Broadcast sound technology /

Talbot-Smith, Michael.

Broadcast sound technology / Michael Talbot-Smith - Second edition. - Oxford, United Kingdom : Focal Press, c1995 - xiii, 202 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Basic sound -- 2. The behaviour of sound waves -- 3. Aspects of hearing -- 4. Harming and charming the ear -- 5. Room acoustics -- 6. Reverberation -- 7. Microphones -- 8. Phantom power -- 9. Loudspeakers -- 10. Basic stereo -- 11. Monitoring the audio signal -- 12. Processing the audio signal -- 13. Sockets, symbols and amplifiers -- 14. Sound desks (mixing consoles) -- 15. Digital audio -- 16. Further digits -- 17. Analogue tape recording and reproduction -- 18. Digital recording and reproduction -- 19. Noise reduction (analogue) -- 20. Public address -- 21. More uses of digits.

The aim of this book is to provide an understanding of modern audio technology, covering studio acoustics, microphones, loudspeakers, mixing consoles, recording and replay (analogue and digital) and the principles of stereo.

9780240514369


SOUND -- RECORDING AND REPRODUCING

TK 7881.4 .T35 1995