1698 Index
Auditory nerve
personal monitors 1433
Auditory system
psychoacoustics 45
Audyssey Dynamic EQ
surround sound 1600
AURA
computer aided sound system
design 1373
Auralization
acoustical modeling and aural-
ization 215, 231
computer aided sound system
design 1374
Auralization process
acoustical modeling and aural-
ization 232
Auricle
psychoacoustics 43
Auto-focusing
optical disc formats 1138
Automated faders 779
Automatic equalization
sound system design 1312
Automatic gain control (AGC)
preamplifiers and mixers 747
Automatic level control
designing for speech intelligibil-
ity 1392
Automatic microphone mixers
preamplifiers and mixers 741
Automatic microphone mixers im-
plemented in software 752
Automatic microphone mixers with
matrix mixing to multiple outputs
752
Automatic microphone mixing
sound system design 1282
Automatic microphone muting
consoles 905
Automatic microphone systems
540
Automatic mixing controller
preamplifiers and mixers 752
Automatic mixing problems
sound system design 1285
Auto-tracking
optical disc formats 1139
Auto-transformer
audio transformers 280
Auxiliary channel feeds
consoles 930
Avalanche diode
solid state devices 321
Avalanche photodiode (APD)
fiber optics 479
Avalanche region
solid state devices 320
Average absorption coefficient
units of measurement 1660
Average level detection
integrated circuits 345
Average power
VI meters 1006
Average sound energy density
acoustics for auditoriums and
concert halls 151
Average voltage
gain structure 1224
Average-responding level detection
integrated circuits 345
Averaging
consoles 962
Avery Fisher 5
A-weighting level
psychoacoustics 52
Axial mode
small room acoustics 128
Axial ray
fiber optics 479
Axis-near reflection areas
acoustics for auditoriums and
concert halls 179
B
Back emf
grounding and interfacing 1183
Backbone cabling
wire and cable 412
Backscattering
fiber optics 479
Backward masking
psychoacoustics 48
Baffle
loudspeakers 626
Balanced armature earphones
personal monitors 1424
Balanced attenuators 767
Balanced bridge
integrated circuits 353
Balanced bridged T attenuators774
Balanced cable
grounding and interfacing 1200
Balanced input
amplifier 711
audio transformers 297–298
grounding and interfacing 1208
Balanced input circuits
grounding and interfacing 1213
Balanced input stage
audio transformers 302
preamplifiers and mixers 740
Balanced interfaces
grounding and interfacing 1212
Balanced ladder attenuators 776
Balanced line
sound system design 1296
Balanced line input circuits
integrated circuits 356
Balanced line interfaces
integrated circuits 353, 355
Balanced line outputs
integrated circuits 354
Balanced line receiver
integrated circuits 356–357
Balanced lines
wire and cable 407
Balanced microphones 521
Balanced mixing
consoles 915
Balanced noise-criterion (NCB)
acoustical noise control 68
Balanced output
audio transformers 298
grounding and interfacing 1208
Balanced output line amplifiers
consoles 932
Balanced power
grounding and interfacing 1215
Balanced T pad 773
Balconies
acoustics for auditoriums and
concert halls 173
Baluns
wire and cable 416
Band limiting
consoles 843
Band pass
filters and equalizers 785, 791
Band pass filter 714