What I’ve learnt about Environmental Sound Design

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1. What I’ve learnt about
   Environmental Sound
   Design
   Chinmay Pendharkar, 2012
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2. About Me
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3. About Me
   Nerd, Audio Geek,
   Acoustician, Programmer,..
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4. About Me
   Nerd, Audio Geek,
   Acoustician, Programmer,..
   NUS Engineering, 2006
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5. About Me
   Nerd, Audio Geek,
   Acoustician, Programmer,..
   NUS Engineering, 2006
   FYP - Control scheme for
   Audio Synthesis
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6. About Me
   Nerd, Audio Geek,
   Acoustician, Programmer,..
   NUS Engineering, 2006
   FYP - Control scheme for
   Audio Synthesis
   Acoustics, Chalmers
   (Sweden), 2011
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7. Environmental Sound??
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8. Environmental Sound??
   Sound as a by--product or
   Urban Living?
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9. Environmental Sound??
   Sound as a by--product or
   Urban Living?
   Sound as an expression of
   Urban Living?
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10. Sounds in our Environment
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11. Sounds in our Environment
    Sources of sounds in our
    Environment?
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12. Sounds in our Environment
    Sources of sounds in our
    Environment?
    Intentional/Un-Intentional
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13. Sounds in our Environment
    Sources of sounds in our
    Environment?
    Intentional/Un-Intentional
    Useful/Annoying
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14. Why do we care?
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15. Why do we care?
    Why the interest in
    Environmental Sound
    Design?
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16. Why do we care?
    Why the interest in
    Environmental Sound
    Design?
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17. Why do we care?
    Why the interest in
    Environmental Sound
    Design?
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18. Why do we care?
    Why the interest in
    Environmental Sound
    Design?
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19. Why do we care?
    Why the interest in
    Environmental Sound
    Design?
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20. Why do we care?
    Why the interest in
    Environmental Sound
    Design?
    Health effects of intense
    sound exposure.
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21. Why do we care?
    Why the interest in
    Environmental Sound
    Design?
    Health effects of intense
    sound exposure.
    Noise and Privacy -
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22. Why do we care?
    Why the interest in
    Environmental Sound
    Design?
    Health effects of intense
    sound exposure.
    Noise and Privacy -
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23. Why do we care?
    Why the interest in
    Environmental Sound
    Design?
    Health effects of intense
    sound exposure.
    Noise and Privacy -
    Aesthetic value?
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24. Julian Treasure: The 4 ways sound affects us
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25. Types of Sounds
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26. Types of Sounds
    Products - Product Sound
    Design (PSD)
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27. Types of Sounds
    Products - Product Sound
    Design (PSD)
    Transport - Urban Planning,
    Vehicle Design, Road/Rail
    Design
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28. Types of Sounds
    Products - Product Sound
    Design (PSD)
    Transport - Urban Planning,
    Vehicle Design, Road/Rail
    Design
    Human - Design Spaces
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29. Product Sound Design
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30. Product Sound Design
    Sound of Car Doors?
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31. Product Sound Design
    Sound of Car Doors?
    How does a good blender
    sound?
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32. Product Sound Design
    Sound of Car Doors?
    How does a good blender
    sound?
    Blender A Blender B
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33. Product Sound Design
    Sound of Car Doors?
    How does a good blender
    sound?
    PsychoAcoustics
    Blender A Blender B
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34. Urban Planning
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35. Urban Planning
    Noise Mapping
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36. Urban Planning
    Noise Mapping
    Soundscaping
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37. Urban Design Examples
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38. Urban Design Examples
    Sound Barriers
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39. Urban Design Examples
    Sound Barriers
    Partille Renovation
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40. Soundscaping
    HOSANNA Project
    LISTEN Project
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41. HOSANNA
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42. HOSANNA
    To develop ... sustainable
    abatement methods for
    noise reduction, based on
    natural means in
    combination with artificial
    means.
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43. HOSANNA
    To develop ... sustainable
    abatement methods for
    noise reduction, based on
    natural means in
    combination with artificial
    means.
    “Ground Buried Resonators”
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44. LISTEN
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45. LISTEN
    build a demonstrator ... for
    simulation and
    “auralization” of the sound
    environment of an ... urban
    area
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46. LISTEN
    build a demonstrator ... for
    simulation and
    “auralization” of the sound
    environment of an ... urban
    area
    Quantitative Vs Qualitative
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47. Vehicle Design
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48. Vehicle Design
    Measurement
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49. Vehicle Design
    Measurement
    Modeling
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50. Vehicle Design
    Measurement
    Modeling
    Mechanical Engineering
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51. Road/Rail Design
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52. Road/Rail Design
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53. Road/Rail Design
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54. Road/Rail Design
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55. Road/Rail Design
    Road
    Surfaces
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56. Road/Rail Design
    Road
    Surfaces
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57. Habitat/Space Design
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58. Habitat/Space Design
    Office/Working Space
    Design
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59. Habitat/Space Design
    Office/Working Space
    Design
    Concert Hall Design
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60. Habitat/Space Design
    Office/Working Space
    Design
    Concert Hall Design
    Room Acoustics
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61. Points I took home..
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62. Points I took home..
    Sound is always around us.
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63. Points I took home..
    Sound is always around us.
    Not all sound is bad.
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64. Points I took home..
    Sound is always around us.
    Not all sound is bad.
    It’s difficult to affect environmental sound.
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65. Points I took home..
    Sound is always around us.
    Not all sound is bad.
    It’s difficult to affect environmental sound.
    There is no one single solution to all noise.
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66. Questions!
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67. Questions!
    What makes a good aural environment?
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68. Questions!
    What makes a good aural environment?
    How can we influence/achieve the optimum aural
    environment?
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69. Questions!
    What makes a good aural environment?
    How can we influence/achieve the optimum aural
    environment?
    How can we avoid making it worse?
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70. Thanks..
    Your ideas/opinion?
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