Index 1699Band reject filter
filters and equalizers 791
Bandpass filter
consoles 884
Bandpass parametric equalizer
consoles 969
Bandwidth 1388
audio transformers 289
consoles 864, 879
fiber optics 468, 479
filters and equalizers 785
grounding and interfacing 1203
preamplifiers and mixers 738
relays 374
Bandwidth distance product
fiber optics 479
Bar graph VU meter 1002
Bark scale
psychoacoustics 49
Barrier block connectors
sound system design 1293
Base current curves
transistors 333
Base station microphone 530
Basic electronics
grounding and interfacing 1181
Bass horns
computer aided sound system
design 1350
Bass ratio
acoustics for auditoriums and
concert halls 151
Bass reflex boxes
loudspeakers 1350
Bass traps
acoustical treatment for indoor
areas 110, 113
Batteries
absorbed glass mat (AGM) 696
alkaline-manganese 698
lead-acid 694
lead-dioxide batteries 695
LeClanche (Zinc-Carbon) 697
mercury dry cells 699
Nickel-Cadmium 697
power supplies 692
Battery charging
power supplies 693
Baxandall
consoles 890
BD
optical disc formats 1153
BD-ROM
optical disc formats 1153
BD-Video
optical disc formats 1153
Beam steering
loudspeaker clusters 656, 662
Beam-power
tubes 311
Beamsplitter
fiber optics 479
Beam-tracing models
acoustical modeling and aural-
ization 224
Beamwidth
fiber optics 479
Beat packets
digital audio interfacing and net-
works 1505
Bel
fundamentals of audio and
acoustics 24
Bell Telephone Laboratories 11
VU meters 998
Belt pack receiver
personal monitors 1416
Beltpacks
intercoms 1575
Bend radius fibers
fiber optics 459
Beneficial destructive interference
loudspeaker clusters 653
Beneficial interference
loudspeaker clusters 652
BER (Bit Error Rate)
fiber optics 480
Bessel filters
consoles 890
Bessel function
loudspeakers 634
Bessel polynomial 713
Beta
solid state devices 329
transistors 329
B-H loop
audio transformers 278–279
Bias circuits
transistors 329
Bias, magneticrelays 374
Biconic connector
fiber optics 471
Bidirectional microphone 493,
495
Bi-directional reflection of imped-
ances
audio transformers 287
Bi-filar winding
audio transformers 281
Biflex
loudspeakers 598
Bifurcated contacts
relays 377
Bimorph bender
loudspeakers 604
Binaural
psychoacoustics 57
Binaural hearing
psychoacoustics 60
Binaural impulse response (BIR)
acoustical modeling and aural-
ization 232
Binaural pitches
psychoacoustics 57
Binaural process
psychoacoustics 56
Binaural recording microphones
553
Binaural reproduction
acoustical modeling and aural-
ization 232
headphones 232
loudspeakers 232
Biphase-mark
digital audio interfacing and net-
works 1465
Bipolar field-effect transistors
(BiFETs)
consoles 837
Bipolar junction transistor
integrated circuits 343
Biquad
consoles 966
Biquad coefficient sets
consoles 967
Biquad filter
filters and equalizers 799
Biquad IIR filter
filters and equalizers 799