Abstract
This paper presents the findings of a soundscape preference rating study designed to assess the suitability of the self-assessment manikin (SAM) for measuring an individual’s subjective response to a soundscape. The use of semantic differential (SD) pairs for this purpose is a well established method, but one that can be quite time consuming and not immediately intuitive to the non-expert. The SAM is a questionnaire tool designed for the measurement of emotional response to a given stimulus. Whilst the SAM has seen some limited use in a soundscape context, it has yet to be explicitly compared to the established SD pairs methodology. This study makes use of B-format soundscape recordings, made at a range of locations including rural, suburban, and urban environments, presented to test participants over a 16-speaker surround-sound listening setup. Each recording was rated using the SAM and set of SD pairs chosen following a survey of previous studies. Results show the SAM to be a suitable method for the evaluation of soundscapes that is more intuitive and less timeconsuming than SD pairs.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages | 455-462 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Publication status | Published - 31 Aug 2016 |
| Event | Sound and Music Computing 2016 (SMC2016) - Hamburg, Germany Duration: 31 Aug 2016 → 3 Sep 2016 http://quintetnet.hfmt-hamburg.de/SMC2016/ |
Conference
| Conference | Sound and Music Computing 2016 (SMC2016) |
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| Country/Territory | Germany |
| City | Hamburg |
| Period | 31/08/16 → 3/09/16 |
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Keywords
- audio
- acoustics
- environmental noise
- auralisation