Abstract :
The book takes the reader on a touorf the various stages and issues involved: physical aspects of sound (chapter l), psychoacoustics (chapter 2), stereophonic sound (chapter 3), quadraphonic sound (chapter 4), microphones (chapter 5), monitor loudspeakers and the monitoring environment (chapter 6), audio control systems (chapter 7), magnetic recording (chapter 8), signal processing devices (chapter 9), and disc recording and reproduction (chapter 10). Each chapter gives the background (sometimes historic), the major issues, and the current practice.
