The purpose of this book is to give a wide account of state-of-the-art research in the sound domain, with a proper combination of human sciences, computational sciences, and technological realizations. This was one of the objectives of the European Coordination Action “Sound to Sense, Sense to Sound”, altogether with the definition and the publication of a roadmap, aiming at providing a reference point for future research in Sound and Music Com
puting. The overall goal of the Action was to contribute to the formation of a solid and organic community focused on tying together the investigation on
the sonic aspects of the world with the study of the sense conveyed through sound. As suggested by the title of the Action, the perspective is two-folded:
from sound to sense, and from sense to sound. What we expect from the future is the emergence of methodologies for a higher-level sound analysis and
processing, or for more engaging sound synthesis and control in musical and non-musical contexts. Eventually, only an integrated yet open sound-music
research field may fill the existing gap between sound and sense and try to answer to the urgent requirements, coming from the world of pervasive and
mobile technologies.
puting. The overall goal of the Action was to contribute to the formation of a solid and organic community focused on tying together the investigation on
the sonic aspects of the world with the study of the sense conveyed through sound. As suggested by the title of the Action, the perspective is two-folded:
from sound to sense, and from sense to sound. What we expect from the future is the emergence of methodologies for a higher-level sound analysis and
processing, or for more engaging sound synthesis and control in musical and non-musical contexts. Eventually, only an integrated yet open sound-music
research field may fill the existing gap between sound and sense and try to answer to the urgent requirements, coming from the world of pervasive and
mobile technologies.
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