ok, so we didn't get to go out to shenton way today, our all important video camera ran out of battery and we had to charge it. In doing so, we missed the lunch hour crowd of CBD area.

we didn't idle our time wastefully, we did our tests in school, and surveyed a few people.

In the back lift lobby of block M level 4, the sounds didn't exactly fit the area, but nonetheless, we had a few people who wondered y the place suddenly seemed so crowded. when we killed the sound, they didn't notice the change immediately. This brings us to question the effectiveness of the amplifying part of our project.

When we brought the soundscape outdoors, the sound was abit more natural, but the problem is how we are going to hide the speakers and make them inconspicuous... We put the speakers into a rubbish bin and although the speakers are a little muffled(instead of being amplified) it served its purpose. A foreseeable problem would be having people throw things into the bin. So we would suggest the use of solid drive speakers to attach to the top of the rubbish bin. It wouldn't be affected by people throwing things into the bin.

The people we talked to gave us a few comments
"What is going on here?" Anil Kapoor M age unknown
Do you take any notice of your everyday surrounding sounds?
"Huh... I dunno arh, i always talk to my friends when i'm outisde" Qianyi M 19
"Sometimes, but only if it shocks me." Tan Jing hua F 21
"Not really, its just noise to me" Marcus Sim M 20
What kinds of sounds do you normally take more notice of?
"Sounds that are very sudden and loud" Tan Jing hua F 21
What kind of sound(s) that might get your attention?
"Sounds that are different from the norm?" Tan Jing hua F 21
Did you notice the sounds we were trying to play?
"Yes, it sounded very fake." Tan Jing hua F 21
"I think the idea of the time stretching is more interesting to make people notice." Hong Kaiwei F 21 (we talked indepth about our ideas)
"Yes, the sound doesn't fit in." Marcus Sim M 20
Did you notice when we killed the sound?
"I realised it was gone, but i didn't realise when." Hong Kaiwei F 21
"Yes, but its not very obvious, the background sound will cover it back again." Tan Jing hua F 21
Would you care if there are these sounds in the surrounding?
"Not really." Marcus Sim M 20
"I think its cool that you guys are doing this to the background sound" Hong Kaiwei F 21
Do you think its better to let the people know where the sound is coming from or to keep it discreet?
"I think people would notice the sounds are not natural if the see speakers." Marcus Sim M 20