The Audio Dictionary
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The Audio Dictionary

Third Edition, Revised and Expanded

  1. 516 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF
Available until 23 Dec |Learn more

The Audio Dictionary

Third Edition, Revised and Expanded

About this book

The Audio Dictionary is a comprehensive resource, including historical, obsolete, and obscure as well as contemporary terms relating to diverse aspects of audio such as film and TV sound, recording, Hi-Fi, and acoustics. The Third Edition includes four hundred new entries, such as AAC (advanced audio coding), lip synch, metadata, MP3, and satellite radio. Every term from previous editions has been reconsidered and often rewritten. Guest entries are by Dennis Bohn, cofounder and head of research and development at Rane Corporation, and film sound expert Larry Blake, whose credits include Erin Brockovich and Ocean's Eleven. The appendixes--tutorials that gather a lifetime's worth of experience in acoustics--include both new and greatly expanded articles.

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J. 
R. 
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Real-Ear 
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of 
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E. 
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of 
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of 
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of 
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Vol. 
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Appendix 
1
437
Appendix 
2
Some 
Frequently 
Used 
Symbols 
and 
Units
Table 
1
438
PreïŹxes
PreïŹx
Multiple
Symbol
deka
ten 
times
d, 
or 
da
hecto
hundred 
times
h
kilo
thousand 
times
k
mega
million 
times
M
giga
billion 
times
G
tera
trillion 
times
T
deci
tenth 
part
d
centi
hundredth 
part
c
milli
thousandth 
part
m
micro
millionth 
part
”
nano
billionth 
part
n
pico
trillionth 
part
p
Table 
2
Appendix 
2
439
Symbols 
and 
Names 
of 
SI 
Units
Name
Quantity
Symbol
Unit
kilogram
mass
kg
meter
length, 
distance
m
second
time
s
ampere
electric 
current
A
coulombs/s
coulomb
electric 
charge
C
farad
capacitance
F
henry
inductance
H
hertz
frequency
Hz
cycles/s
joule
work, 
energy
J
newton-meters
newton
force
N
pascal
pressure
Pa
newtons/m
2
siemens
electric 
conductance
S
tesla
magnetic 
ïŹ‚ux 
density
T
volt
electric 
potential
V
watt
power
W
joules/s
weber
magnetic 
ïŹ‚ux
Wb
ohm
electric 
resistance
℩
volts/ampere

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Preface to the Third Edition
  3. Introduction
  4. The Audio Dictionary
  5. Appendix 1. The Art and Science of Good Acoustics
  6. Appendix 2. Some Frequently Used Symbols and Units
  7. Appendix 3. How to Subdue a Hi-Fi Salesperson
  8. Appendix 4. Good Acoustics in Small Roomsand Auditoria
  9. Appendix 5. Some Notes on Audio Measurements
  10. Appendix 6. The Balanced Line
  11. Appendix 7. Some Notes on Digital Audio
  12. Appendix 8. Musical Scales and the Tuning of Musical Instruments
  13. Appendix 9. Some Notes on the History of High Fidelity
  14. Appendix 10. Some Notes on Decimal and Binary Arithmetic as Used in ComputerTerminology
  15. Appendix 11. Some Notes on Impedance and Frequency Response
  16. Bibliography