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Second Edition
By
Michael Talbot-Smith, Freelance audio consultant and technical writer. Formerly an audio engineer trainer at BBC Wood Norton.
Description
Sound Assistance offers a highly readable and easy-to-understand account of sound operations in radio and television studios. By knowing
the characteristics of the equipment, such as threshold and compression ratios, it is much easier to achieve professional effects quickly,
saving hours of trial and error.
The book will suit anyone wishing to work as a sound assistant but who does not have a thorough grounding
in the maths and physics. Written in an informal style with practical 'do's' and 'don'ts', the fundamental principles are explained.
Where knowledge of a higher level of maths is helpful, this information is given in handy 'fact files'.
Particularly appropriate for
students, training officers and supervisors who have the task of passing on this information in a simple, easy-to-digest format, Sound
Assistance is written in easy-to read language with a minimum of maths.
This second edition now has more on:
* Microphone sensitivities
* Loudspeaker listening tests
* Domestic colour code for stereo
* Stereo transmission in radio
* Stereo PPM interpretations
* MiniDisk
* Digital radio
* Recordable CDs.
Michael Talbot-Smith is a freelance audio consultant and author of Audio Explained, and coauthor of
The Video Studio. He is editor of The Audio Engineer's Reference Book (now in its second edition) and The Sound Engineer's Pocketbook.
He is a former trainer of audio engineers at BBC Wood Norton.
Audience
Students on media courses covering sound operations, including further education level; trainees; broadcast personnel.
Contents
Revision of basic electricity - dc and magnetism ; Revision of basic electricity - ac ; Outlines of electronic devices ; radio transmission
; Decibels ; Sound waves ; Hearing ; Basic acoustics ; Microphones ; Loudspeakers & headphones ; Stereo ; Basic signal processing ; Visual
monitoring ; Analogue tape recording - editing ; Vinyl discs ; Principles of digital audio ; Basics of digital tape recording - digital
editing ; Television transmission systems ; Further digital equipment ; Public address ; Mixing consoles ; General safety ; Glossary
; Further reading
| Bibliographic details |
Paperback, 250 pages, publication date: AUG-1999
ISBN-13: 978-0-240-51572-4
ISBN-10: 0-240-51572-2
Imprint: FOCAL PRESS
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