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How Audio Works
Written by Vincent Musolino
Narrated by Vincent Musolino
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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About this audiobook
Whether a musician who wants to understand the engineering behind the music, a hobbyist who wants to start recording their songs, a music lover who wants to understand why certain records sound the way they do, an audio engineer who wants to make sure they can nail the basic technicalities of their craft, or simply someone eager to learn the basics of audio engineering, this book is for you.
The book is organized in the most intuitive way possible: you will follow the sound from its creation to its rendering, from the vibrating string to the sound in their ears. Chapter 1 deals with physical sound and its description in terms of waves. Chapter 2 explains how the sound is transformed and transported by a series of devices (microphones, cables, amplifiers, etc.) from the analog physical domain to the digital virtual domain. Chapter 3 describes the basic transformative operations available in the digital domain. Chapter 4 explains how the sound is transformed back into the analog domain and how we detect it.
With 13 tables, 16 original figures, 13 equations, a 4 page glossary and a complete list of sources, "How Audio Works" gives you all the tools to understand the basics of audio engineering, and come out more informed and better prepared.
How Audio Works, everything you need to know about audio basics.
The book is organized in the most intuitive way possible: you will follow the sound from its creation to its rendering, from the vibrating string to the sound in their ears. Chapter 1 deals with physical sound and its description in terms of waves. Chapter 2 explains how the sound is transformed and transported by a series of devices (microphones, cables, amplifiers, etc.) from the analog physical domain to the digital virtual domain. Chapter 3 describes the basic transformative operations available in the digital domain. Chapter 4 explains how the sound is transformed back into the analog domain and how we detect it.
With 13 tables, 16 original figures, 13 equations, a 4 page glossary and a complete list of sources, "How Audio Works" gives you all the tools to understand the basics of audio engineering, and come out more informed and better prepared.
How Audio Works, everything you need to know about audio basics.
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Reviews for How Audio Works
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5It looks to be very informative book, but I do not think that listening in audio book format is a great idea. There is a lot of terms and formulas and numbers, which is hard to catch when you listen about it without having a visual sense. So I would recommend to just take and read a book instead.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Excellent overview, however the equations and formulas and their relationships contained are perhaps best represented visually..
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Informative and lucid, doesn’t assume much prior knowledge but does assume you can keep
up. - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A surprisingly comprehensive book. Through my years of being amateur audiophile I have heard many of the terms and facts explained, but this is the first time I have comprehensibly understood them. This book is highly recommended for anyone with a passion for audio engineering!
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5uses unusual phrases and terminology not used by other audio engineers, like a thesaurus was consulted. Seems as though it was translated from another language or something.