Sonic Experience: a Guide to Everyday Sounds

237 Pages·2014·1.83 MB·English

by  Augoyard, Jean-Francois;Torgue, Henri

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sonic experience
a guide to everyday sounds
Edited by Jean-François Augoyard and Henry Torgue
Translated by Andra McCartney and David Paquette
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l’environnement urbain (cresson) l’environnement. Sonic Effects
and le Service de la recherche architec- Includes bibliographical references and
turale du Ministère de la Culture. index. Thematic listing vii
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Recherche Scientifique) aspects. 2. Sound. i. Augoyard,
Jean François, 94– ii. Torgue, About the Authors xix
cresson is part of the interdisciplin- Henry iii. McCartney, Andra,
ary research group on Architectural 955– iv. Paquette, David Introduction 3
and Urban Atmosphere (cnrs-
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acknowledge the financial sup- zijn digital Bibliography 203
contents
Sonic Effects
Thematic listing vii
Alphabetical listing ix
Foreword R. Murray Schafer xi
Translators’ Note xvii
About the Authors xix
Introduction 3
Guide to Sonic Effects 9
Notes 53
Thematic Reading List 95
Bibliography 203
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sonic effects: thematic list
Major effects appear in bold type
elementary effects compositional effects
Colouring Accelerando
Delay Blurring
Distortion Coupling
Dullness Crescendo
Echo Crossfade
Filtration Cut Out
Flutter Echo Decrescendo
Haas Doppler
Resonance Drone
Reverberation Emergence
Mask
Mixing
Rallentendo
Release
Reprise
Tartini
Telephone
Wave
mnemo-perceptive effects semantic effects
Anamnesis Delocalization
Anticipation Dilation
Asyndeton Envelopment
Cocktail Imitation
Delocalization Narrowing
Erasure Perdition
Hyperlocalization Quotation
Immersion Repetition
Metamorphosis Sharawadji
Phonomnesis Suspension
Remanence
Synecdoche
Ubiquity electroacoustic effects
Wall Chorus
Compression
sonic effects: alphabetical list
Print-through
psychomotor effects Expansion Major effects appear in bold type
Attraction Fade
Deburau Feedback
Desynchronization Flange
Chain Fuzz
Intrusion Harmonization
Incursion Larsen
Lombard Limitation
Niche Noise-Gate
Phonotonie Phase
Repulsion Rumble
Synchronization Tremolo
Vibrato
Wha-Wha
Wobble
Wow
viii thematic list
sonic effects: alphabetical list
Major effects appear in bold type
Accelerando Delocalization
Anamnesis Desynchronization
Anticipation Dilation
Asyndeton Distortion
Attraction Doppler
Blurring Drone
Chain Dullness
Chorus Echo
Cocktail Emergence
Colouring Envelopment
Compression Erasure
Coupling Expansion
Crescendo Fade
Crossfade Feedback
Cut Out Filtration
Deburau Flange
Decontextualization Flutter Echo
Decrescendo Fuzz
Delay Haas