The Sound Reinforcement Handbook (Paperback)

~ Gary Davis (Composer), Ralph Jones (Composer) "In today's technologically sophisticated world, audio systems of various types are a part of almost everyone's daily life..." (more)
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Product Description

Sound reinforcement is the use of audio amplification systems. This book is the first and only book of its kind to cover all aspects of designing and using such systems for public address and musical performance. The book features information on both the audio theory involved and the practical applications of that theory, explaining everything from microphones to loudspeakers. This revised edition features almost 40 new pages and is even easier to follow with the addition of an index and a simplified page and chapter numbering system. New topics covered include: MIDI, Synchronization, and an Appendix on Logarithms. 416 Pages.

Product Details

• Paperback: 432 pages
• Publisher: Yamaha; 2 edition (January 1, 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0881889008
• ISBN-13: 978-0881889000
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (57 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #9,466 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must have for anyone interested in audio engineering, July 18, 1998

By A Customer

This book is like my second Bible. I am a studio engineer and a sound reinforcement technician. I have read it from cover to cover several times and would instantly recommend this book to anyone who works in the industry or is interested in learning about pro audio.

27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sound Engineering 101 in one book, April 24, 1999

By A Customer

If you are going to regularly use Sound Equipment, you want this book.

Reading this book will enable you to learn 3 things:

1) How sound equipment works

2) How to set up and operate it

3) The basics of electricity and sound physics.

If you master the information contained in this book you will be a very effective engineer.

38 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Live Sound and Recording Bible, December 21, 2001

By	J.F. Quackenbush "jason_quackenbush" (SeaTac, WA United States) - See all my reviews

There aren't many things that recording engineers agree on. Sure we all like Neumann microphones, Neve Mic Pre's, and Studer 2 inch machines, but when it comes to things that the average studio can afford, there is much dissention.

That is not the case with this book. Without fail, every single audio engineer I've met learned SOMETHING from reading the Sound Reinforcement handbook. Collected in these pages is the wisdom of a generation of Audio Engineers, and given that our field is one that is so much based on oral tradition, a book like this is invaluable for someone who doesn't have the time or inclination to learn things in the traditional way by hanging around in recording studios working for free.

If you want to do anything in audio technology it would behoove you to learn this book backwards and forwards, because it contains between it's covers one of the most thorough and balanced presentations ever written on the topic. A great book.