Sound and Recording: An Introduction - Softcover

Francis Rumsey

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0240513835 ISBN 13: 9780240513836

Publisher: Focal Pr, 1994

Synopsis

This book 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 should provide a useful introduction to the principles of sound, perception, audio technology and systems. Key facts are presented in self-contained "fact files". The book 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 may also be of interest to those professionals already established in audio engineering as a "back-to-basics" reference. This new edition contains additional material on stereo and surround sound.

About this title

From the Publisher

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.

About the Author

Professor of Sound Recording at the University of Surrey (UK) and a Visiting Professor at the School of Music in Piteå (Sweden). Fellow of the Audio Engineering Society and a regular contributor to the AES Journal.
Formerly Deputy Head of sound at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester (UK) and has since worked at Klark Teknik and the RSC.

Edition details

• Publisher: Focal Pr
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0240513835
• ISBN 13: 9780240513836
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 356