Sound and Recording: An Introduction

by Francis Rumsey (Author), TimMcCormick (Author), TimMcCormick (Author), Francis Rumsey (Author)

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  Paperback
  1994

  $3.41

  This book is designed as an easy-to-read reference for those at an early stage in their careers. For those students or trainee engineers entering music recording, broadcasting or associated industries this book should provide a useful introduction to the principles of sound, perception, audio technology and systems. Key facts are presented in self-contained fact files . The book covers such subjects as basic acoustics, auditory perception, mixing-console layout and functions, analogue and digital recording, noise reduction, MIDI, timecode, synchronization, microphone principles and loudspeaker systems, and as such it may also be of interest to those professionals already established in audio engineering as a back-to-basics reference. This new edition contains additional material on stereo and surround sound.

• Used

  Paperback
  2002

  $3.41

  This popular and best-selling text introduces the principles of sound, perception, audio technology and systems. It offers vital reading for trainee engineers entering music recording, broadcasting and associated industries. The fourth edition is packed with new material, including: a new chapter on surround sound greater detail on spatial perception new sections on DVD-A and SACD information about Direct Stream Digital (DSD), the MiniDisc, computer-based editing systems and their operation an expanded chapter on loudspeakers, now covering distributed-mode loudspeakers (DML) and a section on directivity and its control a closer look at assignable digital mixing consoles a glossary of terms Technical information is presented in approachable language and is supplemented by regular 'Fact Files' illustrating key principles. As well as being an ideal teaching text, professionals already established in audio engineering will find this a useful 'back-to-basics' reference.