Includes bibliographical references (pages 445-453) and index.
Pt. 1. Principles. 1. "Ears" : The healthy ear ; Hearing loss ; The educated ear -- 2. Physics and psychophysics of sound : The sound wave ; Frequency and pitch ; Amplitude and loudness ; Frequency and loudness ; Velocity ; Wavelength ; Acoustical phase ; Timbre ; Sound envelope -- 3. Acoustics and psychoacoustics : Direct, early, and reverberant sound ; Matching acoustics to program material ; Studio design ; Absorption, reflection, diffraction, and diffusion ; Variable acoustics ; Control room design ; Ergonomics -- pt. 2. Equipment. 4. Microphones : Operating principles ; General transducer performance characteristics ; Directional characteristics ; Sound response ; Special-purpose microphones ; Microphone accessories ; Microphone care -- 5. Mixers and consoles : Mixers ; Analog consoles ; Patching ; Console automation ; Digital consoles -- 6. Analog recording : Analog audiotape recording ; Open-reel audiotape recorders ; Cartridge and cassette tape recorders ; Audio on analog videotape ; Audio on film -- 7. Digital recording : Digital audio ; The digital recording/reproduction process ; Open-reel digital audiotape ; Digital audiotape recorders ; Digital audio on digital videocassette tape ; Disk-based audio systems ; Digital audio networking -- 8. Signal processing : Spectrum signal processors ; Time signal processors ; Amplitude signal processors ; Noise signal processors ; Multieffects signal processing -- 9. Loudspeakers and monitoring : Loudspeaker systems ; Selecting a monitor loudspeaker ; Monitor placement ; Adjusting monitor sound to room sound ; Evaluating the monitor loudspeaker ; Headphones.
Pt. 3. Sound design. 10. Sound design : The sound designer ; Components of sound structure and their effects on perception ; Functions of sound ; Functions of sound in relation to picture ; Strategies in designing sound -- pt. 4. Production. 11. Synchronization : Time codes ; Frame rates ; Synchronizing sound and picture on film ; Synchronizers -- 12. Studio production: live and live-on-tape : Sound and the speaking voice ; Basic considerations in miking speech ; Miking speech in radio ; Miking speech for multicamera television ; Recording speech ; Studio intercommunication systems -- 13. Field production: live and live-on-tape : Electronic news gathering ; Electronic field production ; Multicamera EFP -- 14. Staged productions : Radio dramatizations ; Production recording in multi- and single-camera production ; Field production -- 15. Music production : Close miking ; Drums ; Acoustic string instruments ; Woodwinds ; Brass ; Electric instruments ; Vocals ; Off-miking ; Recording for surround sound ; Miking studio ensembles ; Music in television ; Miking music in film -- pt. 5. Postproduction. 16. Dialogue, sound effects, and music in postproduction : Automated dialogue replacement ; Sound effects ; Live sound effects ; Electronically generated sound effects ; Music -- 17. Editing : Editing methods ; Linear editing ; Nonlinear editing ; Organizing the edit tracks ; Techniques and aesthetic considerations -- 18. Mixing and rerecording : Mixing for various media ; Mixing versus layering ; Mixing for radio ; Music mixdown ; Mixing for video and film ; Spatial imaging of sound ; Stereo-to-mono compatibility ; Evaluating the finished product ; Production values.