ABSTRACT

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

chapter 1|26 pages

What is Sound?

chapter 2|18 pages

Auditory Perception

chapter 3|34 pages

Microphones

chapter 4|36 pages

Loudspeakers

chapter 5|58 pages

Mixers

chapter 6|20 pages

Analog Recording

chapter 7|10 pages

Noise Reduction

chapter 8|60 pages

Digital Audio Principles

chapter 10|38 pages

Digital Audio Formats and Interchange

chapter 11|12 pages

Power Amplifi ers

chapter 12|28 pages

Lines and Interconnection

chapter 13|20 pages

Plug-Ins and Outboard Equipment

chapter 14|64 pages

MIDI and Remote Control

chapter 15|18 pages

Synchronization

chapter 16|38 pages

Two-Channel Stereo

chapter 17|54 pages

Surround Sound

chapter 18|28 pages

Sound Quality