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Ambient Sound in Different Height_ Shao Hsuan Li

5/18/2017

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-Under Ground (Subway) The audio is recorded in the subway and made of people's talking, broadcasting and sound of the engine of the subway. This car is a closed environment so the ambient sound is very deep and loud. Because of that, people need to raise their voice to talk, which is shrill and noisy.    
-Ground of the deck (Old gantry park)   The First audio is composed by the sound of the wave lapping against the shore under the deck, people's voice and the roaring of ferries's engines. The sound of the wave suppress over the other ambient noises because my phone was touching the ground. People's voice become blur and the sound of the engine was just a faint background sound.  
-5 feet above ground (Hunter’s Point South Park) The second audio mainly receives the sound of ferries and helicopter. Because the distance was far away from every resource of the sound, we can heard each sound clearly. However, the receptor was seriously affected by the winds, suppresing all the other sounds.      
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- On the roof garden (Brooklyn Grange Organic Range Rooftop Farm)  The height of the roof lowers the sound of the street, such as vehicles and roaring of sirens. Everything become a blurred ambient sound, which is hard to differentiate them.   
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mh
5/19/2017 05:01:09 am

ethan,

you selected some interesting sites to explore and document. for me, it's hard to dissociate the human voices being overhead (especially those from people in our group or people who gave us tours) against the powerful ambient sounds in the background. for example, i think the sound of the ferry arriving at hunters point south is great, but it would be even better if brian staresnick's (who works for tom balsey) voice was not there, since we automatically begin to focus on what he's saying--feels a bit like eavesdropping!

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mh
5/19/2017 05:06:12 am

ethan,

one thing i would add, though, is that it's very interesting that you approached this assignment in terms of a section: underground, at grade, above ground, etc. very creative!

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