sonify

Verb

sonify (third-person singular simple present sonifies, present participle sonifying, simple past and past participle sonified)

1. To map data to sound in order to allow listeners to interpret it in an auditory manner.
   • Devices that “sonify” data have expanded beyond the well-known Geiger counter, which reveals radioactivity by clicking more rapidly as it gets closer to nuclear material. These devices appear in an array of settings, evaluating the structural integrity of large bridges, guiding the manipulation of...2002 April 24, “Stop, Look, and Listen: The Growing Importance of Sound in Daily Life”, in AScribe Newswire
   • In a sonified interface, representations that are typically visual, such as graphs and icons, are turned into sound, that is, sonified, so that they can be interpreted in the auditory rather than the visual domain.2008, Philip Kortum, HCI Beyond the GUI, →ISBN
2. To process by subjecting to sound waves.
   • If the sample does not disperse during the shaking process, sonify the mixture in an ultrasonic bath for 30 min.1987, Environmental Science Associates, EIS: Homeporting: Battleship Battlegroup/Cruiser Destroyer Group
   • In fact, large-scale industrial applications require efficient transmission of energy and capacity in the acoustic generators to sonify large volumes.1998, M.J.W. Povey, T.J. Mason, Ultrasound in Food Processing, →ISBN, page 128
3. To enhance by adding music or sound effects.
   • A select few of the smaller, highly focused, Web-oriented businesses like Thomas “Dolby” Robertson's Beatnik—online as Headspace since 1993, incorporated as Beatnik in 1996—came through, thanks to a coherent business model, more than adequate venture-capital funding, and the lofty goal of...2005, William Duckworth, Nora Farrell, Virtual Music: How the Web Got Wired for Sound, →ISBN, page 73
   • An intensive design effort has gone into the sculpting of buttons, they have become sonified, texturized, sculpted, and various kinds are developed with distinct functionality and signification: push buttons, metal buttons, bevel buttons, round buttons, help buttons, and radio buttons.2008, Matthew Fuller, Software Studies: A Lexicon, →ISBN, page 31
4. To compose music or poetry in order to represent in sound.
   • It is this idea that the composer wishes to sonify.2009, Michele Kaschub, Janice Smith, Minds on Music: Composition for Creative and Critical Thinking, →ISBN
   • Sound poetry reunifies sound and subject by realigning sensorial coordinates toward a sonifying poetics, echoing Bachelard's own sonorous epistemology captured in his statement: "Man is a 'sound chamber.'"2010, Norie Neumark, Ross Gibson, Theo van Leeuwen, Voice: Vocal Aesthetics in Digital Arts and Media, →ISBN, page 152