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" Critical listening skills for audio professionals / "
F. Alton Everest.
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BL
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1019701
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b774071
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| Main Entry
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Everest, F. Alton, (Frederick Alton),1909-2005.
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Critical listening skills for audio professionals /\ F. Alton Everest.
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Boston :: Thomson Course Technology,, ©2007.
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1 online resource (viii, 208 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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1598630237
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: 1598634224
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: 9781598630237
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: 9781598634228
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 192-194) and index.
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| Contents
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1. Critical listening. Estimating the frequency of sound : pure tones and random noise -- Estimation of sound level changes : tones, speech, and music -- Estimating frequency band limitations : music, male and female -- Frequency response irregularities : their effect on music and speech -- Judgment of sound quality : simple and complex sounds -- Detecting distortion : what it is and how it sounds -- Reverberation effects : on speech and music -- Signal versus noise : their interrelationship -- Voice colorations : how they sound and what causes -- Listening with discernment : a review -- 2. Auditory Perception. Introduction to the structure and function of the human hearing system -- Use of loudspeakers and headphones -- Loudness, pitch, and timbre : the subjective correlates of sound level, frequency, and spectrum -- How one sound masks another : a study of critical bands -- How the ear analyzes sound : auditory filters at work -- Non-linearities in the auditory system : distortions generated in the ear -- The perception of delayed sounds: how we hear echoes and reflections -- Why some sounds are more pleasant than others : consonance, dissonance, and the critical band -- How we locate sounds : the head, the pinna, and an amazing computer -- True binaural listening : the dummy head in binaural recording.
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Teaches the important skills a music engineer and producer need: the ability to discern audio frequencies, distortions, and other sounds. Written for those involved in professional audio recording - recording engineers, producers, musicians, video post production engineers - this book addresses this subject.
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Acoustical engineering.
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Sounds.
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Acoustical engineering.
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Acoustical engineering.
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Sounds.
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Sounds.
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TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING-- Acoustics Sound.
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620.2
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TA365.E94 2007eb
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