Handbook for Sound Engineers
English
Handbook for Sound Engineers is the most comprehensive reference available for audio engineers, and is a must read for all who work in audio.
With contributions from many of the top professionals in the field, including Glen Ballou on interpretation systems, intercoms, assistive listening, and fundamentals and units of measurement, David Miles Huber on MIDI, Bill Whitlock on audio transformers and preamplifiers, Steve Dove on consoles, DAWs, and computers, Pat Brown on fundamentals, gain structures, and test and measurement, Ray Rayburn on virtual systems, digital interfacing, and preamplifiers, Ken Pohlmann on compact discs, and Dr. Wolfgang Ahnert on computer-aided sound system design and room-acoustical fundamentals for auditoriums and concert halls, the Handbook for Sound Engineers is a must for serious audio and acoustic engineers.
The fifth edition has been updated to reflect changes in the industry, including added emphasis on increasingly prevalent technologies such as software-based recording systems, digital recording using MP3, WAV files, and mobile devices. New chapters, such as Ken Pohlmanns Subjective Methods for Evaluating Sound Quality, S. Benjamin Kanterss Hearing PhysiologyDisordersConservation, Steve Barbars Surround Sound for Cinema, Doug Joness Worship Styles in the Christian Church, sit aside completely revamped staples like Ron Baker and Jack Wrightsons Stadiums and Outdoor Venues, Pat Browns Sound System Design, Bob Cordells Amplifier Design, Hardy Martins Voice Evacuation/Mass Notification Systems, and Tom Danley and Doug Joness Loudspeakers. This edition has been honed to bring you the most up-to-date information in the many aspects of audio engineering.
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