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FUNDAMENTALS OF SOUND

An introduction to acoustics, psychoacoustics, and digital audio for artists working with sound, space, and media.

  1. 01 Vibration and Sound Mechanical oscillation, wave propagation, and sound fields
  2. 02 Wave Properties Frequency, wavelength, amplitude, phase
  3. 03 Waveforms Periodic and stochastic audio signals
  4. 04 Spectral Analysis Fourier transform and the frequency domain
  5. 05 Filters Shaping the spectrum of audio signals
  6. 06 Anatomy of Hearing Structure and function of the auditory system
  7. 07 Psychoacoustics Perception of loudness, pitch, and timbre
  8. 08 Sound Localization Binaural hearing, HRTF, and spatial perception
  9. 09 Room Acoustics Reverberation, reflections, and room modes
  10. 10 Digital Audio Sampling, quantization, and digital representation of sound
  1. A Decibels
  2. B Works Cited