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alarm/will/sound: Sound design, modelling, perception and composition cross-currents

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 May 2019

Alexander Sigman  and
Nicolas Misdariis
Alexander Sigman*
Affiliation:
International College of Liberal Arts (iCLA), Yamanashi Gakuin University, 2–7-17 Sakaori Kofu-shi, Yamanashi-ken, 400–0805Japan
Nicolas Misdariis*
Affiliation:
Sound Perception and Design Team, STMS Ircam-CNRS-Sorbonne Université, 1, place Igor-Stravinsky, 75004Paris, France
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*Emails: [email protected]; [email protected]
*Emails: [email protected]; [email protected]
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Abstract

An ongoing international arts-research-industry collaborative project focusing on the design and implementation of innovative car alarm systems, alarm/will/sound has a firm theoretical basis in theories of sound perception and classification of Pierre Schaeffer and the acousmatic tradition. In turn, the timbre perception, modelling and design components of this project have had a significant influence on a range of fixed media, electroacoustic and media installation works realised in parallel to the experimental research. An examination of the multiple points of contact and cross-influence between auditory warning research and artistic practice forms the backbone of this article, with an eye towards continued development in both the research and the artistic domains of the project.

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Organised Sound , Volume 24 , Special Issue 1: Perceptual Issues Surrounding the Electroacoustic Music Experience , April 2019 , pp. 54 - 70
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© Cambridge University Press, 2019 

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