soundscape

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Several lines vanish beneath on-screen chaos, the majority of the soundscape is crammed into the front channels, and the soundfield is too spotty to provide an immersive experience.

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  1. noun An atmosphere or environment created by or with sound: the raucous soundscape of a city street; a play with a haunting soundscape.

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  • Strains of the Amtrak grade-crossing motif, “Look, listen, live” drift from the catenary wires into the soundscape, and my delicate young visitors, chastened and introspective, are quiet for the rest of the walk to the dorm Variation 6 We are, all of us, machines, insofar as we treat the score with subservient deference. —  MFSF,January2005
  • The band dabbles in some electronica in its soundscape-like ambient indie rock, and singer Douglas Tejera noted that the band isn't really an acoustic band, but they love doing the shows. —  PE Angels Baseball
  • The result is a majestic and ultimately powerful soundscape - a Grand Tour through a boundless environment where musical architecture leads, probes, questions, and perhaps stumbles into harmony with the Divine Mind. —  San Francisco Sentinel
  • The album's beat-driven soundscape was inspired by "Pizza Pizza Daddio," a 60's-era documentary about inner-city school kids. —  Playback:stl Syndication
  • Several lines vanish beneath on-screen chaos, the majority of the soundscape is crammed into the front channels, and the soundfield is too spotty to provide an immersive experience. —  High-Def Digest: All High-Def Disc News
 

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