Sound System Engineering
Davis Don and Carolyn Davis. 1975. Sound System Engineering First ed. Indianapolis: H.W. Sams.
ISBN 9780672211560, 0672211564
Review
I bought this book in the late 1970s, before I learned to drive; for a dozen of what it cost I could have bought a very cheap second-hand car! I was very interested in music and sound at that age and early digital sound was still some ten years away.
This book was a great reference on the best in contemporary analogue live sound art, science, and mechanics. I added the mechanics part because among the appendices at the rear of the book are invaluable photo-essays on maintenance and repair of sound equipment. This aspect is often overlooked in many books on event sound system's operation.
The book is a classic and is still very relavent in today's disposable electronics society. There is still much to learn in its pages and it was one of the best investments I made in my early library of sound.
Text Review (Other reading of related texts)
At the time I bought this book most knowledge about running large Public Address Systems at rock and roll events was either learned on the job, or through magazine articles. Many good works have followed since; but I believe this book set the prime standard for what has followed.
Please Note: I do not strictly follow author-date style in these citations as I would like various technology and media to be able to access these pages.
Davis Don and Carolyn Davis. 1975 Sound System Engineering. Indianapolis: H.W. Sams.
Footnotes:
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From 2023 I am using the author-date referencing style of Chicago author-date (17th edition).
Reference List / In-Text Citation Styles in Chicago author-date (17th edition)
Reference List / In-Text Citation Styles: University of Newcastle, NSW
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