EC 2201

Audio System Engineering

1. Microphones- Basic principles, various types and their applications
2. Loudspeakers- Basic principles, various types and their applications
3. Audio Systems: Acoustics, vibration, loudness, pitch and sound quality of the sound wave .high fidelity and high quality sound
4. Design considerations of Public address systems
5. Sound Recording Systems- Tape mono and stereo, Compact Discs and DVD recording systems and components. Various equalization Techniques
6. Surround Sound, Movie Sounds-DTS(Digital Theater Systems), Different Dolby Surround types ProLogic, , 5.1 , AC-3(Dolby's third audio-coding design), SR-D(Spectral Recording Digital), 8 channel SDDS(Sony Dynamic Digital Sound)
7. Advances in Audio Systems and Sound Cards

Books

• Audio Video System Principle, Maintenance and Troubleshooting by R.G.Gupta.(TMH).
• Sound and Recording-An Introduction by Francis Rumsey and Tim McCormic (Focal Press)
• Sound System Engineering, Don Davis and Eugene Patronis (Focal Press)
• Fundamentals of Audio and Video Systems. M.L. Anand.(Khanna Pub.)