Sound and Recording, 5th Edition

Fact File Directory

1.1     Ohm’s law

1.2     The decibel

1.3     The inverse-square law

1.4     Measuring SPLs

1.5     Absorption, reflection and RT

1.6     Echoes and reflections

2.1     Critical bandwidth

2.2     Equal-loudness contours

2.3     Masking

2.4     The precedence effect

2.5     Reflections affect spaciousness

3.1     Electromagnetic transducers

3.2     Dynamic microphone – principles

3.3     Ribbon microphone – principles

3.4     Capacitor microphone – principles

3.5     Bass tip-up

3.6     Sum and difference processing

3.7     Microphone sensitivity

3.8     Microphone noise specifications

3.9     Phantom powering

3.10   Frequency modulation

4.1     Electrostatic loudspeaker – principles

4.2     Transmission line system

4.3     Horn ...