spatialize

Verb

spatialize (third-person singular simple present spatializes, present participle spatializing, simple past and past participle spatialized)

1. (transitive) To localize sounds in physical space.
   • On things that change as they move, Mr. Lelong writes, “when the composer spatializes a sound object — whether it is a chord, a motif or a rhythm — the sound object that is set in motion evolves, or to put it another way, the motion stimulated by the compositional process transforms the object...2007 July 8, Bernard Holland, “Don’t Let Words Get in the Way”, in New York Times
2. (transitive) To place into a physical or geographical context.