Sound System Engineering 4e

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Taylor & Francis, Jun 26, 2013 - Technology & Engineering - 648 pages

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 reference is a necessary addition to any audio engineering library.

Packed with revised material, numerous illustrations and useful appendices, this is a concentrated capsule of knowledge and industry standard that runs the complete range of sound system design from the simplest all-analog paging systems to the largest multipurpose digital systems.

 

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Contents

Chapter 5 Digital Theory
33
Chapter 6 Mathematics for Audio Systems
51
Chapter 7 Using the Decibel
85
Chapter 8 Interfacing Electrical and Acoustic System
111
Chapter 9 Loudspeaker Directivity and Coverage
151
Chapter 10 The Acoustic Environment
169
Chapter 11 Audio and Acoustic Measurements
189
Chapter 12 Large Room Acoustics
213
Chapter 17 Microphones
313
Chapter 18 Loudspeakers and Loudspeaker Arrays
345
Chapter 19 Power Ratings for Amplifiers and Loudspeakers
423
Chapter 20 ComputerAided System Design
441
Chapter 21 Signal Delay and Signal Synchronization
463
Chapter 22 Signal Processing
475
Chapter 23 Digital Audio Formats andTransports
533
Chapter 24 Sound System Equalization
553

Chapter 13 Small Room Acoustics
235
Chapter 14 Designing for Acoustic Gain
251
Chapter 15 Designing for Speech Intelligibility
265
Chapter 16 What is Waving and Why
281
Chapter 25 Putting It All Together
577
Symbols and Abbreviations
605
Index
609
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Sound System Engineering 4e
Don Davis,Eugene Patronis,Pat Brown
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Don Davis,Eugene Patronis,Pat Brown
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Common terms and phrases

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About the author (2013)

Don Davis and his wife, Carolyn, founded Synergetic Audio Concepts in 1972, he later retired in 1995. Don is a Senior member of the IEEE, Fellow of the AES and has received the Heyser Award, Life Time Achievement Award from NSCA and from USITT, Recognition for participation in the Brussels World Fair 1958 from the U.S. Dept. of State, and for the U.S. Exhibition in Moscow in 1959.
Eugene Patronis is Professor of Physics Emeritus at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. He has also served as an industrial and governmental consultant in the fields of acoustics and electronics.

Bibliographic information

TitleSound System Engineering 4e
AuthorsDon Davis, Eugene Patronis, Pat Brown
Edition4
PublisherTaylor & Francis, 2013
ISBN1136111425, 9781136111426
Length648 pages
Subjects › 

Art / General
Computers / Speech & Audio Processing
Technology & Engineering / Acoustics & Sound
  
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