Translations:Sonification in practice/113/en

The designer should consider what type of narrative he/she is inducing in the listener. That means for example using low and scary sounds to represent parameters of global warming (A Song of Our Warming Planet or The sound of climate change from the Amazon to the Arctic).  As we want to stimulate the user to pay attention to our system output it can also be useful to have a survey about what type of music the listener appreciates. A generally and initially acceptable musical sound, with the least possible chance of being rejected by the majority of recipients, would be the one that would obey the fundamental principles of symmetry and proportion, as these have shaped our common perception of “music" in today's world.