Overview
Sound System Engineering Third Edition is a complete revision and expansion of the former work. Written by two leading authorities in the field of audio engineering, this highly respected guide covers the fundamentals necessary for the understanding of today's systems as well as for those systems yet to come. The space formerly occupied by outdated photographs of manufacturers' product and of older system installations has now been filled with new measurements and discussions of the measurement process. The Mathematics for Audio chapter has been expanded to include the mathematics of phasors. The Interfacing Electrical and Acoustic Systems chapter has a completely new section covering the analysis of alternating current circuits. Additionally, system gain structure is now treated by both the available input power method and the voltage only method, complete with illustrations of each. All chapters dealing with loudspeaker directivity and coverage, the acoustic environment, room acoustics, speech intelligibility, and acoustic gain appear in up to date versions. In addition there is new material on signal delay and synchronization and equalization.There are completely new chapters on microphones, loudspeakers and loudspeaker arrays including line arrays with steering and beam-width control, and signal processing, both analog and digital. The book runs the gamut of sound system design from the simplest all-analog paging system to the largest multipurpose digital systems. In writing this third edition, the authors kept in mind the needs of sound system installers, sound system service technicians, and sound system designers. All three groups will find the material to be useful for everyday work as well as beneficial in the furtherance of their overall audio education. * A highly regarded reference, bringing you all the current technology and practice * Details mathematics for audio systems and describes audio and acoustic instrumentation * Provides you with an overall coverage of how the system works as a whole
Full Product Details
Author: Don Davis (Senior member of the IEEE; Fellow of the AES; and Recipient the Heyser Award, Life Time Achievement Award from NSCA) ,
Eugene Patronis (Professor of Physics Emeritus at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia, USA)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Focal Press
Edition: 3rd New edition
Dimensions:
Width: 17.80cm
, Height: 2.60cm
, Length: 25.40cm
Weight: 1.089kg
ISBN: 9780240808307
ISBN 10: 0240808304
Pages: 504
Publication Date: 09 October 2006
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: In Print
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.
Reviews
This is the Bible in this industry. Owning it is a pre-requisite for being considered seriously in this business. It is required. Many will own multiple copies for employee's and clients. - Wayne Lee, Sound Contractor and Acoustical Consultant, US
Author Information
Don Davis and his wife, Carolyn, founded Synergetic Audio Concepts in 1972, he later retired in 1995. Don is a Senior member of the IEEE, Fellow of the AES and has received the Heyser Award, Life Time Achievement Award from NSCA and from USITT, Recognition for participation in the Brussels World Fair 1958 from the U.S. Dept. of State, and for the U.S. Exhibition in Moscow in 1959. Eugene Patronis is Professor of Physics Emeritus at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. He has also served as an industrial and governmental consultant in the fields of acoustics and electronics.
