1st Edition

The Audio Circuits Cookbook Building Blocks and Tools to Design Professional Audio Devices

By Ethan Winer Copyright 2025
250 Pages 29 Color & 126 B/W Illustrations
by Focal Press

250 Pages 29 Color & 126 B/W Illustrations
by Focal Press

250 Pages 29 Color & 126 B/W Illustrations
by Focal Press

The Audio Circuits Cookbook is a comprehensive collection of high-quality audio circuit modules—“building blocks” —that readers can arrange to create complete audio devices. More than 80 featured circuits cover every aspect of audio, from basics such as active rectifiers, peak followers, and oscillators, to complete professional quality devices including compressors, equalizers, preamps, and an... Read more

Section 1: Components and Selection  1. Passive Components  2. Semiconductor Basics  3. Fun With Op-Amps  Section 2: Circuit Elements  4. Practical Circuit Elements  5. Active Filters  Section 3: Complete Devices  6. Professional Audio Circuits  7. Synthesizer Circuits  Section 4: Additional Content  8. LTspice Tutorial  9. Modern PC Board Design Practices  10. Tables  11. Spreadsheets

Biography

Ethan Winer has been a professional musician, composer, circuit designer, recording engineer, college instructor, computer programmer, technical writer, and audio consultant since the late 1960s. He has written hundreds of feature articles for audio, music, and computer print magazines. Ethan’s book The Audio Expert published by Focal Press is now in its third edition.