Outputs (90)

Soundscape mapping: comparing listening experiences (2010)
Thesis
McGregor, I. Soundscape mapping: comparing listening experiences. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/4284

The perceived auditory environment is an increasingly important part of people’s everyday interactive experiences. While sound design is an established discipline in media such as video games and cinema, this is not the case in Human-Computer Interac... Read More about Soundscape mapping: comparing listening experiences.

Soundscape mapping: a tool for evaluating sounds and auditory environments (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McGregor, I., LePlâtre, G., Turner, P., & Flint, T. (2010). Soundscape mapping: a tool for evaluating sounds and auditory environments. In Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Auditory Display

This paper describes a soundscape mapping tool, and provides an illustration of its use in the evaluation of an in-car auditory interface. The tool addresses three areas: communicating what people are listening to, showing how soundscapes can be visu... Read More about Soundscape mapping: a tool for evaluating sounds and auditory environments.

Listening, Corporeality, Place and Presence (2009)
Book Chapter
Turner, S., McGregor, I., & Turner, P. (2009). Listening, Corporeality, Place and Presence. In P. Turner, S. Turner, & E. Davenport (Eds.), Exploration of Space, Technology, and Spatiality: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (113-127). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-020-2.ch009

This chapter considers the role of sound, and more specifically, listening, in creating a sense of presence (of "being there") in "places" recreated by virtual reality technologies. We first briefly review the treatment of sound in place and presence... Read More about Listening, Corporeality, Place and Presence.

Visualising the soundfield and soundscape: extending Macaulay and Crerar’s 1998 method (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McGregor, I., Crerar, A., Benyon, D., & LePlâtre, G. (2008). Visualising the soundfield and soundscape: extending Macaulay and Crerar’s 1998 method. In Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Auditory Display

The introduction of effective auditory warnings into a shared environment requires a prior understanding of the existing soundfield and soundscape. Reifying the physical and perceptual auditory environment enables a form of pre-auditioning, as well a... Read More about Visualising the soundfield and soundscape: extending Macaulay and Crerar’s 1998 method.

Ensemble: embodied experiences in a sound and jewellery installation (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kettley, S., Smyth, M., Arvind, D. K., Greig, F., McGregor, I., & Paechter, B. (2007, December). Ensemble: embodied experiences in a sound and jewellery installation. Presented at Create 07

ensemble - an interactive collection of networked jewellery with gesturally determined, real time sonic output

Bernadette Young on ABC Perth (2007)
Digital Artefact
McGregor, I., & Young, B. (2007). Bernadette Young on ABC Perth. [Radio interview]

Interview about active Noise Cancellation in terms of current and future implementation.

Listening, corporeality and presence (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Turner, P., Turner, S., & McGregor, I. (2007). Listening, corporeality and presence. In PRESENCE 2007: The 10th Annual International Workshop on Presence (43-49)

The use of sound to create or enhance the sense of presence is well recognized and the measurements of which have focused on hearing, e.g. “were you able to identify a particular sound?”, “how well could you localize the sounds”. To this treatment of... Read More about Listening, corporeality and presence.

Establishing key dimensions for reifying soundfields and soundscapes from auditory professionals. (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McGregor, I., Crerar, A., Benyon, D., & LePlâtre, G. (2007). Establishing key dimensions for reifying soundfields and soundscapes from auditory professionals. In Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Auditory Display (364-371)

This paper presents a unique insight into the way acousticians, computing specialists and sound designers describe the dimensions of sound they use. Seventy-five audio professionals completed a detailed questionnaire created to elicit common definiti... Read More about Establishing key dimensions for reifying soundfields and soundscapes from auditory professionals..

MacAulay and Co (2007)
Digital Artefact
McGregor, I., & MacAulay, F. (2007). MacAulay and Co. [Radio interview]

Active Noise Cancellation interview relating to current and future technologies.

Endangered Sounds (2007)
Digital Artefact
McGregor, I., Baker, N., Fanshawe, S., Jarvis, R., Sweet, R., White, P., O'Donoghue, G., Woodward, S., & Maunder, M. (2007). Endangered Sounds. [Radio Programme]

The melodramatic clang of the old style police car bell, the tranquil tick of a grandfather clock; the warm purr of the old dialling tone - all formerly familiar, all under threat of extinction or already consigned to the sound file marked nostalgia.... Read More about Endangered Sounds.