ABSTRACT
It can be argued that sound perception is event-based, focused on chunks of sound, that is, on what has been called sound objects. It can also be argued that sound objects are closely linked with sensations of body motion and should be understood as sound-motion objects. Thinking sound-motion objects may give us representations of perceptually salient musical features as multimodal shape images, providing us with solid and tangible images of the otherwise ephemeral sensations. Drawing on the rich tradition of sound object theory from Pierre Schaeffer and coworkers, the present scheme for thinking sound-motion objects also includes findings from recent research suggesting that sensations of body motion are integral to the perception and cognition of sound.
