electroacoustic

American  

[ih-lek-troh-uh-koo-stik] / ɪˌlɛk troʊ əˈku stɪk /

Also electroacoustical

adjective

1. of or relating to electroacoustics.

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electroacoustic British  

/ ɪˌlɛktrəʊəˈkuːstɪk /

adjective

1. another word for acoustoelectronic

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Other Word Forms

• electroacoustically adverb

Etymology

Origin of electroacoustic

First recorded in 1930–35; electro- + acoustic

Example Sentences

She flexed her compositional muscles on “Living Torch,” an electroacoustic work created for the Acousmonium, a multichannel setup developed in the 1970s at Groupe de Recherche Musicales, or GRM, in Paris.

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Stockhausen, an impresario of electroacoustic experimentation and far-out notions like a string quartet playing inside a helicopter, imagined the audiences for his “Kugelauditorium” sitting on a sound-permeable level within the sphere, so that speakers could be placed under, as well as around and over, them.

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The title of her recent dissertation — which focuses on caves as sites of music-making and ritual — was “Black Space,” two words that also evoke the darkly mesmerizing sound she makes with Eunoia Society, her quartet of all electroacoustic musicians.

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But rarely too traditional: On Tuesday, the vocalist Judith Berkson — who sings adaptations of Schumann as well as her own electroacoustic pieces — will bring her visionary practice to the Soapbox.

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“I Think I’m Good” unpacked the experience of living with bipolar disorder through scant electroacoustic backing tracks and heavily modulated vocals.

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