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Author(s): Michael Talbot-Smith
ISBN(s): 9780240516677, 0240516672
Edition: 2
File Details: PDF, 2.17 MB
Year: 2001
Language: english
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Author: Michael Talbot-Smith

This straightforward introduction to audio techniques guides the beginner through principles such as sound waves and basic acoustics and offers practical advice for using recording and reproduction equipment. Previously known as Audio Explained, this latest edition includes new material on: reverberation and its use in recording; principles of digital mixing; digital recording; including MiniDisc and MP3; digital artificial reverberation. Designed with the student in mind, information is organised according to level of difficulty. An understanding of the basic principles is essential to anyone wishing to make successful recordings and so chapters are split into two parts: the first introducing the basic theories in a non-technical way; the second dealing with the subject in more depth. Key facts are clearly identified in separate boxes and further information for the more advanced reader is indicated in shaded boxes. In addition, questions are provided (with answers supplied at the end of the book) as a teaching and learning aid. Sound Engineering Explained is ideal for both serious audio amateurs any student studying audio for the first time, in particular those preparing for Part One exams of the City & Guilds Sound Engineering (1820) course.

Table of Contents:

  • 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
  • Copyright
  • Miscellaneous data
  • Further reading

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