worldizing

Noun

worldizing (countable and uncountable, plural worldizings)

1. Sounds adjusted such that they sound as if heard in an acoustic location other than where originally created, generally by playing recordings in the new location and recording the playback at that location or by adjusting the audio depth of field.
   • In the previous examples, worldizing was used for dialogue or music, but it has also been used very effectively for sound effects.2012, David Lewis Yewdall, The Practical Art of Motion Picture Sound
   • Murch also explained to Jarrett, in the same discussion, how worldizing was central to American Graffiti’s sense of place: “The idea was that every teenage car in this town was turned to the same station, and, therefore, anywhere you went in the town, you heard this sound echoing off the buildings...2023, “The Sonic Triumph of American Graffiti”, in JSTOR Daily
2. Adjusting the amount of emphasis on theory during practical research.
   • 'Worldizing' was an attempt to describe a way of doing things that allowed theory to come in as part of the mix. It also neatly side-stepped the problem we faced in some of our projects, where the concepts of discipline and field were not relevant.2023, Kate Pahl, Richard Steadman-Jones, Lalitha Vasudevan, Collaborative Research in Theory and Practice: The Poetics of Letting Go