Recording and Voice Processing, Volume 1. Jean-Michel Reveillac

left) and laminar resonato...Figure 4.7. Cylindrical Helmholtz absorbers (Vicoustic and Hofa). For a color ve...Figure 4.8. Diaphragm bass traps (GIK Acoustics). For a color version of this fi...Figure 4.9. Mechanical analogy for a diaphragm or flexural bass trap. For a colo...Figure 4.10. Two examples of active bass traps (PSI Audio – Bag End)Figure 4.11. A specular reflection, the angle of the incident wave is equal to t...Figure 4.12. Comb filtering between 20 and 20 kHz. For a color version of this f...Figure 4.13. Two Schroeder diffusers. For a color version of this figure, see ww...Figure 4.14. Quadratic diffuser, also called QRD diffuser (Auralex, t.akustic an...Figure 4.15. The flutter echo principle. For a color version of this figure, see...Figure 4.16. A poly-cylindrical diffuser (Acoustic Geometry and GIK Acoustics). ...Figure 4.17. Diffusers with original designs (Jocavi and Jaya). For a color vers...Figure 4.18. Examples of removable cabins (Clearsonic and t.akustic)Figure 4.19. A cabin with removable panels on a tripod (Power Studio)Figure 4.20. Premanufactured acoustic booths (Vicoustic and Keoda). For a color ...Figure 4.21. Three examples: a tripod (Neewer), microphone stand (Tonor) and tab...Figure 4.22. A sound barrier and a sound recording sessionFigure 4.23. A universal pop filterFigure 4.24. Pop filters of various shapes (t-Bone, Aston and Tuloka)Figure 4.25. A closed headphone, left, and an open headphone, right (Beyerdynami...Figure 4.26. Power loss (attenuation) curve according to amplifier output impeda...Figure 4.27. Graph for determining the power required for a headphone based on i...Figure 4.28. Different types of suspensions: spider, double-lyre, universal, buo...Figure 4.29. Examples of standsFigure 4.30. Examples of boom standsFigure 4.31. Examples of articulating armsFigure 4.32. Examples of different gooseneck microphonesFigure 4.33. Thread adapter for microphone support and suspensionFigure 4.34. Ball joint adapter (Gravity)Figure 4.35. Different types of foam cups (Shure, Sennheiser and Rode). For a co...Figure 4.36. Long-hair cap (Rode and Rycote)Figure 4.37. Cage and windjammer caps (Rycote)Figure 4.38. An anechoic chamber (CNRS, LMA Laboratory and Aix-Marseille Univers...

      6 Appendix 1Figure A1.1. Sound level scalesFigure A1.2. Comparison of bel, decibel (dB SPL) and pascal (Pa). For a color ve...Figure A1.3. Psophometric diagram (weighted curve) dBA

      7 Appendix 2Figure A2.1. Some models of coaxial jacks. 1) subminiature 2.5 mm mono male jack...Figure A2.2. The different contact points for the 6.35 mm jack connectorsFigure A2.3. A “Bantam” or TT patchbay cable in TRS versionFigure A2.4. Pinout of the 3-pin XLR connectorsFigure A2.5. Wiring diagram of a classic XLR cable. For a color version of this ...Figure A2.6. Wiring diagram of XLR jack adapters. For a color version of this fi...Figure A2.7. Wiring diagram for an insert cord. For a color version of this figu...Figure A2.8. Different types of USB connectorsFigure A2.9. Different USB connectorsFigure A2.10. Some Sub-D connectors and a female Sub-D/XLR breakout cable. For a...Figure A2.11. BNC male and chassis connectorsFigure A2.12. RCA male and female connectors and chassis. For a color version of...Figure A2.13. Toslink male and chassis connectorsFigure A2.14. A Toslink/Mini Toslink cable

      8 Appendix 4Figure A4.1. A tube microphone, Neumann U47. The tube can be seen in the center,...Figure A4.2. Principle of a triode and a Telefunken VF14¹ tube designed specific...Figure A4.3. Schematic of an FET transistor (M type on the left, P type on the r...Figure A4.4. A widely used JFET transistor, the 2N3819Figure A4.5. A Neumann U87 clone. The arrow indicates the famous JFET (2N3819) m...

      9 Appendix 5Figure A5.1. Principle of the AB pairFigure A5.2. An AB pairFigure A5.3. Principle of the XY pairFigure A5.4. An XY pairFigure A5.5. The Rode NT4 XY stereo microphoneFigure A5.6. Principle of the ORTF pairFigure A5.7. An ORTF pairFigure A5.8. Principle of the MS pairFigure A5.9. An MS pairFigure A5.10. Principle of the Decca treeFigure A5.11. Decca tree installationFigure A5.12. Principle of the Blumlein methodFigure A5.13. A Blumlein installationFigure A5.14. Principle of the Faulkner ArrayFigure A5.15. Principle of the sound-absorbing disk methodFigure A5.16. A Jecklin Disk installationFigure A5.17. Principle of the artificial headFigure A5.18. Neumann KU100 artificial head

      List of Tables

      1 Chapter 1Table 1.1. Some digital audio workstations (this list is far from exhaustive)

      2 Chapter 3Table 3.1. Some models of dynamic moving coil microphones with their main charac...Table 3.2. Some ribbon microphone models with their main characteristics³⁸. For ...Table 3.3. Some condenser microphone models³⁹ with their main characteristics (n...Table 3.4. Some models of USB microphones

      3 Chapter 4Table 4.1. Major manufacturers of absorbent panels (this list is not exhaustive)Table 4.2. Major manufacturers of diffusers (this list is not exhaustive)Table 4.3. Major manufacturers of acoustic booths (this list is not exhaustive)Table 4.4. Major manufacturers of isolation shields (this list is not exhaustive...Table 4.5. Major manufacturers of pop filters (this list is not exhaustive)

      4 Appendix 2Table A2.1. USB type-A and type-B pinoutTable A2.2. USB mini-A and micro-B pinout

      5 Appendix 3Table A3.1. Some compression pluginsTable A3.2. Some equalization pluginsTable A3.3. Some De-Esser pluginsTable A3.4. Some reverb plugins

      Guide

      1  Conclusion

      2  Appendices

      3  Appendix 1. Sound Unit

      4  Appendix 2. Audio Connectivity

      5  Appendix 3. Audio Processing Plugins

      6  Appendix 4. Tube and JFET Microphone Amplifiers

      7  Appendix 5. Microphone Pairs

      8  Glossary

      9  References

      10  Index

      11  End User License Agreement

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