The art of sound reproduction
Designed to make life a little easier by providing all the theoretical background necessary to understand sound reproduction, backed up with practical examples. Specialist terms - both musical and physical - are defined as they occur and plain English is used throughout. Analog and digital audio are...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Woburn, MA :
Focal Press
1998.
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| Edition: | 1st edition |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009627284406719 |
Table of Contents:
- The Art of Sound Reproduction; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1Introduction; 1.1 A short history; 1.2 Types of reproduction; 1.3 Sound systems; 1.4 Portable consumer equipment; 1.5 Fixed consumer equipment; 1.6 High-end hi-fi; 1.7 Public address; 1.8 Multitrack recording; 1.9 Sound radio; 1.10 Film and television sound; References; Chapter 2Audio basics; 2.1 Periodic and aperiodic signals; 2.2 Frequency response and linearity; 2.3 The sine wave; 2.4 Root mean square measurements; 2.5 The deciBel; 2.6 Audio level metering; 2.7 Vectors; 2.8 Phase angle and power factor; 2.9 Audio cabling
- 2.10 Moving masses2.11 Introduction to digital processes; 2.12 Logic elements; 2.13 Storage elements; 2.14 Binary adding; 2.15 Gain control by multiplication; 2.16 Transforms; 2.17 The Fourier transform; 2.18 The discrete cosine transform (DCT); 2.19 The wavelet transform; 2.20 Magnetism; 2.21 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC); 2.22 Electrical safety; References; Chapter 3Sound and psychoacoustics; 3.1 What is sound?; 3.2 The ear; 3.3 The cochlea; 3.4 Level and loudness; 3.5 Frequency discrimination; 3.6 Critical bands; 3.7 Beats; 3.8 Music and the ear; 3.9 The sensation of pitch
- 3.10 The physics of sound3.11 The speed of sound; 3.12 Wavelength; 3.13 The Doppler effect; 3.14 The wave number, k; 3.15 How sound is radiated; 3.16 Proximity effect; 3.17 Intensity and power; 3.18 The inverse square law; 3.19 Wave acoustics; 3.20 Radiation into smaller solid angles; 3.21 Refraction; 3.22 Reflection, transmission and absorption; 3.23 Reverberation; References; Chapter 4Sources of sound; 4.1 Producing sounds; 4.2 Vibrating bars; 4.3 Vibrating panels; 4.4 Vibrating strings; 4.5 Vibrating diaphragms; 4.6 Using airflow; 4.7 Resonators; 4.8 The organ
- 4.9 Wind instrument principles4.10 Wind instruments; 4.11 Brass instruments; 4.12 Stringed instruments; 4.13 The pianoforte; 4.14 Percussion instruments; 4.15 Electrical and electronic instruments; 4.16 The human voice; 4.17 Non-musical sound sources; 4.18 The sound of a piston engine; 4.19 Vehicle noise; 4.20 Aircraft noise; 4.21 Helicopter noise; References; Chapter 5Microphones; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Microphone principles; 5.3 Microphone limitations; 5.4 Microphone mechanisms; 5.5 Electrodynamic microphones; 5.6 Electrostatic microphones; 5.7 Phantom power; 5.8 Stands and suspensions
- 5.9 Wind noise5.10 Radio microphones; References; Chapter 6Loudspeakers and headphones; 6.1 Loudspeaker concepts; 6.2 Loudspeaker mechanisms; 6.3 Directivity; 6.4 The moving coil speaker; 6.5 Magnets; 6.6 Coils; 6.7 Cones; 6.8 Low-frequency reproduction; 6.9 Crossover networks; 6.10 Enclosures; 6.11 Electrostatic loudspeakers; 6.12 Power amplifiers; 6.13 Speaker cables; 6.14 Active loudspeakers; 6.15 Headphones; References; Chapter 7Stereophony; 7.1 History of stereophony; 7.2 Directionality in hearing; 7.3 Hearing in reverberant conditions; 7.4 The stereophonic illusion
- 7.5 Stereo microphones
