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SOUNDSCAPE [2 records]

Record 1 2001-09-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Noise Pollution
  • Acoustics (Physics)
DEF

acoustical environment: [A concept which] involves all the inside and outside influences in connection with a specific sound source or receptor.

DEF

Range of sounds.

CONT

Soundscape is the term we use to describe the acoustic environment. ... We have derived it from landscape but its properties are different.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pollution par le bruit
  • Acoustique (Physique)
CONT

Pour décrire l'environnement acoustique, nous emploierons l'expression «paysage sonore» (à défaut d'un néologisme comme l'anglais soundscape, formé sur landscape : paysage). Il s'agit bien d'une sorte de paysage, mais dont les propriétés sont différentes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Contaminación acústica
  • Acústica (Física)
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Record 2 1993-02-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Acoustics (Physics)
  • Television Arts
  • Radio Arts

French

Domaine(s)
  • Acoustique (Physique)
  • Télévision (Arts du spectacle)
  • Radio (Arts du spectacle)
DEF

Fond sonore choisi pour créer une atmosphère qui renforce l'impact de la nouvelle.

CONT

L'ambiance sonore n'est pas un simple son ambiant; c'est un effet recherché par le reporter.

Spanish

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