Acoustics and psychoacoustics /
By: Howard, David M. (David Martin).
Contributor(s): Angus, Jamie.
Publisher: Amsterdam ; London : Focal, 2009Edition: 4th ed.Description: viii, 488 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + 1 sound disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.).Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780240521756 (pbk.); 9780240521756:; 0240521757 (pbk.); 0240521862 (CD); 9780240521862 (CD).Subject(s): Psychoacoustics | Music -- Acoustics and physics
| Sound -- Recording and reproducing -- Digital techniquesDDC classification: 534 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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ATU Sligo Yeats Library Electronic Media | 534 HOW (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | Please ask at Library Desk for the accompanying disc. | M032917 | ||
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ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection | 534 HOW (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | Please ask at Library Desk for the accompanying disc. | 0078581 |
Appendix 7 (p. 473-478) gives CD track listing.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Pressure waves and sound transmission -- Sound intensity, power and pressure level -- Adding sounds together -- The inverse square law -- Sound interactions -- Time and frequency domains -- Analyzing spectra.
This text describes how humans perceive sound, how sound behaves in differing media and musical instruments, and how sound can be generated in natural and synthetic ways.