study

Sound recording of individuals in a enclosed study room of a building, acting in an academic fashion with pertinence to pages flipping, clicking and tapping of pens, pencils scratching, and textbook movement. Recorded with an IPhone 6s with external microphone DJI Part 44 FM-15 Flexi Microphone. 

Water made sounds made from a water bottle. This sound was created by slowly turning and moving a plastic water bottle in the library. The sound that is made is soothing and relaxing.

Audio of the flipping pages of the "5lb. Book of Great Practice Problems". Recorded on the third floor of the Cabell Library at Virginia Commonwealth University. Recording taken on a Zoom H1.

This is an experiment testing how people change their levels of volume according to the environment that they are in. Here, we discover how people subscribe to a certain set of generally-accepted social guidelines regarding appropriate noise level of a given location. This recording is one example of how sound is incorporated into cultural and social norms. The recording begins in the lobby of Lily Library, and proceeds into one of the study rooms.