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Practical Instruction on the Art and Science of Acoustic Design and Architecture
Build your own acoustic environments such as recording studios, control rooms, and home listening rooms with expert insights from two engineering professionals. Fully expanded to cover the latest methods and software tools, Master Handbook of Acoustics, Fifth Edition presents clear explanations of acoustic phenomena and provides a hands-on approach to room design. Learn how to perform acoustic measurements, choose room dimensions, assign speaker placement, analyze response curves, and design and install sound absorbers and diffusers. You will also find details on how to fine-tune room reverberation, minimize external noise, and apply psychoacoustic concepts.
Master Handbook of Acoustics, Fifth Edition explains how to:
Complete coverage of the science of acoustics and the art of acoustic techniques including room resonances, reflection analysis, comb filters, and the design of audio/video rooms for almost any purpose on acoustical concepts and terminology.
| Epigraph | ||
| Introduction | ||
| 1 | Fundamentals of sound | 1 |
| 2 | Sound levels and the decibel | 19 |
| 3 | The ear and the perception of sound | 33 |
| 4 | Sound waves in the free field | 67 |
| 5 | Speech, music, and noise | 73 |
| 6 | Analog and digital signal processing | 99 |
| 7 | Reverberation | 107 |
| 8 | Control of interfering noise | 137 |
| 9 | Absorption of sound | 151 |
| 10 | Reflection of Sound | 193 |
| 11 | Diffraction of sound | 203 |
| 12 | Refraction of sound | 215 |
| 13 | Diffusion of sound | 223 |
| 14 | The Schroeder diffusor | 241 |
| 15 | Modal resonances in enclosed spaces | 265 |
| 16 | Reflections in enclosed spaces | 295 |
| 17 | Comb-filter effects | 303 |
| 18 | Quiet air for the studio | 321 |
| 19 | Acoustics of the listening room | 335 |
| 20 | Acoustics of the small recording studio | 349 |
| 21 | Acoustics of the control room | 361 |
| 22 | Acoustics for multitrack recording | 383 |
| 23 | Audio/video tech room and voice-over recording | 391 |
| 24 | Adjustable acoustics | 401 |
| 25 | Acoustical measurements | 415 |
| Appendix | 433 | |
| Glossary | 437 | |
| Index | 447 |
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Posted May 17, 2000
This book is a must. I am a teacher at Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria, and this book is one of the texts I use. I recommend it everywhere. It is easy to understand and comprehensive for all levels. I mean, it is useful for the beginners and also for graduate students. Maybe it needs a spanish translation. It is unfair that for most of my students the book is hard to read because of the language.
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Practical Instruction on the Art and Science of Acoustic Design and Architecture
Build your own acoustic environments such as recording studios, control rooms, and home listening rooms with expert insights from two engineering professionals. Fully expanded to cover the latest methods and software tools, Master Handbook of Acoustics, Fifth Edition presents clear explanations of acoustic phenomena and provides a hands-on approach to room design. Learn how to perform acoustic ...