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SC folks --

I recently gave a talk at Penn State's TEDx conference on some sonification work I've been doing with SC.
I had 12:00 to define, justify, and demonstrate what sonification is.
I managed to do it in 13:46.

If anyone is interested in seeing/hearing it, it's online here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQJfQXGbWQ4

Mark Ballora

Sonic Visualiser is an application for viewing and analysing the contents of music audio files.
The aim of Sonic Visualiser is to be the first program you reach for when want to study a musical recording rather than simply listen to it.

We hope Sonic Visualiser will be of particular interest to musicologists, archivists, signal-processing researchers and anyone else looking for a friendly way to take a look at what lies inside the audio file.

"SONIFICATION"

The expression "Sonification" comes from the latin syllable “sonus” which means sound.

To “sonify” data is therefore the transmission of information via sound.

"Sonification is the use of non-speech audio to convey information."

Sonifyer is a stand-alone application for data sonification (and visualization). The software allows you to choose between, or to combine, two sonification methods: 1. audification or 2. parameter mapping (based on FM synthesis)

Sonifyer.org is a forum for sonification research, so it is crucial that we can also listen to sounds under study! That is why sonifyer.org offers two central areas:
 
(i) Under "Sound", you can listen to sonified data from all fields and discuss them. The first field we will set up here is a sound library of sonified EEG data. Sound samples from other areas will follow.
 
(ii) We have developed a software called "Sonifyer" aimed at offering Mac users a quick and efficient interface for listening to data. Under "Soft- & Hardware" you will find the latest updates as well as a forum to discuss questions and exchange information.
 
Last but not least it might be of interest to you that, under "Knowledge", we are publishing a collection of compositions - mainly by 20th- and 21st-century composers - for which different sonification techniques have been employed.
Anyhow - prick up your ears now!

This section contains a collection of resources for experts and novices to the field

RESEARCH INTERESTS accessible design, assistive technology, augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), disability, environmental access, exhibit design, home modifications, informal learning environments, universal design, workplace accommodations

Awesome stuff -- and proof that even though we're visual creatives, sound is a totally under-appreciated tool for rendering data intuitively.

INFORMATION SONIFICATION
The soniculation* of information
for increased understanding and/or musical expression.

Here we propose a novel diagnostic method based in music technology. Digital music software is employed to transform the sequence of intervals between consecutive heartbeats into an electroacoustic soundtrack. The results show promise as a diagnostic tool and also provide the basis of an interesting musical soundscape

Alberto de Campo
Institute of Electronic Music and Acoustics (IEM)
University for Music and Dramatic Arts, Graz, Austria
decampo[at]iem.at

lots of useful links

SonEnvir is a research project that investigates applying sonification in a number of scientific disciplines, in order to develop a general sonification software environment. It is the first collaboration of the four universities in Graz, Austria: The Karl Franzens University, the University of Technology, the Medical University, and the University for Music and Dramatic Arts.