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Acoustics & Sound eBooks

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  • This Is What It Sounds Like: A Legendary Producer Turned Neuroscientist on Finding Yourself Through Music

    **One of the Next Big Idea Club's Favorite Nonfiction BooksA Behavioral Scientist Notable Book of 2022A legendary record producer–turned–brain scientist explains why you fall in love with music.**This Is What It Sounds Like is a journey into the science and soul of music that reveals the secrets of why your favorite songs move you. But it’s also a story of a musical trailblazer who began as a ... Read more

    $19.99 USD $12.99 USD

  • The 4 Element Synth

    The Secrets of Subtractive Synthesis

    by Rob Papen ...
    This 224 page book, which is accompanied by online media with over 10 hours of content, gives an in-depth insight into Rob’s approach of working with subtractive synthesis.In 2001, Rob Papen began giving exclusive masterclasses teaching 'synthesizer sound design" in his studio. For these training sessions, Rob developed his own method to explain the secrets of subtractive synthesis, called "The 4 ... Read more

    $47.99 USD

  • How Audiobooks Make You Smarter

    7 Little Known Ways Audio Books Can Boost Memory Capacity And Increase Intelligence

    Everyone knows that reading makes you smarter.  But did you know listening to Audiobooks doesn’t just make you smarter, it makes you smarter, quicker, and increases your intellect and recall as well? If you want to discover why audiobooks are the coming rage, this is the book for you. If you want to learn more, faster than ever before this book is for you too. Even if all you want is to ... Read more

    Free

  • Schiit Happened

    The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up

    "Despite, or maybe because of, their self-effacing nature, Schiit Audio has become the powerhouse headphone amp company over the last few years. From afar, it looks like they did it with ease...but the truth is much more complicated."--InnerFidelityFor everyone who didn't win the venture capital lottery,or everyone who wasn't born with a trust fund,for everyone who doesn't have rich relatives.. ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Creating Sounds from Scratch

    A Practical Guide to Music Synthesis for Producers and Composers

    Creating Sounds from Scratch is a practical, in-depth resource on the most common forms of music synthesis. It includes historical context, an overview of concepts in sound and hearing, and practical training examples to help sound designers and electronic music producers effectively manipulate presets and create new sounds. The book covers the all of the main synthesis techniques including analog ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Production Sound Mixing

    The Art and Craft of Sound Recording for the Moving Image

    Series series The CineTech Guides to the Film Crafts
    The latest hot camera is pretty irrelevant if one can't understand what's happening on screen. The key to any narrative is in the dialogue and voice over, but if this is unintelligible or difficult to hear, viewers will soon lose interest. With real world applications and a narrative to keep the reader's interest, Production Sound Mixing is the indispensable guide for film and video audio ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • The Sounds of Life

    How Digital Technology Is Bringing Us Closer to the Worlds of Animals and Plants

    by Karen Bakker ...
    An amazing journey into the hidden realm of nature’s soundsThe natural world teems with remarkable conversations, many beyond human hearing range. Scientists are using groundbreaking digital technologies to uncover these astonishing sounds, revealing vibrant communication among our fellow creatures across the Tree of Life.At once meditative and scientific, The Sounds of Life shares fascinating and ... Read more

    $23.99 USD $15.99 USD

  • Ham Radio

    From Beginner to Badass

    by Greg Molloy ...
    Do you want to discover everything there is to know about Ham Radio?Well, then this book is what you are looking for!In "Ham Radio: from Beginner to Badass", you will learn how to start your very own radio station, what licence you need and everything there is to know about ham radio. Ham radio is becoming more and more popular these days, since a lot of old Ham Enthusiasts are coming back to the ... Read more

    $3.44 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Complete Guide to High-End Audio

    by Robert Harley ...
    In this newly updated directory, the latest in cutting-edge audio equipment is provided, including how to choose the best audio equipment on a budget, how to get the best sound for the money, and how to set up a system for maximum performance. Revised and expanded to include all the latest audio technologies, this book is packed with expert advice how to make speakers sound up to 50 percent better ... Read more

    $28.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Why You Hear What You Hear

    An Experiential Approach to Sound, Music, and Psychoacoustics

    A groundbreaking textbook that explores the phenomena and physics of music and soundWhy You Hear What You Hear is the first book on the physics of sound for the nonspecialist to empower readers with a hands-on, ears-open approach that includes production, analysis, and perception of sound. The book makes possible a deep intuitive understanding of many aspects of sound, as opposed to the usual ... Read more

    $86.99 USD

  • Exploring Animal Behavior Through Sound: Volume 1

    Methods

    This open-access book empowers its readers to explore the acoustic world of animals. By listening to the sounds of nature, we can study animal behavior, distribution, and demographics; their habitat characteristics and needs; and the effects of noise. Sound recording is an efficient and affordable tool, independent of daylight and weather; and recorders may be left in place for many months at a ... Read more

    Free

  • Understanding Acoustics

    An Experimentalist’s View of Sound and Vibration

    Series series Graduate Texts in Physics
    This open access textbook, like Rayleigh’s classic Theory of Sound, focuses on experiments and on approximation techniques rather than mathematical rigor. The second edition has benefited from comments and corrections provided by many acousticians, in particular those who have used the first edition in undergraduate and graduate courses. For example, phasor notation has been added to clearly ... Read more

    Free

  • Sound: A Very Short Introduction

    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Sound is integral to how we experience the world, in the form of noise as well as music. But what is sound? What is the physical basis of pitch and harmony? And how are sound waves exploited in musical instruments? In this Very Short Introduction Mike Goldsmith looks at the science of sound and explores sound in different contexts, covering the audible and inaudible, sound underground and ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Extremely Loud

    Sound as a Weapon

    “Everything you ever suspected or feared about music as a weapon, sound as torture . . . Disturbingly illuminating in the possible ramifications**” (Kirkus Reviews).**In this troubling and wide-ranging account, acclaimed journalist Juliette Volcler looks at the long history of efforts by military and police forces to deploy sound against enemies, criminals, and law-abiding citizens. During the ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • High-Power Audio Amplifier Construction Manual

    Design and build awesome audio amps. Amateur and professional audiophiles alike can now design and construct superior quality amplifiers at a fraction of comparable retail prices with step-by-step instruction from the High-Power audio Amplifier Construction Manual. Randy Slone, professional audio writer and electronics supply marketer, delivers the nuts-and-bolts know-how you need to optimize ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • Pro Techniques For Home Recording: Studio Tracking, Mixing, & Mastering Tips, Tricks, & Techniques With Audio

    Why do professional recordings sound "bigger than life"? Are there special microphones and secret techniques? Or is it somehow the magic of the "big studio"?Learn how to improve your tracks (without spending big bucks on gear) with "Pro Techniques For Home Recording". This eBook covers every step in home music production from setup to mixing and mastering. Complete with audio examples. ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Tackle the Technology of Starting Your Own Podcast

    Real Fast Results, #65

    by Daniel Hall ...
    Series Book 65 - Real Fast Results
    Welcome to this episode of the Real Fast Results podcast! Today’s special guest is Dave Jackson, who is an expert when it comes to putting together podcasts, launching them, and really, all things podcast. He’s the guy that puts together the Real Fast Results podcasts, as a matter of fact. He does the job beautifully and quickly, and he has some really great advice to share with everyone ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audio Production Principles

    Practical Studio Applications

    With this all-in-one manual, students and teachers have an easy-to-read reference that provides a reliable and current rundown of the world of sound production, from planning a recording session to mastering the final product. Organized by four main topics - pre-production, recording various instruments, mixing theories and tools, and mastering - Audio Production Principles follows the actual flow ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Summary of How We Got to Now

    by Steven Johnson | Includes Analysis

    How We Got to Now by Steven Johnson | Includes AnalysisPreview of this summary:Chapter 1Glass formed in the Libyan desert about twenty-six million years ago when grains of silica became superheated for some unknown reason. People began making ornaments from it about ten thousand years later. Still later, Roman artisans learned to make glass windows and drinking vessels from these early examples of ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Arduino for Musicians

    A Complete Guide to Arduino and Teensy Microcontrollers

    by Brent Edstrom ...
    Arduino, Teensy, and related microcontrollers provide a virtually limitless range of creative opportunities for musicians and hobbyists who are interested in exploring "do it yourself" technologies. Given the relative ease of use and low cost of the Arduino platform, electronic musicians can now envision new ways of synthesizing sounds and interacting with music-making software. In Arduino for ... Read more

    $47.99 USD

  • Handbook of Sound Studio Construction: Rooms for Recording and Listening

    Build first-class recording studios and listening spacesDesign and build your own audiophile-grade recording and playback environments using proven, cost-effective plans and techniques. Handbook of Sound Studio Construction: Rooms for Recording and Listening explains practical acoustical properties and describes how to engineer acoustically sensitive spaces, including music recording studios, ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • Resonant Matter

    Sound, Art, and the Promise of Hospitality

    Series series New Approaches to Sound, Music, and Media
    In Resonant Matter, Lutz Koepnick considers contemporary sound and installation art as a unique laboratory of hospitality amid inhospitable times. Inspired by Ragnar Kjartansson's nine-channel video installation The Visitors (2012), the book explores resonance-the ability of objects to be affected by the vibrations of other objects-as a model of art's fleeting promise to make us coexist with ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Sound Therapy: Healing with the Singing Bowl - Tuning and Changing Vibrational Fields with Tibetan Bowls

    I want to thank you and congratulate you for reading the book, "Sound Therapy - Healing with the Singing Bowl: Tuning and Changing Vibrational Fields with Tibetan Bowls."This book contains a wealth of information intended to deepen your appreciation for Tibetan singing bowls. It provides a history of singing bowls and explains why these bowls have always been regarded since ancient times as a ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Shaping Sound

    A Practical Guide to Audio Effects

    Whether you’re mixing music, recording at home, producing beats, running the sound of live show or a church service, producing a podcast or vlog, or composing, you need a solid understanding audio effects.Even if you don’t have much audio experience yet, you can draw from your life experience (of which sound has undoubtedly played a major role). From the reverberant sound of a large parking garage ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus