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SOUND
DESIGN: Using Audio as a Creative Tool
Life
is rarely silent
Communication
Overview
This is a session about sound and its role in web design, not about
specific techniques. We will:
Why
use sound?
What
sound does
Remember:
Web
sound--still in its infancy
Sound
as an immersion tool
Unified
Information Design [Nathan Shedroff]
Sonification
[the use of nonspeech audio to convey information]
Educational
applications
Visualizing
changes
Field
of sonification
What
makes “good” sound design?
Sites
that demand sound
The
next level
Do
you need audio?
Sound
and simultaneity
Using
sound
Ground
rule 1: consider the user
Web
audio
FLASH
4
We
need a standard
Real-time
interactions
Rich
Music Format (RMF): Beatnik
Beatnik
examples
Sound’s
talents
Sound
conveys meaning
What
do sound effects do?
Role
of sound in film
Robert
Bresson’s notes on sound
Back
to the web
The
challenge
Communicating
with sound
Internet
is inherently multimedia
Next
18 months
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