Audio in Media (10th ed)
by Stanley R. Alten
Cengage Learning | January 2013 | ISBN-10: 113330723X | True PDF | 624 pages | 35.9 mb

In AUDIO IN MEDIA, Tenth Edition, Stanley Alten -- internationally recognized as a scholar and expert in the area of audio production -- continues to provide students with an introduction to the basic techniques and principles necessary for audio production in today's media. The clear, current illustrations and photos and student-friendly writing in Alten's market-leading text have helped professors effectively teach this technically based course to thousands of introductory audio-production students. Comprehensive, technically accurate, and up-to-date, the text covers informational, perceptual, and aesthetic aspects of sound as they apply to each stage of the production process, from planning to postproduction.

About the Author
Stanley R. Alten teaches audio production, TV/film aesthetics, writing, and criticism. Before joining the Syracuse University faculty, he worked in radio and television as a producer, writer, sound designer, performer, and station manager in numerous markets, including Philadelphia, New York, and Boston. He also has many film and record production credits and continues to be professionally active through his own production company. Alten is an internationally recognized authority in sound production. He is the author of AUDIO IN MEDIA, the leading audio-production text in North America for more than two decades. The book has been translated into Spanish, Korean, German, and Chinese. Recently, Alten authored a brief version of it titled AUDIO BASICS, also published with Cengage Learning. Other writing credits include AUDIO AND MEDIA: THE RECORDING STUDIO, which focuses on music recording. He also has written many articles for the ENCYCLOPEDIA OF RADIO, WORLD BOOK ENCYCLOPEDIA (for which he served as audio editor), and the INTERNATIONAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EDUCATION, 2nd Edition. He has been honored for teaching excellence by the Outstanding Educators of America, Alpha Epsilon Rho, and the National Science Foundation.

BRIEF CONTENTS
Part I Principles 1
1 Sound in Production 2
2 Sound and Hearing 6
3 Acoustics and Psychoacoustics 25
Part II technology 47
4 Loudspeakers and Monitoring 48
5 Microphones 73
6 Mixers, Consoles, and Control Surfaces 115
7 Recording 142
8 Synchronization and Transfers 162
9 Signal Processors 172
10 Audio and the Internet 196
Part III Production 209
11 The Speaking Voice, Voice-Overs, and Narration 210
12 Dialogue 225
13 Studio Production: Radio and Television 251
14 Field Production: News and Sports 267
15 Sound Design 306
16 Sound Effects 319
17 Music Underscoring 346
18 Production for Mobile Media 368
19 Game Sound 375
20 Music Recording 402
Part IV Postproduction 451
21 Editing 452
22 Mixing: An Overview 482
23 Premixing and Rerecording for Television and Film 493
24 Music Mixdown 510
25 Mixing for Mobile Media 534