Book description
The Audio Expert is a comprehensive reference book covering all aspects of audio, with both practical and theoretical explanations
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Introduction
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Part 1 Audio Defined
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Chapter 1: Audio Basics
- Volume and Decibels
- Standard Signal Levels
- Signal Levels and Metering
- Calculating Decibels
- Frequencies
- Graphing Audio
- Standard Octave and Third-Octave Bands
- Filters
- Phase Shift and Time Delay
- Comb Filtering
- Fourier and the Fast Fourier Transform
- Sine Waves, Square Waves, and Pink Noise—Oh My!
- Resonance
- Audio Terminology
- The Null Test
- Summary
- Chapter 2: Audio Fidelity, Measurements, and Myths
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Chapter 3: Hearing, Perception, and Artifact Audibility
- Fletcher-Munson and the Masking Effect
- Distortion and Noise
- Jitter
- Audibility Testing
- Dither and Truncation Distortion
- Hearing Below the Noise Floor
- Frequency Response Changes
- Ultrasonics
- Ringing
- Aliasing
- Phase Shift
- Absolute Polarity
- Ears Are Not Linear!
- Blind Testing
- Psychoacoustic Effects
- Placebo Effect and Expectation Bias
- When Subjectivists Are (Almost) Correct
- Summary
- Chapter 4: Gozintas and Gozoutas
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Chapter 1: Audio Basics
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Part 2 Analog and Digital Recording, Processing, and Methods
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Chapter 5: Mixers, Buses, Routing, and Summing
- Solo, Mute, and Channel Routing
- Buses and Routing
- Console Automation
- Other Console Features
- Digital Audio Workstation Software and Mixing
- The Pan Law
- Connecting a Digital Audio Workstation to a Mixer
- Inputs and Outputs
- Setting Record Levels
- Monitoring with Effects
- The Windows Mixer
- Related Digital Audio Workstation Advice
- 5.1 Surround Sound Basics
- Summing
- Gain Staging
- Microphone Preamplifiers
- Preamp Input Impedance
- Preamp Noise
- Clean and Flat Is Where It’s At
- Summary
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Chapter 6: Recording Devices and Methods
- Recording Hardware
- Analog Tape Recording
- Tape Bias
- Tape Pre-Emphasis and De-Emphasis
- Sel-Sync
- Tape Noise Reduction
- Tape Pre-Distortion
- The Failings of Analog Tape
- Digital Recording
- In the Box versus Out of the Box
- Record Levels
- The Myth of Low Levels
- Recording Methods
- Specific Advice on Digital Audio Workstations
- Copy Protection
- Microphone Types and Methods
- Micing Techniques
- The 3-to-1 Rule
- Microphone Placement
- DI = Direct Injection
- Additional Recording Considerations
- Advanced Recording Techniques
- Vari-Speed
- Summary
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Chapter 7: Mixing Devices and Methods
- Volume Automation
- Editing
- Basic Music Mixing Strategies
- Be Organized
- Monitor Volume
- Reference Mixes
- Panning
- Getting the Bass Right
- Avoid Too Much Reverb
- Verify Your Mixes
- Thin Your Tracks
- Distance and Depth
- Bus versus Insert
- Pre and Post, Mute and Solo
- Room Tone
- Perception Is Fleeting
- Be Creative!
- In the Box versus Out of the Box—Yes, Again
- Using Digital Audio Workstation Software
- Slip-Editing and Cross-Fading
- Track Lanes
- Normalizing
- Editing and Comping
- Rendering the Mix
- Who’s on First?
- Time Alignment
- Editing Music
- Editing Narration
- Re-Amping
- Backward Audio
- Mastering
- Save Your Butt
- Summary
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Chapter 8: Digital Audio Basics
- Sampling Theory
- Quantization
- Sample Rate and Bit Depth
- The Reconstruction Filter
- Oversampling
- Bit Depth
- Pulse-Code Modulation versus Direct Stream Digital
- Digital Notation
- Sample Rate and Bit Depth Conversion
- Dither and Jitter
- External Clocks
- Digital Converter Internals
- Bit-Rate
- Digital Signal Processing
- Latency
- Floating Point Math
- Early Digital
- Digital Audio Quality
- Digital Timing
- Summary
- Chapter 9: Dynamics Processors
- Chapter 10: Frequency Processors
- Chapter 11: Time Domain Processors
- Chapter 12: Pitch and Time Manipulation Processors
- Chapter 13: Other Audio Processors
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Chapter 14: Synthesizers
- Analog versus Digital Synthesizers
- Additive versus Subtractive Synthesis
- Voltage Control
- Sound Generators
- Modulators
- Filters
- MIDI Keyboards
- Beyond Presets
- Alternate Controllers
- Samplers
- Software Synthesizers and Samplers
- Sample Libraries
- Creating Sample Libraries
- Key and Velocity Switching
- Sampler Bank Architecture
- FM Synthesis
- Physical Modeling
- Granular Synthesis
- Prerendering
- Algorithmic Composition
- Notation Software
- Summary
- Chapter 15: MIDI Basics
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Chapter 5: Mixers, Buses, Routing, and Summing
- Part 3 Video Production
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Part 4 Transducers
- Chapter 17: Microphones and Pickups
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Chapter 18: Loudspeakers and Earphones
- Loudspeaker Basics
- Loudspeaker Driver Types
- Loudspeaker Enclosure Types
- Subwoofers
- Enclosure Refinements
- Crossovers
- Active versus Passive Speakers
- Room Acoustics Considerations
- Loudspeaker Impedance
- Loudspeaker Isolation
- Loudspeaker Polarity
- Earphones
- Loudspeaker Specs
- Accurate or Pleasing?
- House Curves
- Summary
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Part 5 Room Acoustics, Treatment, and Monitoring
- Chapter 19: Acoustic Basics
- Chapter 20: Room Shapes, Modes, and Isolation
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Chapter 21: Acoustic Treatment
- Acoustic Treatment Overview
- Buy or Build?
- Flutter Echo
- Absorb or Diffuse?
- Rigid Fiberglass
- Absorption Specs
- Material Thickness and Density
- Acoustic Fabric
- Wave Velocity, Pressure, and Air Gaps
- Bass Traps
- DIY Bass Traps
- Free Bass Traps!
- Diffusers
- Treating Listening Rooms and Home Theaters
- Bass in the Place
- Front Wall Absorption
- Treating Live Recording Rooms
- Hard Floor, Soft Ceiling
- Variable Acoustics
- Treating Odd Shaped Rooms
- Treating Large Venues
- Room Equalization
- Summary
- Chapter 22: Room Measuring
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Part 6 Electronics and Computers
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Chapter 23: Basic Electronics in 60 Minutes
- Ground
- Volts, Amps, Watts, and Ohms
- Electronic Components
- Capacitor Upgrades
- Inductors
- Power Ratings
- Solenoids
- Transformers
- Acoustic Impedance
- Switches
- Diodes
- Parasitic Elements
- Active Solid-State Devices
- Amplifier Damping
- Negative Feedback
- Power Supplies
- Passive Filters
- Amplifiers
- Slew Rate
- Understanding Op-Amps
- Active Filters
- Digital Logic
- Wiring
- Practical Electronics
- Splitters and Pads
- Phone Patch
- Schematics and PC Boards
- Summary
- Chapter 24: Test Procedures
- Chapter 25: Computers
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Chapter 23: Basic Electronics in 60 Minutes
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Part 7 Musical Instruments
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Chapter 26: Musical Instruments
- Instrument Types
- Sympathetic Resonance
- The Harmonic Series Is Out of Tune
- Equal Temperament
- “Wood Box” Instruments
- Bowed Instruments
- The Bow
- The Stradivarius
- Plucked Instruments
- Amplification
- Solid Body Electric Guitars
- Blown Instruments
- Flutes
- Single Reeds
- Double Reeds
- Brass Instruments
- Percussion Instruments
- The Piano
- Mozart, Beethoven, and Archie Bell
- Summary
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Chapter 26: Musical Instruments
- Index
Product information
- Title: The Audio Expert, 2nd Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: December 2017
- Publisher(s): Routledge
- ISBN: 9781351840064
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