Documentation

A collection of documentation about data sonification, including published resources and other helpful references.

The Sonification Handbook

Thomas Hermann, Andy Hunt, John G. Neuhoff (Editors), 2011

Decibels Community Getting Started Guide

(+ GitHub version)

Open Sonifications Manifesto

Jordan Wirfs-Brock, Jamie Perera, and Duncan Geere, 2024

International Conference on Auditory Display (ICAD) Proceedings

Searchable database of past ICAD conference proceedings, providing access to several years of published sonification research.

Decibels Community Sonification Resources

Google Doc via the Decibels Community

Design Guidelines for Data Sonification

Nick Evershed (The Guardian), 2024

Hidden Music – The Composer’s Guide To Sonification

Milton Mermikides, 2025

Data Sonification Archive

Curated collection of sonification projects, from Sara Lenzi, Paolo Ciuccarelli, and Houjiang Liu

Sonification: a tool for research, outreach and inclusion in space sciences

United Nations Special Report 2023, Office for Outer Space Affairs

Sonication: Bringing Data to your Audiences’ Ears

Jordan Wirfs-Brock, 2022 (National Press Foundation Data & Accountability Journalism Training)