The fifth edition of Sound and Recording includes far greater detail on digital audio than the previous editions, reflecting the growing ‘all-digital’ trend in audio equipment and techniques. In place of the previous single chapter on the topic there are now three chapters (Chapters 8,9 and 10) covering principles, recording and editing systems, and applications.
This provides a depth of coverage of digital audio in the fifth edition that should enable the reader to get a really detailed understanding of the principles of current audio systems. We believe, however, that the detailed coverage of analogue recording should remain in its current form, at least for this iteration of the book.
We have continued the trend, begun in previous new editions, of going into topics in reasonable technical depth but without using unnecessary mathematics. It is intended that this will place Sound and Recording slightly above the introductory level of the many broad-ranging textbooks on recording techniques and audio, so that those who want to understand how it works a bit better will find something to satisfy them here.
Chapter 1 What is sound?
Chapter 2 Auditory perception
Chapter 3 Microphones
Chapter 4 Loudspeakers
Chapter 5 Mixers
Chapter 6 Analogue recording
Chapter 7 Noise reduction
Chapter 8 Digital audio principles
Chapter 9 Digital recording and editing systems
Chapter 10 Digital audio applications
Etc.