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by SemperFiSound » Thu Feb 10, 2011 3:52 pm
Wow, 150 downloads.
Hopefully there is some good learning going on.
For those of you that found that to be a bit elementary or would like to move on to the next step, there are a few other good references out there, and I have mentioned them many times in other posts, and I stress, I do not get kickbacks.
The Sound Reinforcement Manual, 2nd Ed, by Davis
Live Sound Reinforcement, by Stark
And for SR at the 400 level: Sound Systems Engineering, by Davis & Patronis
The first two are usually bundled with a third SR book at Amazon for ~$50.
LSR is more easy to read, more of a "what do these ______ do?" sort of approach. Lots of pictures. Good small section on compressors/compression.
Read LSR and then if you are to continue down this path, read SRM. SRM is often referred to as the "industry bible." It has enough math and detailed explanations to answer the "why" - which every professional should be asking. Understanding what is happening to the signal mathematically is the ONLY way to fully understand what is going on.
I tell people to read SRM like this: start at the beginning of the chapter, read until it gets hard, and then skip to the beginning of the next chapter, read until it gets too hard, repeat until brain gets full. Let it sit for awhile and then start over, skimming the first parts of the chapters until you get to the harder areas and continue on in the same way as the first read.
SSE is a definite college level text and should not be taken lightly. The preface kicked my a$$ until I went back and busted some rust off some old math skill sets.
Keep reading and learning!
And for what it's worth, I took the Sound Reinforcement Handbook to Tahoe during our week vacation to read and try and comprehend a bit more nearer the ends of the chapters.
Steve