SOUND CONDITIONER

 Whilst recording sound in different locations in the health centre, I noticed this little machine in one of the smaller upstairs waiting areas.  It is a sound conditioner, it plays sounds that are supposed to relax the listener and block out other undesirable sounds. The sounds are all from the natural world and come in two tiers

Base Sounds                               

- Lake Shore
- Rain
- Country Eve
- Surf I
- Surf II
- Thunderstorm
- Brook
- White Noise

Overlay Sounds

- Frog
- Seagull
- Owl
- Song Birds
- Hawk
- Loons
- Buoy
- Dove

Yesterday it was set to brook with the over-lay sounds of frog and dove, this a recording of sound from the waiting room. It is the sort of interfering sounds which the sound conditioner is intended to block, doors abruptly shutting, people coughing and chatting. These are the sounds of the center at work, staff accessing different parts of the building and patients waiting for appointments.

   Waiting Room w/ Doors & Coughs by Sybella Perry