Since it has been seen that a new level of subcategories must be created, an
arborescent representation has been chosen.
This table is not complete yet...
| closing
/ opening |
closing |
closing program : goodbye
! |
| Polyphonic / monophonic |
polyphonic |
| Dynamic profile |
 & |
| Melodic profile |
- generally down |
| Length |
Between 2 and 4 sec |
|
|
|
closing window |
| Polyphonic / monophonic |
monophonic |
| Dynamic profile |
|
| Melodic profile |
& |
| Length |
Less than 0,5 sec |
|
|
opening |
opening program : welcome
! |
| Polyphonic / monophonic |
polyphonic |
| Dynamic profile |
|
| Melodic profile |
&  -
generally up |
| Length |
Between 2 and 3 sec or > 4 sec. |
| jingle = long = musical = +/- complex |
|
|
|
opening window |
| Polyphonic / monophonic |
monophonic |
| Dynamic profile |
|
| Melodic profile |
&
- generally up |
| Length |
Less than 0,5 sec |
|
| feedbacks |
-3 (very negative feedback) |
-3 (very negative feedback) |
|
|
-2 (negative feedback to an explicit question) |
-2 prototype |
| Polyphonic / monophonic |
both |
| Dynamic profile |
|
| Melodic profile |
,& |
| Length |
0.5 to 1 s |
|
|
|
simple feedback "no" (eg in games) |
low spectrum ~ (mel  )
& (dyn  )
Length ~0.25 sec, stable mel profile and low spectrum |
|
|
error in current operation |
|
|
|
impossible operation |
|
|
-1 (negative feedback to an implicit question
) |
-1 prototype |
| Polyphonic / monophonic |
both |
| Dynamic profile |
or |
| Melodic profile |
|
| Length |
0 to 0.5 s |
| Short, but may contain a little inner
complexity |
|
|
|
no mail in mailbox |
|
|
0 (notice) |
0 prototype |
| Polyphonic / monophonic |
both |
| Dynamic profile |
|
| Melodic profile |
or
|
| Length |
0 to 0.5 s |
| very short samples - short, high-spectrum
/ pitched samples - Short, but may contain a little inner complexity |
|
|
+1 (positive feedback to an implicit question
) |
+1 prototype |
| Polyphonic / monophonic |
monophonic |
| Dynamic profile |
|
| Melodic profile |
|
| Length |
0.5 to 1 s. |
| short, high-spectrum / pitched samples
- Short, but may contain a little inner complexity |
|
|
|
mail in |
| Polyphonic / monophonic |
monophonic |
| Dynamic profile |
|
| Melodic profile |
|
| Length |
0.5 to 1 s. |
| Clear downhill profiles, although stable
or uphill slight alarms are not bad |
|
|
|
aknowledgement of usual action |
|
|
|
alert : end of a little problem |
|
|
+2 (positive feedback to an explicit question
) |
+2 prototype |
| Polyphonic / monophonic |
polyphonic |
| Dynamic profile |
or
|
| Melodic profile |
|
| Length |
0.5 to 2 s. |
|
|
|
simple feedback "yes" (eg in games) |
| Polyphonic / monophonic |
monophonic |
| Dynamic profile |
|
| Melodic profile |
--- |
| Length |
less than 1sec. |
| High spectrum, simplicity and lightness |
|
|
|
mail out / message sent |
[0.5 sec., mel
profile ] and [sample seeming to go away]
An image of something being thrown in the air - clearly uphill sample |
|
+3 (something unusually good) |
+3 prototype |
| Polyphonic / monophonic |
n/a |
| Dynamic profile |
n/a |
| Melodic profile |
|
| Length |
centered around 1.5 sec or very long
(6 sec +) |
|
|
schedule alarm |
schedule alarm |
repetitive sounds - sounding as real life alarms |
| menu sonification |
1. open menu |
these three categories merging
into |
| Polyphonic / monophonic |
monophonic |
| Dynamic profile |
or
 |
| Melodic profile |
|
| Length |
very short : between 0 and 0.5 sec. |
|
|
2. onMouseOver folder |
|
3. onMouseRelease folder |
|
4. onMouseOver item |
|
|
|
5. onMouseRelease item - accepted |
|
| Polyphonic / monophonic |
monophonic |
| Dynamic profile |
|
| Melodic profile |
or |
| Length |
very short : between 0 and 0.5 sec. |
|
|
6. onMouseRelease item - refused |
|
|
|
7. close menu |
|
|
| radio links |
incoming radio links |
for the moment, these two categories
merge |
hi tech sounding synth like samples
- length 1->2 sec |
|
outgoing radio links |