The art of designing sound has been at the core of contemporary composition innovation for at least 100 years. This takes many forms, such as highly inventive ‘Foley’ sound-effects, designing all kinds of new instruments, sound installations, the synthesis of sound by computer, and the transformation of recorded sound ‘samples’ by both analogue and digital means, as well as real-time improvisations on laptops.

Already established in the fields of electronic and electroacoustic compo…