Music, Noise and Conflict: Sociotechnical Imaginaries, Acoustic Agency and Ontological Assumptions about Sound

Some Ontological Remarks about Music Composition Processes

The Sound of Music and Word of Mouth: Hearing music and hearing about music

music consumer segmentation, gender differences, user studies methods, Youden Squares Design Over the last years there have been a number of entities within HP and HP-labs where music related technologies, e.g. MP3, CD writers, entertainment printers, are (or were) of interest. With the proliferation of e-services supporting online and physical shopping for music, it is more and more important ...

Investigation on acoustic behavior of acoustic porous absorbers to ‎absorb sound energy and transmission loss index

In this study, the acoustic properties of porous absorbents with different porosity levels have been evaluated using different mathematical models. These models use one or more parameters of materials for calculating acoustic characteristics. In all of these models, materials are considered as equivalent fluid and reactionary characteristics have not been taken into account.

Acoustic Sensitivity of the Saccule and Daf Music

  Introduction:   The daf is a large Persian frame drum used as a musical instrument in both popular and classical music which can induce a percussive sound at low frequencies (146–290 Hz) with peaks of up to 130 dBspl. The percussive sounds have a power distribution in the region of saccular sensitivity. In view of the saccular stimulation by sound in humans, we decided to use cervical vestibu...

On Agency and Intentionality of a Mundane Sociotechnical System

Assuming symmetry between human and nonhuman actors is a tenet of actor-network theory (ANT), where an actor can be anyone or anything that modifies a state of affairs. This symmetric perspective entails granting agency attributes to both human and nonhuman actors, an approach that has been often criticised. By means of a combination of research observation and participation, the use of electro...