spatialize

To localize sounds in physical space.

Verb

  1. To localize sounds in physical space.
    • On things that change as they move, Mr. Lelong writes, “when the composer spatializes a sound object — whether it is a chord, a motif or a rhythm — the sound object that is set in motion evolves, or to put it another...
  2. To place into a physical or geographical context.

Origin

From spatial + -ize.

Forms

spatializes spatializing spatialized

Related

spatialization

Derived

despatialize nonspatialized respatialize spatializable spatializer