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Sound engineer's pocket book
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Oxford : Focal Press, 1995
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9780240514062
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The Sound Engineer's pocket Book is a collection of important facts and information that cannot easily be carried in the heads of those needing to remember it. if you are a professional audio engineer, responsible for broadcast or studio recording or a student on a music technology or sound recording course you will find this an essential part of your work kit. This is a handy, compact source of essential data that every sound technician should have. It covers the very latest technology connected with sound: *noise measurement * acoustics * microphones * loudspeakers * mixing equipment * CDs, DAT, MIDI * telephony * ISDN * digital ineterfcaing * ultrasonics The author, Michael Talbot -Smith, has adapted and supplemented some of the most useful material from the comprehensive volume The Audio Engineer's Reference Book to fit into this more handy pocket book. He is now freelance audio consultant and technical writer, having for many years trained audio enginerrs at the BBC's training center near Evesham.


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He is a Freelance audio consultant and technical writer, formerly an audio engineer trainer at BBC Wood Norton.

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Table of Contents

Preface to second editionp. vii
Introductionp. viii
1 Basic principlesp. 1
2 The physics of sound wavesp. 12
3 The hearing processp. 19
4 Acoustic noise and its measurementp. 23
5 Typical noise levelsp. 28
6 Electromechanical analogiesp. 31
7 Digital principlesp. 37
8 Acousticsp. 41
9 Sound isolationp. 45
10 Microphonesp. 53
11 Radio microphone frequenciesp. 72
12 Loudspeakersp. 76
13 Stereop. 84
14 Analogue sound mixing equipmentp. 94
15 Signal processingp. 104
16 Analogue recording and reproductionp. 112
17 Analogue noise reductionp. 122
18 Compact discp. 131
19 Digital audio tapep. 141
20 Audio measurementsp. 154
21 Digital equipmentp. 159
22 Midip. 166
23 Studio air-conditioningp. 173
24 Distribution of audio signalsp. 177
25 Radio progagationp. 182
26 Digital interfacing and synchronizationp. 186
27 Ultrasonicsp. 191
28 Radio studio facilitiesp. 195
29 Connectorsp. 202
30 Public address datap. 205
31 Useful literaturep. 207
Indexp. 211
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