I’m interested in
getting a good grounding in electronics for microphone, amp, speaker
and processor design. Are there any good, accessible technical books you
can recommend that give more than a simple introduction to
electronics?
Books
such as this one by Neil Storey offer a good grounding in electronics
for those who would like to get into microphone, amp and speaker design
in the long term.
Nigel Groves, via email
SOS
Technical Editor Hugh Robjohns replies:
There are lots of books on
electronics theory and design, some relatively generalist and some more
audio-centric, but rather fewer on the detailed specifics of microphone,
speaker and processor designs. While there doesn’t seem to be a single
perfect solution, The Art Of Electronics (Horowitz & Hill,
Cambridge University Press) is still my firm favourite generalist
electronics design tome, and Electronics; A Systems Approach (Neil
Storey, Prentice Hall) is often used on university courses. Small Signal
Audio Design (Douglas Self, Focal Press) might also prove useful, as
would most of Mr Self’s books, in fact, along with those of John Linsley
Hood and Ben Duncan, who also write well on the subject of electronics
specifically for audio applications. For the equipment design side of
things, High-Performance Loudspeakers (Martin Colloms, John Wiley &
Sons) is very educational and, if you can get hold of a copy, the
Microphone Engineering Handbook (edited by Michael Gayford, Focal
Press), equally so.
That should help to get the
ball rolling. Also, if you live near a university town, a trip to the
college bookshop can often be very helpful in finding good
instructional books on electronics, and a tour of the Amazon website
will often reveal countless possibilities for more specialist works.
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