Audio production and critical listening : technical ear training / Jason Corey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Corey, Jason, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Auditory perception.

Listening.

Ear training.

Sound--Recording and reproducing--Evaluation.

Sound.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 175 p. ) ill.

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Burlington, Mass. : Focal Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This text develops your critical and expert listening skills, enabling you to listen to audio like an award-winning engineer. The interactive 'ear training' software practice modules give you experience identifying various types of signal processes and manipulation - EQ, dynamics, reverb, distortion, delay, etc.

Owners of Audio Production and Critical Listening , some copies of the disc may have issues with the Mac version of the software. For the correct files, please visit www.taylorandfrancis.com/info/contact/ Making decisions about how and when to apply sound processing effects and recording techniques can make or break your song mix. The decisions you make come down to your listening skills--what you hear and how you perceive it. Your ability to properly discern sound, identify a problem, and act accordingly, especially when the decision needs to be made quickly, makes all the difference to the success of the final track. Audio Production and Critical Listening develops your critical and expert listening skills, enabling you to listen to audio like an award-winning engineer. The interactive "ear training" software practice modules give you experience identifying various types of signal processes and manipulation--EQ, dynamics, reverb, distortion, delay, and more. The software sits alongside the clear and detailed explanations in the book, offering a complete learning package that will help you train your ears to listen and really "hear" your recordings. Owners of Audio Production and Critical Listening , some copies of the disc may have issues with the Mac version of the software. For the correct files, please visit www.taylorandfrancis.com/info/contact/ Making decisions about how and when to apply sound processing effects and recording techniques can make or break your song mix. The decisions you make come down to your listening skills--what you hear and how you perceive it. Your ability to properly discern sound, identify a problem, and act accordingly, especially when the decision needs to be made quickly, makes all the difference to the success of the final track. Audio Production and Critical Listening develops your critical and expert listening skills, enabling you to listen to audio like an award-winning engineer. The interactive "ear training" software practice modules give you experience identifying various types of signal processes and manipulation--EQ, dynamics, reverb, distortion, delay, and more. The software sits alongside the clear and detailed explanations in the book, offering a complete learning package that will help you train your ears to listen and really "hear" your recordings.

Contents:

Introduction 1 Listening 1.1 Everyday Listening 1.2 What is Technical Ear Training? 1.3 What is Timbre? 1.4 Shaping Sounds 1.5 Sound Reproduction System Configurations 1.6 The Listening Environment 2 Spectral Balance and Equalization 2.1 Types of Filters and Equalizers 2.2 Practice 2.3 Exercises 3 Spatial Attributes 3.1 Time Delay 3.2 Reverberation 3.3 Delay and Comb Filtering 3.4 Reverberation in Multichannel Audio 3.5 Description of the Software Training Module 3.6 Mid-Side Matrixing, Stereo Shuffling, and Polarity Reversal 3.7 Summary 4 Dynamic Range and Levels 4.1 Level Changes 4.2 Compressors and Limiters 4.3 Expanders and Gates 5 Distortion and Noise 5.1 Clipping and Overdrive 5.2 Noise, Hum and Buzz 5.3 Quantization Distortion: Bit Rate Reduction 6 Amplitude Envelope 6.1 Digital Audio Editing: The Source-Destination Technique 6.2 Software Exercise Module 6.3 Focus of the Exercise 6.4 Conclusions 7 Analysis of Sound 7.1 Analysis of Sound from Electroacoustic Sources 7.2 Graphical Analysis of Sound 7.3 Multichannel Audio 7.4 Selecting Listening Material 7.5 Analysis Examples 7.6 Sound Enhancers on Media Players 7.7 Analysis of Sound from Acoustic Sources 7.8 Conclusions A About the software practice modules Bibliography

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612541636

9781136121340

113612134X

9781282541634

1282541633

9780240812960

0240812964

OCLC:

647909902