ABSTRACT

This volume provides a comprehensive introduction to foundational topics in sound design for linear media, such as listening and recording; audio postproduction; key musical concepts and forms such as harmony, conceptual sound design, electronica, soundscape, and electroacoustic composition; the audio commons; and sound’s ontology and phenomenology.

The reader will gain a broad understanding of the key concepts and practices that define sound design for its use with moving images as well as important forms of composed sound. The chapters are written by international authors from diverse backgrounds who provide multidisciplinary perspectives on sound in its linear forms.

The volume is designed as a textbook for students and teachers, as a handbook for researchers in sound, media and experience, and as a survey of key trends and ideas for practitioners interested in exploring the boundaries of their profession.

chapter 2|21 pages

Invisible Seams

The Role of Foley and Voice Postproduction Recordings in the Design of Cinematic Performances

chapter 4|16 pages

Audio Effects in Sound Design

chapter 5|23 pages

The Mix Stems

Voice, Effects, Music, Buses

chapter 6|39 pages

Mixing and Mastering

chapter 7|20 pages

Designing Sound for 3D Films

chapter 11|20 pages

Sound Ontologies

Methods and Approaches for the Description of Sound

chapter 12|24 pages

Electroacoustic Music

An Art of Sound

chapter 14|22 pages

Soundscape Composition

Listening to Context and Contingency

chapter 15|20 pages

From Feeling Vibrations to Building Audiovisual Scenes

The Perceptual Practice of Storytelling With Sound