auralize

verb — 2 senses

auralize

verb

Etymology From aural + -ize, on the model of visualize.

1

To model acoustic phenomena in a virtual environment; to engage in auralization.

2

To form a mental representation of what something sounds like.

  • For example I ask musicians to auralize the sound of cells dividing as a sonic metaphor in the score to Primordial Lift. It could be helpful though to actually be able to hear the real sound as an example. We live in a sonorous environment.2010, Pauline Oliveros, Sounding the Margins: Collected Writings 1992-2009, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 23:
  • Play the first note of a scale, and while holding it, auralize the second note; then play the second note, and while holding it, hear in your head the third note; then play that note, and continue throughout the scale.2016, Evangeline Benedetti, Cello, Bow and You: Putting it All Together, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 201:
Related terms
auralization
Coordinate terms
list in visualize

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