Sensory Threads is a pervasive multi-person interactive experience in which sensors monitor phenomena that are imperceptible or periphery to our everyday senses. These phenomena include light temperature, heart-rate and spatialdensity. Participants each wear a sensor as they move around an urban environment, and the sensor data is mapped in realtime to an interactive soundscape which is transmi...

Urban soundscape design aims to create outdoor spaces with a pleasant sonic environment, and is of special interest where noise level abatement is not feasible or only has a limited effect. A possible approach is to mask unpleasant sounds by adding other sounds that can be considered as desirable by the users of the space. In this context, not only energetic masking but also informational maski...

This keynote introduces various contributions to a structured session on sound quality organized by the present author. In the last decade, basic research as well as practical applications of sound quality increased substantially. This holds true for sound quality of emissions e.g. in product sound as well as for sound quality of immissions e.g. in the environment. For product sound, two cases ...

There is a wide range of sensory therapies using sound, music and visual stimuli. Some focus on soothing or distracting stimuli such as natural sounds or classical music as analgesic, while other approaches emphasize the active performance of producing music as therapy. This paper proposes an immersive multi-sensory Exposure Therapy for people suffering from anxiety disorders, based on a rich, ...

speech music everyday VOICES IN THE FOREST 167 Figure 2: 3D rendering of map of the Soundscape Whilst the parts of the soundscape are described at a fairly high level, they are sufficiently detailed to allow us to develop an idea of the main elements of the soundscape. If you were to stop for a moment and listen to the soundscape you are in, we suggest that you would be listening to different t...

In the face of accelerated climate change, monitoring biodiversity has become a critical task for ecologists. Habitat loss is occurring at an alarming rate both in terrestrial and marine ecosystems, resulting in endangerment and extinction of species up to 1,000 times faster than natural rates. However, traditional biodiversity measurements are logistically and financially difficult, making bio...

Acoustic diversity indices have been proposed as low-cost biodiversity monitoring tools. The acoustic diversity of a soundscape can be indicative of the richness of an acoustic community and the structural/vegetation characteristics of a habitat. There is a need to apply these methods to landscapes that are ecologically and/or economically important. We investigate the relationship between the ...