Audio Engineering

Index 905

Self-clocking code , 547
Semiconductor installation ,
404–406
Semireverberant fi elds , 97
Semitone intervals , 61–62
Serial and self-clocking code , 56
Serial digital video interface , 831 ,
832 , 833 , 834
Serial transmission , 448 , 450
Series regulators , 148 , 150–152
Session disc , 616
Shelving equalizer , 785
Shunt regulators , 148–150
Signal characteristics , 199–200
Signal fl ow , 773 , 774
Signal generators:
digital waveform generation ,
882–885
sinewave oscillators , 873–882
Signal voltage and impedance
levels , 167–168
Silicon Graphics Inc. (SGI) , 594
Simple bass-cut circuit , 227
Simple treble-cut circuit , 227
Simple valve amplifi er , 342
Sinc function , 802
Sine wave , 22–24
Sine waveform , 453
Sinewave oscillators , 873–882
Single-ended vs. push–pull
operation , 352–354
Single pole, double throw switch ,
132
Single pole, single throw, or SPST
switch , 131
Single-sided PCBs , 384–385
Slew rate limiting , 311–312
Slicing , 416
Slope controls , 223 , 228–229 , 231
Small Computer System Interface
(SCSI) , 605
Small power transistors, as input
devices , 179–181
Soft and hard dome drivers , 707

Soft clip , 278 , 279

Soft domes , 691

Solid-state rectifi ers , 140 ,

143–144

Sony , 505 , 519 , 520 , 635

Sony digital interface (SDIF) ,

567 , 569

Sound:

and ear , 6–9

physics of , 3–4

velocity of , 85–87

effect of altitude, in air ,

88–89

Sound cards , 602

Sound fi elds classifi cation:

ambient noise fi eld , 97

diffuse fi elds , 97

free fi elds , 97

outdoor acoustics , 98–102

pressure fi elds , 97

semireverberant fi elds , 97

Sound level meter (SLM) , 639

Sound mixer architecture and

circuit blocks , 771–779

Sound pressure (SP) , 639 , 676

Sound pressure level (SPL) , 14 ,

676

Sound reduction index (SRI) , 848

Space charge , 339 , 342–343

Space heater effect, on Flutter

Echo , 92 , 94

SPDIF interface , 568–569

Specifi c acoustic impedance , 649

SPICE simulation:

in frequency domain , 372

stability testing , 369

Split console , 777

Spurious signals , 216–217

Stage Accompany , 279

Standard gain control circuit ,

219–222

Standard tone control systems ,

223–228 , 229 , 230

Steep-cut fi lter circuits , 238

Step-up transformer , 176

Straight-sided cones , 688–690

Stray capacitance, circuit effect

of , 192

Structured audio (SA)

compression schemes ,

590–591

Studio and control room

acoustics , 854

absorbers , 856

performance , 861–865

resonances , 856–861

reverberation and refl ection ,

865–867

Subsonic protection (SSP) , 259

and high-pass fi ltering:

direct coupling , 261–263 ,

264

hi-end approach , 260 , 261

indication , 260

logistics , 259–260

low approach , 260–261

pro approach , 259

rationale , 257–258

subsonic stresses , 258

Successive approximation register

(SAR) , 482 , 483

Sun audio ’ , 601

Suspension , 692–693

Switch-mode power supply , 159

Switches , 131–134

Sync pattern , 547

Sync preamble section, of digital

audio signal , 570

Synchronization , 539–540

SyQuest cartridges , 604

T

Table of contents , 616

Talkback , 777

Tape , 410

Tape recording , 534 , 535 , 749

bias , 752–753

equalization , 753–754