Surround Sound: Up and running 2nd Edition

I'm an audio engineer. I'm also a reader, and have a natural thirst for knowledge. Many of the books I read written about audio post production are often pedestrian. They often lack the detail and support to back up their claims or ideas. This is not the case with this book however. The author appears to be both an engineer and teacher at USC. This post grants him access to labs and testing, standards organizations and trials. Therefore, his book reads more like a textbook chalk full of data and less like a manual on how to get started.The chapter on studio tuning was eye opening, as was his depth on sample rate and bit depth in the appendix section.This book is for those looking to broaden their knowledge of the underlying principles guiding the industry, and while still explaining some aspects of everyday mixing, it's more like a reference than anything else.

From the creator of the THX standard comes a magnificent book about Surround Sound. Period. No matter what format it's on, or if it is compressed or not, the book talks about surround sound in it is rawest form. There are some errors such as no mention of certain Digital Sound formats that were tested and used in certain cinemas on certain films, but I cannot turn my nose up at such a great book for such a small error. I highly recommend this book to engineers, both new and old, it's a great book, but be warned, if you are unfamiliar with certain terminology for the audio field, you will get lost, FAST!

After almost 20 years in broadcasting,mixing for TV,I've decided starting on surround mixing and this book is giving me all the informations i need for a good starting point on surround mixing.The book has a lot of techinical informations and the author tell us the history on surround audio.

Clear and concise, with very clear descriptions of theory and implementation.

Technically authoritative, written in an easy-to-understand manner, and covering a surprising depth, this would be the definitive book about Surround Sound, in all it's permutations. Highly recommended.

Viniendo de Tomlinson Holman este libro es una seguridad de conceptos claros y opiniones fundamentadas. Imprescindible para entender el actual escenario del audio multicanal

If you work in the field of 5.1 audio this is the book for you.I had the original version and lent it to somebody who never returned it.So I bought the new version and I am very happy with it.

I returned it to you unopened!!

Good for doing research on surround systems.