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What I’ve learnt about Environmental Sound Design

What I’ve learnt about Environmental Sound Design

Chinmay Pendharkar

April 08, 2013
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  1. What I’ve learnt about
    Environmental Sound
    Design
    Chinmay Pendharkar, 2012
    Monday, April 8, 13

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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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