Simulating the Soundscape through an Analysis/Resynthesis Methodology

This paper presents a graph-based system for the dynamic generation of soundscapes and its implementation in an application that allows for an interactive, real-time exploration of the resulting soundscapes. The application can be used alone, as a pure sonic exploration device, but can also be integrated into a virtual reality engine. In this way, the soundcape can be acoustically integrated in the exploration of an architectonic/urbanistic landscape. The paper is organized as follows: after taking into account the literature on soundscape, we provide a formal definition of the concept; then, a model is introduced, and finally, we describe a software application together with a case-study.