The Sounding Object

Preface......Page 9 Foreword......Page 11 Everyday listening: an annotated bibliography......Page 13 1979......Page 15 1984......Page 16 1987......Page 17 1988......Page 18 1990......Page 19 1991......Page 20 1993......Page 21 1997......Page 22 1998......Page 23 2000......Page 24 The perceptual study of sounds......Page 29 Perception and psychophysics......Page 30 Geographical and behavioural environment......Page 31 Hearing the source......Page 33 On recognition......Page 34 On physical models......Page 36 On the ecological approach......Page 38 On phenomenology of sounds......Page 40 On expressive sounds......Page 41 Some findings and suggestions......Page 43 Background......Page 45 How to design more usable auditory interfaces?......Page 48 The novelty of sound objects in interaction design......Page 49 A roadmap to interaction design with sound objects......Page 50 Summary......Page 56 Acknowledgments......Page 57 Introduction......Page 59 Analysis of the physical event......Page 61 The effect of sounds' manipulation......Page 65 Scaling with real sounds......Page 69 Interaction between height, distance and mass......Page 76 General discussion......Page 81 Introduction......Page 85 Material......Page 87 Hardness......Page 96 Overall discussion......Page 103 Size, shape, and material properties of sound models......Page 107 Spatial features......Page 108 Material......Page 120 Introduction......Page 123 Control models......Page 124 Walking and running......Page 125 Modeling gestures of percussionists: the preparation of a stroke......Page 133 Auditory feedback vs. tactile feedback in drumming......Page 138 Low-level models: resonators, interactions, surface textures......Page 149 Appendix -- Numerical issues......Page 177 Modal resonators......Page 151 Interactions......Page 156 Implementation and control......Page 169 Sound design around a real-time impact model --- common basics......Page 185 Bouncing......Page 191 Breaking......Page 198 Rolling......Page 199 Crumpling......Page 205 Some audio cartoons of fluid movements......Page 212 Introduction......Page 217 Acoustics inside a tube......Page 221 Modeling the listening environment......Page 223 Model performance......Page 225 Psychophysical validation......Page 226 Conclusion......Page 231 Complex gestural audio control: the case of scratching......Page 233 Appendix......Page 271 Experiment 1 - The techniques of scratching......Page 241 Experiment 2 - Analysis of a genuine performance......Page 251 Experiment 3 - Wearing of the vinyl......Page 261 Design issues for a control model for scratching......Page 267 Devices for manipulation and control of sounding objects: the Vodhran and the InvisiBall......Page 283 Appendix -- Modal synthesis......Page 304 The virtual Bodhran: the Vodhran......Page 284 The InvisiBall: Multimodal perception of model-based rolling......Page 297 Acknowledgments......Page 303 Introduction......Page 309 The Sonic Browser......Page 310 The Sonic Browser - An overview of its functionality......Page 312 Experiments in the validation scenario using the Sonic Browser......Page 322 Cataloguing experiment using the Sonic Browser......Page 344 Conclusions......Page 349 Introduction......Page 353 Rapid prototyping tools......Page 354 Self-contained, stand-alone applications......Page 358 GNU Free Documentation License......Page 363 References......Page 371