Acoustics category: 434 books
by Douglas Self
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2017
Electronics for Vinyl is the most comprehensive book ever produced on the electronic circuitry needed to extract the best possible signal from grooves in vinyl. What is called the "vinyl revival" is in full swing, and a clear and comprehensive account of the electronics you need is very...
by Robert Harley
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2015
An updated edition of what many consider the “bible of high-end audio”
In this newly revised and updated fifth edition, Robert Harley, editor in chief of the Absolute Sound magazine, tells you everything you need to know about buying and enjoying high-quality hi-fi. With this book, discover...
Post Sound Design
The Art and Craft of Audio Post Production for the Moving Image
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2017
Post Sound Design provides a practical introduction to the fascinating craft of editing and replacing dialog, creating Foley and sound effects, editing music, and balancing these elements to a final mix. Based on years of experience and teaching this material to students at Drexel University, award-winning...
Sound as Popular Culture
A Research Companion
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2016
Scholars consider sound and its concepts, taking as their premise the idea that popular culture can be analyzed in an innovative way through sound.
The wide-ranging texts in this book take as their premise the idea that sound is a subject through which popular culture can be analyzed in an...
Sound
A Memoir of Hearing Lost and Found
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2018
"Bathurst is a restless, curious writer… After reading this book, I found myself listening in a richer and more interested way." — Guardian
A profound, beautifully written exploration of sound by a young woman who lost her hearing, then regained it.
In this surprising...
The Rhythmic Event
Art, Media, and the Sonic
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2014
An investigation into the affective modes of perception, temporality, and experience enabled by experimental new media sonic art.
The sonic has come to occupy center stage in the arts and humanities. In the age of computational media, sound and its subcultures can offer more dynamic ways of...
Hear Where We Are
Sound, Ecology, and Sense of Place
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2013
Throughout history, hearing and sound perception have been typically framed in the context of how sound conveys information and how that information influences the listener. "Hear Where We Are" inverts this premise and examines how humans and other hearing animals use sound to establish...
by Baby Professor
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2017
Let’s break down physics into interesting bits and pieces so that kids would be encouraged to actually like the subject. The way to do that would be to use handpicked information and partner them with wonderful pictures. This way, learning becomes a visual experience. Lessons learned this way would be more difficult to forget. Grab a copy today!
Indie Rock 101
Running, Recording, Promoting your Band
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Indie Rock 101 is a clear, concise, all-in-one primer for beginning to mid-level musicians looking for the essential fundamentals behind running, recording and promoting their band. It's all the basics that can take years to collate from more specialized or technical books, magazines and websites-and...
by Michael MacLeod
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2015
Have you ever taken notice of horned instruments like trumpets, trombones, French horns etc; they’re basically a long flared pipe that gets wider and wider along its length. This allows the sound to be amplified and travel some distance.This is the basis of the tapered quarter wave pipe, a new look...
Flow-Induced Vibrations
Classifications and Lessons from Practical Experiences
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2013
In many plants, vibration and noise problems occur due to fluid flow, which can greatly disrupt smooth plant operations. These flow-related phenomena are called flow-induced vibration.
This book explains how and why such vibrations happen and provides hints and tips on how to avoid them in...
Logic Pro 9
Audio and Music Production
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
First published in 2010. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Audio Post Production for Television and Film
An introduction to technology and techniques
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
Previously titled Audio Post-production in Video and Film, this third edition has been completely revised and restructured to provide a step-by-step guide to the professional techniques used to shape a soundtrack through the production process. Covering sound for both film and television, this edition...
Digital Audio Editing
Correcting and Enhancing Audio in Pro Tools, Logic Pro, Cubase, and Studio One
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Whether you’re comping a vocal track, restoring an old recording, working with dialogue or sound effects for film, or imposing your own vision with mash-ups or remixes, audio editing is a key skill to successful sound production. Digital Audio Editing gives you the techniques, from the simplest...