Master Handbook of Audio Production (Digital Video and Audio) - Softcover

Whitaker, Jerry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0071408762 ISBN 13: 9780071408769

Publisher: McGraw-Hill, 2002

Synopsis

The democratization of video has driven parallel developments in audio: digital technology now allows small studios with inexpensive equipment to create increasingly elaborate sound recordings, while digital video now requires an audio design to match its increasingly sophisticated visual palette. In audio increasingly sophisticated digital tools must still be matched with essential microphones, studios, and acoustics, to attain excellent sound, making the field a greater challenge even as more powerful tools appear.This Master Handbook covers the full range of modern audio techniques, from digital sound recording in the studio to sound for digital video and film. It deals with basic physics, essential equipment, recording methods, and digital signal processing techniques – everything you need to produce audio in the studio or for video and film work.

About this title

About the Author

Jerry Whitaker is Vice President of Standards Development at the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC), Washington, D.C. He was previously President of Technical Press, a consulting company based in the San Jose area. Whitaker has been involved in various aspects of the electronics industry for over 30 years, with specialization in communications. He has lectured extensively on the topic of electronic systems design, installation, and maintenance. He is the former editorial director and associate publisher of Broadcast Engineering and Video Systems magazines, and a former radio station chief engineer and television news producer. Mr. Whitaker is a Fellow of the Society of Broadcast Engineers and an SBE-certified professional broadcast engineer. He is also a fellow of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, and a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

From the Back Cover

From one of the leading writers in audio engineering--Jerry C. Whitaker, author of "The Standard Handbook of Audio and Radio Engineering"

EVERYTHING IN ONE BOOK

It's not that you won't find the essential audio techniques inside somewhere, if you're willing to dig--it's that this book is the only source that puts them all conveniently (and readably) in one place. "Master Handbook of Audio Production" gives you all the practical information you need to:
* Set up a full-service audio studio, while keeping to a budget
* Offer the full range of today's audio techniques
* Produce sound for video and film
* Make high-quality studio recordings
* Learn and apply digital signal processing techniques
* Select microphones, loudspeakers, headphones, and other equipment
* Discover the complete palette of powerful new audio design tools
* Get the background you want in sound physics and acoustics

The playing field has been leveled in audio production. In today's marketplace, small studios using inexpensive equipment can compete successfully against giant corporations in producing sophisticated, elaborate sound and sound recordings. This book shows you how.

THE COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO TODAY'S PRO AUDIO

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0071408762
• ISBN 13: 9780071408769
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 446