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To map data to sound in order to allow listeners to interpret it in an auditory manner.
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Devices that “sonify” data have expanded beyond the well-known Geiger counter, which reveals radioactivity by clicking more rapidly as it gets closer to nuclear material. These devices appear in an array of settings, evaluating the structural integrity of large bridges, guiding the manipulation of surgical instruments during brain surgery, and more. Neuhoff, Kramer, and Wayand point out that sonification devices appear everywhere from anesthesiology stations to factory production-controls, stock-market trading floors, and data displays for the visually impaired. And, they say, the use of auditory displays will continue to escalate.
In a sonified interface, representations that are typically visual, such as graphs and icons, are turned into sound, that is, sonified, so that they can be interpreted in the auditory rather than the visual domain.
The idea developed with the “sonic level” was to sonify the angle relative to the horizontal axis using a virtual orchestra (an accordion, a guitar and drums).
A system to sonify network traffic thus allows us to monitor the network in a peripheral mode.
To process by subjecting to sound waves.
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If the sample does not disperse during the shaking process, sonify the mixture in an ultrasonic bath for 30 min.
In fact, large-scale industrial applications require efficient transmission of energy and capacity in the acoustic generators to sonify large volumes.
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Between washings, the sample is sonified, centrifuged and decanted.
To find the unique cells, I sonify the cells -- that is to subject them to sonic waves, which makes up a homgenous paste of them.
To enhance by adding music or sound effects.
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A select few of the smaller, highly focused, Web-oriented businesses like Thomas “Dolby” Robertson's Beatnik—online as Headspace since 1993, incorporated as Beatnik in 1996—came through, thanks to a coherent business model, more than adequate venture-capital funding, and the lofty goal of “sonifying” the Web.
An intensive design effort has gone into the sculpting of buttons, they have become sonified, texturized, sculpted, and various kinds are developed with distinct functionality and signification: push buttons, metal buttons, bevel buttons, round buttons, help buttons, and radio buttons.
The second group was interested in sonifying the (short) movie scripts they were currently working on for their studies - these sounded about as they had expected.
To compose music or poetry in order to represent in sound.
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It is this idea that the composer wishes to sonify.
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Sound poetry reunifies sound and subject by realigning sensorial coordinates toward a sonifying poetics, echoing Bachelard's own sonorous epistemology captured in his statement: "Man is a 'sound chamber.'"
This is similar to acquiring performance skills but seems to be of a much more personal nature when the young composer is trying to sonify his or her own feelings and opinions.