Download or read book Sonic Experience written by Jean-François Augoyard and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2006-04-05 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Never before has the everyday soundtrack of urban space been so cacophonous. Since the 1970s, sound researchers have attempted to classify noise, music, and everyday sounds using concepts such as Pierre Shafer's sound object and R. Murray Schafer's soundscape. Recently, the most significant team of soundscape researchers in the world has been concerned with the effects of sounds on listeners.