WSDG (Walters-Storyk Design Group) is proud to announce the release of “Sound Reinforcement for Audio Engineers,” a comprehensive handbook that explores acoustic design and electroacoustic engineering theory as applied to real-world applications in the field. The handbook was edited and curated by Dr. Wolfgang Ahnert and WSDG Director of Applied Science and Engineering Dirk Noy and is the first print publication by team members of the 11-time TEC Award-winning architectural acoustic consulting and media systems design firm. ‘Sound Reinforcement for Audio Engineers’ is available now from Focal Press.
Hands-on problem-solving for acousticians, architects, and sound engineers
Over the course of its 11 chapters, ‘Sound Reinforcement for Audio Engineers’ thoroughly explores the fundamental technologies and approaches involved and focuses on the intersection between room acoustics and electroacoustics through a variety of real-world applications both historic and modern, including sports arenas, performance venues, houses of worship, and corporate environments. In addition to demonstrating the nuanced relationship between these two practices, the book also provides an in-depth look at the role digital technology increasingly plays in these processes including acoustic simulations, sound reinforcement, DSP, digital networking, and more.
“This is the first time any book has thoroughly explained the relationship between room acoustics and electroacoustics in an application-based manner – something in which Dr. Ahnert, I, and our colleagues are uniquely experienced,” said Noy. “We wanted to show how it is done in the field and provide acousticians, architects, and sound engineers with the required technical background but also with applicable methodologies for approaching these challenges in a hands-on way.”
About the Authors
Dr. Wolfgang Ahnert is a sought-after author, contributor, educator and lecturer at professional conferences and tradeshows, and has authored countless white papers on subjects such as acoustical simulation processes, measurement technology, electro-acoustical theory and applications.
Dirk Noy is Director of Applied Science and Engineering at WSDG. He frequently lectures at SAE, TBZ and the ffakustik School of Acoustical Engineering, in Zurich. He is also a member of the Education Committee for the AES’s Swiss section.
A number of expert guest authors were invited for particular chapters, including Gabriel Hauser of WSDG (commissioning of sound systems), Stefan Ledergerber of Simplexity (digital audio networks), Stefan Feistel of AFMG (acoustical simulations), Peter Mapp (speech intelligibility) and Gottfried Behler (loudspeakers and microphones).
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ISBN #9781032115177
Published by Focal Press
450 pages; 320 illustrations
For more information and to purchase “Sound Reinforcement for Audio Engineers,” go to:
https://www.routledge.com/Sound-Reinforcement-for-Audio-Engineers/Ahnert-Noy/p/book/9781032115177
