
- 208 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Sound Engineer's Pocket Book
About this book
A handy source of essential data that every sound technician needs. Whether you are a professional sound engineer, responsible for broadcast or studio recording, or a student on a music technology or sound recording course, you will find this book authoritative and easily accessible.
Adapted from the comprehensive volume, the Audio Engineer's Reference Book (now in its second edition), this pocket-sized reference has been fully revised to cover the very latest technology connected with sound:
Noise measurement
Acoustics
Microphones
Loudspeakers
Mixing equipment
CDs, DAT, MIDI, MiniDisc
Telephony
ISDN
Digital interfacing
Ultrasonics
This second edition also features:
Substantial revisions of chapters on radio microphone frequencies, digital audio tape, and audio measurements.
An extended list of further reading.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface to second edition
- Introduction
- 1. Basic principles
- 2. The physics of sound waves
- 3. The hearing process
- 4. Acoustic noise and its measurement
- 5. Typical noise levels
- 6. Electromechanical analogies
- 7. Digital principles
- 8. Acoustics
- 9. Sound isolation
- 10. Microphones
- 11. Radio microphone frequencies
- 12. Loudspeakers
- 13. Stereo
- 14. Analogue sound mixing equipment
- 15. Signal processing
- 16. Analogue recording and reproduction
- 17. Analogue noise reduction
- 18. Compact disc
- 19. Digital audio tape
- 20. Audio measurements
- 21. Digital equipment
- 22. Midi
- 23. Studio air-conditioning
- 24. Distribution of audio signals
- 25. Radio propagation
- 26. Digital interfacing and synchronization
- 27. Ultrasonics
- 28. Radio studio facilities
- 29. Connectors
- 30. Public address data
- 31. Useful literature
- Index