- Cover
- Halftitle
- Title
- Copyright
- 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
- 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 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
- Radio Microphones
- Recommended Further Reading
- 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
- 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
- Mixers with Integrated Control of Digital Workstations
- Introduction to Mixing Approaches
- Basic Operational Techniques
- Recommended Further Reading
- Chapter 6 Analog Recording
- Chapter 7 Noise Reduction
- 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
- Chapter 14 MIDI and Synthetic Audio 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
- SAOL and SASL in MPEG 4 Structured Audio
- MIDI over USB
- MIDI over IEEE 1394
- After MIDI?
- Sequencing Software
- Recommended Further Reading
- Websites
- Chapter 15 Synchronization
- 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
- 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
- Surround Sound Monitoring
- Surround Sound Recording Techniques
- Multichannel Panning Techniques
- Recommended Further Reading
- Chapter 18 Sound Quality
- Appendix Record Players
- Glossary of Terms
- General Further Reading
- Index
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