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Advanced audio production techniques / Ty Ford.

By: Ford, Ty.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Boston : Focal Press, c1993Description: x, 148 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0240800826.Subject(s): Sound -- Recording and reproducingDDC classification: 621.3893
Contents:
Developing golden ears -- Advanced listening -- Getting connected -- Understanding audio signal flow -- Shaping audio -- New technology -- Symbiosis and synergy in the studio.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 621.3893 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00013998
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This book provides the reader with easy to understand answers on how and why sophisticated audio decisions are made. The reader will discover how to listen, how to connect equipment, and how to use the equipment to achieve the desired effects. Written for the video age, this book will show the reader how to visualise sound. The book is clear and easy to understand and provides an insight into envisioning and executing the right sound.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 141) and index.

Developing golden ears -- Advanced listening -- Getting connected -- Understanding audio signal flow -- Shaping audio -- New technology -- Symbiosis and synergy in the studio.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Preface (p. ix)
  • 1 Developing Golden Ears (p. 1)
  • Hearing (p. 2)
  • Listening (p. 4)
  • Using Points of Reference (p. 8)
  • Practicing Visualization (p. 9)
  • Starting with a Concept (p. 11)
  • Hearing Loss (p. 11)
  • Developing Chops (p. 13)
  • 2 Advanced Listening (p. 15)
  • Studio and Control Room Acoustics (p. 15)
  • Monitors (p. 17)
  • Radio and Television Referencing (p. 23)
  • Polarity and Phase Cancellation (p. 23)
  • Listening for Noise (p. 25)
  • Conclusion (p. 29)
  • 3 Getting Connected (p. 31)
  • Getting Past the Jargon (p. 32)
  • Impedance (p. 33)
  • Operating Levels (p. 37)
  • Headroom (p. 37)
  • Dynamic Range (p. 38)
  • Balanced and Unbalanced Audio (p. 40)
  • 4 Understanding Audio Signal Flow (p. 45)
  • Patch Bays (p. 47)
  • Phase Reversal and Phase Cancellation (p. 51)
  • Cable Polarity (p. 54)
  • Distribution Amps (p. 55)
  • Audio Switchers (p. 56)
  • Consoles (p. 56)
  • Conclusion (p. 59)
  • 5 Shaping Audio (p. 61)
  • Audio Processing (p. 62)
  • Equalization (p. 63)
  • Dynamic Gain Control (p. 72)
  • Time-Domain Effects (p. 81)
  • Psychoacoustic Processors (p. 90)
  • Conclusion (p. 94)
  • 6 New Technology (p. 95)
  • Digital Audio (p. 95)
  • Digital Recording Formats (p. 101)
  • Digital Signal Processing (p. 108)
  • Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) (p. 114)
  • Conclusion (p. 116)
  • 7 Symbiosis and Synergy in the Studio (p. 119)
  • Suggested Reading (p. 141)
  • Index (p. 143)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Ty Ford is a 20-year veteran of the radio and audio industries and is an authority on audio production. He has been a radio announcer, production director, program director, chief engineer, and operations manager for a number of different stations. He currently runs his own production company, writing, producing, and sometimes performing music and voice tracks for radio, TV, and videos. He writes a monthly column on production issues for Radio World, a major trade magazine, and often gives seminars and guest lectures for universities. In addition, Mr. Ford uses and analyzes new equipment for major audio equipment manufacturers and conducts related research.

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