The New Stereo SoundbookThis guide explains all of the underlying principles of stereophonic perception, recording and reproduction. Students taking recording courses and audio enthusiasts and hobbyists should gain a thorough understanding of stereo sound - what it is, how it works and how to use it effectively. |
Contents
How stereo information is conveyed 9 | 2 |
Stereo and the auditory system | 31 |
Philosophical and pragmatic approaches to stereo | 57 |
Copyright | |
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acoustical Alan Blumlein ambience ambisonic amplifier amplitude angle audible audio auditory system axial modes bidirectional microphone binaural binaural recording Blumlein cardioid chapter cochlea coherent comb filter comb-filter components conventional stereo crosstalk cues decoding delay direct sound discrete distance dummy head ear canal eardrum early reflections effects energy front headphones incoherent intensity lateral reflections left and right listener's listening room loud loudspeaker arrangements loudspeakers low-frequency matrix decoding matrix encoding micro microphone techniques monaural mono monophonic noise omnidirectional microphones output panpot perception phantom center phones pinna placement playback polar pattern position pressure gradient produce psychoacoustic rear recording engineer Reference reproduced resonances result reverberation right loudspeaker shown in Fig side sonic sound arriving sound pressure sound reproduction sound source Soundfield Microphone soundstage spaced microphones spaciousness spatial speakers spectrum stereo image stereo pickup stereo recordings stereo signal stereophonic surround loudspeakers surround sound tion tone transfer functions transmission