Don Davis, Eugene Patronis, Jr., Pat Brown ; edited by Glen Ballou
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
Fourth edition
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xv, 626 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations ;
Dimensions
27 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
1. Why sound system engineering? -- 2. Voices out of the past -- 3. Sound and our brain -- 4. Psychoacoustics -- 5. Digital theory -- 6. Mathematics for audio systems -- 7. Using the decibel -- 8. Interfacing electrical and acoustic systems -- 9. Loudspeaker directivity and coverage -- 10. The acoustic environment -- 11. Audio and acoustic measurements -- 12. Large room acoustics -- 13. Small room acoustics -- 14. Designing for acoustic gain -- 15. Designing for speech intelligibility -- 16. What is waving and why -- 17. Microphones -- 18. Loudspeakers and loudspeaker arrays -- 19. Power ratings for amplifiers and loudspeakers -- 20. Computer-aided system design -- 21. Signal delay and signal synchronization -- 22. Signal processing -- 23. Digital audio formats and transports -- 24. Sound system equalization -- 25. Putting it all together