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Sound and Recording: An Introduction, Third Edition (Music Technology) [Paperback]

Francis Rumsey (Author), TIM MCCORMICK (Author)


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April 25, 1997 0240514874 978-0240514871 3
Sound and Recording is designed as an easy-to-read reference for those at an early stage in their careers. For those students or trainee engineers entering music recording, broadcasting or associated industries this book will provide a vital introduction to the principles of sound, perception, audio technology and systems. It is technically accurate whilst at the same time being approachable, well illustrated and has key facts presented in self contained 'fact files'.


Sound and Recording covers such subjects as basic acoustics, auditory perception, mixing console layout and functions, analogue and digital recording, noise reduction, MIDI, timecode, synchronisation, microphone principles and loudspeaker systems, and as such it will also prove valuable to those professionals already established in audio engineering as a 'back-to-basics' reference.

The authors, Francis Rumsey and Tim McCormick are both active musicians and engineers. Tim McCormick was formerly deputy head of sound at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester. Francis Rumsey is Senior Lecturer on the world famous 'Tonmeister' degree course at the University of Surrey and is author of MIDI Systems and Control, and Audio Workstation Handbook. He is also co-author, with John Watkinson, of The Digital Interface Handbook.

completely up to date standards and systemsnews sections on digital mixers and automationthe latest on MIDI and a revised chapter on digital audio

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'A comprehensive and contemporary work that is eminently readable but never light weight Sound and Recording is the best book on the subject currently available'
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'I can recommend that students should stay up past bedtime reading it'
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'This book will provide a vital source of information for those students or trainee engineers entering music recording.'
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Sound and Recording covers such subjects as basic acoustics, auditory perception, mixing console layout and functions, analogue and digital recording, noise reduction, MIDI, timecode, synchronization, microphone principles and loudspeaker systems, and as such it will also prove valuable to those professionals already established in audio engineering as a 'back-to-basics' reference. The authors, Francis Rumsey and Tim McCormick are both active musicians and engineers.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 384 pages
  • Publisher: Focal Press; 3 edition (April 25, 1997)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0240514874
  • ISBN-13: 978-0240514871
  • Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,890,897 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Francis Rumsey was Professor at the Institute of Sound Recording, University of Surrey (UniS) until July 2009 and was a Visiting Professor at the School of Music in Piteå, Sweden from 1998-2004. He was appointed as a research advisor in psychoacoustics to NHK Science and Technical Research Laboratories, Tokyo, in 2006. Professor Rumsey was the winner of the 1985 BKSTS Dennis Wratten Journal Award, the 1986 Royal Television Society Lecture Award, and the 1993 University Teaching and Learning Prize. He is the author of over 100 books, book chapters, papers and articles on audio, and in 1995 he was made a Fellow of the AES for his significant contributions to audio education.

Francis is actively involved with the Audio Engineering Society, as chair of the Regions and Sections Committee, and as Staff Technical Writer for the AES Journal. He is also an organist, accompanist and choral singer in the Surrey area.

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