Cover -- Half Title -- Dedication -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Sound and hearing -- 1.1 What is sound? -- 1.2 The physics of sound -- 1.3 The ear -- 1.4 Sound propagation -- 1.5 Bass tip-up -- 1.6 Directionality in hearing -- References -- Chapter 2 Microphones, loudspeakers and stereophony -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Microphone principles -- 2.3 Microphone limitations -- 2.4 Microphone mechanisms -- 2.5 Loudspeaker concepts -- 2.6 Practical loudspeakers -- 2.7 Active loudspeakers -- 2.8 Stereophony -- 2.9 Stereo microphones -- 2.10 Headphone stereo -- 2.11 M-S stereo -- 2.12 Mono compatibility -- 2.13 Surround sound -- 2.14 Loudspeakers for stereo -- References -- Chapter 3 Analog and digital audio signals -- 3.1 Audio measurements -- 3.2 The decibel -- 3.3 Audio level metering -- 3.4 Stereo metering -- 3.5 Analog audio interfacing -- 3.6 Phantom power -- 3.7 Introduction to digital audio -- 3.8 Binary -- 3.9 Conversion -- 3.10 Sampling and aliasing -- 3.11 Choice of sampling rate -- 3.12 Sampling clock jitter -- 3.13 Aperture effect -- 3.14 Quantizing -- 3.15 Quantizing error -- 3.16 Requantizing and digital dither -- 3.17 Two's complement coding -- 3.18 Level in digital audio -- 3.19 The AES/EBU interface -- References -- Chapter 4 Audio recording -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Magnetism -- 4.3 Magnetic recording -- 4.4 Biased analog recording -- 4.5 Head alignment -- 4.6 Pre-emphasis and equalization -- 4.7 Analog noise reduction -- 4.8 Digital magnetic recording -- 4.9 Time compression -- 4.10 Practical digital recorders -- 4.11 Replay synchronization -- 4.12 Error correction and concealment -- 4.13 Channel coding -- 4.14 Group codes -- 4.15 Timecode synchronizing -- 4.16 Digital audio disk systems -- 4.17 Audio in VTRs -- 4.18 Audio in Digital VTRs -- 4.19 Editing -- 4.20 Non-linear editing -- References