Sonic Design

This open access book offers a historical context and an overview of the field's current artistic and scientific research. Sonic design includes the construction and performance of acoustic instruments but also recording, editing, mixing, and synthesizing sounds using analog and digital electronic devices. This book explores sonic design from the perspectives of music theory, music perception, embodied cognition, phenomenology, soundscape studies, acoustics, new interfaces for musical expression, sound and music computing, and music information retrieval. The chapters are selected contributions from an international seminar organized to celebrate the achievements of Professor Rolf Inge Godøy at the University of Oslo. As a composer, researcher, teacher, and supervisor, Professor Godøy has been central in developing a holistic approach to sonic design, from theory to practice. This book offers a comprehensive overview of the field's current state, making it essential reading for students, practitioners, and researchers across a wide range of disciplines.

This book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access Explores sonic design from multiple angles and celebrates the achievements of Professor Rolf Inge Godøy Covers different approaches to sonic design practice and theory Gives readers an overview of the current state of both artistic and scientific research in the field

Inhalt

Generic motion components for sonic design.- Sound design and the theory of self-augmented interactions.- Musical meter as shape: An embodied perspective on metrical trajectories and curves.- Prelude to a theory of gestural time, proto-geometry, and music.- A grammar of expressive conducting gestures.