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I held a basic assumption that sonifications should only be comprised of “non-speech sound” (Sterne and Akiyama 2012), based upon a few definitions of and experiences listening to sonification. So, I made every effort to avoid the use of speech in sonification. While working on the initial grant with PI Amy Bower, however, I questioned…

Sonification involves the field of sound design, which is the craft of developing sounds to meet a variety of needs. Sound design is common to video game and media industries, which require the creation of sound effects, human sounds, ambiance, and dialogue. Data sonification involves mapping data values to sound parameters, and we often have…

Data sonification commonly involves taking data-numeric values-and assigning those values onto sound parameters to highlight particular aspects of the data. Making choices about the ordering and controlling of sound parameters over time is as old as music notation. In fact, standard music notation highlights certain aspects of sound in its writing. For example, music notation…

Data mapping refers to the design choices of applying values from a data set onto any number of controls of sound. Controls may include modifications of digital sound synthesis, audio samples, audio effects, and spatialization, among many others. Data mapping and choices around mapping play a critical role in sonification. In sonification, choices in data…