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    Cross-modal soundscape mapping

    Author
    Carter, Jeff
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    Braasch, Jonas; Xiang, Ning; Krueger, Ted;
    Date Issued
    2014-12
    Subject
    Architectural sciences
    Degree
    MS;
    Terms of Use
    This electronic version is a licensed copy owned by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), Troy, NY. Copyright of original work retained by author.;
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    URI
    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13015/6309
    Abstract
    We cannot `measure' the soundscape any more than we can `measure' the ocean, the city, or the wilderness. Being comprised of myriad complex elements, conditions and relationships between sound sources and sound perceivers, the soundscape--and any sufficient description of it--must account for several different, but significantly interrelated, dimensions: physical, spatial, temporal, perceptual, cultural, historical, political. How, then, are we to meaningfully document and discuss the soundscape? If we are to begin to understand the soundscape's impact on us--and our impact upon it--we need new methods to capture and represent the multisensory extents of a soundscape without reverting to specious one-dimensional quantitative metrics. Furthermore, the increasingly popular practice of conducting subject interviews in the field, while useful to some degree, also provides insufficient and unreliable data for archiving and representing a soundscape's complex characteristics. After reviewing the state of discourse on soundscape documentation, this project proposes a new interdisciplinary method to record a soundscape's multisensory attributes. While methods currently exist to photograph the complete visual field, as well as to record directional information within the complete aural field, no established method exists to combine them in a structured way which links the directionality of view and sound arrival. The environmental mapping method developed in this thesis project integrates multi-directional Ambisonic audio recordings with high dynamic range (HDR) spherical panoramic photography in the form of interactive PDF files. A case study of the forest soundscape of Peebles Island State Park--which exists within a mixed context of waterborne, industrial, and distant vehicular noise--is conducted to demonstrate the proposed method. The additional potential of reformatting the full-range audio-visual field recordings for immersive visualization and auralization projection systems is also discussed.;
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    December 2014; School of Architecture
    Department
    School of Architecture;
    Publisher
    Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
    Relationships
    Rensselaer Theses and Dissertations Online Collection;
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    Restricted to current Rensselaer faculty, staff and students in accordance with the Rensselaer Standard license. Access inquiries may be directed to the Rensselaer Libraries.;
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