Audio metering : measurements, standards, and practice / Eddy B. Brixen.

Preface ; Acoustic Sound ; From Acoustic Sound to Electrical Signals ; Digital Representation ; Signal Types ; How Large is an Audio Signal ; The dB Concept ; The ear, hearing, and level perception ; Time Weighting ; Frequency Weighting and Filters ; Determination of Loudness ; Characteristics of Level Meters ; The Standard Volume Indicator (VU Meter) ; Peak Program Meter (PPM) ; Loudness Metering ; Calibration of Level and Loudness Meters ; Relationships Between Scales ; Dynamic scales ; Polarity and phase reading ; Display of Level Distribution ; Multi-Channel / Immersive Audio ; Standards and Practices ; Summation of Audio Signals ; Digital interface ; Audio over IP ; Where to Connect a Meter ; FFT, Fast Fourier Transformation ; Spectrum Analyzer ; Other Measurement Systems ; Measurement signals ; Sound Level Meters ; NR, NC, PNC, RNC, and RC Curves ; Room acoustic measures ; Listening Tests ; Glossary ; Index