Master Handbook of Audio Production

by Jerry Whitaker

Overview

The democratization of video has driven parallel developments in audio: digital technology now allows small studios with inexpensive equipment to create increasingly elaborate sound recordings, while digital video now requires an audio design to match its increasingly sophisticated visual palette. In audio increasingly sophisticated digital tools must still be matched with essential microphones, studios, and acoustics, to attain excellent sound, making the field a greater challenge even as more powerful tools appear. This Master Handbook covers the full range of modern audio techniques, from digital sound recording in the studio to sound for digital video and film. It deals with basic physics, essential equipment, recording methods, and digital signal processing techniques - everything you need to produce audio in the studio or for video and film work.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780071408769
Publisher:	McGraw-Hill/Tab Electronics
Publication date:	08/23/2002
Series:	Digital Video and Audio
Pages:	420
Product dimensions:	7.34(w) x 9.16(h) x 1.15(d)

Table of Contents

ContributorsPreface Chapter 1: Audio Production System Standards Chapter 2: The Physical Nature of Sound Chapter 3: Criteria for Acceptability of Acoustical Performance Chapter 4: Sound Isolation Chapter 5: Studio Production Systems Chapter 6: Microphone Recording in a Studio Chapter 7: Sound Level Conditions Chapter 8: Microphones Chapter 9: Stereophonic Techniques Chapter 10: Dynamic-Type Direct-Radiation Speakers Chapter 11: Audio Monitoring Devices and Systems Chapter 12: Audio Interconnection Chapter 13: Audio Processing and Control Chapter 14: Studio Communications Chapter 15: Production Facility Design Chapter 16: Facility Infrastructure Issues Chapter 17: Equipment Rack Enclosures and Devices Chapter 18: Wiring Practices Chapter 19: Audio Measurement and Analysis Chapter 20: Audio Phase and Frequency Measurement Chapter 21: Nonlinear Audio Distortion Subject Index About the Editor

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