ABSTRACT

All the design and development inspiration and direction an audio engineer needs in one blockbuster book! Douglas Self has selected the very best sound engineering design material from the Focal and Newnes portfolio and complied it into this volume. The result is a book covering the gamut of sound engineering.
The material has been selected for its timelessness as well as for its relevance to contemporary sound engineering issues.

part |58 pages

PART I Basics

chapter |21 pages

Fundamentals of Audio and Acoustics

Handbook for Sound Engineers by Pat Brown

chapter |30 pages

Introduction to Hearing

Acoustics and Psychoacoustics by David Howard and Jamie Angus

part |39 pages

PART II Microphones

part |162 pages

PART III Preamplifiers, Mixers, and Interconnects

chapter |71 pages

CHAPTER 6 Transmission Techniques: Wire and Cable

Handbook for Sound Engineers by Glen Ballou

chapter |44 pages

Grounding and Interfacing

Handbook for Sound Engineers

part |65 pages

PART IV Power Amplifiers

chapter |10 pages

CHAPTER 9 The General Principles of Power Amplifiers

Audio Power Amplifier Design Handbook by Douglas Self

chapter |19 pages

Chapter 10 Class-G Power amplifiers

Audio Power Amplifier Design Handbook by Douglas Self

part |96 pages

PART V Loudspeakers

chapter |15 pages

What is a Loudspeaker?

Loudspeakers by Philip Newell and Keith Holland

chapter |30 pages

CHAPTER 12 Diversity of Design

Loudspeakers by Philip Newell and Keith Holland

chapter |20 pages

Chapter 13 Loudspeaker Cabinets

Loudspeakers by Philip Newell and Keith Holland

chapter |20 pages

Crossovers

Loudspeakers by Philip Newell and Keith Holland

part |68 pages

PART VI Digital Audio

chapter |23 pages

DSP Technology

Handbook for Sound Engineers by Dr. Craig Richardson

chapter Chapter 16|38 pages

MIDI

Handbook for Sound Engineers by David Huber

part |76 pages

Acoustics and Sound Reinforcement

chapter |27 pages

CHAPTER 18 Sound System Equalization

Sound System Engineering by Don and Carolyn Davis

chapter |16 pages

Reflections, Images, and the Precedence Effect

Sound Reproduction by Floyd Toole

part |55 pages

Recording Studios

chapter |35 pages

CHAPTER 20 Sound Isolation

Recording Studio Design by Philip Newell

chapter |13 pages

Chapter 21 The Studio Environment

Recording Studio Design by Philip Newell