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Contents
Index
Audio Recording
Subsections
- Levels and Metering
- Introduction
- Digital Gear in the PCM World
- Analog electronics
- Analog tape
- Meters
- Gain Management
- Phase and Correlation Meters
- Suggested Reading List
- Monitoring Configuration and Calibration
- Standard operating levels
- Channels are not Loudspeakers
- Bass management
- Configuration
- Calibration
- Suggested Reading List
- Introduction to Stereo Microphone Techniques
- Panning
- Coincident techniques (X-Y)
- Spaced techniques (A-B)
- Near-coincident techniques
- More complicated techniques
- Suggested Reading List
- General Response Characteristics of Microphone Pairs
- Phantom Images Revisited
- Interchannel Differences
- Summed power response
- Correlation and coherence
- Conclusions
- Matrixed Microphone Techniques
- Surround Microphone Technique
- Advantages to Surround
- Common pitfalls
- Fukada Tree
- OCT Surround
- OCT Front System + IRT Cross
- OCT Front System + Hamasaki Square
- Klepko Technique
- Corey / Martin Tree
- Michael Williams
- Martin Tree
- Suggested Reading List
- Time Code
- Introduction
- Frame Rates
- How to Count in Time Code
- SMPTE/EBU Time Code Formats
- Time Code Encoding
- Longitudinal Time Code
- Time Address - 26 bits
- User Information - 32 bits
- Sync Word - 16 bits
- Status Information - 5 bits
- Drop Frame Flag
- Colour Frame Flag
- Bi-Phase Correction
- User Flags (2)
- Unassigned
- Other Information
- Vertical Interval Time Code
- Time Address - 26 bits
- User Information - 32 bits
- Sync Groups - 18 bits
- Cyclic Redundancy Code - 8 bits
- Status Information - 5 bits
- Field Mark Flag
- One extra thing:
- Annex - Time Code Bit Assignments
- Suggested Reading List
Geoff Martin 2006-10-15