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'Sound Unseen' explores acousmatic sound - a sound that one hears without seeing its cause. Pierre Schaeffer, the inventor of musique concrète, in his Traité des objets musicaux, first popularized the term 'acousmatic'. After an introduction, the first chapter provides a thorough exegesis of Schaeffer's theory of acousmatics. It also presents three objections to Schaeffer's theories (myth, phantasmagoria, and ontology) around which the book is structured.

Vibrations --- Music --- Philosophy of science --- Aesthetics --- Affective and dynamic functions --- Musique concrète --- Musique --- Philosophy and aesthetics. --- History and criticism --- Acoustics and physics. --- Philosophie et esthétique --- Histoire et critique --- Acoustique et physique --- Musique concrète --- Philosophie et esthétique