Master Handbook of Acoustics

Name: Master Handbook of Acoustics
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ISBN: 9780071360975

ISBN-10: 0071360972

ISBN-13: 9780071360975

Edition: 4th 2001 (Revised)

Authors: F. Alton Everest

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*For the audio buff who needs a quick-read education on acoustical concepts and terminology, this not-bi-be-missed, heavily illustrated guide has it all. *Reviews acoustical principles and applies the theory to the design of special audio spaces: the home listening room, the control room, and the multi-track recording studio. *Features an entire chapter devoted to Acoustical Measurements and Calculations. *New coverage sheds light on the many computer programs currently available at both the professional and advanced audio level.

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List price: $39.95
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
Publication date: 9/22/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 592
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.75" tall
Weight: 2.684
Language: English

F. Alton Everest, a leading expert and authority in the field of acoustics, was an emeritus member of the Acoustical Society of America, a life member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and life fellow of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers.Ken C. Pohlmann (Miami, FL) was director of the Music Engineering Technology program and is professor emeritus at the University of Miami in Coral Gables. He is the author of Principles of Digital Audio, Sixth Edition and coauthor of Handbook of Sound Studio Construction, Second Edition.

Epigraph	p. xxi
Introduction	p. xxiii
Fundamentals of Sound	p. 1
The Simple Sinusoid	p. 2
Sine-Wave Language	p. 3
Wavelength and Frequency	p. 10
Complex Waves	p. 12
Electrical, Mechanical, and Acoustical Analogs	p. 20
Sound Levels and the Decibel	p. 23
Ratios vs. Differences	p. 23
Logarithms	p. 26
Decibels	p. 26
Reference Levels	p. 28
Logarithmic and Exponential Forms Compared	p. 30
Acoustic Power	p. 31
Using Decibels	p. 33
Ratios and Octaves	p. 37
Measuring Sound-Pressure Level	p. 39
The Ear and the Perception of Sound	p. 41
Sensitivity of the Ear	p. 41
A Primer of Ear Anatomy	p. 42
Loudness vs. Frequency	p. 50
Loudness Control	p. 51
Area of Audibility	p. 53
Loudness vs. Sound-Pressure Level	p. 54
Loudness and Bandwidth	p. 56
Loudness of Impulses	p. 59
Audibility of Loudness Changes	p. 61
Pitch vs. Frequency	p. 61
Timbre vs. Spectrum	p. 63
Localization of Sound Sources	p. 64
Binaural Localization	p. 67
The Ear as an Analyzer	p. 70
The Ear as a Measuring Instrument	p. 70
Meters vs. the Ear	p. 72
The Precedence Effect	p. 73
Perception of Reflected Sound	p. 75
Occupational and Recreational Deafness	p. 76
Summary	p. 79
Sound Waves in the Free Field	p. 83
Free Sound Field: Definition	p. 83
Sound Divergence	p. 84
Speech, Music, and Noise	p. 89
The Voice System	p. 89
Music	p. 99
Power in Speech and Music	p. 103
Frequency Range of Speech and Music	p. 104
Future Dynamic-Range Requirements	p. 104
Auditory Area	p. 104
Noise	p. 107
Signal Distortion	p. 112
Harmonic Distortion	p. 114
Analog and Digital Signal Processing	p. 119
Resonance	p. 120
Filters	p. 122
Application of Digital Signal Processing (DSP)	p. 105
Application of DSP to Room Equalization	p. 106
Reverberation	p. 129
Reverberation and Normal Modes	p. 130
Growth of Sound in a Room	p. 132
Decay of Sound in a Room	p. 134
Idealized Growth and Decay of Sound	p. 134
Reverberation Time	p. 135
Measuring Reverberation Time	p. 137
Impulse Sound Sources	p. 137
Steady-State Sources	p. 138
Equipment	p. 138
Measurement Procedure	p. 140
Mode Decay Variations	p. 142
Reverberation Time Variation with Position	p. 145
Acoustically Coupled Spaces	p. 146
Electroacoustically Coupled Spaces	p. 146
Influence of Reverberation on Speech	p. 148
Influence of Reverberation on Music	p. 149
Optimum Reverberation Time	p. 150
Artificial Reverberation: The Past	p. 155
Artificial Reverberation: The Future	p. 156
Arrival Time Gap	p. 157
The Sabine Equation	p. 159
Reverberant Field	p. 162
Control of Interfering Noise	p. 165
Noise Sources and Some Solutions	p. 166
Sound Transmission Classification (STC)	p. 170
Comparison of Wall Structures	p. 171
Double Windows	p. 173
Sound-Insulating Doors	p. 175
Absorption of Sound	p. 179
Dissipation of Sound Energy	p. 179
Evaluation of Sound Absorption	p. 181
Reverberation Chamber Method	p. 182
Impedance Tube Method	p. 182
Tone-Burst Method	p. 185
Mounting of Absorbents	p. 186
Mid/High Frequency Absorption by Porosity	p. 187
Effect of Thickness of Absorbent	p. 190
Effect of Airspace behind Absorbent	p. 191
Effect of Density of Absorbent	p. 192
Open-Cell Foams	p. 192
Drapes as Sound Absorbers	p. 193
Carpet as Sound Absorber	p. 196
Sound Absorption by People	p. 200
Absorption of Sound in Air	p. 203
Low-Frequency Absorption by Resonance	p. 203
Diaphragmatic Absorbers	p. 205
Polycylindrical Absorbers	p. 209
Poly Construction	p. 212
Membrane Absorbers	p. 213
Helmholtz Resonators	p. 215
Perforated Panel Absorbers	p. 218
Slat Absorbers	p. 224
Placement of Materials	p. 225
Reverberation Time of Helmholtz Resonators	p. 225
Increasing Reverberation Time	p. 229
Modules	p. 229
Reflection of Sound	p. 235
Reflections from Flat Surfaces	p. 235
Doubling of Pressure at Reflection	p. 237
Reflections from Convex Surfaces	p. 237
Reflections from Concave Surfaces	p. 237
Reflections from Parabolic Surfaces	p. 238
Reflections inside a Cylinder	p. 240
Standing Waves	p. 240
Reflection of Sound from Impedance Irregularities	p. 240
The Corner Reflector	p. 243
Echo-Sounding	p. 243
Perceptive Effects of Reflections	p. 244
Diffraction of Sound	p. 245
Rectilinear Propagation	p. 245
Diffraction and Wavelength	p. 246
Diffraction of Sound by Large and Small Apertures	p. 247
Diffraction of Sound by Obstacles	p. 248
Diffraction of Sound by a Slit	p. 249
Diffraction by the Zone Plate	p. 250
Diffraction around the Human Head	p. 251
Diffraction by Loudspeaker Cabinet Edges	p. 253
Diffraction by Various Objects	p. 254
Refraction of Sound	p. 257
Refraction of Sound	p. 258
Diffusion of Sound	p. 267
The Perfectly Diffuse Sound Field	p. 267
Evaluating Diffusion in a Room	p. 268
Decay Beats	p. 269
Exponential Decay	p. 270
Spatial Uniformity of Reverberation Time	p. 271
Decay Shapes	p. 275
Microphone Directivity	p. 275
Room Shape	p. 275
Splaying Room Surfaces	p. 281
Geometrical Irregularities	p. 282
Absorbent in Patches	p. 282
Concave Surfaces	p. 286
Convex Surfaces: The Poly	p. 286
Plane Surfaces	p. 287
The Schroeder Diffusor	p. 289
Schroeder's First Acoustic Diffusor	p. 290
Maximum-Length Sequences	p. 292
Reflection Phase-Grating Diffusors	p. 292
Quadratic-Residue Diffusors	p. 293
Primitive-Root Diffusors	p. 296
Quadratic-Residue Applications	p. 298
Performance of Diffraction-Grating Diffusors	p. 298
Comparison of Gratings with Conventional Approaches	p. 312
Modal Resonances in Enclosed Spaces	p. 317
Resonance in a Pipe	p. 318
Bathroom Acoustics	p. 319
Reflections Indoors	p. 320
Two-Wall Resonance	p. 322
Waves vs. Rays	p. 322
Frequency Regions	p. 323
Dividing the Audio Spectrum	p. 325
Wave Acoustics	p. 326
Experimental Verification	p. 331
Mode Identification	p. 331
Mode Decay	p. 333
Mode Bandwidth	p. 334
Mode Pressure Plots	p. 339
Modal Density	p. 341
Mode Spacing and Coloration	p. 342
Experiments with Colorations	p. 344
Simplified Axial Mode Analysis	p. 346
The Bonello Criterion	p. 348
Controlling Problem Modes	p. 348
Mode Summary	p. 350
Reflections in Enclosed Spaces	p. 353
Law of the First Wavefront	p. 353
Mean Free Path	p. 354
Large Spaces	p. 359
Spaciousness	p. 360
Comb-Filter Effects	p. 363
What Is a Comb Filter?	p. 363
Superposition of Sound	p. 364
Tonal Signals and Comb Filters	p. 365
Comb Filters and Critical Bands	p. 371
Comb Filters in Stereo Listening	p. 374
Coloration and Spaciousness	p. 374
Combing in Stereo Microphone Pickups	p. 375
Audibility of Comb-Filter Effects	p. 375
Quiet Air for the Studio	p. 385
Selection of Noise Criterion	p. 386
Fan Noise	p. 388
Ashrae	p. 389
Machinery Noise	p. 390
Air Velocity	p. 390
Effect of Terminal Fittings	p. 391
"Natural" Attenuation	p. 391
Duct Lining	p. 392
Plenum Silencers	p. 393
Packaged Attenuators	p. 394
Reactive Silencers	p. 394
Resonator Silencer	p. 395
Duct Location	p. 395
Some Practical Suggestions	p. 395
Acoustics of the Listening Room	p. 399
The Acoustical Link	p. 399
Peculiarities of Small-Room Acoustics	p. 400
The Listening Room: Low Frequencies	p. 403
The Listening Room: The Mid-High Frequencies	p. 409
Acoustics of the Small Recording Studio	p. 415
Acoustical Characteristics of a Studio	p. 416
Reverberation	p. 418
Studio Design	p. 419
Studio Volume	p. 419
Room Proportions	p. 421
Reverberation Time	p. 422
Diffusion	p. 423
Noise	p. 424
Studio Design Procedure	p. 424
Some Studio Features	p. 424
Elements Common to all Studios	p. 427
Acoustics of the Control Room	p. 429
The Initial Time-Delay Gap	p. 429
The Live End	p. 431
Specular Reflections vs. Diffusion	p. 432
Low-Frequency Resonances in the Control Room	p. 434
Initial Time-Delay Gaps in Practice	p. 436
Managing Reflections	p. 438
The Reflection-Free-Zone Control Room	p. 439
Control-Room Frequency Range	p. 441
Outer Shell of the Control Room	p. 442
Inner Shell of the Control Room	p. 442
Representative Control Rooms	p. 442
Some European Designs	p. 444
Consultants	p. 450
Acoustics for Multitrack Recording	p. 453
Flexibility	p. 545
Advantages of Multitrack	p. 455
Disadvantages of Multitrack	p. 456
Achieving Track Separation	p. 457
Studio Acoustics	p. 458
The Future of Multichannel	p. 460
Automation	p. 460
Audio/Video Tech Room and Voice-Over Recording	p. 461
Selection of Space: External Factors	p. 462
Selection of Space: Internal Factors	p. 462
Work Space Treatment	p. 462
Audio/Video Work Place Example	p. 463
Appraisal of Room Resonances	p. 463
Calculations	p. 465
The Voice-Over Booth	p. 468
Dead-End Live-End Voice Studio	p. 468
Voice-Over Booths	p. 468
The Quick Sound Field	p. 469
Adjustable Acoustics	p. 473
Draperies	p. 473
Adjustable Panels: Absorption	p. 474
Adjustable Panels: The Abffusor	p. 476
Hinged Panels	p. 478
Louvered Panels	p. 479
Variable Resonant Devices	p. 480
Rotating Elements	p. 483
Portable Units: The Tube Trap	p. 484
Portable Units: The Korner Killer	p. 485
Acoustical Distortion	p. 489
Acoustic Distortion and the Perception of Sound	p. 489
Sources of Acoustic Distortion	p. 490
Conclusion	p. 500
Room Acoustics Measurement Software	p. 501
The Evolution of Measurement Technologies	p. 502
Building a Better Analyzer	p. 504
AcoustiSoft's ETF Program	p. 509
Conclusion	p. 526
Room Optimizer	p. 529
Introduction	p. 529
Modal Response	p. 530
Speaker-Boundary Interference Response	p. 531
Optimization	p. 533
Theory	p. 536
Optimization Procedure	p. 545
Results	p. 549
Conclusion	p. 558
Desktop Auralization	p. 565
Introduction	p. 565
The Auralization Process	p. 569
Summary	p. 581
Appendix	p. 585
Glossary	p. 589
Index	p. 599
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