Audio Engineering: Know It All

The Newnes Know It All Series takes the best of what our authors have written to create hard-working desk references that will be an engineer's first port of call for key information, design techniques and rules of thumb. Guaranteed not to gather dust on a shelf!

Audio engineers need to master a wide area of topics in order to excel. The Audio Engineering Know It All covers every angle, including digital signal processing, power supply design, microphone and loudspeaker technology as well as audio compression.

A 360-degree view from our best-selling authorsIncludes such topics as fundamentals, compression, and test and measurementThe ultimate hard-working desk reference; all the essential information, techniques and tricks of the trade in one volume

Part I Fundamentals of Sound 1. Audio Principles 2. Measurement 3. Acoustic Environment

Part II. Audio Electronics 4. Components 5. Power supply design

Part III Preamplifiers and Amplifiers  6. Introduction to Audio Amplification 7. Preamplifiers and input signals 8. Interfacing and processing 9. Audio amplifiers 10. Audio amplifier 11. Valve (tube-based) amplifiers 12. Negative feedback 13. Noise and grounding

Part IV Digital Audio 14. Digital audio fundamentals 15. Representation of Audio Signals 16.Compact disc 17. Digital audio recording basics 18. Digital audio interfaces 19. Data compression 20. Digital audio production 21. Other Digital Audio Devices

Part V. Microphone and Loudspeaker Technology 22. Microphone technology 23. Loudspeakers 24. Loudspeaker enclosures 25. Headphones

Part VI. Sound Reproduction Systems 26. Tape Recording 27. Recording consoles 28. Video synchronization 29. Room acoustics

Part VII Audio Test and Measurement 30. Fundamentals and instruments