Handbook for Sound Engineers

Index 1741

coincident 542
comb filters 521, 523
companding 563, 567
computer aided sound system
design 1355
condenser 507, 533, 583
condenser microphone 582
controlled-reluctance 530
criteria for selecting a wireless
microphone 558
crystal 503
cutout 1568
differential noise-canceling 530
diffuse-field equalization 555
digital wireless transmission
572
direct versus reverberant field
520
directional pattern 584
distance from large surfaces
519
diversity antenna 571
Dual Pro Pop pop screen 578
dynamic 503
EIA output sensitivity 517
electret 515
equalizers 581
first-order gradient 493
floor stands 581
frequency response 498
frequency response of a cardioid
microphone 497
grounding 520
handheld entertainer 530
head worn 528
headphone diffuse-field equaliz-
ers 554
Holophone surround sound sys-
tem 551
human external-ear transfer
function 554
hyper-cardioid 495
impedance 522
inline processors 573
interference tube 532
intermodulation (IM) 565
In-the-Ear recording (ITE)
554–555
lavalier 527
lectern 589

lossy ladder network 500

M/S stereo 544

maximum power output sensitiv-

ity 516

Mic Mate USB adapter 575

mic’ing bass drums 585

mic’ing cymbals 585

mic’ing drums 584

mic’ing electric instruments

592

mic’ing group vocals 589

mic’ing horns 591

mic’ing musicians 584

mic’ing percussion 592

mic’ing piano 586

mic’ing singers 588

mic’ing strings 590

mic’ing techniques 584

mic’ing Tom-Toms 585

mic’ing vocals 588

mic’ing woodwinds 591

microphone sensitivities 518

microphone techniques 582

microphone-to-source distance

519

moving-coil 503, 506

multiple-entry cardioid 501

mylar diaphragms 504

noise reduction 514

noise sources 513

omnidirectional 493–494,

505

omnidirectional diaphragm 504

omni-directional pickup pattern

494

open-circuit voltage sensitivity

516

operation of zoom microphones

539

ORTF technique 544

parabolic 537

performance characteristics 493

phantom power for capacitor mi-

crophones 510

Phase Coherent Cardioid (PCC)

524

pickup patterns 493

plug-on transmitter 574

PolarFlex microphone system

540

polarity 521

pop filters 576

pop protection 578

practices 519

pressure 493, 503

pressure zone (PZM) 522

pressure-gradient condenser

531

proximity effects 497

PZM directivity 524

PZM direct-to-reverberant ratio

effect 525

PZM frequency-response anom-

alies caused by boundaries

526

PZM frequency-response effects

525

PZM sensitivity effects 524

range of a wireless transmission

566

reflection filter 578

RF power output 560

RF signal strength 568

rifle 537

Sabine Phantom Mic Rider 573

SASS 550

sensitivity 516

shock mounts 578

shotgun 532

single-entry cardioid 499

spurious emissions 567

stands and booms 581

step-up transformer 503

stereo 542

stereo boom 548

stereo mic’ing techniques 582

super-cardioid 495

surround sound system 550

suspension compliance 579

switching diversity antennas

561

symmetrical push-pull transduc-

er 512

system planning for multi-chan-

nel wireless systems 571

table stands 581

thermal noise 518

three-entry cardioid 500

transmitter antenna 567

true diversity antennas 561