Metaphors often help us to describe what we find difficulty in describing.
Ask someone "what is it like" and they will enjoy telling you in their own words.
At the moment I would like better words to describe our "Sonic Soundscape". I am asked whether the sound produced is "like surround sound", or "like a Bose", or "like stereo", and if I am being technically accurate it is not like any of them. Unfortunately that does not give a very good reference for people coming into contact for the first time.
We are toying with a "musical hologram" or "sound hologram" or a "sonic hologram". again I have problems with accuracy as a hologram is not really there, but gives a representation. Our Sonic Soundscape is there in 3 dimensions, it has depth (but not surround sound!) and breadth.
The speakers give a more convincing representation of a band or an orchestra, rather than lots of people crammed into a tiny space - does "musical hologram" work? Do e-mail me if it does.
