Acoustics Sound category: 434 books
The Unwanted Sound of Everything We Want
A Book About Noise
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2010
Noise is usually defined as unwanted sound: loud music from a neighbor, the honk of a taxicab, the roar of a supersonic jet. But as Garret Keizer illustrates in this probing examination, noise is as much about what we want as about what we seek to avoid. It has been a byproduct of human striving since...
Discord:The Story of Noise
The Story of Noise
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2012
Noise is a widely recognized problem and health concern in the modern world. Given the importance of managing noise levels and developing suitable 'soundscapes' in contexts such as industry, schools, or public spaces, this is an area of active research for acousticians. But noise, in the sense of...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
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...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2012
This book offers a quick guide and complete reference to the fundamentals of test and measurement for all aspects of sound engineering.
Including electrical and acoustic testing, measurement systems, levels, methods, protecting the ear, units of measurement and standards, this guide comes with and...
The Rhythmic Event
Art, Media, and the Sonic
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2014
An investigation into the affective modes of perception, temporality, and experience enabled by experimental new media sonic art.
The sonic has come to occupy center stage in the arts and humanities. In the age of computational media, sound and its subcultures can offer more dynamic ways of...
Digital Audio Editing
Correcting and Enhancing Audio in Pro Tools, Logic Pro, Cubase, and Studio One
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Whether you’re comping a vocal track, restoring an old recording, working with dialogue or sound effects for film, or imposing your own vision with mash-ups or remixes, audio editing is a key skill to successful sound production. Digital Audio Editing gives you the techniques, from the simplest...
Desktop Audio Technology
Digital audio and MIDI principles
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2003
In this thorough introduction to the technology behind audio workstations, Dr Francis Rumsey explains not only how digital audio works but also how to make best use of its capabilities. A combined revision of his two successful titles, MIDI Systems and Control and The Audio Workstation Handbook, this...
by Boaz Rafaely
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2015
This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the theory and practice of spherical microphone arrays. It is written for graduate students, researchers and engineers who work with spherical microphone arrays in a wide range of applications.
The first two chapters provide the reader...
The Sound of Silence
Lowest-Noise RIAA Phono-Amps: Designer's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2011
There is a wide field of tasks left that can only be satisfyingly attacked with the help of old-fashioned analogue technology, and one of the most important are amplifiers for analogue signals. The strongly expanded content of the second edition of "the sound of silence" leads to affordable...
Audio Production and Critical Listening
Technical Ear Training
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2016
Audio Production and Critical Listening: Technical Ear Training, Second Edition develops your critical and expert listening skills, enabling you to listen to audio like an award-winning engineer. Featuring an accessible writing style, this new edition includes information on objective measurements...
by Boaz Rafaely
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2018
This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the theory and practice of spherical microphone arrays, and was written for graduate students, researchers and engineers who work with spherical microphone arrays in a wide range of applications. The new edition includes additions and modifications,...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
An authoritative reference on all aspects of audio engineering and technology including basic mathematics and formulae, acoustics and psychoacoustics, microphones, loudspeakers and studio installations.
Compiled by an international team of experts, the second edition was updated to keep abreast...
Practical Recording Techniques
The Step-by-Step Approach to Professional Audio Recording
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2016
Practical Recording Techniques covers all aspects of recording, perfect for beginning and intermediate recording engineers, producers, musicians, and audio enthusiasts. Filled with tips and shortcuts, this hands-on, practical guide gives advice on equipping a home studio (whether low-budget or advanced)...
The Audio Expert
Everything You Need to Know About Audio
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2017
The Audio Expert is a comprehensive reference book covering all aspects of audio, with both practical and theoretical explanations. It is written for people who want to understand audio at the deepest, most technical level, but without needing an engineering degree. The Audio Expert explains how...