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by Michael Talbot-Smith
Sound Engineering Explained, 2nd Edition
Front Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
About this book
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
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’
3 Basic acoustics
Part 1
Sound isolation
Internal acoustics
Part 2
Sound isolation
Sound absorption
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
5 Using microphones
Objectives and problems in recording
Specific applications of microphones
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
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
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
9 Controlling levels
Manual control of levels
Electronic level control
Noise gates
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
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 – Editing
Why edit?
Practicalities
Editing tape
Digital tape editing
MiniDisc editing
12 Public address
Part 1
Outdoor PA
Indoor PA
Part 2
Howl-rounds
100-volt systems
13 Music and sound effects
Music
Sound effects
14 Safety
Electrical safety
Noise and hearing
‘Mechanical’ safety
Fire
Copyright
Miscellaneous data
Further reading
Answers
Index
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Sound Engineering
Explained
Second Edition
Michael Talbot-Smith
BSc, CPhys, MlnstP
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