Herman and Vickers: On Defyning Sonification

Because of this fact, many terms are used to describe it, including but not limited to ultrasound processing, auditory display, auditioning, auditing; they are all similar but precisely defined Not defined (Hermann, 2008). Because of its essential nature, it is placed between scientific research and art and design research. These two areas are very different that what ultrasonic waves should bring and can be ultrasound of other forms of musical / non-musical auditory expression and should be considered It has a concept.

While browsing the Internet, I posted an article on ultrasonic processing in the economist magazine and an application method for detecting new insights into scientific data. Ultrasound is the use of non-audio audio to convey information and perceive data. The human ears are good at picking up notes, pitch, even attacks and volume nuances. Thus, when scientific data is converted to sounds, humans can detect patterns or anomalies that can not be detected (at least not easily) in visual representation. I think it is cool to apply the same principle to followers.

Because of this fact, many terms are used to describe it, including but not limited to ultrasound processing, auditory display, auditioning, auditing; they are all similar but precisely defined Not defined (Hermann, 2008). Because of its essential nature, it is placed between scientific research and art and design research. These two areas are very different that what ultrasonic waves should bring and can be ultrasound of other forms of musical / non-musical auditory expression and should be considered It has a concept.

Mark Ba ​​llora, music professional at Penn State University of Pennsylvania State University creates a symphony from scientific data using ultrasound technology. Ballora was announced by architects and pianists in the outskirts of San Francisco, California in the 1960s, sent music, played the piano, listened to the Beatles records, and participated in the Grateful Dead concert. Over the past two decades, he has worked with dozens of scientists to convert all sorts of data to music, from neutron star energy to Arctic squirrel temperature cycle. In June, Ballora received a $ 50,000 grant from the Keck Futures Program of the National Academy of Sciences to help marine scientists convert deep sea data to sound. He and scientists explained how to convert data to music and why. The editing content of this interview is clear.