Music, Sound and Technology

by John Eargle

Published November 1995
Aiming to provide the practical information that sound engineers and professionls need, this reference covers: physical and architectural acoustics; quantitative measurements of speech intelligibility; methods of attaining desired system stability, gain, and audience coverage in speech and music reinforcement; signal processing methods; and sound synthesis and active control of noise sound absorption. Also discussed are the physical and aesthetic acoustical characteristics of specific musical instruments. The text focuses on instruments and players in ensembles as well as individual performance.