Sound Reinforcement Handbook

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1. lanthadeJun 2024
   Reminds me of my first time reading the Yamaha Sound Reinforcement Handbook when I was just getting into the live sound field. Read it again a year later after a lot of time in the trenches and the things that were gibberish at first now made complete sense.

   To the OP, if you find something interesting but it's above your head dig in and you'll learn. Otherwise just smile and nod. I'm by no means a software engineer though I can (and do) write code to get various jobs done. Lots of stuff here is interesting to me but lots also is of no interest and/or way above my pay grade. I'm happy to be surrounded by stuff that has the potential to challenge me to grow.

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2. sethhochbergOct 2018
   Putting my mostly-retired audio engineer hat back on for a minute...

   The Yamaha Sound Reinforcement Handbook

   https://www.amazon.com/Sound-Reinforcement-Handbook-Gary-Dav...

   This is basically the soundman's bible. Sold for an aspiring live sound engineer, has much more than just advice for live sound guys - covering everything from microphones to acoustics to basic electronics to handy rules of thumb to MIDI, all written to be relentlessly pragmatic. It even has a handy appendix covering logarithms.

   This isn't the book to give you the final "20%" of knowledge on anything it covers - but it will help you on your way to the first 80% a lot more quickly than most other writing on anything related to semi/pro audio, and pretty much every expert in the field is at least familiar with it, if they don't own a copy.

   There seem to be plenty of people interested in music and audio around here, so hopefully someone finds the unusual reference useful.

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3. benji-yorkApr 2017
   The Sound Reinforcement Handbook — Gary Davis and Ralph Jones
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