Product Description

Get ready to learn live sound reinforcement using the best-selling title on the subject available! The simple language, detailed illustrations, and concrete examples in this book are suitable for novice to intermediate-level users. "Live Sound Reinforcement" outlines all aspects of P.A. system operation and commonly encountered sound system design concerns. Topics include microphones, speaker systems, equalizers, mixers, signal processors, amplifiers, system wiring and interfaces, indoor and outdoor sound considerations and psychoacoustics.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #265468 in Books
• Published on: 1996-07-01
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 320 pages

About the Author
Scott Hunter Stark has been involved in professional audio since the late 1970¿s. He started out designing custom loudspeaker systems and operating systems for live performances at a time when then-existing commercial systems could not live up to the demands of increasingly larger audiences with increasingly discerning ears. In the 1980e was active in providing audio, staging and lighting services to a wide variety of performance events in clubs, theaters, outdoor events and more recently houses of worship in the eastern United States. Throughout his career Stark found a repeated need for presenting plain-English explanations of how sound systems worked, particularly for aspiring engineers struggling with important concepts of physics and sound properties. He translated his years of working experience and knowledge into print with the first edition of Live Sound Reinforcement, later released in 1996 by MixBooks. After years of working in the sound system and engineering business, Stark attended law school and worked with several Internet ventures. Today he is a sound system consultant in the Washington, DC area where he currently resides.

Customer Reviews

Great overview of live sound reinforcement
Being new to sound reinforcement I was looking for a book that would provide me a solid understanding of live sound reinforcement. The included DVD that comes with this book allowed me to quickly understand the principles and made reading the text in the book more immediately understandable. I found that some chapters went into too much detail, whilst others perhaps lacked a little. However, overall I found this to be an excellent overview of live sound reinforcement that was easy to read, took a very practical approach and coupled with the DVD has allowed me to quickly gain a much better understanding of the topic. The book is also available in soft cover without the DVD, but if you are relatively new to live sound reinforcement I would recommend the deluxe version with the DVD.

A great book
This book is fantastic! The author has an incredible ability to explain complex phenomenon in a concise manner that is easy to understand. I learned a great deal from this book.

Technical or NOT technical tips on good sound!
I received a copy of this book when I was preparing the curriculum for a college course I taught as an adjunct professor for two years. I believe it gave my students not only a good classroom study book, but also a useful reference book for the "real-world" after graduation! Scott Stark gives great rule-of-thumb knowledge, as well as deeper technical fundamentals behind the knob turning and fader moving decisions that every sound engineer will face at the helm of a live sound reinforcement system, no matter whether for 100 or 100,000 listeners!