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98 gap statements mined from Sound Studies and Aurality papers in our 4.5M-paper local library, which holds 1,367 papers on the topic — drawn mostly from each paper's own stated research gap, future-work, challenge and limitation notes, and its abstract. The ones listed below are a selection still marked open; each names the study that raised it, with a DOI link where the paper has one.

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  • The lack of understanding of what makes some music more immersive and engaging than others. The need for a new lens to understand advanced music production.

    Constructing Coherence Fields in Music:A Structural Intelligence and V4 Sefirot Analysis Using Michael Jackson as a Case Study · 2026 · DOI

  • The gap is related to the lack of empirical data regarding the actual use of AI-based music generation platforms.

    Artificial Intelligence in Music Creation: A SWOT Analysis of Suno · 2026 · DOI

  • The paper suggests that future research could explore the pedagogical implications of fragmented listening. The paper implies that future research could investigate the ways in which composers can use fragmented listening as a compositional material.

    Fragmented Listening and the Compositional Response in the Age of Scrolling: from the Public’s New Mental Wiring to a Dramaturgy of Discontinuity · 2026 · DOI

  • The paper identifies a gap in the understanding of how composers can respond to fragmented listening. The paper suggests that there is a need for a deeper understanding of the impact of digital media on music composition.

    Fragmented Listening and the Compositional Response in the Age of Scrolling: from the Public’s New Mental Wiring to a Dramaturgy of Discontinuity · 2026 · DOI

  • The paper highlights the need for a critical reflection on the redefinition of the creative act. The study identifies challenges for the music industry and the way music is created and consumed.

    Beyond the Author. The Ethics of Musical Creation in the Algorithmic Era · 2026 · DOI

  • The paper suggests that future research should focus on the ethics of musical creation in the algorithmic era. The study highlights the need for further analysis of the impact of artificial intelligence on music production.

    Beyond the Author. The Ethics of Musical Creation in the Algorithmic Era · 2026 · DOI

  • The lack of awareness about the impact of air on people's lives. The need for immersive experiences that explore the connection between human breathing, air, and memories in an urban environment.

    A Community Moving with Air in the immersive Sound Installation HUELLAS DE AIRE (Traces of Air) · 2026 · DOI

  • The performance requires a specific technical setup, including a sound system, microphone stand, lighting, table/stool, and optional camera feed. The performance is limited to a solo performer.

    iː ɡoʊ weɪ · 2026 · DOI

  • The lack of exploration of the boundaries of vocal coherence and identity in performance settings. The limited use of real-time neural voice conversion models in live performance.

    iː ɡoʊ weɪ · 2026 · DOI

  • The need for interactive and immersive spatial works that integrate sound diffusion, audience presence, and spatial configuration. The lack of focus on architectural-scale interactive systems that co-design sound, visual elements, and spatial experience.

    Fragmented Voices, Activated Space: An Interactive Multimedia Installation Based on "A-Ronne" · 2026 · DOI

  • The study suggests further research on the concept of Ontological Scaffolding. The paper highlights the need for further exploration of the role of human creative agency in the age of algorithmic perfection.

    The Ontological Status of AI-Generated Music: From Stylistic Mimicry to Collaborative Agency · 2026 · DOI

  • The paper highlights the need for a framework to evaluate the artistic status of AI-generated music.

    The Ontological Status of AI-Generated Music: From Stylistic Mimicry to Collaborative Agency · 2026 · DOI

  • Educational institutions should incorporate AI, digital music production, computational creativity, and AI ethics into music and creative arts curricula. Governments, universities, and private organizations should fund the development of indigenous AI tools tailored to African music contexts.

    Toward an AI-Mediated Musical Creativity Framework for Resource-Constrained Contexts: Generative Artificial Intelligence, Creative Labour, and Digital Music Futures in Nigeria · 2026 · DOI

  • Future research could explore the development of new music technologies and platforms. It could investigate the impact of technological advancements on the music industry and musicians. The study's findings could be applied to other fields, such as education and social media.

    DIGITAL CULTURE AND MUSICAL TECHNOLOGIES: QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGICAL ERA · 2026 · DOI

  • It highlights the need to analyze the impact of technological advancements on music creation and consumption.

    DIGITAL CULTURE AND MUSICAL TECHNOLOGIES: QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGICAL ERA · 2026 · DOI

  • Future research should investigate the role of friction in the creative process. It should explore the development of music technology that introduces resistance and friction, rather than removing it. The paper suggests that future research should examine the impact of music technology on the empowerment of users.

    Frictionless musical creation? · 2026 · DOI

  • It highlights the need for a more nuanced understanding of the role of friction in the creative process.

    Frictionless musical creation? · 2026 · DOI

  • Regarding compositional inquiries and themes, it is essential to recognize that the transposition of mathematical constructs, such as curves or surfaces, into music could be further explored, especially 27 Germano Celant, op.

    From Lemniscate to M. Pistoletto's Third Paradise Curve: Music as a Synthesis of the Relationship between Art and Geometry · 2026 · DOI

  • The lack of research on the role of sound in constructing a sense of place in film. The dominance of visual symbols and spatial representation in research on cinematic sense of place.

    LISTENING TO THE HOMELAND: SOUND NARRATIVE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF SENSE OF PLACE IN DEAR YOU · 2026 · DOI

  • The paper identifies a gap in Cavarero's framework, which inadequately addresses racialized embodiment. It recognizes the limitations of Eidsheim's critique, which does not fully justify its claims against Cavarero. The gap lies in the refusal to address the 'what-ness' in a way that acknowledges the intersectionality of experience.

    Voice, Race, and the Problem with Vocal Ontology of Uniqueness: Toward a Theory of Voice as Intra-Action · 2026 · DOI

  • It highlights the need to avoid an overly dichotomous view of knowledge and setting up an overly dichotomous picture of 'those who can speak' and 'those who are silenced'. The authors discuss the importance of exploring new methods and practices to give voice to intentionally silenced people.

    Giving Intentionally Silenced People(s) a Voice · 2026 · DOI

  • The Race of Sound investigates the essentializing of vocal timbre of African American music through different genres over about 150 years, addressing both the underresearched role of timbre and its use as a vehicle for essentialist constructions of race and gender.

    The Race of Sound: Listening, Timbre, and Vocality in African American Music · 2022 · DOI

  • The development of immersive sound installations that explore the connection between human breathing, air, and memories in other environments.

    A Community Moving with Air in the immersive Sound Installation HUELLAS DE AIRE (Traces of Air) · 2026 · DOI

  • By embracing unknown instruments as opaque, semi-in a suspension of disbelief and the autonomous actants, acknowledgement of quasi-otherness, performers enter a space where control and surrender coexist. Somewhat paradoxically, by stripping away insight and expertise, we observe our instruments automatically stepping forward as actants of their own during performance.

    Experimental sense-making, musicking and no control: Performing black box music instruments · 2026 · DOI

  • Exploring how cross-contextualization as a method can bring together different sources and materials, - Investigating how artistic practices can contribute to the work of producing new…

    Giving Intentionally Silenced People(s) a Voice · 2026 · DOI

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Open questions raised by papers listed on this page include: (1) The lack of understanding of what makes some music more immersive and engaging than others (“Constructing Coherence Fields in Music:A Structural Intelligence and V4 Sefirot…”, 2026); (2) The gap is related to the lack of empirical data regarding the actual use of AI-based music generation platforms (“Artificial Intelligence in Music Creation: A SWOT Analysis of Suno”, 2026); (3) The paper suggests that future research could explore the pedagogical implications of fragmented listening (“Fragmented Listening and the Compositional Response in the Age of Scrolling:…”, 2026); (4) The paper suggests that future research should focus on the ethics of musical creation in the algorithmic era (“Beyond the Author. The Ethics of Musical Creation in the Algorithmic Era”, 2026); (5) The lack of awareness about the impact of air on people's lives (“A Community Moving with Air in the immersive Sound Installation HUELLAS DE AIRE…”, 2026). 98 gap statements have been mined from Sound Studies and Aurality papers in our 4.5M-paper local library, which holds 1,367 papers on the topic; the gaps come from whichever of those papers state one. They are mostly the research gaps the authors state and the papers' abstracts, plus future-work, limitations and challenges passages. The ones listed below are a selection still marked open; each names the study that raised it, with a DOI link where the paper has one, so you can read the original claim in context.

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