Audio Engineering Explained

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Book description

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.

Table of contents

1. Cover
2. Audio Engineering Explained
3. Full Title
4. Copyright
5. Contents
6. Preface
7. PART I • Basics
   1. Preface
   2. CHAPTER 1: Fundamentals of Audio and Acoustics
   3. Preface
   4. CHAPTER 2: Introduction to Hearing
   1. Preface
   2. CHAPTER 3: Basic Sound Transmission and Operational Forces on Microphones
   3. Preface
   4. CHAPTER 4: Electrical Considerations and Electronic Interface
   1. Preface
   2. CHAPTER 5: Mixers
   3. Preface
   4. CHAPTER 6: Transmission Techniques: Wire and Cable
   5. Preface
   6. CHAPTER 7: Grounding and Interfacing
   1. Preface
   2. CHAPTER 8: Power Amplifier Architecture and Negative Feedback
   3. Preface
   4. CHAPTER 9: The General Principles of Power Amplifi ers
   5. Preface
   6. CHAPTER 10: Class-G Power Amplifiers
   1. Preface
   2. CHAPTER 11: What is a Loudspeaker?
   3. Preface
   4. CHAPTER 12: Diversity of Design
   5. Preface
   6. CHAPTER 13: Loudspeaker Cabinets
   7. Preface
   8. CHAPTER 14: Crossovers
   1. Preface
   2. CHAPTER 15: DSP Technology
   3. Preface
   4. CHAPTER 16: MIDI
   1. Preface
   2. CHAPTER 17: Large Room Acoustics
   3. Preface
   4. CHAPTER 18: Sound System Equalization
   5. Preface
   6. CHAPTER 19: Refl ections, Images, and the Precedence Effect
   1. Preface
   2. CHAPTER 20: Sound Isolation
   3. Preface
   4. CHAPTER 21: The Studio Environment
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   Product information

   • Title: Audio Engineering Explained
   • Author(s): Douglas Self
   • Release date: November 2012
   • Publisher(s): Routledge
   • ISBN: 9781136121258

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