Sound design ideation: a structured and systematic analysis

Selfridge, Rod; Delle Monache, Stefano; Pauletto, Sandra

Abstract

Recent research identified sixteen dimensions along which sound designers make decisions when ideating and sketching sounds. These 16 dimensions can be grouped into “Overarching strategies”, “Design Strategies” and “Approaches to sound”. In this paper, the ideation process of two professional sound designers - both working in media production - is analysed through a novel two-step methodology. During the first-step, the process is segmented by idea type. In the second-step, each idea is analysed in terms of sound design dimensions. Finally, the analysis of the interaction between idea types and sound design dimensions provides us with an overall view of the main similarities and differences between the two sound designers. Overall, this methodology provides an effective way to analyse several aspects of the sound design ideation process in a structured and systematic manner.

Citation

Selfridge, R., Delle Monache, S., & Pauletto, S. (2024, September). Sound design ideation: a structured and systematic analysis. Presented at AM '24: Audio Mostly 2024 - Explorations in Sonic Cultures, Milan, Italy

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (published)
• Conference Name: AM '24: Audio Mostly 2024 - Explorations in Sonic Cultures
• Start Date: Sep 18, 2024
• End Date: Sep 20, 2024
• Online Publication Date: Sep 18, 2024
• Publication Date: 2024
• Deposit Date: Sep 15, 2024
• Publisher: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Pages: 492-501
• Book Title: AM '24: Proceedings of the 19th International Audio Mostly Conference: Explorations in Sonic Cultures
• ISBN: 9798400709685
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3678299.3678350
• Keywords: design, ideation, sonic interaction design, sound design