1st Edition

Sound Reinforcement for Audio Engineers

Edited By Wolfgang Ahnert, Dirk Noy Copyright 2023
450 Pages 150 Color & 170 B/W Illustrations
by Focal Press

450 Pages 150 Color & 170 B/W Illustrations
by Focal Press

450 Pages 150 Color & 170 B/W Illustrations
by Focal Press

Sound Reinforcement for Audio Engineers illustrates the current state of the art in sound reinforcement. Beginning with an outline of various fields of applications, from sports venues to religious venues, corporate environments and cinemas, this book is split into 11 chapters covering room acoustics, loudspeakers, microphones and acoustic modelling among many other topics. This... Read more

List of Figures

List of Tables

List of Contributors

Chapter 1 – Introduction to Considered Sound Systems

Wolfgang Ahnert and Dirk Noy

Chapter 2 – Room Acoustics and Sound System Design

Wolfgang Ahnert and Dirk Noy

Chapter 3 – Loudspeakers

Gottfried K. Behler

Chapter 4 – Microphones

Gottfried K. Behler

Chapter 5 – Design for Sound Reinforcement Systems

Wolfgang Ahnert

Chapter 6 – System Design Approaches

Wolfgang Ahnert

Chapter 7 – Speech Intelligibility of Sound Systems

Peter Mapp

Chapter 8 – Acoustic Modelling – Basics

Stefan Feistel

Chapter 9 – Audio Networking

Stefan Ledergerber

Chapter 10 – Commissioning, Calibration, Optimization

Gabriel Hauser and Wolfgang Ahnert

Chapter 11 – System Solutions / Case Studies

Wolfgang Ahnert and Dirk Noy

Index

Biography

Wolfgang Ahnert is a sought-after author, contributor, educator and lecturer at professional conferences and tradeshows, and has authored countless white papers on subject matters such as acoustical simulation processes, measurement technology, electro-acoustical theory and applications.

Dirk Noy is Director of Applied Science and Engineering at WSDG. He frequently lectures at SAE, TBZ and the ffakustik School of Acoustical Engineering, all in Zurich. He is also a member of the Education Committee for the AES’s Swiss section.