Handbook for Sound Engineers is the most comprehensive reference
available for audio engineers, and is a must read for all who work in
audio.
With contributions from many of the top professionals in the field,
including Glen Ballou on interpretation systems, intercoms, assistive
listening, and fundamentals and units of measurement, David Miles Huber
on MIDI, Bill Whitlock on audio transformers and preamplifiers, Steve
Dove on consoles, DAWs, and computers, Pat Brown on fundamentals, gain
structures, and test and measurement, Ray Rayburn on virtual systems,
digital interfacing, and preamplifiers, Ken Pohlmann on compact discs,
and Dr. Wolfgang Ahnert on computer-aided sound system design and
room-acoustical fundamentals for auditoriums and concert halls, the
Handbook for Sound Engineers is a must for serious audio and acoustic
engineers.
The fifth edition has been updated to reflect changes in the industry,
including added emphasis on increasingly prevalent technologies such as
software-based recording systems, digital recording using MP3, WAV
files, and mobile devices. New chapters, such as Ken Pohlmann's
Subjective Methods for Evaluating Sound Quality, S. Benjamin Kanters's
Hearing Physiology--Disorders--Conservation, Steve Barbar's Surround
Sound for Cinema, Doug Jones's Worship Styles in the Christian
Church, sit aside completely revamped staples like Ron Baker and Jack
Wrightson's Stadiums and Outdoor Venues, Pat Brown's Sound System
Design, Bob Cordell's Amplifier Design, Hardy Martin's Voice
Evacuation/Mass Notification Systems, and Tom Danley and Doug Jones's
Loudspeakers. This edition has been honed to bring you the most
up-to-date information in the many aspects of audio engineering.
