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Critical listening skills for audio professionals /

(Number (ISBN

1598630237

(Number (ISBN

1598634224

(Number (ISBN

9781598630237

(Number (ISBN

9781598634228

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b774071

Title Proper

Critical listening skills for audio professionals /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

F. Alton Everest.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Boston :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Thomson Course Technology,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©2007.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (viii, 208 pages) :

Other Physical Details

illustrations

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 192-194) and index.

Text of Note

1. Critical listening. Estimating the frequency of sound : pure tones and random noise -- Estimation of sound level changes : tones, speech, and music -- Estimating frequency band limitations : music, male and female -- Frequency response irregularities : their effect on music and speech -- Judgment of sound quality : simple and complex sounds -- Detecting distortion : what it is and how it sounds -- Reverberation effects : on speech and music -- Signal versus noise : their interrelationship -- Voice colorations : how they sound and what causes -- Listening with discernment : a review -- 2. Auditory Perception. Introduction to the structure and function of the human hearing system -- Use of loudspeakers and headphones -- Loudness, pitch, and timbre : the subjective correlates of sound level, frequency, and spectrum -- How one sound masks another : a study of critical bands -- How the ear analyzes sound : auditory filters at work -- Non-linearities in the auditory system : distortions generated in the ear -- The perception of delayed sounds: how we hear echoes and reflections -- Why some sounds are more pleasant than others : consonance, dissonance, and the critical band -- How we locate sounds : the head, the pinna, and an amazing computer -- True binaural listening : the dummy head in binaural recording.

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Text of Note

Teaches the important skills a music engineer and producer need: the ability to discern audio frequencies, distortions, and other sounds. Written for those involved in professional audio recording - recording engineers, producers, musicians, video post production engineers - this book addresses this subject.

Text of Note

Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.

Source for Acquisition/Subscription Address

Safari Books Online

Stock Number

CL0500000033

Title

Critical listening skills for audio professionals.

International Standard Book Number

9781598630237

Acoustical engineering.

Sounds.

Acoustical engineering.

Acoustical engineering.

Sounds.

Sounds.

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING-- Acoustics & Sound.

TEC-- 001000

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Edition

Class number

Book number

Everest, F. Alton, (Frederick Alton),1909-2005.

Date of Transaction

20201203062529.0

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