Audio Technology, Music, and Media: From Sound Wave to Reproduction

English | ISBN: 3030624285 | 2021 | 154 pages | PDF | 3 MB
This book provides a true A to Z of recorded sound, from its inception to the present day, outlining how technologies, techniques, and social attitudes have changed things, noting what is good and what is less good. The author starts by discussing the physics of sound generation and propagation. He then moves on to outline the history of recorded sound and early techniques and technologies, such as the rise of multi-channel tape recorders and their impact on recorded sound.