Master Handbook of Acoustics

Practical Instruction on the Art and Science of Acoustic Design and Architecture

Build your own acoustic environments such as recording studios, control rooms, and home listening rooms with expert insights from two engineering professionals. Fully expanded to cover the latest methods and software tools, Master Handbook of Acoustics, Fifth Edition presents clear explanations of acoustic phenomena and provides a hands-on approach to room design. Learn how to perform acoustic measurements, choose room dimensions, assign speaker placement, analyze response curves, and design and install sound absorbers and diffusers. You will also find details on how to fine-tune room reverberation, minimize external noise, and apply psychoacoustic concepts.

Master Handbook of Acoustics, Fifth Edition explains how to:

• Determine how sound propagates in open and enclosed spaces
• Measure sound-pressure levels and work with decibels
• Analyze the characteristics of room modal resonances
• Treat rooms for optimal early reflections, reverberation, and diffusion
• Minimize acoustic distortion, comb-filter effects, and HVAC interference
• Construct high-quality stereo and surround-sound listening rooms
• Design personal and professional recording studios and control rooms
• Understand the acoustics of auditoriums and concert halls
• Optimize room designs using measurement, modeling, and auralization software

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F. Alton Everest is a legend in the world of sound. The creator of numerous technical innovations, and the author of scores of books and scholarly papers, he has been a leader in television engineering, sound recording, motion pictures, radio, and multimedia. A co-founder and director of the Science Film Production division of the Moody Institute of Science, he was also a section chief of the Subsea Sound Research section of the University of California. An educator who has taught at several leading institutions, he has consulted on acoustics to numerous industries for nearly 30 years. Having touched many of the technical highlights of the 20th century, he celebrated his 90th birthday in 1999. He and his wife live in Santa Barbara, California.

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Ch 1. Fundamentals of Sound

Ch 2. Sound Levels and the Decibel

Ch 3. The Ear and the Perception of Sound

Ch 4. Speech, Music, and Noise

Ch 5. Reverberation

Ch 6. Absorption of Sound

Ch 7. Reflection of Sound

Ch 8. Diffraction of Sound

Ch 9. Refraction of Sound

Ch 10. Diffusion of Sound

Ch 11. The Schroeder Diffuser

Ch 12. Modal Resonances in Enclosed Spaces

Ch 13. Sound Reflections in Enclosed Spaces

Ch 14. Adjustable Acoustics

Ch. 14. Control of HVAC Noise

Ch. 15. Control of Interfering Noise

Ch. 16. Recording Studio Acoustics

Ch. 17. Studio Control Room Acoustics

Ch. 18. Audio/Video Tech Room and Voice-Over

Ch. 19 Home Listening Room Acoustics

Ch. 20 Concert Hall Acoustics

Ch. 21 Acoustical Distortion

Ch. 22 Room Acoustics Measurement Software

Ch. 23. Room Optimizer

Ch. 24. Desktop Auralization

Ch. 25. Electro-Acoustic Software for Engineers

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