Re: "sound fields" (Daniel Levitin )

Subject: Re: "sound fields"
From:    Daniel Levitin  <levitin(at)PSYCH.MCGILL.CA>
Date:    Sat, 2 Dec 2000 19:04:33 -0800

At 12:32 AM +0000 12/3/00, Peter Lennox wrote:
>I wonder if the list(s) could help;
>I'm looking for opinions on reasonably inclusive definitions of the term :
>"sound field", in order to draw distinctions between this concept and the
>more general "sound environment".
>I'm sorry if this is somewhat 'off topic', but a variety of perspectives
>seems appropriate for this particular question.
>thanks (in advance)
>Peter Lennox
>Hardwick House
>tel: (0114) 2661509
>e-mail: peter(at)lennox01.freeserve.co.uk
>or:- ppl100(at)york.ac.uk

To my mind, the terms "soundfield," "soundscape," and "sound
environment" are interchangeable.  I tend to use "soundscape" and
"soundfield" to refer to sounds we hear on playback of pre-recorded
material, and "sound environment" to refer to naturalistic
(ecological) sound sources, but I have no reason to believe this is
standardized.

Dan Levitin


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