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Throughout this course, I learned about the properties of sound that explain some of the feelings we have towards objects, interfaces, products among other things.  To expand on this, R. Murray Schafer showed us how the overexposure to the soundscape that exists in large cities can wear us down and allow us to lose ourContinue reading “Final Blog Post”

Sound Design for the Car Dashboard of an Electric Car. Interactions Adjusting climate controls Turn signals & Hazard lights Multimedia: Music, Radio, Map etc… Warnings: Ice, unserviceable items, blind-spot warnings. Throttle response: to inform the driver of their throttle input Seat heaters, steering wheel heater. Lights (High beams) Navigation warnings Phone notifications Parking brake CursorContinue reading “Blog Post 5”

Sonic branding for a guitar fuzz pedal. i. Sleekii. Trendyiii. Nicheiv. Uniquev. Intensevi. Attention gettingvii. Loudviii. Inspiringix. Distortedx. Professional i. Since the item is a guitar effects pedal, sounds that are associated with it will be guitar playing. However, there is a specific type of guitar playing that is associated with this kind of pedal.Continue reading “Blog Post 4”

A topic that has always interested me about radio and podcasting is how radio, despite many calling for its decline over the last couple of decades, still survives and is profitable today.  According to: Substitutability and complementarity of broadcast radio and music streaming services: The millennial perspective, even 94% of millennials still listen to radioContinue reading “Blog Post 3”

R. Murray Schafer and Pierre Schaeffer are both deeply passionate about sound and how they shape the word around them.  However, as mentioned in class, their opinions on what makes a sound desirable are fundamentally different.  While reading Brian Kane’s Pierre Schaeffer, the Sound Object, and the Acousmatic Reduction, I began to understand what SchaefferContinue reading “Blog Post 2”

­­­Part 1 The first of Schafer’s concepts that I would like to discuss is how man made sound, that which is found in urban areas affects human life, and the life of the environment that the urban area exists in.  Schafer talks about how when people who lived in rural areas migrated to the bigContinue reading “Blog Post 1”