Handbook for Sound Engineers is the most comprehensive reference available for audio engineers, and is a must read for all who work in audio. This sixth edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect changes in the industry, and includes nine new chapters on networked audio, sound system design, sound system verification, emergency sound and communication systems, assisted listening systems, sound masking, cinema sound, theater sound, and sound for touring systems.
The handbook features contributions from many of the top professionals in the field, with this new edition now incorporating chapters by Brian Christ, Aaron Johnson, John Loufik, Dr. Heather Malyuk, Rob Miller, Dan Mead, Ray Nardelli, Tom Ruhling, Dale Shirk, Hadi Sumoro, Xian Yu, Dr. Stefan Weinzierl, and Harry Witz. The chapters cover an extensive range of topics, from audio and acoustic DNA, MIDI, audio transformers, grounding and interfacing, room-acoustical fundamentals for auditoriums and concert halls, and speech intelligibility, to microphones, resistors, capacitors, inductors, tubes, solid state devices, wire and cable, and power supplies.
Covering everything from historical perspectives to modern technologies, Handbook for Sound Engineers is an essential text for serious audio and acoustic engineers.
Part 1: Acoustics
Chapter 1. Audio and Acoustic DNA-Past and Present
Don and Carolyn Davis
Chapter 2. Fundamentals of Audio and Acoustics
Pat Brown
Chapter 3. Small Room Acoustics
Doug Jones and Hadi Sumoro
Chapter 4. Acoustical Noise Control
Doug Jones
Chapter 5. Acoustical Treatment for Indoor Areas
Jeff Szymanski
Chapter 6. Room-Acoustical Fundamentals for Auditoriums and Concert Halls
Dr. Wolfgang Ahnert and Dr. Stefan Weinzierl
Chapter 7. Worship Styles in the Christian Church
Doug Jones
Part 2: Perception
Chapter 8. Psychoacoustics
Dr. Peter Xinya Zhang
Chapter 9. Hearing Physiology-Disorders - Conservation
Benjamin Kanters
Chapter 10. Subjective Methods for Evaluating Sound Quality
Ken Pohlmann
Part 3: Electroacoustic Devices
Chapter 11. Microphones
Glen Ballou and Joe Ciaudelli
Chapter 12. Loudspeakers
Tom Danley and Doug Jones
Chapter 13. Arraying Loudspeakers
Dale Shirk
Part 4: Electronic Components
Chapter 14. Resistors, Capacitors, and Inductors
Glen Ballou
Chapter 15. Audio Transformers
Bill Whitlock
Chapter 16. Tubes, Discrete Solid State Devices, and Integrated Circuits
Glen Ballou, Leslie B. Tyler and Wayne Kirkwood
Chapter 17. Transmission Techniques: Wire and Cable
Steve Lampen and Glen Ballou
Chapter 18. Transmission Techniques: Fiber Optics
Ron Ajemian
Part 5: Electronic Audio Circuits and Equipment
Chapter 19. Ac and Dc Power Supplies and Power Distribution Safety
Glen Ballou
Chapter 20. Attenuators
Glen Ballou
Chapter 21. Consoles, DAWs, and Metering
Steve Dove
Chapter 22. Amplifier Design
Bob Cordell
Part 6: Recording and Playback
Chapter 23. Analog Recording: A Historical Perspective
Doug Jones
Chapter 24. Optical Disc Formats for Audio Reproduction and Recording
Ken Pohlmann
Chapter 25. MIDI
David Miles Huber
Part 7: Systems Design
Chapter 26. Acoustical Modeling and Auralization
Dominique J. Cheenne
Chapter 27. Grounding and Interfacing
Bill Whitlock
Chapter 28. Sound System Design
John Loufik
Chapter 29. Sound System Verification
Hadi Sumoro and Xian Yu
Chapter 30. Networked Audio
Brian Christ
Chapter 31. Computer-Aided Sound System Design
Dr. Wolfgang Ahnert and Dr. Stefan Feistel
Chapter 32. Speech Intelligibility
Dr. Peter Mapp
Part 8: Applications
Chapter 33. Fundamentals of Cinema Sound
Tom Ruhling
Chapter 34. Sound for the Theater
Dan Mead and Ray Nardelli
Chapter 35. Stadiums and Outdoor Venues
Aaron Johnson
Chapter 36. Preparing and Designing PA Systems for Touring
Harry Witz
Chapter 37. Sound Masking Systems
Rob Miller
Chapter 38. Emergency Sound and Communication Systems
Dr. Peter Mapp
Chapter 39. Personal Monitor Systems
Dr. Heather Malyuk and S. Benjamin Kanters
Chapter 40. Assistive Listening Systems and Devices
Dr. Peter Mapp
Chapter 41. Intercoms
Glen Ballou
Part 9: Measurements
Chapter 42. Test and Measurement
Pat Brown
Chapter 43. Fundamentals and Units of Measurement
Glen Ballou
Biography
Glen Ballou is the editor of the 1st–5th editions, and co-editor with Doug Jones for the 6th edition, of the Handbook for Sound Engineers and has authored many of the chapters in all six editions. He has authored many articles in sound magazines including S&VC, Church Production, Audio, Sound and Communications, Broadcast Engineering, Journal of the AES, and The Electrical Engineering Handbook. He is a member of the AES, and past Governor and Chairman of the AES Convention.
Douglas "Doug" Jones, MA, was the founding chairman of the Department of Audio Arts and Acoustics at Columbia College Chicago, where he taught for over 30 years and retired as Associate Professor of Acoustics Emeritus in 2013. He contributed to multiple editions of the Handbook for Sound Engineers and authored Sound of Worship (Focal Press 2010). Currently, he is the Principal Consultant at DRJAcoustics LLC and VP of Engineering at Sound Specialty Co. He is a member of AES and ASA.
