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| Preface to the second edition | |
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| Revision of electricity - d.c. | |
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| Electricity - what is it? | |
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| Amperes, volts and ohms | |
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| Power and watts | |
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| Ideas about magnetism | |
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| Magnetic fields and electric currents | |
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| Currents in coils | |
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| Protecting equipment - fuses | |
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| Batteries | |
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| Some prefixes | |
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| Definitions | |
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| Revision of electricity - a.c. | |
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| The 'shape' of an alternating current | |
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| Important quantities | |
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| Phase angles | |
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| Three-phase supplies | |
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| Mains plugs | |
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| Safety devices | |
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| Transformers | |
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| Meters for a.c. | |
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| Capacitors | |
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| Inductors | |
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| Trigonometry | |
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| Outlines of electronic devices | |
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| Semiconductors and thermionic devices | |
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| Miscellaneous | |
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| Radio transmission | |
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| Radio waves | |
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| The electromagnetic spectrum | |
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| Amplitude modulation (a.m.) | |
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| Frequency modulation (f.m.) | |
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| Other modulation systems | |
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| Decibels | |
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| What are they? | |
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| A definition | |
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| Sound waves | |
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| Types of wave | |
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| Sound wavelengths and frequencies | |
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| Sound waves and obstacles | |
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| The inverse square law | |
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| Sound in pipes | |
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| Harmonics, etc | |
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| What is a musical sound? | |
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| The ear and hearing | |
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| The ear's response to sounds | |
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| Loudness | |
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| Hearing damage | |
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| Pitch | |
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| A word of caution | |
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| Basic acoustics | |
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| What do we mean by good acoustics? | |
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| Avoiding resonances | |
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| Reverberation | |
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| Sound isolation | |
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| Microphones | |
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| The basic parts of a microphone | |
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| Transducers | |
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| The important responses of a microphone | |
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| Microphone applications | |
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| Microphone faults | |
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| More about microphones | |
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| Phantom power | |
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| Phase in microphones | |
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| Microphone cables, plugs and sockets | |
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| Variable polar diagram microphones | |
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| Other sound pick-up devices | |
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| Microphone stands and cabling | |
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| Microphone placing | |
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| Loudspeakers | |
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| The parts of a loudspeaker | |
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| The radiating surface | |
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| Transducers | |
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| The enclosure | |
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| Multiple unit loudspeakers | |
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| Directional loudspeakers | |
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| Cables and loudspeaker positioning | |
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| Headphones | |
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| Listening tests | |
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| Stereo | |
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| What do we mean by 'stereo'? | |
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| Binaural hearing | |
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| Microphones | |
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| Stereo image widths | |
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| A, B, M and S | |
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| M and S microphones | |
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| Compatibility | |
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| Phase | |
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| Setting up a coincident pair microphone | |
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| Stereo radio transmission | |
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| Signal processing | |
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| Frequency correction | |
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| Dynamic range manipulation | |
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| Visual monitoring | |
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| Monitoring in general | |
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| Dynamic ranges in technical terms | |
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| Zero level | |
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| The VU meter | |
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| The PPM | |
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| Other meter devices | |
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| Analogue tape recording | |
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| Basics of the process | |
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| Moving the tape | |
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| Azimuth | |
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| Tape errors | |
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| Tape speeds | |
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| Tape editing | |
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| Line-up | |
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| At the end of a recording session | |
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| More about analogue recording | |
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| Cassettes | |
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| Guard tracks and twin tracks | |
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| Cartridge machines | |
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| Multi-track machines | |
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| Noise reduction systems | |
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| Vinyl discs | |
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| An introduction to digital audio | |
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| What's the point? | |
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| Sampling and quantizing | |
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| Binary arithmetic | |
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| Bit rate | |
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| Error correction | |
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| Drawbacks of digital audio | |
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| Recording with digits | |
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| DAT (digital audio tape) | |
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| Stationary head recording | |
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| Digital recording -- advantages and disadvantages | |
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| Compact discs (CD) | |
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| Other digital recording systems | |
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| More digital devices | |
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| Artificial reverberation | |
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| Pitch change | |
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| Time division multiplex (TDM) | |
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| Sound-in-syncs (S.i.S.) | |
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| NICAM 728 | |
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| Timecode | |
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| The AES/EBU interface | |
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| MIDI | |
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| ISDN | |
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| Public address | |
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| A definition | |
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| Why is PA needed? | |
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| The cause of a howl-round | |
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| Reducing the risk of a howl-round | |
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| Foldback (FB) | |
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| Safety | |
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| Sound desks (mixing consoles) | |
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| What is a sound desk? | |
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| The facilities of a typical channel | |
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| Groups and busbars | |
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| The output stages | |
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| Clean feed ('mix minus') | |
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| Communications | |
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| Safety | |
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| A little quiz | |
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| Electrical safety | |
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| Lifting and handling | |
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| Scaffolding, ladders and rigging generally | |
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| Ten important extras to look out for | |
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| Further reading | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Index | |