirring of a fan