Editing Soundscape (section)

== In music ==

In music, soundscape compositions are often a form of [[electronic music]] or [[electroacoustic music]]. Composers who use soundscapes include real-time [[granular synthesis]] pioneer [[Barry Truax]], [[Hildegard Westerkamp]], and [[Luc Ferrari]], whose ''Presque rien, numéro 1'' (1970) is an early soundscape composition.<ref name="Paynter"/><ref>{{Cite book |last=Roads |first=Curtis |year=2001 |page=[https://archive.org/details/microsound00road_209/page/n325 312] |title=Microsound |url=https://archive.org/details/microsound00road_209 |url-access=limited |location=Cambridge |publisher=MIT Press |isbn=978-0-262-18215-7}}</ref> Soundscape composer [[Petri Kuljuntausta]] has created soundscape compositions from the sounds of sky dome and [[Aurora Borealis]] and deep sea underwater recordings, and a work entitled "[[Charm of Sound]]" to be performed at the extreme environment of [[Saturn]]'s moon [[Titan (moon)|Titan]]. The work landed on the ground of Titan in 2005 after traveling inside the spacecraft ''[[Huygens (spacecraft)|Huygens]]'' over seven years and four billion kilometers through space.

[[Irv Teibel]]'s ''[[Environments (album series)|Environments series]]'' (1969–79) consisted of 30-minute, uninterrupted environmental soundscapes and synthesized or processed versions of natural sound.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Teibel|first1=Irv|title=Mother Nature Goes Digital|url=http://www.atariarchives.org/deli/mother_nature.php|website=Atari Archives|access-date=18 November 2015}}</ref>

Music soundscapes can also be generated by automated software methods, such as the experimental TAPESTREA application, a framework for sound design and soundscape composition, and others.<ref>[http://www.eblong.com/zarf/boodler/ Boodler ambient soundscape generator written in Python]</ref><ref>[http://www.essl.at/works/flow/download.html fLOW ambient soundscape generator (Apple Macintosh)]</ref>

The soundscape is often the subject of mimicry in timbre-centered music such as [[Tuvan throat singing]]. The process of [[Timbral Listening]] is used to interpret the timbre of the soundscape. This timbre is mimicked and reproduced using the voice or rich harmonic producing instruments.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Levin |first=Theodore |title=Where Rivers and Mountains Sing, Sound, Music and Nomadism in Tuva and Beyond |location=Bloomington |publisher=Indiana University Press |year=2006}}</ref>