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Until now, there hasn’t been a book or learning resource that aimed to teach audio newbies and musicians how to set up and mix a live audio event. For years, they have had to learn about live audio through a frustrating and time-consuming process of trial and error or by watching others. LIVE SOUND FUNDAMENTALS provides the “missing manual” to the art of live sound, covering the topic from a real-world point of view, and deals with real problems and real solutions from the field. It is a solid how-to guide to the fundamentals of setting up and mixing live audio events, covering the equipment, processes, and techniques required for obtaining expert results. Everything is taught with the beginner in mind, with helpful pictures and illustrations combined with easy-to-understand techniques. After reading this book, you’ll walk away with a solid grasp of the fundamental skills you’ll need to work in the live event audio world.

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Build your own acoustic environments such as recording studios, control rooms, and home listening rooms with expert insights from two engineering professionals. Fully expanded to cover the latest methods and software tools, Master Handbook of Acoustics, Fifth Edition presents clear explanations of acoustic phenomena and provides a hands-on approach to room design. Learn how to perform acoustic measurements, choose room dimensions, assign speaker placement, analyze response curves, and design and install sound absorbers and diffusers. You will also find details on how to fine-tune room reverberation, minimize external noise, and apply psychoacoustic concepts.

Master Handbook of Acoustics, Fifth Edition explains how to:

*Determine how sound propagates in open and enclosed spaces
*Measure sound-pressure levels and work with decibels
*Analyze the characteristics of room modal resonances
*Treat rooms for optimal early reflections, reverberation, and diffusion
*Minimize acoustic distortion, comb-filter effects, and HVAC interference
*Construct high-quality stereo and surround-sound listening rooms
*Design personal and professional recording studios and control rooms
*Understand the acoustics of auditoriums and concert halls
*Optimize room designs using measurement, modeling, and auralization software

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[SIZE="2"]“Big” Mick Hughes is the live audio engineer for Metallica, a position he has held since 1984.

He was born and grew up in Birmingham, England. While an apprentice at British Steel, he studied electronics at a local technical college and also gained experience on the thriving Midlands music scene including working as a roadie for Judas Priest. In the early 1980s, working for the PA company Techserve he engineered for bands including UB40, Dennis Brown, Yellowman, and Jungle Man before becoming the touring sound engineer for The Armoury Show, who featured ex The Skids singer Richard Jobson and ex Siouxsie and the Banshees guitarist John McGeoch.

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This first live sound supplement from Audio Media magazine is an exploration of current thinking and hot products in the performance audio industry. This area has some very specific needs, from bullet-proof reliability and redundancy, to maximum emphasis on ergonomics and immediate access to functionality. An audience makes all the difference