Soundfields and soundscapes: reifying auditory communities

McGregor, Iain; Crerar, Alison; Benyon, David; Macaulay, Catriona

Abstract

This paper reports progress towards mapping workplace soundscapes. In order to design auditory interfaces that integrate effectively with workplace environments, we need a detailed understanding of the way in which end users inhabit these environments, and in particular, how they interact with the existing auditory environment. Our work concentrates first on mapping the physical soundfield, then overlaying this with a representation of the soundscape as experienced by its active participants.

The ultimate aim of this work is to develop an interactive soundscape-mapping tool, analogous to the modeling tools available to architects. Such a tool would be of use to designers of physical, augmented and virtual environments and usable without professional musical or acoustical expertise.

Citation

McGregor, I., Crerar, A., Benyon, D., & Macaulay, C. (2002, July). Soundfields and soundscapes: reifying auditory communities. Presented at International Conference on Auditory Displays (ICAD 2002) Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute (ATR), Kyoto, Japan

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (published)
• Conference Name: International Conference on Auditory Displays (ICAD 2002) Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute (ATR)
• Start Date: Jul 2, 2002
• End Date: Jul 5, 2002
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2002
• Deposit Date: Jun 4, 2008
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 8, 2021
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Pages: 290-294
• Book Title: Proceedings of the 2002 International Conference on Auditory Display, Kyoto, Japan, July 2-5, 2002
• Keywords: Work environment; Physical soundfield; Sound mapping; Interactive software; Software Design
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/1783
• Publisher URL: http://www.icad.org/websiteV2.0/Conferences/ICAD2002/proceedings/25_IainMcGregor.pdf