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Audio Engineer's Reference Book [Hardcover]

Michael Talbot-Smith (Editor), John Low (Author), Ann Reed (Author)


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0240515285 978-0240515281 August 30, 1998 2
The Audio Engineer's Reference Book is an authoritative volume on all aspects of audio engineering and technology including basic mathematics and formulae, acoustics and psychoacoustics, microphones, loudspeakers and studio installations. The content is concise and accurate, providing quick and easy access to everything you will need to know, from basic formulae to practical explanations and operational detail.


Compiled by an international team of experts, this second edition has been updated to keep abreast of fast-moving areas such as digital audio and transmission technology. Much of the material has been revised, updated and expanded to cover the very latest techniques. For professionals engaged in the design, manufacture and installation of all types of audio equipment, this reference book will prove an invaluable resource. It will also be of interest to anyone employed in recording, broadcasting or audio-visual units in industry, and students on university courses.

Michael Talbot-Smith is a freelance audio consultant and writer who, for many years, trained audio engineers at BBC Wood Norton. He is also the author of Sound Assistance and Audio Explained, and is the editor of Sound Engineer's Pocketbook.


contains extensive coverage and detail of the subject
Contains modern theory and practise
An industry 'bible'


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'An excellent easy to read compendium of both theory and practise. Clearly the writers are experts, making this a valuable reference publication. It's all in there; from definitions of mass, time and current, to setting up and running broadcast and recording studios.'
Sound & Communications International

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Compiled by an international team of experts, the second edition was updated to keep on top of fast-moving areas such as digital audio and transmission technology. Much of the material has been revised, updated and expanded to cover the very latest techniques. This is a new paperback version. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 704 pages
  • Publisher: Focal Press; 2 edition (August 30, 1998)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0240515285
  • ISBN-13: 978-0240515281
  • Product Dimensions: 10 x 7.7 x 1.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 3.1 pounds
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,023,152 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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dynamic level compression, one quantizing level, peak programme level meter, reference input level, programme level meters, subcode words, reference fluxivity, replay amplifier, acuity curve, perceptual audio coders, tapeless studio, sound system equipment, modular absorbers, tapeless system, voltage clipping, cue programme, loudness loss, reverse talkback, send loudness rating, replay head, temporal noise shaping, programme peaks, overload margin, analogue console, recording zone
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New York, Wireless World, Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, Journal of the Acoustical Society, Research Department Report, Focal Press, International Electrotechnical Commission, National Physical Laboratory, Work Regulations, Academic Press, North America, Sutton Coldfield, British Broadcasting Corporation, Calrec Soundfield, Digital Audio Bit-Rate Reduction, Dolby Laboratories, European Broadcasting Union, Applied Acoustics, Collected Papers, Milton Keynes, Peter Perigrinus, Acoustic Practice, Green Book, International Telecommunication Union, Oxford University Press
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