Book description
Providing vital reading for audio students and trainee engineers, this guide is ideal for anyone who wants a solid grounding in both theory and industry practices in audio, sound and recording. There are many books on the market covering "how to work it" when it comes to audio equipment—but Sound and Recording isn’t one of them. Instead, you’ll gain an understanding of "how it works" with this approachable guide to audio systems.
New to this edition:
- Digital audio section revised substantially to include the latest developments in audio networking (e.g. RAVENNA, AES X-192, AVB), high-resolution surround and parametric audio coding, workstation processing technology, mastering for iTunes, and loudness normalization
- Coverage of immersive audio systems such as Dolby Atmos, Auro 3D and WFS along with recent developments in audio object coding
- Sections on digital radio microphones, loudspeaker sensitivity issues and development, and highly directional loudspeaker systems
- Substantial new sections on recent developments in audio network device discovery and control and the Open Control Architecture
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Fact File Directory
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Preface to the Third Edition
- Preface to the Fourth Edition
- Preface to the Fifth Edition
- Preface to the Sixth Edition
- Preface to the Seventh Edition
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Chapter 1 What is Sound?
- A Vibrating Source
- Characteristics of a Sound Wave
- How Sound Travels in Air
- Simple and Complex Sounds
- Frequency Spectra of Repetitive Sounds
- Frequency Spectra of Non-Repetitive Sounds
- Phase
- Sound in Electrical Form
- Displaying the Characteristics of a Sound Wave
- The Decibel
- Sound Power and Sound Pressure
- Free and Reverberant Fields
- Standing Waves
- Recommended Further Reading
- Chapter 2 Auditory Perception
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Chapter 3 Microphones
- The Moving-Coil or Dynamic Microphone
- The Ribbon Microphone
- The Capacitor or Condenser Microphone
- Directional Responses and Polar Diagrams
- Specialized Microphone Types
- Switchable Polar Patterns
- Stereo Microphones
- Microphone Performance
- Microphone Powering Options
- Connectors
- Radio Microphones
- Recommended Further Reading
- Useful Websites
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Chapter 4 Loudspeakers
- The Moving-Coil Loudspeaker
- Other Loudspeaker Types
- Mounting and Loading Drive Units
- Complete Loudspeaker Systems
- Active Loudspeakers
- Subwoofers
- Loudspeaker Performance
- Setting Up Loudspeakers
- Thiele-Small Parameters and Enclosure Volume Calculations
- Digital Signal Processing in Loudspeakers
- Recommended Further Reading
- Useful Websites
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Chapter 5 Mixers
- A Simple Six-Channel Analog Mixer
- A Multitrack Mixer
- Channel Grouping
- An Overview of Typical Mixer Facilities
- EQ Explained
- Stereo Line Input Modules
- Dedicated Monitor Mixer
- Technical Specifications
- Metering Systems
- Automation
- Digital Mixers
- Mixer and Workstation Integration
- Introduction to Mixing Approaches
- Basic Operational Techniques
- Recommended Further Reading
- Chapter 6 Analog Recording
- Chapter 7 Noise Reduction
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Chapter 8 Digital Audio Principles
- Digital and Analog Recording Contrasted
- Binary for Beginners
- The Digital Audio Signal Chain
- Analog-to-Digital Conversion
- D/A Conversion
- Direct Stream Digital (DSD)
- Changing the Resolution of an Audio Signal (Requantization)
- Introduction to Digital Signal Processing
- Pitch Shifting and Time Stretching
- Audio Data Reduction
- Recommended Further Reading
- Chapter 9 Digital Recording, Editing and Mastering Systems
- Chapter 10 Digital Audio Formats and Interchange
- Chapter 11 Power Amplifiers
- Chapter 12 Lines and Interconnection
- Chapter 13 Plug-Ins and Outboard Equipment
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Chapter 14 MIDI and Remote Control
- Background
- What is MIDI?
- MIDI and Digital Audio Contrasted
- Basic Principles
- Interfacing a Computer to a MIDI System
- How MIDI Control Works
- MIDI Control of Sound Generators
- General MIDI
- Scalable Polyphonic MIDI (SPMIDI)
- RMID and XMF Files
- MIDI over USB
- MIDI over IEEE 1394
- MIDI over Ethernet
- Open Sound Control
- Sequencing Software
- Audio Remote Control Using Computer Networks
- Recommended Further Reading
- Useful Websites
- Chapter 15 Synchronization
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Chapter 16 Two-Channel Stereo
- Principles of Loudspeaker Stereo
- Principles of Binaural or Headphone Stereo
- Loudspeaker Stereo Over Headphones and Vice Versa
- Two-Channel Signal Formats
- Two-Channel Microphone Techniques
- Binaural Recording and ‘Dummy Head’ Techniques
- Spot Microphones and Two-Channel Panning Laws
- Recommended Further Reading
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Chapter 17 Surround Sound
- Three-Channel (3-0) Stereo
- Four-Channel Surround (3-1 Stereo)
- 5.1-Channel Surround (3-2 Stereo)
- Other Multichannel Configurations
- Surround Sound Systems
- Matrixed Surround Sound Systems
- Digital Surround Sound Formats
- Ambisonics
- Further Developments
- Surround Sound Monitoring
- Surround Sound Recording Techniques
- Multichannel Panning Techniques
- Recommended Further Reading
- Useful Websites
- Chapter 18 Sound Quality
- Appendix Record Players
- Glossary of Terms
- General Further Reading
- Index
Product information
- Title: Sound and Recording, 7th Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: February 2014
- Publisher(s): Routledge
- ISBN: 9781135015770
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