Sound engineering explained /

Sound engineering explained /

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Author / Creator:Talbot-Smith, Michael.
Edition:2nd ed.
Imprint:Oxford ; Boston : Focal Press, 2002.
Description:1 online resource (xvi, 198 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Subject:
Sound -- Recording and reproducing.
Acoustical engineering.
Acoustical engineering
Sound -- Recording and reproducing
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13592765
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Other title:Audio explained.
ISBN:9781429483285
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Digital file characteristics:text file
Notes:"First published as Audio Explained, 1997"--Title page verso
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-190) and index.
English.
Print version record.
Summary:This straightforward introduction to audio techniques guides the beginner through principles such as sound waves and basic acoustics and offers practical advice for using recording and reproduction equipment. Previously known as Audio Explained, this latest edition includes new material on: reverberation and its use in recording; principles of digital mixing; digital recording; including MiniDisc and MP3; digital artificial reverberation. Designed with the student in mind, information is organised according to level of difficulty. An understanding of the basic prin.
Other form:Print version: Talbot-Smith, Michael. Sound engineering explained. 2nd ed. Oxford ; Boston : Focal Press, 2002 0240516672 9780240516677
Standard no.:10.4324/9780080498171
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • About this book
  • Chapter 1. Sound waves
  • Part 1
  • What are sound waves?
  • Frequency
  • Wavelength
  • Amplitude
  • The velocity of sound waves
  • Velocity, frequency and wavelength
  • Sound waves and obstacles
  • The bending of sound waves (diffraction)
  • Units used in sound
  • Sound intensity and the effect of distance
  • Decibels
  • Part 2
  • The velocity of sound waves
  • Units
  • Decibels
  • Chapter 2. Hearing and the nature of sound
  • Part 1
  • The response of the ear
  • Loudness. The dB(A)
  • Musical pitch
  • Musical quality ('timbre')
  • The brain's perception of sound
  • Part 2
  • Pitch
  • Frequency ranges in music
  • 'False bass'
  • Chapter 3. Basic acoustics
  • Part 1
  • Sound isolation
  • Internal acoustics
  • Part 2
  • Sound isolation
  • Sound absorption
  • Chapter 4. Microphones
  • Part 1
  • Microphone transducers
  • Polar responses
  • 'Boundary' microphones
  • Personal microphones
  • Radio microphones ('wireless microphones')
  • Part 2
  • Electrostatic microphones
  • Production of the different polar responses
  • Sensitivities of microphones
  • Phantom power
  • Balanced wiring
  • Radio microphone data
  • Chapter 5. Using microphones
  • Objectives and problems in recording
  • Specific applications of microphones
  • Chapter 6. Monitoring
  • Part 1
  • Technical monitoring
  • Aural monitoring
  • Listening tests
  • Part 2
  • Reference voltages in audio signals
  • PPMs and VU meter readings
  • Helmholtz resonators
  • Loudspeaker power
  • Loudspeaker cables
  • Professional and domestic standards
  • Chapter 7. Stereo
  • Part 1
  • How stereo works
  • Methods of producing inter-channel differences
  • Terminology
  • Stereo listening
  • Stereo loudspeaker matching
  • Phase
  • Part 2
  • Microphone techniques for stereo
  • Headphones for stereo monitoring
  • Chapter 8. Sound mixers
  • Part 1
  • Terminology
  • The basic channel
  • Important features of any mixer
  • Output stage
  • Part 2
  • Inputs and connections
  • Equalization
  • Public Address and Foldback (PA and FB)
  • Talkback
  • Chapter 9. Controlling levels
  • Manual control of levels
  • Electronic level control
  • Noise gates
  • Chapter 10. Digital audio
  • Part 1
  • Historical
  • Basic principles
  • Other applications of digital audio
  • MIDI
  • Data compression
  • Additional terminology
  • Part 2
  • Compact discs
  • Error correction
  • Cleaning CDs
  • Cost of CD players
  • NICAM
  • A little more about error correction
  • Chapter 11. Recording
  • Part 1
  • Recording devices and systems
  • Analogue recording
  • The fundamentals of magnetic recording
  • Cassette quality
  • Noise reduction
  • Head and tape cleanliness
  • Digital recording
  • DAT
  • MiniDisc
  • Solid state recording
  • MP3
  • Part 2.

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