The sound event, like the sound object, is defined by the human ear as the smallest self-contained particle of a soundscape. It differs from the sound object in that the latter is an abstract acoustical object for study, while the sound event is a symbolic, semantic or structural object for study, and is therefore a nonabstractable point of reference, related to a whole of greater magnitude than itself. (Source: R. Murray Schafer (1977). The Tuning of the World. New York: Knopf.)
See also:
Classification of Sound, Sound Object, Soundscape StudiesBibliography:
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