The Sound Horizon: multilayered composition for headphones and loudspeakers

Alam Hernández / Blarewolf

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Music is bound to space; music happens in a space. There cannot be music without space, still, the vast majority of music throughout history has been mainly focused on "what happens when" rather than "what happens when and where.” Today, with the advent of Virtual Reality, Dolby Atmos, binaural recording, and surround systems musicians and listeners are developing a more refined sensitivity and creativity toward sound localisation and spatialisation. Space is gradually attaining greater significance in the way we perceive and conceptualise music. Moreover, the introduction of headphones into the audio market substantially affected the way we perceive music today. The present work describes the creative process and the results of two electronic music pieces for speakers and headphones which were composed for exploring the perceptual thresholds in which musical materials are perceived as connected or disconnected from each other. I hope this work ignites curiosity in the reader, inspires creation, and motivates reflection on the meaning of space, connection, and isolation. DISCLAIMER: The webpage takes some seconds to fully load.

type	research exposition
keywords	sound, horizon, blare, wolf, spatial, music, Spatial Audio, spatialization, headphones, speakers, 8D audio, VR, virtual reality, space, multimedia, composition, acousmatics, acousmatic music
date	13/11/2024
published	18/06/2025
last modified	18/06/2025
status	published
copyright	Alam Hernández
license	All rights reserved
language	English
url	https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/3174997/3174998
doi	https://doi.org/10.22501/koncon.3174997
published in	KC Research Portal
portal issue	1. Master Research Projects
external link	https://www.blarewolfofficial.com/

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