Providing vital reading for audio students and trainee engineers, Sound and Recording is the essential guide for anyone who wants a solid grounding in both theory and industry practices in audio, sound, and recording. This updated and comprehensively restructured edition includes new content on DAW configuration, effects processing, 3D/immersive audio systems, object-based audio, and VR audio technology.
 
Table Of Contents
Preface to the second edition
Preface to the third edition
Preface to the fourth edition
Preface to the fifth edition
Preface to the sixth edition
Preface to the seventh edition
Preface to the eighth edition
Chapter 1: Audio and Acoustics Fundamentals
Chapter 2: Auditory Perception and Sound Quality
Chapter 3: Microphones
Chapter 4: Loudspeakers
Chapter 5: Digital Audio Principles
Chapter 6: Digital Recording and Editing Systems
Chapter 7: Mixing, metering and signal levels
Chapter 8: Signal Processing and Effects
Chapter 9: Audio data reduction
Chapter 10: Digital Audio Interfaces and Networking
Chapter 11: Analog Lines and Interconnection
Chapter 12: Power Amplifiers
Chapter 13: MIDI and Musical Instrument Control
Chapter 14: Synchronization
Chapter 15: Two-Channel Stereo
Chapter 16: Surround Sound and Immersive Audio
Glossary
Index