- Cover
- Halftitle
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Fact File Directory
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Preface to the Third Edition
- Preface to the Fourth Edition
- Preface to the Fifth Edition
- Chapter 1: What is sound?
- A vibrating source
- Characteristics of a sound wave
- How sound travels in air
- Simple and complex sounds
- Frequency spectra of repetitive sounds
- Frequency spectra of non-repetitive sounds
- Phase
- Sound in electrical form
- Displaying the characteristics of a sound wave
- The decibel
- Sound power and sound pressure
- Free and reverberant fields
- Standing waves
- Recommended further reading
- Chapter 2: Auditory perception
- Chapter 3: Microphones
- The moving-coil or dynamic microphone
- The ribbon microphone
- The capacitor or condenser microphone
- Directional responses and polar diagrams
- Specialised microphone types
- Switchable polar patterns
- Stereo microphones
- Microphone performance
- Microphone powering options
- Radio microphones
- Recommended further reading
- Chapter 4: Loudspeakers
- Chapter 5: Mixers
- A simple six-channel mixer
- A multitrack mixer
- Channel grouping
- An overview of typical mixer facilities
- Digital mixers
- EQ explained
- Stereo line input modules
- Dedicated monitor mixer
- Introduction to mixing approaches
- Basic operational techniques
- Technical specifications
- Metering systems
- Automation
- Recommended further reading
- Chapter 6: Analogue recording
- Chapter 7: Noise reduction
- Chapter 8: Digital audio principles
- Digital and analogue recording contrasted
- Binary for beginners
- The digital audio signal chain
- Analogue to digital conversion
- D/A conversion
- Direct Stream Digital (DSD)
- Changing the resolution of an audio signal (requantisation)
- Introduction to digital signal processing
- Audio data reduction
- Recommended further reading
- Chapter 9: Digital recording and editing systems
- Chapter 10: Digital audio applications
- Chapter 11: Power amplifiers
- Chapter 12: Lines and interconnection
- Chapter 13: Outboard equipment
- Chapter 14: MIDI and synthetic audio control
- Background
- What is MIDI?
- MIDI and digital audio contrasted
- Basic principles
- Interfacing a computer to a MIDI system
- How MIDI control works
- MIDI control of sound generators
- General MIDI
- Scalable polyphonic MIDI (SPMIDI)
- RMID and XMF files
- SAOL and SASL in MPEG 4 Structured Audio
- MIDI and synchronisation
- MIDI over USB
- MIDI over IEEE 1394
- After MIDI?
- Recommended further reading
- Websites
- Chapter 15: Timecode and synchronisation
- Chapter 16: Two-channel stereo
- Principles of loudspeaker stereo
- Principles of binaural or headphone stereo
- Loudspeaker stereo over headphones and vice versa
- Two-channel signal formats
- Two-channel microphone techniques
- Binaural recording and ‘dummy head’ techniques
- Spot microphones and two-channel panning laws
- Recommended further reading
- Chapter 17: Surround sound
- Three-channel (3-0) stereo
- Four-channel surround (3-1 stereo)
- 5.1 channel surround (3-2 stereo)
- Other multichannel configurations
- Surround sound systems
- Matrixed surround sound systems
- Digital surround sound formats
- Ambisonics
- Surround sound monitoring
- Surround sound recording techniques
- Multichannel panning techniques
- Recommended further reading
- Glossary of terms
- Appendix 1: Understanding basic equipment specifications
- Appendix 2: Record players
- General further reading
- Index
Sound and Recording: An Introduction
Fifth edition
Francis Rumsey BMus (Tonmeister), PhD
Tim McCormick BA, LTCL
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