A new interdiscipline combining the talents of scientists, social scientists and artists (particularly musicians). Soundscape design attempts to discover principles and to develop techniques by which the social, psychological and aesthetic quality of the acoustic environment or soundscape may be improved.

The techniques of soundscape design are both educational and technical. The latter include the elimination or restriction of certain sounds (noise abatement), the evaluation of new sounds before they are introduced indiscriminately into the environment, as well as the preservation of certain sounds (soundmarks), and above all the imaginative combination and balancing of sounds to create attractive and stimulating acoustic environments. Soundscape design may also include the composition of actual environments, and in this respect it is contiguous with contemporary musical composition.

To the extent that it attempts to understand individual, community and cultural behaviour, soundscape design takes the broad perspective of a communicational discipline, and touches such other areas as sociology, anthropology, psychology and geography. (Source - Barry Truax - Handbook for Acoustic Ecology CD-ROM Edition. Cambridge Street Publishing, 1999 - CSR-CDR 9901)

Nouveau domaine interdisciplinaire combinant les talents des scientifiques, des sociologues et des artistes (particulièrement les musiciens). La conception de paysage sonore tente d'étudier les principes et de développer les techniques grâce auxquelles les qualités sociales, psychologiques et esthétiques d'un environnement acoustique ou d'un paysage sonore peuvent êtres améliorées.

Les techniques de conception de paysage sonore relèvent de l'éducation et de la technologie. Ce dernier domaine inclut la suppression ou l'atténuation de certains sons (réduction de bruit), l'évaluation de nouveaux sons avant leur introduction dans l'environnement, de même que la préservation de certains sons (marqueurs sonores), et surtout toute les combinaisons sonores imaginatives et équilibrées permettant de créer des environnements acoustiques attractifs et stimulants. La conception de paysage sonore peut également inclure la composition d'environnements réels, en ce sens, elle se rapproche à la composition musicale contemporaine.

Dans la mesure où elle tente de comprendre les individus, les groupes et les comportements culturels, la conception de paysage sonore acquière le statut interdisciplinaire en touchant des domaines tels que la sociologie, l'anthropologie, la psychologie et la géographie. (Source - Barry Truax - Handbook for Acoustic Ecology CD-ROM Edition. Cambridge Street Publishing, 1999 - CSR-CDR 9901)

Nuova disciplina interdisciplinare che combina la competenza di scienziati, sociologhi e artisti, in particolare musicisti. Il design di paesaggio sonoro tenta di scoprire principi e di sviluppare tecniche con le quali la qualità estetica, sociale e psicologica di un ambiente acustico o del paesaggio sonoro possano essere migliorate.

Gli scopi del design di paesaggio sonoro sono sia pedagogici che tecnologici. Questi ultimi includono l'eliminazione o l'attenuazione di alcuni suoni (il rumore), lo studio e la valutazione di suoni nuovi prima che vengano introdotto indiscriminatamente nell'ambiente, la preservazione di certi suoni (marcatori sonori, soundmarks), e soprattutto l'immaginazione di combinazioni sonore quilibrate che permettano di creare ambienti acustici attraenti e stimolanti. Il Soundscape design può anche includere la composizione di ambienti reali, e in questo è vicino alla composizione musicale contemporanea. Poiché cerca di studiare il comportamento individuale e delle comunità e i comportamenti culturali, il soundcape design si allarga a disciplina interdisciplinare, e tocca ambiti come la sociologia, l'antropologia, la psicologia e la geografia (Fonte - Barry Truax - Handbook for Acoustic Ecology CD-ROM Edition. Cambridge Street Publishing, 1999 - CSR-CDR 9901).

A new interdiscipline combining the talents of scientists, social scientists and artists (particularly musicians). Soundscape design attempts to discover principles and to develop techniques by which the social, psychological and aesthetic quality of the acoustic environment or soundscape may be improved.

The techniques of soundscape design are both educational and technical. The latter include the elimination or restriction of certain sounds (noise abatement), the evaluation of new sounds before they are introduced indiscriminately into the environment, as well as the preservation of certain sounds (soundmarks), and above all the imaginative combination and balancing of sounds to create attractive and stimulating acoustic environments. Soundscape design may also include the composition of actual environments, and in this respect it is contiguous with contemporary musical composition.

To the extent that it attempts to understand individual, community and cultural behaviour, soundscape design takes the broad perspective of a communicational discipline, and touches such other areas as sociology, anthropology, psychology and geography. (Source - Barry Truax - Handbook for Acoustic Ecology CD-ROM Edition. Cambridge Street Publishing, 1999 - CSR-CDR 9901)

Es una nueva interdisciplina que combina los talentos de científicos y artistas (en especial, músicos). El diseño de paisajes sonoros intenta descubrir los principios y desarrollar las técnicas mediante las que se pueden mejorar las cualidades sociales, psicológicas y estéticas del entorno acústico o paisaje sonoro.

Los métodos de diseño de paisajes sonoros son educativos y técnicos. Esto incluye la eliminación o restricción de ciertos sonidos (supresión de ruido), la evaluación de nuevos sonidos antes de ser incorporados indiscriminadamente en el ambiente, así como la preservación de ciertos sonidos (soundmarks o marcadores sonoros), y sobre todo la combinación imaginativa y el balance de sonidos para crear atractivos y estimulantes ambientes acústicos. El diseño de paisajes sonoros puede también inlcuir la composición de ambientes reales, y en este sentido es contiguo a la composición musical contemporánea.

Al intentar comprender la conducta individual, comunitaria y cultural, el diseño de paisajes sonoros tiene una perspectiva amplia como la de las disciplinas comunicacionales, y toca otras áreas tales como la sociología, la antropología, la psicología y la geografía.

(Fuente: Barry Truax (1999). Handbook for Acoustic Ecology. CD-ROM. Cambridge Street Publishing. CSR-CDR 9901