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

Preface
Voices Out of the Past
Sound and Our Brain
Psychoacoustics
Digital Theory
Mathematics for Audio Systems
Using the Decibel
Interfacing Electrical and Acoustic Systems
What is Waving and
Microphones
Loudspeakers and Loudspeaker Arrays
Power Ratings for Amplifiers and Loudspeakers
ComputerAided System Design
Signal Delay and Signal Synchronization
Signal Processing
Digital Audio Formats and Transports

Loudspeaker Directivity and Coverage
The Acoustic Environment
Audio and Acoustic Measurements
Large Room Acoustics
Small Room Acoustics
Designing for Acoustic Gain
Designing for Speech Intelligibility
Sound System Equalization
Putting It All Together
Analog Interconnection Circuitry Types
Signal CablesAnalog Audio Digital Audio and Video
Computer Control and Communication of Digital Audio
Index
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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
ISBN1136111417, 9781136111419
Length648 pages
Subjects › 

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