For this assignment I sat down on a bench in Oval park which is close to where I live. I sat in the park in the afternoon (around 4) which is when the park is full of activity. The soundscape of the park demonstrates how full of life the park is during the afternoon. Behind me you could hear people shouting and dribbling a ball, bouncing it off the court. In front of me, I would occasionally hear people breathing heavily as they jogged past me. I would occasionally hear airplanes overhead. All around me I would hear families chatting, kids shouting, running.
All of this sound would happen simultaneously, so i had to pay attention to individual details. Underneath all of the noise, there is the subtle ambiance of the wind and leaves rustling around. I could hear cars passing by in the distance, and occasional honking. From where I sat, the volumes of each individual sound would vary. As people were constantly passing back and forth, each sound would diminish the further way it was from me. However, there was many sounds going at once, so it was never fully quiet. People would move along, so sounds tend to move from the foreground to background-- or vice versa. This amalgamation of sound made the park feel more alive. If there was a recording of my time at the park, you could discern that it was busy afternoon (from the constant sound of the wind, and cars honking in traffic in the distance).
