Handbook for Sound Engineers

Index 1747

PCM signal 1144
photodiode array 1140
pit track 1133
polycarbonate substrate 1134
preemphasis 1135
Reed Solomon Product Code
(RS-PC) 1147
Reed-Solomon decoders 1140
Reed-Solomon product code
(RS-PC) 1141
reflective data pit surface 1134
RS-PC 1141
SACD 1133, 1144
SDM 1145
sigma-delta D/A converters
1141
sigma-delta modulation (SDM)
1145
signal reconstruction 1140
SMART 1150
subcode 1135
Super Audio CD 1133
Super Audio Compact Disc
(SACD) 1144
three-beam design pickup 1138
tracking correction signal 1139
transversal filter 1140
UDF 1146
Universal Disc Format (UDF)
Bridge 1146
Universal Disk Format
(CD-UDF) 1143
video codecs 1152
WAV files 1135
Optical fiber class
fiber optics 482
Optical fiber cross section 455
Optical fiber loss
fiber optics 458
Optical interface
digital audio interfacing and net-
works 1483
Optical pickup
optical disc formats 1137
Optical sSoundtracks
surroound sound 1593
Optical Time Domain Reflectome-
ter
fiber optics 462
Optical Time Domain Reflectome-

ter (OTDR)

fiber optics 462, 482

OpticalCon® fiber optic connector

fiber optics 473

Optically coupled solid-state relays

390

Optimized method

gain structure 1229

Optimum Power Calibration (OPC)

optical disc formats 1151

Optimum source impedance (OSI)

consoles 861

Opto-coupled silicon-controlled

rectifier

solid state devices 325

Optoelectronic

fiber optics 482

Optoelectronic Integrated Circuits

(OEICs)

fiber optics 482

Orchestra pit

acoustics for auditoriums and

concert halls 177

Organic Light Emitting Diode

(OLED)

display technologies 1587

Organizations

International Telegraph and

Telephone Consultative Com-

mittee (CCITT) 1466

SMPTE 919

ORTF microphone technique 544

OSHA 35, 1232, 1433

what’s the ear for? 1633

OSHA-permitted noise levels

what’s the ear for? 1634

Ossicles

personal monitors 1432

OTDR

fiber optics 462

Outdoor sound

arraying devices 206

atmospheric absorption 204

atmospheric absorption of acous-

tical energy 204

atmospheric effects 203

Bessel array 208

distributed loudspeaker systems

203, 210

effects of absorption of sound by

air 205

effects of air temperature 204

effects of relative humidity 204

high acoustic pressures 205

loudspeaker coverage 203

medium and long throw devices

205

parabolic reflector 209

private suite systems 211

sound projection distances 203

source level requirements 203

speed of sound 204

temperature inversion gradient

204

Outer ear

personal monitors 1432

psychoacoustics 43

Output capacitance

tubes 314

Output capacitance compensation

integrated circuits 338

Output impedance

consoles 840

Output transformer

audio transformer 296

Output transformers

audio transformers 286,

289–290

Oval window

psychoacoustics 43

Overdrive

relays 376

Overdub mode

consoles 923

Overdubbing

consoles 828

Overhung coil

loudspeakers 607

Over-sampling

delay 812, 814

Oversampling

consoles 958

Overvoltage protection

power supplies 681

P

PA loudspeakers

personal monitors 1415

Packaged loudspeaker systems

sound system design 1257

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