Sound system engineering

Long considered the only book an audio engineer needs on their shelf, Sound System Engineering provides an accurate, complete and concise tool for all those involved in sound system engineering. Fully updated on the design, implementation and testing of sound reinforcement systems this great referen...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Davis, Don, Patronis, Eugene (Author), Brown, Pat (Author)
Other Authors: Ballou, Glen (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Focal Press 2013
Edition:Fourth edition, Don Davis, Eugene Patronis, Jr., Pat Brown ; edited by Glen Ballou
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Collection: O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Includes bibliographical references and index
  • Ch. 1. Why sound system engineering?
  • ch. 2. Voices out of the past
  • ch. 3. Sound and our brain
  • ch. 4. Psychoacoustics
  • ch. 5. Digital theory
  • ch. 6. Mathematics for audio systems
  • ch. 7. Using the decibel
  • ch. 8. Interfacing electrical and acoustic systems
  • ch. 9. Loudspeaker directivity and coverage
  • ch. 10. The acoustic environment
  • ch. 11. Audio and acoustic measurements
  • ch. 12. Large room acoustics
  • ch. 13. Small room acoustics
  • ch. 14. Designing for acoustic gain
  • ch. 15. Designing for speech intelligibility
  • ch. 16. What is waving and why
  • ch. 17. Microphones
  • ch. 18. Loudspeakers and loudspeaker arrays
  • ch. 19. Power ratings for amplifiers and loudspeakers
  • ch. 20. Computer-aided system design
  • ch. 21. Signal delay and signal synchronization
  • ch. 22. Signal processing
  • ch. 23. Digital audio formats and transports
  • ch. 24. Sound system equalization
  • ch. 25. Putting it all together