18 min

Auditory Icons Twenty Thousand Hertz

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We live in a designed world, and alert tones are no exception. Every beep and ping that your phone or laptop makes probably went through multiple rounds of revisions and approvals. So what separates a good device sound from a bad one? This story comes from the Wireframe podcast, and features sound designer Connor Moore and psychoacoustic expert Susan Rogers.

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Episode transcript, music, and credits can be found here: https://www.20k.org/episodes/auditoryicons
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We live in a designed world, and alert tones are no exception. Every beep and ping that your phone or laptop makes probably went through multiple rounds of revisions and approvals. So what separates a good device sound from a bad one? This story comes from the Wireframe podcast, and features sound designer Connor Moore and psychoacoustic expert Susan Rogers.

Follow Dallas on Instagram, TikTok and LinkedIn.
Watch our video shorts on YouTube, and join the discussion on Reddit and Facebook.
Become a monthly contributor at 20k.org/donate.
If you know what this week's mystery sound is, tell us at mystery.20k.org.
Check out Wireframe wherever you get your podcasts
Episode transcript, music, and credits can be found here: https://www.20k.org/episodes/auditoryicons
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

18 min

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