Glen Ballou is a graduate of General Motors Institute, now Kettering University, with a bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering and a minor in Electrical Engineering. He has been a Syn-Aud-Con representative, has served as governor, convention chairman, papers chairman, and facilities chairman of the Audio Engineering Society (AES), and has been a member for the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE). He has been a contributor to S&VC, Sound and Communications, and Church Production magazine on a variety of subjects. Glen also wrote the chapter on capacitors and inductors for the CRC Press publication The Electrical Engineering Handbook. Glen is owner of Innovative Communications, a company that specializes in room acoustics and sound system design.

Klappentext

Handbook for Sound Engineers is the most comprehensive reference available for audio engineers, and is a must read for all who work in audio.

Zusammenfassung
Handbook for Sound Engineers is the most comprehensive reference available for audio engineers, and is a must read for all who work in audio.

Inhalt

Part 1Introduction to Acoustics Chapter 1Audio and Acoustic DNAPast and Present Chapter 2Subjective Methods for Evaluating Sound QualityChapter 3PsychoacousticsChapter 4Hearing PhysiologyDisordersConservation Chapter 5Fundamentals of Audio and Acoustics Part 2Acoustics Chapter 6Small Room Acoustics Chapter 7Acoustical Noise Control Chapter 8Acoustical Treatment for Indoor Areas Chapter 9Room-acoustical Fundamentals for Auditoriums and Concert Halls Chapter 10Worship Styles in the Christian Church Chapter 11Stadiums and Outdoor Venues Chapter 12Surround Sound for Cinema Chapter 13Acoustical Modeling and Auralization Part 3Electronic Components Chapter 14Resistors, Capacitors, and Inductors Chapter 15Audio Transformers Chapter 16Tubes, Discrete Solid State Devices, and Integrated Circuits Chapter 17Heatsinks and Relays Chapter 18Transmission Techniques: Wire and Cable Chapter 19Transmission Techniques: Fiber Optics Part 4Electroacoustic Devices Chapter 20Microphones Chapter 21Loudspeakers Chapter 22Loudspeaker Cluster Design Part 5Electronic Audio Circuits and Equipment Chapter 23Power Supplies Chapter 24Amplifier Design Chapter 25Preamplifiers and Mixers Chapter 26Attenuators Chapter 27Filters and Equalizers Chapter 28Delay Chapter 29Consoles, DAWs, and Computers Chapter 30Audio Meters and Devices Part 6Recording and Playback Chapter 31Analog Disc PlaybackChapter 32Magnetic Recording and PlaybackChapter 33MIDIChapter 34Optical Disc Formats for Audio Reproduction and Recording Part 7Design Applications Chapter 35DSP TechnologyChapter 36Grounding and InterfacingChapter 37System Gain StructureChapter 38Sound System DesignChapter 39Computer Aided Sound System DesignChapter 40Designing for Speech IntelligibilityChapter 41Virtual SystemsChapter 42Digital Audio Interfacing and NetworkingChapter 43Personal Monitor SystemsChapter 44Message Repeaters, Museum and Tour Group Systems, Voice Evacuation/Mass Notification SystemsChapter 45Interpretation SystemsChapter 46Assistive Listening SystemsChapter 47IntercomsChapter 48The Fundamentals of Display Technologies Part 8MeasurementsChapter 49Test and MeasurementChapter 50Fundamental and Units of Measurement Index