The audio dictionary / Glenn D. White and Gary J. Louie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

White, Glenn D., 1933-2014.

Contributor:

Louie, Gary J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sound--Recording and reproducing--Dictionaries.

Sound.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (518 p.)

Edition:

3rd ed., rev. and expanded.

Place of Publication:

Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Audio Dictionary is a comprehensive resource, including historical, obsolete, and obscure as well as contemporary terms relating to diverse aspects of audio such as film and TV sound, recording, Hi-Fi, and acoustics. The Third Edition includes four hundred new entries, such as AAC (advanced audio coding), lip synch, metadata, MP3, and satellite radio. Every term from previous editions has been reconsidered and often rewritten. Guest entries are by Dennis Bohn, cofounder and head of research and development at Rane Corporation, and film sound expert Larry Blake, whose credits include Erin Brockovich and Ocean's Eleven. The appendixes--tutorials that gather a lifetime's worth of experience in acoustics--include both new and greatly expanded articles.

Contents:

The audio dictionary

The art and science of good acoustics

Some frequently used symbols and units

How to subdue a hi-fi salesperson

Good acoustics in small rooms and auditoria

Some notes on audio measurements

The balanced line

Some notes on digital audio

Musical scales and the tuning of musical instruments

Some notes on the history of high fidelity

Some notes on decimal and binary arithmetic as used in computer terminology

Some notes on impedance and frequency response.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

9780295801704

0295801700

OCLC:

742514420