course series “fundamentals of acoustics for sound engineers and music producers”

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this page provides course material (in english and german) for undergraduate (bachelor) students in sound engineering and music production.

these courses are made available for educational and non-commercial purposes under the terms of the creative commons license “attribution-noncommercial-sharealike 4.0 international (cc by-nc-sa 4.0)”.

pdf versions (without animations and sound examples) are available here.

comments and suggestions are of course welcome, don’t hesitate to contact me.

course 01 – psychoacoustics 1 – introduction, the ear

german version: “psychoakustik 1 – einleitung, das ohr”

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course 02 – fundamentals of acoustics 1 – the sound wave

german version: “grundlagen der akustik 1 – die schallwelle”

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course 02bis – db or not db

german version: “db or not db”

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course 03 – psychoacoustics 2 – perception of loudness

german version: “psychoakustik 2 – lautstärkewahrnehmung”

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course 04 – the overtone spectrum

german version: “das obertonspektrum”

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course 05 – psychoacoustics 3 – perception of pitch and intervals

german version: “psychoakustik 3 – wahrnehmung der tonhöhe und der intervalle”

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course 06 – fundamentals of acoustics 2 – phase, sound sources

german version: “grundlagen der akustik 2 – phase, schallquellen”

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course 07 – fundamentals of acoustics 3 – interactions

german version: “grundlagen der akustik 3 – interaktionen”

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course 08 – psychoacoustics 4 – spatial hearing

german version: “psychoakustik 4 – räumliches hören”

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course 09 – room acoustics

german version: “raumakustik”

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course 10 – anatomy of a sound – hearing timbre

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course 11 – fundamentals of musical instrument acoustics

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some literature references

in english

• ballou, g., handbook for sound engineers, focal press (2008)
• everest, f. a., pohlmann, k. c.: master handbook of acoustics, mcgraw-hill (2009)
• meyer, j, acoustics and the performance of music, springer-verlag new york (2009)
• blauert, j., spatial hearing, revised edition, the mit press (1996)
• rumsey, f., spatial audio, focal press (2001)
• shea, m., alton everest, f., how to build a small budget recording studio from scratch, mc graw hill (2012)
• kuttruff, h., room acoustics, 5th edition, spon press (2009)
• beranek, l., concert halls and opera houses, springer-verlag new york (2004)

extra references in german

• görne, thomas (2011): tontechnik, carl hanser verlag & co. kg
• meyer, jürgen (1999): akustik und musikalische aufführungspraxis, edition bochinsky
• webers, johannes (2003): handbuch der tonstudiotechnik, franzis verlag