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Author Davis, Don, 1928- author.

Title Sound system engineering
Edition Fourth edition / Don Davis, Eugene Patronis, Jr., Pat Brown ; edited by Glen Ballou
Published New York : Focal Press, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 626 pages) : illustrations (black and white)
Contents Ch. 1. Why sound system engineering? -- ch. 2. Voices out of the past -- ch. 3. Sound and our brain -- ch. 4. Psychoacoustics -- ch. 5. Digital theory -- ch. 6. Mathematics for audio systems -- ch. 7. Using the decibel -- ch. 8. Interfacing electrical and acoustic systems -- ch. 9. Loudspeaker directivity and coverage -- ch. 10. The acoustic environment -- ch. 11. Audio and acoustic measurements -- ch. 12. Large room acoustics -- ch. 13. Small room acoustics -- ch. 14. Designing for acoustic gain -- ch. 15. Designing for speech intelligibility -- ch. 16. What is waving and why -- ch. 17. Microphones -- ch. 18. Loudspeakers and loudspeaker arrays -- ch. 19. Power ratings for amplifiers and loudspeakers -- ch. 20. Computer-aided system design -- ch. 21. Signal delay and signal synchronization -- ch. 22. Signal processing -- ch. 23. Digital audio formats and transports -- ch. 24. Sound system equalization -- ch. 25. Putting it all together
Summary Long considered the only book an audio engineer needs on their shelf, Sound System Engineering provides an accurate, complete and concise tool for all those involved in sound system engineering. Fully updated on the design, implementation and testing of sound reinforcement systems this great reference is a necessary addition to any audio engineering library.Packed with revised material, numerous illustrations and useful appendices, this is a concentrated capsule of knowledge and industry standard that runs the complete range of sound system design from the simplest all-analo
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Acoustical engineering.
Sound -- Recording and reproducing.
Electro-acoustics.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Electrical.
Electro-acoustics
Acoustical engineering
Sound -- Recording and reproducing
Form Electronic book
Author Patronis, Eugene, Jr., author.
Brown, Pat, 1957- author.
Ballou, Glen, editor
ISBN 1299716180
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