The Audio Expert: Everything You Need to Know About Audio by Ethan Winer from Focal Press is a comprehensive reference book covering all aspects of audio, with both practical and theoretical explanations. It is written for people who want to understand audio at the deepest, most technical level, but without needing an engineering degree. The Audio Expert explains how audio really works in much more depth than usual, using common sense plain-English explanations and mechanical analogies, with minimal math. It uses an easy to read conversational tone, and includes more than 400 figures and photos to augment the printed text.
Part 2 Analog and Digital Recording, Processing, and Methods - Chapter 5: Mixers, Buses, Routing, and Summing; Chapter 6: Recording Devices and Methods; Chapter 7: Mixing Devices and Methods; Chapter 8: Digital Audio Basics; Chapter 9: Dynamics Processors; Chapter 10: Frequency Processors; Chapter 11: Time Domain Processors; Chapter 12: Pitch and Time Manipulation Processors; Chapter 13: Other Audio Processors; Chapter 14: Synthesizers; Chapter 15: MIDI Basics.
Part 3 Video Production - Chapter 16: Video Production.
Part 4 Transducers - Chapter 17: Microphones and Pickups; Chapter 18: Loudspeakers and Earphones.
Part 5 Room Acoustics, Treatment, and Monitoring - Chapter 19: Acoustic Basics; Chapter 20: Room Shapes, Modes, and Isolation; Chapter 21: Acoustic Treatment; Chapter 22: Room Measuring.
Part 6 Electronics and Computers - Chapter 23: Basic Electronics in 60 Minutes; Chapter 24: Test Procedures; Chapter 25: Computers.
Part 7 Musical Instruments - Chapter 26: Musical Instruments.