Preface |
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Preface to the Third Edition |
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Introduction |
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3 | (6) |
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Time for Some Reflection! |
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4 | (2) |
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6 | (3) |
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Sound Absorptive Materials |
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9 | (1) |
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10 | (7) |
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Functional Baffles and Shaped Absorbers |
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17 | (1) |
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The Selection of Materials |
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18 | (1) |
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19 | (1) |
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19 | (1) |
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Here's Mr. Everest's Cheapest Wideband Absorber |
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20 | (1) |
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Fiberglass and Mineral Wool |
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21 | (1) |
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21 | (1) |
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Sound Absorption per Frequency |
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22 | (1) |
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23 | (3) |
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Polycylindrical Diffusers |
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26 | (1) |
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27 | (1) |
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A Jig for Designing Resonant Plywood Absorbers |
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28 | (5) |
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33 | (9) |
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42 | (1) |
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43 | (1) |
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44 | (1) |
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45 | (1) |
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Sound Isolation and Dual Panel Wall Partitions |
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45 | (2) |
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47 | (1) |
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47 | (5) |
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52 | (1) |
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53 | (1) |
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Sound Transmission Class (STC) |
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54 | (1) |
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54 | (1) |
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54 | (2) |
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56 | (1) |
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56 | (1) |
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Evaluating Audio (A/B Comparisons) |
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56 | (1) |
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Sequential Frequency Analysis |
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57 | (4) |
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61 | (12) |
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61 | (2) |
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Measuring Reverberation Time |
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63 | (2) |
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65 | (1) |
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66 | (1) |
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Acoustic Measurement with a Laptop |
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67 | (2) |
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FFT, TDS, and TEF Measurement |
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69 | (4) |
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73 | (6) |
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Resonant Frequency Vibrations |
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73 | (1) |
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74 | (2) |
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76 | (1) |
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76 | (3) |
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5 The Control Room Monitor System |
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Setting the Monitor System Gain |
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80 | (1) |
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Monitoring Systems Part II |
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81 | (1) |
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Testing the Control Room/Monitor System |
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82 | (1) |
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82 | (2) |
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Control Room Acoustics and Monitoring |
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84 | (3) |
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Live End Dead End (LEDE)/Dead End Live End (DELE) |
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87 | (1) |
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The Studio Side of the Glass |
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88 | (2) |
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Want a Look into the Future? |
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90 | (3) |
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Part II Brick and Mortar (Drywall and Stud) Studios |
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6 My Studio---How Big and What Shape? |
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How Big Should a Studio Be? |
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95 | (1) |
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95 | (1) |
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Deciding on Best Studio Proportions |
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96 | (3) |
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Studio Size and Low Frequency Response |
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99 | (1) |
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100 | (2) |
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Summary of Room Mode Effects |
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102 | (1) |
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7 Elements Common to All Studios |
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103 | (18) |
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Sound Lock Acoustical Treatment |
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103 | (3) |
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106 | (1) |
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107 | (1) |
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108 | (3) |
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111 | (1) |
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112 | (1) |
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Staggered Stud Construction |
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112 | (1) |
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113 | (1) |
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Concrete and Masonry Walls |
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113 | (1) |
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Floor-Ceiling Construction |
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114 | (1) |
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115 | (1) |
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115 | (1) |
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116 | (1) |
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117 | (1) |
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118 | (1) |
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119 | (1) |
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119 | (1) |
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119 | (2) |
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8 Audiovisual Budget Recording Studio |
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121 | (16) |
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121 | (1) |
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121 | (2) |
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123 | (1) |
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123 | (1) |
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123 | (2) |
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Studio Wideband Wall Units |
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125 | (2) |
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127 | (2) |
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129 | (1) |
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130 | (1) |
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Control Room Ceiling Treatment |
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131 | (1) |
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132 | (2) |
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Control Room Acoustical Tile |
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134 | (1) |
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Control Room Wideband Modules |
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134 | (1) |
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135 | (2) |
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9 Studio Built in a Residence |
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137 | (12) |
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137 | (1) |
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138 | (1) |
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139 | (2) |
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141 | (3) |
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Studio Reverberation Time |
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144 | (4) |
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148 | (1) |
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148 | (1) |
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10 A Small Studio for Instruction and Campus Radio |
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149 | (14) |
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149 | (1) |
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150 | (1) |
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151 | (1) |
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152 | (2) |
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154 | (1) |
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155 | (2) |
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157 | (6) |
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11 Small Ad Agency Studio for AVs and Radio Jingles |
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163 | (14) |
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163 | (2) |
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165 | (1) |
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166 | (1) |
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Audiovisual Recording Studio Treatment |
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166 | (1) |
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167 | (3) |
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170 | (1) |
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171 | (3) |
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Control Work Room Treatment |
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174 | (3) |
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12 Multitrack in a Two-Car Garage |
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177 | (12) |
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177 | (2) |
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Wall and Ceiling Construction |
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179 | (1) |
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180 | (1) |
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181 | (1) |
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182 | (1) |
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183 | (2) |
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185 | (4) |
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13 Building a Studio from Scratch for Radio Program Production |
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189 | (18) |
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Distribution of Modal Resonances |
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191 | (1) |
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192 | (1) |
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193 | (1) |
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194 | (1) |
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194 | (2) |
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196 | (2) |
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198 | (2) |
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200 | (1) |
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200 | (4) |
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Control Room Reverberation |
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204 | (3) |
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14 Studios for a Commercial Radio Station |
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207 | (12) |
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207 | (1) |
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208 | (1) |
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209 | (1) |
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210 | (1) |
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211 | (6) |
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217 | (1) |
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Production Control Trimming |
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217 | (1) |
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218 | (1) |
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218 | (1) |
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15 One Control Room for Two Studios |
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219 | (16) |
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219 | (2) |
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221 | (1) |
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222 | (6) |
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228 | (2) |
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230 | (3) |
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233 | (2) |
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235 | (14) |
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235 | (2) |
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237 | (1) |
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238 | (1) |
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238 | (1) |
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239 | (3) |
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242 | (4) |
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246 | (3) |
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17 A Video and Multitrack Studio |
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249 | (14) |
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249 | (1) |
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250 | (2) |
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252 | (1) |
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252 | (7) |
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259 | (4) |
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18 A Screening Facility for Film and Video |
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263 | (10) |
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263 | (1) |
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263 | (2) |
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265 | (1) |
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266 | (1) |
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267 | (5) |
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272 | (1) |
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273 | (24) |
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274 | (2) |
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276 | (1) |
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277 | (1) |
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278 | (3) |
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281 | (1) |
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282 | (1) |
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283 | (3) |
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Reverberation Time of Studio A |
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286 | (1) |
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Acoustical Treatment of Control Room A |
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286 | (6) |
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292 | (3) |
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295 | (2) |
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297 | (18) |
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298 | (4) |
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Variation of T60 with Position |
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302 | (1) |
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Directional Microphone Method |
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303 | (1) |
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304 | (3) |
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Size and Proportions of Room |
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307 | (1) |
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Distribution of Absorbing Materials |
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307 | (1) |
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308 | (1) |
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308 | (1) |
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309 | (1) |
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Diffraction Grating Diffusers |
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309 | (1) |
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Grating Diffuser Application |
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310 | (5) |
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Part III New Remedies to Common Acoustic Problems |
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21 An Introduction to Today's Premanufactured Acoustic Panels and Systems |
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Time for a Little Perspective |
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315 | (2) |
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Let's Take a Look at Some of These "Treatments" |
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317 | (1) |
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318 | (17) |
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335 | (4) |
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339 | (5) |
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344 | (10) |
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354 | (7) |
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361 | (3) |
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364 | (5) |
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Part IV Music Instruments |
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22 How Music Instruments Produce and Propagate Sound |
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Some Basic Facts about Sound Production by Music Instruments |
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370 | (3) |
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373 | (2) |
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Some Specific Sound Producing Mechanisms |
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375 | (1) |
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Sound Transmission of Acoustic Guitars |
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375 | (2) |
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Making Use of Physicists' Research Experiments |
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377 | (2) |
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379 | (1) |
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The Brass and Woodwind Instrument Family |
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380 | (2) |
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382 | (1) |
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382 | (3) |
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385 | (1) |
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386 | (1) |
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Hollow Bodied Instruments |
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387 | (1) |
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388 | (1) |
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389 | (1) |
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390 | (2) |
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Some Guitar Manufacturing Theories |
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392 | (2) |
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394 | (1) |
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Mechanically Plucked Strings |
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394 | (1) |
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395 | (1) |
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397 | (5) |
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402 | (4) |
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What It All Boils Down To |
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406 | (1) |
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406 | (2) |
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Examples of Microphone Placement |
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408 | (1) |
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409 | (1) |
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409 | (1) |
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Where Do You Go from Here? |
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A Sound Absorption Coefficients for General Building Materials and Furnishings |
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B Sound Absorption Coefficients of Owens-Corning Products |
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C Sound Absorption Coefficients for Tectum |
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References |
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Index |
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