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The Audio Expert: Everything You Need to Know About Audio
Gain a deep understanding of audio practice and theory with this easy-to-read book, illustrated with more than 400 figures and photographs. Using common sense, plain-English explanations and minimal math, author Ethan Winer helps you understand audio at the deepest, most technical level-no engineering degree necessary.
If you re an intermediate to advanced recording engineer or audiophile, you already know the basic mechanics of how audio "works." This book will take you beyond that, weaving together audio concepts, theories of aural perception and acoustics, musical instrument physics, and basic electronics and demonstrating their relationships to one another.
Rather than merely showing you how to use audio devices like equalizers and compressors, Winer explains how they work internally and how they are spec'd and tested.
With "The Audio Expert," you get:
* Videos and audio examples on the companion website (www.TheAudioExpertBook.com) that help you understand complex topics, such as vibration and resonance * Platform agnostic explanations, applying to Windows and Mac operating systems, and to most software and hardware * Practical tips, tricks, advice, and lots of myth-busting
Bonus chapters are currently available on FocalPress.com.
http: //www.focalpress.com/books/audio/the_au...
* Explains clearly the innermost details of audio hardware and software * Contains numerous practical tips, tricks, advice, and lots of myth-busting * Provides videos and audio examples on the companion website for comprehensive understanding
If you re an intermediate to advanced recording engineer or audiophile, you already know the basic mechanics of how audio "works." This book will take you beyond that, weaving together audio concepts, theories of aural perception and acoustics, musical instrument physics, and basic electronics and demonstrating their relationships to one another.
Rather than merely showing you how to use audio devices like equalizers and compressors, Winer explains how they work internally and how they are spec'd and tested.
With "The Audio Expert," you get:
* Videos and audio examples on the companion website (www.TheAudioExpertBook.com) that help you understand complex topics, such as vibration and resonance * Platform agnostic explanations, applying to Windows and Mac operating systems, and to most software and hardware * Practical tips, tricks, advice, and lots of myth-busting
Bonus chapters are currently available on FocalPress.com.
http: //www.focalpress.com/books/audio/the_au...
* Explains clearly the innermost details of audio hardware and software * Contains numerous practical tips, tricks, advice, and lots of myth-busting * Provides videos and audio examples on the companion website for comprehensive understanding
667 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2012
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February 9, 2013
Really /thorough/ book (at least from my non-expert point of view), which takes you through many of the important topics in understanding sound, setting up studios or simply a good home music listening experience.
I like it how Ethan Winer explains things from first principles, and his skepticism for many audiophile claims -- a field so full of placebos/superstition and commercial products trying to exploit that. He gets a bit bitter sometimes, but he certainly knows his stuff -- impressive.
The book does get tedious in some parts, but I'll keep it around whenever I feel the read to refresh my knowledge on some audio-related topic.
I like it how Ethan Winer explains things from first principles, and his skepticism for many audiophile claims -- a field so full of placebos/superstition and commercial products trying to exploit that. He gets a bit bitter sometimes, but he certainly knows his stuff -- impressive.
The book does get tedious in some parts, but I'll keep it around whenever I feel the read to refresh my knowledge on some audio-related topic.
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