Master Handbook of Acoustics, Fifth Edition | Date: 28 April 2011, 09:05
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Master Handbook of Acoustics
By F. Alton Everest, Ken Pohlmann
* Publisher: McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics
* Number Of Pages: 528
* Publication Date: 2009-06-22
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0071603328
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780071603324
Product Description:
Practical Instruction on the Art and Science of Acoustic Design and Architecture
Build your own acoustic environments such as recording studios, control rooms, and home listening rooms with expert insights from two engineering professionals. Fully expanded to cover the latest methods and software tools, Master Handbook of Acoustics, Fifth Edition presents clear explanations of acoustic phenomena and provides a hands-on approach to room design. Learn how to perform acoustic measurements, choose room dimensions, assign speaker placement, analyze response curves, and design and install sound absorbers and diffusers. You will also find details on how to fine-tune room reverberation, minimize external noise, and apply psychoacoustic concepts.
Master Handbook of Acoustics, Fifth Edition explains how to:
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Determine how sound propagates in open and enclosed spaces
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Measure sound-pressure levels and work with decibels
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Analyze the characteristics of room modal resonances
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Treat rooms for optimal early reflections, reverberation, and diffusion
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Minimize acoustic distortion, comb-filter effects, and HVAC interference
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Construct high-quality stereo and surround-sound listening rooms
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Design personal and professional recording studios and control rooms
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Understand the acoustics of auditoriums and concert halls
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Optimize room designs using measurement, modeling, and auralization software
Summary: Should be on every studio operator's bookshelf
Rating: 5
The title is a little misleading. If you're looking for a general textbook on acoustics, this isn't it. If you're looking for a book on architectural acoustics, this isn't it. If you're looking for a highly technical reference on the physics of sound, this isn't really that, either.
But if you have a recording studio, even if it's a converted basement, garage or bedroom, this book is packed with information you can use. The math is easy enough that it won't intimidate anyone, and the text is easy to read.
If you're struggling to get your mixes to translate, acoustic treatment is your salvation, and after reading this book you'll know what needs to be done. Furthermore, you'll be armed with information that will help you defend yourself from acoustic treatment vendors hawking ineffective, overpriced acoustic products.
Summary: Definitive tome on tone.
Rating: 5
Like drinking from a fire-hydrant. So much info, it is going to take years to comprehend. Excellently written, logical, and insightful. A little on the historic development of sound as a physical and psychological phenomenon, with lots of formulas, charts and graphs. Think of it like a college textbook on acoustics and you'll have an idea of what to expect. Somewhat dated, but great info. Recommended for serious recording, audiophile or musician looking to know more about what happens when air moves.
Summary: I trust this information because it is trusted by the people that recommended it to me!
Rating: 5
Acoustics. That is what this book is about. Mr. Everest is celebrated by people who know acoustics. You may have to read it more then once, let's face it, you will HAVE to read it more than once. In the time it takes you to completely mess a recording room up acoustically, you could read this book twice and get the room right.
So buy it, read it twice and get the sound you have been thinking was only available to the smart guys.
A quality sound room can be yours, for a song.
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Summary: Good Explanation of Acoustics
Rating: 4
Overall this book does a good job of explaining many aspects of acoustics. It gave me a good understanding of how humans perceive sound, how sound propagates in open and closed spaces, how to insulate rooms from external noise, how to construct ventilation systems to minimize ventilation noise, how to construct studios and control rooms (but, it doesn't investigate this topic very deeply; if you want to build a studio and control room then you need to consult a professional), how to construct sound absorption/diffusion/reflection devices, and gave good explanations on these topics: reverberation time, sound absorption, reflection of sound, diffraction of sound, refraction of sound, diffusion of sound, resonances in rooms, comb-filtering, multi-track recording, and distortion.
But, it does have some flaws. Often it doesn't explain things enough; sometimes it's more of a discussion of the topic rather than an explanation. References to other books/works are very old (very few are newer than 1980). Diagrams are in weird spots (usually a few pages ahead even though they could easily be placed on the page that they are being referred to by). Although it does explain many aspects of acoustics, it often doesn't go very far into the explanation; it only explains the higher-level concepts about the topic rather than discussing the physics that's involved. The last two chapters (which discuss software that can be used to analyze the acoustics of a room) are very confusing. I did learn a few things from them, but definitely didn't understand everything that was discussed in those chapters. And, the author didn't provide a very good explanation of decibels, logarithms, and the relation between sound level, pressure, and power.
Overall, the good aspects of this book outweigh its flaws, so it's a good book. It presents the information in a way that is relatively easy for a beginner to understand, although people with an intermediate understanding of acoustics would probably enjoy reading it too. Recommended for anyone who is interested in how sound works.
Summary: Everest has it covered!
Rating: 5
I haven't read the whole book, but from the excerpts I have read, Everest covers a very broad range of topics at at least an acceptable level. Any related topic I've wanted to look up so far has good and relevant material. I'd call this best studio/acoustics design reference book I've seen so far. Well worth the price.
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