Audio Production and Critical Listening, 2nd Edition

Illustrations

Figures

1.1 Monaural or single-channel listening

1.2 Ideal two-channel stereo loudspeaker and listener placement

1.3 Stereo listening with crosstalk

1.4 Ideal five-channel surround listening placement according to the ITU-R BS.775-1 recommendations (ITU-R, 1994), with the listener equidistant from all five loudspeakers

2.1 The frequency content of a mix at one moment in time

2.2 The time domain (top) and frequency domain (bottom) representations of a 1 kHz sine tone

2.3 The signal path showing the transmission of an audio signal as an electrical signal to a loudspeaker where it is converted to an acoustic signal, modified by a listening room, and finally received by the ear and processed by the auditory system

2.4 A perfect impulse ...