This is a semi-improvised exploration of the world of the “old skool” — the fortepiano and the world of rock and roll — the electric guitar. Imbued with spirits, stretched into mellifluous timbres, this work seeks to place the old and new into the cauldron of post modern musical landscape, taking known reference points and recontextualising them through the use of the Capybara/Kyma engine contr...

Gesture-to-sound mapping is generally defined as the association between gestural and sound parameters. This article describes an approach that brings forward the perception-action loop as a fundamental design principle for gesture–sound mapping in digital music instrument. Our approach considers the processes of listening as the foundation – and the first step – in the design of action-sound r...

There is a growing interest to introduce auditory interface into home appliances to improve their usability. However two issues hinder the penetration of utilizing sound for home appliances. (1) High design cost Information sound design requires both significant expertise and long development time. Information sounds are usually designed by a cut-and-try approach, because no systematic methods ...

We describe two participatory workshops conducted to support design decisions in the making of the audio display for an ambient intelligent game platform. The workshops discussed here explore specific issues of players’ interactions with sound and auditory display design. The workshops helped move our design process forward by specifying the role of narrative and sound ecologies in our design. ...

Broader use of virtual reality environments and sophisticated animations spawn a need for spatial sound. Until now, spatial sound design has been based very much on experience and trial and error. Most effects are handcrafted, because good design tools for spatial sound do not exist. This paper discusses spatial sound authoring and its applications, including shared virtual reality environments...

This paper reports recent theoretical and creative results of an ongoing postdoctoral study entitled Sound Design for Urban Spaces. The study focuses on the design process of novel audio devices and studies listening strategies for people in transit through the city. Firstly, we will review some conceptual contributions concerning listening and acoustic analysis from the perspective of urban st...

background : cement industry has many process units. basically all of these units can be considered as a source of noise. since noise pollution is defined based on its offensive hearing effects, the importance of the noise sources depends directly on the number of workers in the unit.   materials and methods : an experimental study has been done at tehran cement factory to recognize and analyze...