This document is intended to act as an audio supplement to the teaching Tutorial for sound terminology related to the Handbook, and is based on audio recordings that were made during an online set of webinars where I was teaching the material via Zoom.
The idea is that you will simultaneously follow the audio and the module that you're interested in. First, open the Tutorial in a separate window and choose the module you're interested in (or the Introduction), then come back here and open the corresponding audio link as below. Then, once you start the audio, go back to the Tutorial module and follow the text, graphics and sound examples, as the audio will follow the module relatively closely and in the order of topics presented there.
However, it is also a good idea to be ready to pause the audio as desired when you come to an audio example or exercise in the module that you're interested in. In some cases, the audio examples may not be played during the webinar, mainly for lack of time, but also because it was expected that the participants would already have gone through the module on their own, and my commentary is intended to discuss the material and highlight areas which might need further explanation. When an audio examples in the text is not played in the recording (or is excerpted), feel free to pause the recording and listen to it if you're interested. Similarly, the videos, with or without sound, need to be played directly from the module.
The recorded audio examples are now in stereo. A special case is Module 6 (Binaural Hearing) where the effects can only be heard on stereo headphones or earbuds. The real value of the module is that you can progress through it at your own pace. There are also sidebars for further learning that may not not covered in the audio commentary. All of this means you need to be ready to switch windows as you go along at your own pace and rejoin the audio commentary as desired.
Also, keep in mind that for most of the Electroacoustic modules, the relevant discussion will start at the time indicated in the table below, so the audio will need to be cued. In general, the audio in those modules deals with the theory involved, not the studio exercises and demo's, which are intended to be done on your own time.
Structure of the Tutorial Modules with links to the Audio Commentary
INTRODUCTION: Sound is .....
An introduction to the Database, the WSP and the history of the Handbook, starting with index.html and including the original Handbook chart. This is followed by a survey of the Tutorial modules (starting around 30:40) and a survey of basic concepts in each discipline (starting around 56:05),
Module 1: Sound-Medium Interface
(click on the number of the module)
ACOUSTIC
ELECTROACOUSTIC
2. Vibration: Frequency and Pitch 11. Field Recording (starting at 1:54:39, brief commentary)
3. Vibration: Spectrum and Timbre
12. Filters and Equalization (starting at 1:39:45)
4. Magnitude: Levels and Loudness
13. Modulation and Auto-Convolution (starting at 1:37:27)
5. Sound-Environment Interaction
14. Time Delays and Phasing (starting at 1:32:34)
6. Binaural Hearing and Acoustic Space
15. Time Delays and Reverberation (1:45:25)
7. Sound-Sound Interaction
16. Dynamic Range and Compression (starting at 2:00:30)
8. Speech Acoustics
17. Microsound and Granular Synthesis
(granular time-stretching starts at 1:23:56)
9. Audiology and Hearing Loss
Video about the anatomy of the ear (starting at 0:40)
18. Voice and Text-based Composition (starting at 1:43:28)
10. Effects of Noise and Noise Measurement Systems
19. Soundscape Composition (starting at 1:26:31)
Subject Index
Index of Demo's, Exercises, Listening Experiments, Sidebars and Videos
Handbook Index
Source References and Acknowledgements
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