Report on Audi’s attempts to lend sounds to electric cars. The “car does not broadcast prerecorded engine noises but instead generates sound in realtime to the millisecond, calculated based on data including the electric motor’s rotational speed, vehicle speed, loads, and other parameters.” This is a significant iteration on the sound-addition idea, the concept of noises being determined by context. It has parallels to the evolution of sound in video games, from Hollywood-style scores of fixed sounds, to collections of sounds triggered by specific mid-play action, to algorithms that influence the very sounds themselves. (Via designboom.com)
