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... Field recordings of the pilot soundscape were also made along the route of the soundwalk, for later laboratory reproduction of the pilot soundscape. Three different recording methods were used. The first ... See full document

... The Positive Soundscape Project has synthesized the methods and results from several different disciplines to provide a coherent characterisation of listener response to an urban ...main ... See full document

... Recordings were made of the soundscape in four urban locations in Manchester city centre (in the UK). A soundfield microphone was used to make first-order ambisonic recordings. Two of the locations were at ... See full document

... of soundscape perception has concluded that speech communication is a significant contributor to the overall perceived quality of urban ...the Positive Soundscape Project, a large ... See full document

... the soundscape concept to provide a more sophisticated way of managing our acoustic ...assessing soundscape quality is ...a soundscape evaluation tool. It is based on the work of the Positive ... See full document

... interactive soundscape simulator, enabling users to manipulate a series of parameters to investigate if there is group correlation between factors such as source selection, positioning and ...the ... See full document

... the soundscape dimensions found by Kang in the field, but in a different city, some years later, using a spatial audio system rather than in-situ ...the soundscape in four urban locations in Manchester city ... See full document

... The Positive Soundscapes Project has identified a means whereby the concept of soundscapes might effectively be incorporated into ...of soundscape assessment, evaluation and simulation created within ... See full document

... The soundwalks in this study involved seven observers with normal hearing abilities (4 female and 3 male, average ming the soundwalks, they all went through a training process, including being familiar fast recording; ... See full document

... Intriguingly, following evaluations of vehicle sound quality and plotting their ratings within the 2- Dimensional (2-D) space, it was found that vehicles of the same brand clustered together. This made it possible for ... See full document

... Schafer [24] describes soundscapes as natural, self- organizing processes usually resultants of an immense quantity of sound sources, correlated or not, but that conveys unique audible experiences that are at the same ... See full document

... There has been much recent interest in developing an organising account of the multitude of quo- tidian sounds experienced in everyday life. In part this is driven by the need to standardize reporting in the relatively ... See full document

... team positive mood over time, theory and research ...on positive mood, positive moods can be induced and spread throughout teams via contagion ...trait positive affect, mood contagion research ... See full document

... of soundscape impacts when they are delineating a project’s potential affected environment (National Park Service, ...of soundscape impacts into projects requiring life cycle assessments, a technique ... See full document

... was positive at this point about the weather. Other factors of the soundscape in Manchester were strongly disliked too barking dogs for example, really set her on edge as for Muslims, dog lick is unclean ... See full document

... of soundscape are directly based on an individual’s cognition and the parameters that influence the individual’s ...of soundscape and behavioral outcomes (reactions and responses of user to acoustic ... See full document

... shifting soundscape within an ephemeral, fleeting context” (McIntyre, ...a soundscape composition seeking to draw listeners into the location and thereby to confront them directly with its state of ... See full document

... many soundscape studies of coastal marine environments, nighttime summer soundscapes were observed to be 20 dB louder than daytime soundscapes, and the greatest differences in recordings between habitats are ... See full document

... Most participants would specifically attempt to pick work spaces that met their soundscape needs. This could mean they found home too noisy, and worked in a library as that was perceived to be quiet (Brian), or ... See full document

... a Soundscape approach to address environmental sound issues, we are dealing with three different elements that we need to fully understand: sound, place and ... See full document