Handbook for Sound Engineers

Contents

Preface..................................................................................... .xi
Trademark Acknowledgments.................................................................. xiii
Contributors................................................................................. xv

Part 1—Acoustics

Chapter 1

Audio and Acoustic DNA—Do You Know Your Audio and Acoustic Ancestors?........................... 3
Don and Carolyn Davis

Chapter 2

Fundamentals of Audio and Acoustics............................................................. 21
Pat Brown

Chapter 3

Psychoacoustics.............................................................................. 41
Peter Xinya Zhang

Chapter 4

Acoustical Noise Control....................................................................... 65
Doug Jones

Chapter 5

Acoustical Treatment for Indoor Areas............................................................ 95
Jeff Szymanski

Chapter 6

Small Room Acoustics........................................................................ 125
Doug Jones

Chapter 7

Acoustics for Auditoriums and Concert Halls...................................................... 145
Dr. Wolfgang Ahnert and Hans-Peter Tennhardt

Chapter 8

Stadiums and Outdoor Venues.................................................................. 201
Eugene T. Patronis, Jr.

Chapter 9

Acoustical Modeling and Auralization........................................................... 213
Dominique J. Chéenne