Product Description: These essays by leading scholars explore the integration of language and literature study in the fields of art history and social sciences, exploring as a result the scope and nature of the discipline of Dutch Studies today.

The latest hot camera is pretty irrelevant if one can't understand what's happening on screen. The key to any narrative is in the dialogue and voice over, but if this is unintelligible or difficult to hear, viewers will soon lose interest. With real world applications and a narrative to keep the reader's interest, Production Sound Mixing is the indispensable guide for film and video audio recording. Written by veteran sound mixer John J. Murphy, the book offers a step by step collaborative journey through the basic physics of sound, concluding with a practical guide of the latest techniques and equipment available to all who are interested in the best audio for their projects. Structured to mimic a 14-week semester, each chapter begins with an audio problem to be solved and ends with a solution drawn from information gleaned from past chapters. Suggested movie scenes that demonstrate the relevant audio techniques will also be included. Equally applicable to studio and location recording, the book is oriented toward commonly accessible environments such as conference rooms, hallways, beaches, car interiors, bathrooms, and so on. The intent is to allow the student to make the best of a location no matter how challenging it might be. Most importantly, this book will make one aware of the potential of sound on screen, for it is truly 50% of the viewing experience.

This is the first comprehensive handbook devoted exclusively to stereo miking. The many illustrations and clear organization easily explain the theory behind stereo miking methods, and describe specific techniques. Describes how to position the correct microphones in the proper locations in order to record optimal quality stereo sound. 'Altogether a most comprehensive, well-researched and well-documented book.' Adrian Bishop-Laggett, Line Up, April 1992 - Line Up,April 1992

Product Description: Although psychic powers such as telepathic communication have yet to be explained by modern science, all animals, both human and nonhuman, have the potential. But like any talent, psychic talent must be developed and practiced. Part collection of amazing animal stories, part psychic manual, Is Your Pet Psychic? is your guide to understanding and developing your pet's psychic powers...read more

A diabolical villain gets ahold of a laser that can cause wild mood swings, forcing Remo and Chiun to do battle in the dark with only their super-sharp sensory skills to lead them to the enemy. Original.

This newly revised directory brings readers up to speed on the latest in cutting-edge audio equipment. Included are updates on multichannel music reproduction, surround sound, DVD-Audio, and Super Audio CD. Extensive tips on how to listen critically and judge audio-equipment quality, how to optimize the performance of an existing system, and how to best allocate an audio budget are included. Practical techniques for improving the acoustics of existing stereos and listening rooms are also featured.

Jews transform people’s perception of things by incorporating elements into societies that weren’t there before; they disassemble whole belief systems, and replace them with something entirely different. The world is in the state it is today due to an inability to recognize the value of the Jew; his role within society, and, furthermore, the vast scheme of things. He is the protector, the preserver, and also the destroyer.

Are you thinking of getting started in home recording? Do you want to know the latest home recording technologies? This book will get you recording music at home in no time! It shows you how to set up a home studio, record and edit your music, master it, and even distribute your songs. With this user-friendly guide, you'll learn how to compare studio-in-a-box, computer-based, and stand-alone recording systems and choose what you need. You'll gain the skills to manage your sound, take full advantage of MIDI, mike common instruments, do overdubs and replace missed notes, understand the mastering process, and prepare your music for duplication. A must for today's musicians!

Product Description: Representations of humans in virtual environments are called Avatars. This book brings together work from a variety of relevant disciplines to detail how humans interact in computer-generated environments. It contains contributions from several key people in the field, including Microsoft Researchs Virtual World Group, and presents their findings in a way that is accessible to readers who are new to the field...read more

Speech and Audio Coding for Wireless and Network Applications contains 34 chapters, loosely grouped into six topical areas. The chapters in this volume reflect the progress and present the state of the art in low-bit-rate speech coding, primarily at bit rates from 2.4 kbit/s to 16 kbit/s. Together they represent important contributions from leading researchers in the speech coding community. Speech and Audio Coding for Wireless and Network Applications contains contributions describing technologies that are under consideration as standards for such applications as digital cellular communications (the half-rate American and European coding standards). A brief Introduction is followed by a section dedicated to low-delay speech coding, a research direction which emerged as a result of the CCITT requirement for a universal low-delay 16 kbit/s speech coding technology and now continues with the objective of achieving toll quality with moderate delay at a rate of 8 kbit/s. A section on the important topic of speech quality evaluation is then presented. This is followed by a section on speech coding for wireless transmission, and a section on audio coding which covers not only 7 kHz bandwidth speech, but also wideband coding applicable to high fidelity music. The book concludes with a section on speech coding for noisy transmission channels, followed by a section addressing future research directions. Speech and Audio Coding for Wireless and Network Applications presents a cross-section of the key contributions in speech and audio coding which have emerged recently. For this reason, the book is a valuable reference for all researchers and graduate students in the speech coding community.

Product Description: Basics of Video Sound is a basic guide for students on media courses and beginner professional obtain the best possible sound in a variety of situations. Starting with a basic understanding of acoustics, microphones and an introduction to some of the technical terms, the book goes on to consider the specific problems of getting good sound for a single camera shoot...read more

Basics of Video Sound is a basic guide for students on media courses and beginner professional obtain the best possible sound in a variety of situations. Starting with a basic understanding of acoustics, microphones and an introduction to some of the technical terms, the book goes on to consider the specific problems of getting good sound for a single camera shoot. The studio shoot is covered, explaining in simple terms mixers and studio techniques of foldback and effects units. The manipulation of sound at the edit/post production stage is discussed including the use of timecode, synchronisers and multitrack recorders. The book is equipmentnon-specific, dealing primarily with the principles and processes involved in obtaining professional results.

Morgan Jones' Valve Amplifiers has been widely recognised as the most complete guide to valve amplifier design, modification, analysis, construction and maintenance written for over 30 years. As such it is unique in presenting the essentials of 'hollow-state' electronics and valve amp design for engineers and enthusiasts in the familiar context of current best practice in electronic design, using only currently available components. The author's straightforward approach, using as little maths as possible, and lots of design knowhow, makes this book ideal for those with a limited knowledge of the field as well as being the standard reference text for experts in valve audio and a wider audience of audio engineers facing design challenges involving valves.Design principles and construction techniques are provided so readers can devise and build from scratch designs that actually work. Morgan Jones takes the reader through each step in the process of design, starting with a brief review of electronic fundamentals relevant to valve amplifiers, simple stages, compound stages, linking stages together, and finally, complete designs. Practical aspects, including safety, are addressed throughout.The third edition includes a new chapter on distortion and many further new and expanded sections throughout the book, including: comparison of bias methods, constant current sinks, upper valve choice, buffering and distortion, shunt regulated push-pull (SRPP) amplifier, use of oscilloscopes and spectrum analysers, valve cooling and heatsinks, US envelope nomenclature and suffixes, heater voltage versus applied current, moving coil transformer source and load terminations. * The practical guide to analysis, modification, design, construction and maintenance of valve amplifiers* The fully up-to-date approach to valve electronics* Essential reading for audio designers and music and electronics enthusiasts alike

This book is designed as an easy-to-read reference for those at an early stage in their careers. For those students or trainee engineers entering music recording, broadcasting or associated industries this book should provide a useful introduction to the principles of sound, perception, audio technology and systems. Key facts are presented in self-contained "fact files". The book covers such subjects as basic acoustics, auditory perception, mixing-console layout and functions, analogue and digital recording, noise reduction, MIDI, timecode, synchronization, microphone principles and loudspeaker systems, and as such it may also be of interest to those professionals already established in audio engineering as a "back-to-basics" reference. This new edition contains additional material on stereo and surround sound.

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Product Description: 2012 AJN (American Journal of Nursing) Book of the Year Award in the Hospice and Palliative Care categoryExplores how religious understandings of death are experienced in hospice care.In the 1960s, English physician and committed Christian Cicely Saunders introduced a new way of treating the terminally ill that she called “hospice care...read more

Product Description: (Music Pro Guide Books & DVDs). The first four books of the Hal Leonard Recording Method cover microphones, mixers, recording vocals and instruments; and working with samples, loops, and modern sequencers; along with how digital recording software and plug-ins work in the studio...read more