Description

This best-selling book introduces you to the principles of sound, perception, audio technology and systems. Whilst offering vital reading for audio students and trainee engineers, this guide is ideal for anyone concerned with audio, sound and recording, beginners and professionals alike.

Comprehensive and easy to understand, this fifth edition is bang up to date, with expanded information on digital audio principles, systems and applications, as well as an extensively updated chapter on MIDI and synthetic audio control.

 

Fact file directory
Preface; What is Sound?
Auditory perception
Microphones; Loudspeakers
Mixers; Analogue recording
Noise reduction; Digital audio principles
Digital recording and editing systems
Digital audio applications
Power amplifiers
Lines and interconnection
Outboard equipment
MIDI and synthetic audio control
Time code and synchronisation
Two-channel stereo Surround Sound
Glossary of terms
Appendices.