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Handbook for Sound Engineers

  • 3rd Edition - May 19, 2005
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Glen Ballou
  • Language: English

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Handbook for Sound Engineers is the most comprehensive reference available for audio engineers. Written by many of the top professionals in the field, including Glen Ballou on interpretation systems, intercoms, assistive listening, and image projection; Ken Pohlmann on compact discs and DVDs; David Miles Huber on MIDI; Dr. Eugene Patronis on amplifier design and outdoor sound systems; Bill Whitlock on audio transformers and preamplifiers; Pat Brown on fundamentals and gain structures; Ray Rayburn on virtual systems and digital interfacing; and Dr. Wolfgang Ahnert on computer-aided sound system design and acoustics for concert halls.

Key features

* The most complete reference work on sound engineering on the market

* Contributors are the leading experts in their fields

* Explains MIDI, cinema sound, transformers, consoles, and more

Readership

Sound engineers, specifiers and technicians

Audio engineering students

Table of contents

Fundamentals of Audio and Acoustics; Psychoacoustics and Perception; Acoustical Noise Control; Acoustical Treatment for Indoor Areas; Acoustics for General Purpose Rooms; Acoustics for Auditoriums and Concert Halls; Acoustics for Stadiums and Outdoor Venues; Acoustics for Cinemas; Modeling and Auralization; Resistors, Capacitors, and Inductors; Audio Transformers and their Uses;Tubes, Discrete Solid-State Devices, and Integrated Circuits; Heat Sinks and Relays; Transmission Techniques--Wire; Microphones; Loudspeakers, Enclosures, and Headphones; Loudspeaker Cluster Design; Power Supplies; Amplifier Design; Preamplifiers and Mixers; Atenuators; Filters and Equalizers; Delay; Mixing Consoles; VI Meters and Devices; Disk Recording and Playback; Magnetic Analog and Digital Recording and Playback; MIDI; Compact Discs, DVD Audio and Video, SACD and other Digital Media; DSP Technology; Grounding; Gain Structures; Sound System Design; Computer-Aided Sound System Design; Designing for Speech Intelligibility; In-Ear Monitoring; Virtual Systems; Digital Audio Interfacing and Networking; Complete Interpretation Systems; Assistive Listening Systems; Intercoms; Image Projection; Dolby Surround and Dolby Digital; Audio Measurements; Fundamentals and Units of Measurements; Loudspeakers; Loudspeaker Cluster Design; Preamplifiers and Mixers; Analog Consoles and Systems; Digital Consoles; Compact Discs, DVD Audio and Video, SACD and other Digital Media; MIDI; Sound System Design; Designing a Sound System with a Computer; Gain Structures; Grounding; Virtual Systems; Digital Audio Interfacing and Networking; Designing for Speech Intelligibility; Modeling and Auralization; Dolby Surround Sound; Audio Measurements; Digital Media; Fiber Optic Transmission; Intelligibility

Product details

  • Edition: 3
  • Latest edition
  • Published: May 19, 2005
  • Language: English

About the author

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Glen Ballou

Glen Ballou has been a Syn-Aud-Con representative, has served as governor and convention chairman of the Audio Engineering Society (AES), and has been a member of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE). He is a regular contributor to S&VC magazine on a variety of subjects, and is the contributing editor of The Contractor’s Toolbox.
Affiliations and expertise
Glen Ballou has been a Syn-Aud-Con representative, has served as governor and convention chairman of the Audio Engineering Society (AES), and has been a member of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE). He is a regular contributor to S&VC magazine on a variety of subjects, and is the contributing editor ofThe Contractor’s Toolbox.