Audio Anecdotes II: Tools, Tips, and

The second volume in this collection continues the exploration and coverage of topical issues in digital audio. It is written for a professional audience of users and draws on the experience of experts who are at the cutting edge of their subject.

Preface

ix

Introduction

xiii

Field Recording

1

(26)

A Quick Field Recording Primer for the Adventurous Sound Effects Recordist

3

(10)

Mike Caviezel

Holding on for Dear Life: Recording the Automobile

13

(10)

Mike Caviezel

A Brief Introduction to Binaural Recording

23

(4)

Gordon Hempton

Ken Greenebaum

Synthesis

27

(38)

Ambient Synthesis with Random Sound Fields

29

(8)

Hesham Fouad

Band Limited Oscillators Using Wave Table Synthesis

37

(18)

Phil Burk

Subtractive Synthesis without Filters

55

(10)

John Lazzaro

John Wawrzynek

Signal Processing

65

(76)

Finite Impulse Response Filters

67

(12)

Stuart Allman

Infinite Impulse Response Filters

79

(14)

Stuart Allman

Replacing Analog Filters with DSP by Using the Bilinear Transform

93

(8)

Stuart Allman

Floating Point Fast Fourier Transform

101

(26)

Hal Chamberlin

Fast Fourier Transform Using Integer Math

127

(14)

Hal Chamberlin

Spatialization

141

(32)

Spatialization with Stereo Loudspeakers

143

(16)

Hesham Fouad

Spatialization with Multiple Loudspeakers

159

(14)

Ville Pulkki

Computer Techniques

173

(52)

No Need to Shout: Volume Controls and the Digital Sound Convergence

175

(8)

Ken Greenebaum

Count in Frames! (Not Samples or Bytes)

183

(10)

Ken Greenebaum

Introduction to the Ring Buffer FIFO Queue

193

(16)

Ken Greenebaum

Wrapped I/O

209

(16)

Ken Greenebaum

Computer Tools

225

(32)

SoX Sound Exchange Library

227

(10)

Chris Bagwell

The Synthesis ToolKit (STK) in C++

237

(18)

Perry R. Cook

Gary Scavone

The QEDesign Filter Design Package

255

(2)

Chris Bore

Music Theory

257

(46)

Basic Music Theory: Notation, Scales, and Chords

259

(30)

Benjamin Tomassetti

Basic Music Theory: Rhythm and Meter

289

(14)

Benjamin Tomassetti

Sound Design

303

(58)

Designing the Auditory Narrative: A Methodology for Sound Design

305

(24)

Maribeth J. Back

Sound as Information: An Introduction to Auditory Display

329

(12)

Rob Tannen

Auditory Feedback for Computer Devices

341

(20)

Linda A. Roberts

Cynthia A. Sikora

Nature

361

(34)

Brainwave Entrainment through Binaural Sound

363

(12)

Jeffrey Thompson

Introduction to Bioacoustics

375

(20)

Jeffrey Greenebaum

Glossary of Audio Terms

395

(34)

Contributor Biographies

429

(6)

Index

435

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Audio Anecdotes II: Tools, Tips, and Techniques for Digital Audio

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