Sound and Recording, 6th 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 loudspeaker – principles

4.4   A basic crossover ...