Location: Big Bridges

This recording took place on the steps in front of Big Bridges. Marston Quad is in front the steps of Big Bridge which are outside the front of the auditorium. In between Marston Quad the steps is a wide walkway that leads to south campus which most students pass along in order to get to their intended destination on campus.

Recording Setup. The TASCAM DR-40 Linear PCM was placed on one of the steps on a tripod with a windscreen facing the wide walkway.

About the Soundscape. The recording was made at 5:56 on a Friday evening. There were a number of students walking past the steps of Big Bridges participating in relatively loud conversations throughout the recording. Because these steps are near streets where cars pass, you may hear a couple of engines coming into the soundscape and quickly fading away. Also towards the end of the recording there is brief, but distinct sound of an airplane flying a over the campus as if it were passing through which may not be a definite characteristic of this soundscape, but it was an interesting note to acknowledge. Sounds that you may not have heard in the recording but are characteristic of this soundscape are; the rustling of the trees in Marston Quad from the breeze, the faint sound train horn filling in the background, and birds chirping as they fly past. The keynotes of this soundscape could be the rustling trees of Marston Quad and cars that drive past on the streets of Pomona. The soundmark of this soundscape consists of the people who walk past and carry on in diverse conversations and their discord of footsteps. Lastly I believe the rustling of the trees in Marston Quad from the breeze, the faint sound train horn filling in the background, and birds chirping as they fly past, and the people who walk past and carry on in diverse conversations are characteristics of the archetype of the soundscape of Big Bridges.