Sonification as an interdisciplinary working process

Abstract

This paper describes the progress of an interdisciplinary project that aims to develop a general sonification software environment. The approach taken is interdisciplinary; a number of target sciences form an integral part of the work process. Within the first year, we have made good progress in some areas, while others have turned out to be more difficult. We describe the project background, the work done so far in the target sciences, the general software framework, and what we have learned about the interdisciplinary work process.