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Sound Design by Dr Iain McGregor examines how sound functions across theatre, radio, film, and television, revealing the principles that underpin how audiences interpret and respond to what they hear. Bringing together technical, perceptual, and creative perspectives, the book presents sound design not simply as an artistic addition, but as a structured practice that shapes meaning, emotion, and understanding.

Beginning with core principles, the book introduces the fundamental building blocks of sound, including material, interaction, spectrum, dynamics, temporality, spatiality, and awareness. These are combined with higher-level concepts such as clarity, aesthetics, content, and emotion to explain how listeners construct meaning from sound based on prior experience and expectation. Throughout, sound is treated as a temporal and interpretative medium, where effectiveness depends not on accuracy, but on how it is perceived.

The discussion then moves across key media forms. Theatre is explored through its physical constraints and live performance traditions, where sound must function within shared acoustic spaces and interact directly with audiences. Radio is presented as a purely auditory medium, relying on imagination, shorthand, and narrative clarity to construct entire worlds through sound alone. Film introduces a more controlled environment, allowing for detailed construction through Foley, editing, and rerecording, where sound supports narrative, emotion, and spectacle.

Television is examined as a distinct and complex listening environment, shaped by domestic playback, distraction, and variable reproduction systems. Across genres including drama, documentary, news, sport, and advertising, sound design is shown to prioritise intelligibility, perceptual guidance, and familiarity over strict realism. Techniques are adapted to ensure clarity under constraint, often simplifying or exaggerating sound to match audience expectations formed through repeated media exposure.

Across all media, the book highlights the importance of convention, perception, and context. It demonstrates how sound can imply material, space, motion, and intention, often conveying more information than is visible. It also addresses contemporary practices such as accessibility, loudness regulation, sonic branding, and multi-platform distribution, showing how sound design continues to evolve alongside changes in technology and audience behaviour.

Rather than focusing on any single workflow or toolset, Sound Design provides a unifying framework for understanding how sound operates across media. It is intended for students, practitioners, and researchers seeking to develop both practical skills and a deeper conceptual understanding of how sound shapes experience.

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