Sound and Recording

Further Reading

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Chapter 1

  • Alton Everest, F., 2009. The Master Handbook of Acoustics, fifth edition. Tab Electronics.
  • Campbell, M., Greated, C., 2001. The Musician’s Guide to Acoustics. Oxford University Press.
  • Long, M., 2006. Architectural Acoustics. Academic Press.
  • Howard, D., Angus, J., 2009. Acoustics and Psychoacoustics, fourth edition. Focal Press.
  • Kleiner, M., 2011. Acoustics and Audio Technology. J Ross Publishing.
  • Rossing, T. D., 2001. The Science of Sound, third edition. Addison-Wesley.

Chapter 2

  • Blauert, J., 1997. Spatial Hearing, second edition. Translated by J. S. Allen. MIT Press.
  • Bregman, A., 1994. Auditory Scene Analysis: The Perceptual Organisation of Sound. MIT Press.
  • Howard, D., Angus, J., 2009. Acoustics and Psychoacoustics, fourth edition. Focal Press.
  • Moore, B. C. J., 2003. An Introduction to the Psychology of Hearing, fifth edition. Academic Press.

Chapter 3

  • AES, 1979. Microphones: An Anthology. Audio Engineering Society.
  • Rayburn, R., 2011. Eargle´s Microphone Book: From Mono to Stereo to Surround – A Guide to Microphone Design and Application, third edition. Focal Press.
  • www.lectrosonics.com: The ´wireless guide´ download provides a huge amount of information about radio microphones.
  • www.jfmg.co.uk: The UK´s radio microphone licensing authority; contains useful information about frequencies and other issues.

Chapter 4

  • Beranek, L., Mellow, T., 2012. Acoustics: Sound Fields and Transducers. Academic Press.
  • Borwick, J. (Ed.), 2001. Loudspeaker and Headphone Handbook. Focal Press.
  • Colloms, M., 2005. High Performance Loudspeakers, sixth edition. Wiley.
  • Eargle, J., 2003. Loudspeaker Handbook. Kluwer Academic Publishers.
  • Toole, F., 2008. Sound Reproduction: The Acoustics and Psychoacoustics of Loudspeakers and Rooms. Focal Press.
  • www.thielesmall.com: Among other things, has a valuable drive unit database which helps one to compare parameters of obsolete drivers with current ones.
  • www.xlrtechs.com/dbkeele.com/papers.htm: Contains papers covering a wide variety of design and performance issues, with further information about Bessel Arrays.

Chapter 5

  • Alkin, G., 1989. Sound Techniques for Video and TV, second edition. Focal Press.
  • Alkin, G., 1996. Sound Recording and Reproduction, third edition. Focal Press.
  • Ballou, G. (Ed.), 2008. Handbook for Sound Engineers, fourth edition. Focal Press.
  • Borwick, J. (Ed.), 1996. Sound Recording Practice, fourth edition. Oxford University Press.
  • Eargle, J., 2005. Handbook of Recording Engineering, fourth edition. Springer.
  • Huber, D. M., 2013. Modern Recording Techniques, eighth edition. Focal Press.
  • Izhaki, R., 2011. Mixing Audio: Concepts, Practices and Tools. Focal Press.
  • Leonard, J. A., 2001. Theatre Sound. A. and C. Black.
  • Nisbett, A., 2003. The Sound Studio, seventh edition. Focal Press.
  • Owzinski, B., 2006. The Mixing Engineer's Handbook. Course Technology Inc.
  • Owzinski, B., 2009. The Recording Engineer's Handbook. Delma.

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

  • AES, 1981. Disk Recording – An Anthology. Audio Engineering Society.
  • BS 7063. British Standards Office.
  • Dolby, R., 1967. An audio noise reduction system. J. Audio Eng. Soc. 15, 383–388.
  • Dolby, R., 1970. A noise reduction system for consumer tape applications. Presented at the 39th AES Convention. J. Audio Eng. Soc. (Abstracts) 18, 704.
  • Dolby, R., 1983. A 20 dB audio noise reduction system for consumer applications. J. Audio Eng. Soc. 31, 98–113.
  • Dolby, R., 1986. The spectral recording process. Presented at the 81st AES Convention. Preprint 2413 (C-6). Audio Engineering Society.
  • Earl, J., 1973. Pickups and Loudspeakers. Fountain Press.
  • Roys, H. E. (Ed.), 1978. Disk Recording and Reproduction. Hutchinson and Ross, Dowde.

Chapter 8

  • Bosi, M., Goldberg, R., 2003. Introduction to Digital Audio Coding and Standards. Springer.
  • Pohlmann, K., 2010. Principles of Digital Audio. TAB Electronics.
  • Watkinson, J., 2001. The Art of Digital Audio, third edition. Focal Press.
  • Zolzer, U., 2008. Digital Audio Signal Processing. Wiley Blackwell.

Chapter 9

  • Collins, M., 2013. Pro Tools 11: Music Production, Recording, Editing, and Mixing. Focal Press.
  • Katz, B., 2012. iTunes Music: Mastering High Resolution Audio Delivery: Produce Great Sounding Music with Mastered for iTunes. Focal Press.
  • Katz, B., 2007. Mastering Audio: The Art and Science, second edition. Focal Press.
  • Leider, C., 2004. Digital Audio Workstation: Mixing, Recording and Mastering Your MAC or PC. McGraw-Hill Professional.
  • Watkinson, J., 2001. The Art of Digital Audio, third edition. Focal Press.

Chapter 10

  • 1394 Trade Assocation, 2001. TA Document 2001003: Audio and Music Data Transmission Protocol 2.0.
  • AES, 2002. AES47-2002: Transmission of Digital Audio over Asynchronous Transfer Mode Networks.
  • AES, 2011. AES50-2011: High-resolution Multi-channel Audio Interconnection.
  • AES, 2013. AES67-2013: High Performance Streaming Audio-over-IP Interoperability.
  • IEC, 1998. IEC/PAS 61883-6. Consumer Audio/Video Equipment – Digital Interface – Part 6: Audio and Music Data Transmission Protocol.
  • IEEE, 1995. IEEE 1394: Standard for a High Performance Serial Bus.
  • Page, M., et al., 2002. Multichannel audio connection for direct stream digital. Presented at AES 113th Convention, Los Angeles, 5–8 October.
  • Rumsey, F., Watkinson, J., 2003. The Digital Interface Handbook, third edition. Focal Press.
  • Audio Engineering Society standards, www.aes.org.
  • AES X192: http://www.x192.org.
  • EBU ACIP: http://www.ebu-acip.org.
  • IEEE 1394, www.1394ta.org.
  • IEEE AVB: http://www.ieee802.org/1/pages/avbridges.html.
  • Universal Serial Bus, www.usb.org.

Chapter 11

Chapter 13

  • Case, A., 2007. Sound FX: Unlocking the Creative Potential of Recording Studio Effects. Focal Press.
  • White, P., 2003. Basic Effects and Processors. New Amsterdam Books.
  • www.gersic.com/plugins: A website listing a large number and variety of plug-ins which are available, including regular updates of the latest releases.

Chapter 14

  • Hewlett, W., Selfridge-Field, E. (Eds.), 2001. The Virtual Score: Representation, Retrieval, Restoration. MIT Press.
  • Huber, D., 2007. The MIDI Manual, third edition. Focal Press.
  • MMA, 1999. Downloadable Sounds Level 1. V1.1a, January. MIDI Manufacturers Association.
  • MMA, 2000. RP-027: MIDI Media Adaptation Layer for IEEE 1394. MIDI Manufacturers Association.
  • MMA, 2000. RP-029: Bundling SMF and DLS Data in an RMID file. MIDI Manufacturers Association.
  • MMA, 2001. XMF Specification Version 1.0. MIDI Manufacturers Association.
  • MMA, 2002. The Complete MIDI 1.0 Detailed Specification. MIDI Manufacturers Association.
  • MMA, 2002. Scalable Polyphony MIDI Specification and Device Profiles. MIDI Manufacturers Association.
  • Rumsey, F., 2004. Desktop Audio Technology. Focal Press.
  • Scheirer, D., Vercoe, B., 1999. SAOL: the MPEG 4 structured audio orchestra language. Computer Music Journal 23 (2), 31–51.
  • Selfridge-Field, E., Byrd, D., Bainbridge, D., 1997. Beyond MIDI: The Handbook of Musical Codes. MIT Press.
  • USB Implementers Forum, 1996. USB Device Class Definition for MIDI Devices, version 1.0. Available from http://www.usb.org.
  • Audio Engineering Society standards: http://www.aes.org/standards.
  • MIDI Manufacturers Association: http://www.midi.org.
  • Music XML: http://www.musicxml.org.
  • Open Control Architecture: http://www.oca-alliance.com
  • Open Sound Control: http://opensoundcontrol.org.

Chapter 15

  • Ratcliff, J., 1999. Timecode: A User's Guide, third edition. Focal Press.

Chapter 16

  • Alexander, R. C., 2000. The Inventor of Stereo. The Life and Works of Alan Dower Blumlein. Focal Press.
  • Bartlett, B., 1991. Stereo Microphone Techniques. Focal Press.
  • Blumlein, A., 1931. British Patent Specification 394325. Improvements in and relating to sound transmission, sound recording and sound reproducing systems.
  • Eargle, J. (Ed.), 1986. Stereophonic Techniques – An Anthology. Audio Engineering Society.
  • Rayburn, R., 2011. Eargle's Microphone Book: From Mono to Stereo to Surround – A Guide to Microphone Design and Application, third edition. Focal Press.
  • Rumsey, F., 2001. Spatial Audio. Focal Press.

Chapter 17

  • AES, 2001. Proceedings of the 19th International Conference: Surround Sound – Techniques, Technology and Perception. Audio Engineering Society.
  • AES, 2001. Technical document ESTD1001.0.01-05: multichannel surround sound systems and operations. Available from http://www.aes.org/technical/documents/AESTD1001.pdf.
  • Holman, T., 1999. 5.1 Surround Sound: Up and Running. Focal Press.
  • ITU-R, 1993. Recommendation BS 755: Multi-channel stereophonic sound system with or without accompanying picture. International Telecommunications Union.
  • Rayburn, R., 2011. Eargle's Microphone Book: From Mono to Stereo to Surround – A Guide to Microphone Design and Application, third edition. Focal Press.
  • Rumsey, F., 2001. Spatial Audio. Focal Press.
  • www.dolby.com : Contains an informative history of cinema surround sound systems, and information about current Dolby formats.

Chapter 18

  • AES, 2002. Perceptual audio coders: what to listen for. A tutorial CD-ROM on coding artefacts. Available from http://www.aes.org/publications.
  • Blauert, J., 2008. Masterclass: Concepts in Sound Quality [online]. Audio Engineering Society, New York. Available at www.aes.org/tutorials (accessed 10 November 2008).
  • Bech, S., Zacharov, N., 2006. Perceptual Audio Evaluation: Theory, Method and Application. John Wiley.
  • EBU Tech. 3253, 1988. Sound Quality Assessment Material (SQAM). European Broadcasting Union, Geneva (Most of the audio material on the SQAM disk can be downloaded freely at http://www.ebu.ch/en/technical/publications/tech3000_series/tech3253/index.php).
  • Gabrielsson, A., Lindström, B., 1985. Perceived sound quality of high fidelity loudspeakers. J. Audio. Eng. Soc. 33 (1), 33–53.
  • ITU-R Recommendation BS.1116-1, 1994. Methods for Subjective Assessment of Small Impairments in Audio Systems Including Multichannel Sound Systems. International Telecommunications Union.
  • ITU-R Recommendation BS.1534-1, 2003. Method for the Subjective Assessment of Intermediate Quality Level of Coding Systems. International Telecommunications Union.
  • Letowski, T., 1989. Sound quality assessment: cardinal concepts. Presented at the 87th Audio Engineering Society Convention, New York. Preprint 2825.
  • Olive, S., 2003. Differences in performance and preference of trained versus untrained listeners in loudspeaker tests: a case study. J. Audio. Eng. Soc. 51 (9), 806–825.
  • Toole, F., 1982. Listening tests: turning opinion into fact. J. Audio. Eng. Soc. 30 (6), 431–445.
  • Toole, F., and Olive, S., 1994. Hearing is believing vs. believing is hearing: blind vs. sighted listening tests, and other interesting things. Presented at the 97th Audio Engineering Society Convention, San Francisco. Preprint 3894.
  • Toole, F., 2008. Sound Reproduction: Loudspeakers and Rooms. Focal Press.