Volume
Revision for “Volume” created on March 27, 2015 @ 22:48:04
| Title | Volume |
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| Content | The intensity of a sound. Volume can be used to direct attention or to create mood.
<h5>Examples:</h5>
<ul>
<li>Phone alarms might be turned up louder in order to wake a sleeping person.</li>
<li>Alerts</li>
</ul>
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<h5>Other qualities of perceiving sound:</h5>
<ul>
<li>Pitch</li>
<li>Phase</li>
<li>Direction</li>
<li>Distance</li>
<li>Timbre</li>
</ul>
<h5>Orientational:</h5>
Sound is often used to orient us that something new is happening or to remind us that something is/will happen. The volume of these alerts are often user controlled, but one can imagine how layered sounds could vary in loudness.
<h5>Performative:</h5>
The loudness of a sound attracts our attention, especially if we're used to a mostly visual experience.
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