WSDG (Walters-Storyk Design Group) has announced the publication of Sound Reinforcement for Audio Engineers, describing it as a comprehensive handbook that explores acoustic design and electroacoustic engineering theory as applied to real-world applications in the field.

The book was edited and curated by Dr Wolfgang Ahnert and WSDG Director of Applied Science and Engineering Dirk Noy, and is the first print publication by team members of the architectural acoustic consulting and media systems design firm. ‘

The book presents hands-on problem-solving for acousticians, architects and sound engineers over the course of its 11 chapters, and explores the fundamental technologies and approaches involved and focuses on the intersection between room acoustics and electroacoustics through a variety of real-world applications both historic and modern – including sports arenas, performance venues, houses of worship, and corporate environments.

In addition to demonstrating the nuanced relationship between these two practices, the book also provides an in-depth look at the role digital technology increasingly plays in these processes, including acoustic simulations, sound reinforcement, DSP and digital networking.

‘This is the first time any book has thoroughly explained the relationship between room acoustics and electroacoustics in an application-based manner – something in which Dr Ahnert, I, and our colleagues are uniquely experienced,’ Noy says. ‘We wanted to show how it is done in the field and provide acousticians, architects, and sound engineers with the required technical background but also with applicable methodologies for approaching these challenges in a hands-on way.’

Sound Reinforcement for Audio Engineers is available now from Focal Press.

More: www.routledge.com/Sound-Reinforcement-for-Audio-Engineers/Ahnert-Noy/p/book/9781032115177