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Acoustic Communication Second Edition
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Acoustic Communication Second Edition Hardcover - 2000

by Barry Truax


From the publisher

Since the first edition was published seventeen years ago social and technical changes have altered the world of acoustic communication. This book draws upon many traditional disciplines that deal with specific aspects of sound, and presents material within an interdisciplinary framework. It establishes a model for understanding all acoustic and aural experiences both in their traditional forms and as they have been radically altered in the 20th century, Digital technology has completely redefined the listening and consumption patterns of sound. We are now able to benefit from the march of technology via a companion CD-ROM, which accompanies this volume for the first time.

First line

If we wish to understand sound and its behavior generally, as implied by the term "acoustic communication," and we turn to the traditional disciplines that study it, we find that they are scattered institutionally throughout the arts and sciences, engineering, and medicine.

Details

  • Title Acoustic Communication Second Edition
  • Author Barry Truax
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 2 Sub
  • Publisher Ablex Publishing
  • Date October 30, 2000
  • ISBN 9781567505368

About the author

BARRY TRUAX is a Professor in both the School of Communication and the School for the Contemporary Arts at Simon Fraser University where he teaches courses in acoustic communication and electroacoustic music.