Audio Engineering And The Science Of Sound Waves

Explores how the work of audio engineers combines the science of sound with the engineering design process, including how these engineers find solutions to audio challenges.

Audio engineering is a growing field of science that integrates scientific principles and technologies in relation to sound production, recording, processing and mixing. Audio engineers and experts involved in this field adopt different innovative methods and technologies to modify, mix and recreate sound for a wide variety of commercial and creative activities. The field of audio engineering also encompasses developments and technological advancements in the discipline of acoustic engineering that aims to improve the understanding and use of various sound waves, vibrations and audible sounds. This book provides a comprehensive insight into the varied aspects of audio engineering like active sound and noise control, music and audio coding, room acoustics, analyses and syntheses of various sound waves and signals, etc. It is an excellent reference book for all the students, researchers, audio engineers and experts who are looking for an in-depth explanation of the significant concepts in audio science & technology and their applied aspects.

First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

This extraordinarily comprehensive text, requiring no special background, discusses the nature of sound waves, musical instruments, musical notation, acoustic materials, elements of sound reproduction systems, and electronic music. Includes 376 figures.

First Published in 2012. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Immersive Sound: The Art and Science of Binaural and Multi-Channel Audio provides a comprehensive guide to multi-channel sound. With contributions from leading recording engineers, researchers, and industry experts, Immersive Sound includes an in-depth description of the physics and psychoacoustics of spatial audio as well as practical applications. Chapters include the history of 3D sound, binaural reproduction over headphones and loudspeakers, stereo, surround sound, height channels, object-based audio, soundfield (ambisonics), wavefield synthesis, and multi-channel mixing techniques. Knowledge of the development, theory, and practice of spatial and multi-channel sound is essential to those advancing the research and applications in the rapidly evolving fields of 3D sound recording, augmented and virtual reality, gaming, film sound, music production, and post-production.