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Sound Design

Sound design is a theatrical design discipline that strategically deploys audio elements including music, sound effects, and soundscapes to establish narrative context, shape emotional response, and enhance audience experience in performing arts productions.

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Splitting the unit delay [FIR/all pass filters design]

T.I. Laakso, Vesa Välimäki, Matti Karjalainen et al. · IEEE Signal Processing Magazine · 1996 · 1.1K citations

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Soundscape of Modernity: Architectural Acoustics and the Culture of Listening in America, 1900-1933

Emily Thompson · Canadian Journal of Communication · 2003 · 551 citations

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The Soundscape of Modernity: Architectural Acoustics and the Culture of Listening in America, 1900-1933

Music Educators Journal · 2003 · 519 citations

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A coherence effect in multimedia learning: The case for minimizing irrelevant sounds in the design of multimedia instructional messages.

Roxana Moreno, Richard E. Mayer · Journal of Educational Psychology · 2000 · 506 citations

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Ten questions on the soundscapes of the built environment

Jian Kang, Francesco Aletta, Truls Gjestland et al. · Building and Environment · 2016 · 450 citations · Full text

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  1. JK
    Jian Kang

    University College London, United Kingdom

    20 publications · 1.8K citations

    17

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  2. MM
    Marcelo M. Wanderley

    McGill University, Canada

    11 publications · 659 citations

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  3. PS
    Patrick Susini

    Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique Musique, France

    11 publications · 239 citations

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  4. SB
    Stephen Brewster

    University of Glasgow, United Kingdom

    10 publications · 363 citations

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  5. VV
    Vesa Välimäki

    Aalto University, Finland

    9 publications · 1.3K citations

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Institutions

744

  1. Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique Musique

    Paris, France

    17 h-index

    55 publications

    1.8K citations

  2. McGill University

    Montreal, Canada

    16 h-index

    41 publications

    1.6K citations

  3. Georgia Institute of Technology

    Atlanta, United States

    15 h-index

    36 publications

    1.2K citations

  4. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    15 h-index

    51 publications

    2.2K citations

  5. University of York

    York, United Kingdom

    14 h-index

    24 publications

    1.2K citations

  6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    13 h-index

    23 publications

    1.6K citations

  7. Simon Fraser University

    Burnaby, Canada

    13 h-index

    22 publications

    961 citations

  8. Sorbonne Université

    Paris, France

    12 h-index

    30 publications

    822 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 27 publications · 2.3K citations

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  2. Computer Music Journal

    30 publications · 1.4K citations

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  3. Organised Sound

    38 publications · 1.4K citations

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  4. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

    JASA · 44 publications · 1.7K citations

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  5. Journal of the Audio Engineering Society

    AES · 33 publications · 822 citations

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See also

Sound Design

Core Methods

Narrative Functions

Audio Elements

Emotional Impact

Production Contexts