Handbook for Sound Engineers

Part 1-Introduction to Acoustics Chapter 1-Audio and Acoustic DNA-Past and Present Chapter 2-Subjective Methods for Evaluating Sound QualityChapter 3-PsychoacousticsChapter 4-Hearing Physiology-Disorders-Conservation Chapter 5-Fundamentals of Audio and Acoustics Part 2-Acoustics Chapter 6-Small Room Acoustics Chapter 7-Acoustical Noise Control Chapter 8-Acoustical Treatment for Indoor Areas Chapter 9-Room-acoustical Fundamentals for Auditoriums and Concert Halls Chapter 10-Worship Styles in the Christian Church Chapter 11-Stadiums and Outdoor Venues Chapter 12-Surround Sound for Cinema Chapter 13-Acoustical Modeling and Auralization Part 3-Electronic Components Chapter 14-Resistors, Capacitors, and Inductors Chapter 15-Audio Transformers Chapter 16-Tubes, Discrete Solid State Devices, and Integrated Circuits Chapter 17-Heatsinks and Relays Chapter 18-Transmission Techniques: Wire and Cable Chapter 19-Transmission Techniques: Fiber Optics Part 4-Electroacoustic Devices Chapter 20-Microphones Chapter 21-Loudspeakers Chapter 22-Loudspeaker Cluster Design Part 5-Electronic Audio Circuits and Equipment Chapter 23-Power Supplies Chapter 24-Amplifier Design Chapter 25-Preamplifiers and Mixers Chapter 26-Attenuators Chapter 27-Filters and Equalizers Chapter 28-Delay Chapter 29-Consoles, DAWs, and Computers Chapter 30-Audio Meters and Devices Part 6-Recording and Playback Chapter 31-Analog Disc PlaybackChapter 32-Magnetic Recording and PlaybackChapter 33-MIDIChapter 34-Optical Disc Formats for Audio Reproduction and Recording Part 7-Design Applications Chapter 35-DSP TechnologyChapter 36-Grounding and InterfacingChapter 37-System Gain StructureChapter 38-Sound System DesignChapter 39-Computer Aided Sound System DesignChapter 40-Designing for Speech IntelligibilityChapter 41-Virtual SystemsChapter 42-Digital Audio Interfacing and NetworkingChapter 43-Personal Monitor SystemsChapter 44-Message Repeaters, Museum and Tour Group Systems, Voice Evacuation/Mass Notification

Glen Ballou is a graduate of General Motors Institute, now Kettering University, with a bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering and a minor in Electrical Engineering. He has been a Syn-Aud-Con representative, has served as governor, convention chairman, papers chairman, and facilities chairman of the Audio Engineering Society (AES), and has been a member for the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE). He has been a contributor to S&VC, Sound and Communications, and Church Production magazine on a variety of subjects. Glen also wrote the chapter on capacitors and inductors for the CRC Press publication The Electrical Engineering Handbook. Glen is owner of Innovative Communications, a company that specializes in room acoustics and sound system design.