Audio in Media

by Stanley R. Alten

In AUDIO IN MEDIA, Eighth Edition, Stanley Alten-internationally recognized as a scholar and expert in the area of audio production-continues to provide students with an introduction to the basic techniques and principles needed for today's audio production in media. The clear and current illustrations and photos and student-friendly writing in Alten's market-leading text have helped professors effectively teach this technically-based course to thousands of introductory audio production students. Comprehensive, technically accurate, and up-to-date, the text covers informational, perceptual, and aesthetic aspects of sound as they apply to each stage of the production process-from planning to post-production.

Genres: Music, Film, Reference

502 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1981

Reviews

[Jim · Rating 5 out of 5]

I recommend this book to all my students in my audio production classes. Very methodical and inclusive of the science of sound and the reasons why, say, a microphone does what it does and why different ones do different things. To boot, my father-in-law, a radio producer, recordist, musician and educator extraordinaire, studied with Alten at Syracuse. So I feel like a descendent from his tree, almost (even if I married in).

Really comprehensive; and a great resource for beginner and lifetime students of audio.

This is probably the definitive edition.

[Michael · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was okay.

I kind of agree with what my Audio professor and mentor thought:

"The problem with this book is that they've got a 'textbook' person to write it." A certain amount of the material is overly verbose.

That being said, it's not necessarily a "bad" book. I wouldn't write it off entirely.

I'd recommend reading some of the books and watching some of the videos by Tom Lubin! He's still the industry standard and he'll give you some straight up knowledge on microphone techniques, audio engineering, and recording!

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(Culled 1990 ed, kept 2002 instructor ed.)

[Nature Shreshtha · Rating 5 out of 5]

back in 2014, I got this amazing book written by Stanley R. Alten.This book is based on audio fundamentals <3