HAL LEONARD CORPORATION The Sound Reinforcement Handbook (Second Edition)

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Tremendo libro compilatorio que todo ingeniero en audio debe tener, más si estás empezando a estudiar.

Supera con creces las expectativas. El mejor manual. Me venia recomendado y la verdad es que contiene todo lo necesario para que un sonidista principiante o profesional prospere en su camino a una mejor calidad de trabajo.

Because this is a thick book (over 400 pages), I initially assumed this was an academic textbook, and I worried whether the writing was practical enough. But this isn't true at all: as the title states, it is a Handbook. The preface explains that it started life as a manual to accompany Yamaha's first console (the PM-1000), and went much further than just explaining how to operate the console, instead dealing with the much wider topic of the basics of sound reinforcement. It was very popular - more popular than the console - so the authors eventually expanded the material into this book. The writing is extremely practical, with a some supporting theory. I find the writing extremely clear and unambiguous, helped by the hundreds of supporting diagrams. I see no mention of computers - this second edition is from 1989, so you'll need to look elsewhere to understand that aspect, but analog audio (mics, speakers, cables...) is of course still massively important. Finally - I really like this quote from page 313: "Combining basic principles in creative ways to solve individual problems is the essence of professional sound".

If you're reading this review, then you're in the same boat that I was in sometime ago.Don't think twice, just buy this book!!! Whatever the price may be.