Radio Books

Like A Confederacy of Dunces to which it alludes, this book contains much New Orleans local interest and detail. Mr. Herman is very talented in the use of dialogue, and commands the reader's attention with descriptive prose, a discussion of contemporary issues through his talk show host protagonist and a surprise ending. I enjoyed this book very much, and look forward to Steve Herman's next novel.

This slender little roman a clef has everything you want in a mystery: a lost treasure; a murder; a dead man with the answers; a mysterious beauty with a secret; and of course, the reluctant and often naive narrator who finds himself in too deep with this unsavory lot.

Fans of Sherlock Holmes will recognize this late 20th-century version of the all-but-forgotten Sign of Four. This time the setting is the heat and sweat of New Orleans circa 1995, and faithful Dr. Watson has become a lonely, over-articulate innocent who hosts a local talk show.

The novel, with its wisps of old-world romanticism, revolves around the beautiful and mysterious woman trying to reclaim bits of her past as well as her father's lost riches. There's a pegleg, an eccentric stone-cold dead behind his desk, a Howard Stern sympathy homily and even an angry dwarf (yes, Stern and an angry dwarf!).

The storyline is puncuated at odd times by the narrator's on-air rants about society, economic issues and other injustices. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't. In contrast are the delightful forays into New Orleans everyday life. At one point, the narrator talks about a restaurant or cafe and remembers what it USED to be called. Forget Fodder's: You can use Sign of Four as your map through the city.

That book is full load with prctical information for any ham beginner who wants to learn by doing wire antennas. It is really helpfull, and well oriented

It seems that today's amateur radio operator more often than not has a station consisting of manufactured equipment. At the heart of these stations are transceivers so complex that the average ham has neither the equipment nor the ability to fix or modify them. Antennas are, however, something that still attract homebrewers.

If you're going to put up an antenna, why not do it right and get the best performance for the time spent? For a low key yet effective introduction to wire antennas this is a wonderful little book. Nowhere near as long, or complex, as the ARRL Antenna Handbook, this concise volume presents some elementary theory and a number of practical designs for wire antennas. I've lent my copy to new hams several times and from all reports it's been a big help.

This book is highly recommended as a basic reference and a good stepping stone to the next level.

He covers many methods most of which are quite old.
He does'nt cover synthetic beamforming approach though.
It would be great to have simulink models of his examples.

This book covers pretty much the entire field, and in very good detail. If you're looking to engineer such a system, you need this book on your shelf.

I am a doctoral student with no much money. I am working at Xidian University in China. My reseach interest focuses on smart antenna and numerical algorithms. I need your help very much!

I am a doctoral student with no much money. I am working at Xidian University in China. My reseach interest focuses on smart antenna and numerical algorithms. I need your help very much!

This is complementing the previously published book at John Wiley and is very useful for advanced readers on SDR.

This book closed a gap on the market as it treats in a comprehensive way extensions in the access and core network
of mobile radio. Novel approaches to joint radio resource
management and spectrum management principles for UMTS are
described. It gives a condensed summary on European research
activities as well.

The title of my review says it all--this is an essential collection for anyone serious about sound art/theory/poetry or avant-garde music. The CD is a very nice bonus, full of unbelievable rarities as well.

By focusing on "earplay" in texts by James Joyce, Ezra Pound, and other modern writers, this collection's twelve essays investigates the relationship between acoustical technologies and 20th-century experimental poetics. The accompanying CD offers soundtracks of early radio sounds, poetry readings, Dada cabaret performances, jazzoetry, audio-poems and contemporary Caribbean DJ dub poetry.

I note that you attached my review to a page on the 6th edition of this book. I've seen that, but do note that it is out of date and is completely superseded by the 2003 7th edition. If you stock this it would be better to put the review on that one (it has a red cover), and delete references to the 6th and previous editions. Incidentally the old version has 'Talbot-Smith' down as a co-author, and to the best of my knowledge, that's completely wrong. AB

The Seventh Edition of 'The Sound Studio' may look much the same (in layout and length) as the previous version, but the content is thoroughly updated (with much new digital material) and plainly has been rewritten in detail throughout. The balance between analogue and digital is right on: as the author points out, sound is primarily an analogue medium - at source, microphone, loudspeaker and ear - with some interesting digital possibilities in the processing and recording, which are now introduced and clearly described.

As before, the book provides a broad overview of the whole field for anyone working in radio, recording, film or (like me) television. For professionals in all branches of these media, it will be invaluable for reference - and comes equipped with an unusually good glossary and extensive index. But I would also recommend it as the ideal introduction to the subject for anyone who wants to work in the real, practical world of sound, including sound in support of picture (as distinct from the nerd's private world of digital gimmickry, which so many other audio books in recent years seem to cater for).

The one thing to watch out for when picking up a copy of this book is to make sure it is the up-to-date 7th edition, not the outdated 5th or 6th, of which some are still to be found in libraries and even some shops. AB

Grand personal experience, expressed carefully -- on full range of topics a studio operator, recording engineer could face. Not covered in very depth, but captured the essence. If one is interested in MUSIC production, there is more dedicated books than this.

As the satisfied user of an earlier edition, for me the big question was how much new stuff would there be in this update, given that at first glance the layout of the chapters is almost the same and subjects (such as microphones types and their uses, or studio acoustics) don't change very rapidly. But, dipping a bit deeper, that turned out to be deceptive. There really is a lot of new stuff in this one; it's also (even) more clearly written, and to get the extra material into the same space it is sharper, more concise. The content remains as authoritative as ever - the book really does deliver what it says on the cover - and without the irritating mateyness that so many books of this kind now impose on the reader.

Obviously the biggest changes are in chapters which cover processing, mixing and editing, where digital techniques have advanced most rapidly, but these are still made understandable by relating them to the analogue techniques they emulate (some of which are in any case still in use). A new reader is told not only what to do, but also why it's a good way to do it, and how to listen to and think about the result.

`The Sound Studio' has always been particularly strong on microphones and their placement. This incidentally was the subject of Nisbett's `Use of Microphones', which is now out of print but is, I think, better covered in the present work. The Seventh Edition includes much new equipment and lots of new wrinkles even in places where I didn't expect it. Clearly, it's the perfect choice for the newcomer - but is also a really good work of reference for the rest of us. I particularly like the comprehensive glossary, as well as having an index that really works.

So - whether you have and old edition or not - I second the verdict of Music Tech Magazine and really do recommend this new version of `Sound Studio'. Ian Middleton.

It is hard to think of a topic that has generated so much shallow commentary and narrow vision as the whole information technology revolution in general and the Internet in particular. Everyone with something to sell or a reputation to make has climbed on this wagon, and as a result the noise to signal ratio in relation to this immensely important subject is extremely high. But now and then someone comes along to take another look at things and really puts some meaning back into the discussion. Enter Wade Rowland. Rowland is a Canadian science writer, but what impresed me most about his book is, firstly, he effectively places the whole history of technological development in a wider social context, including some interesting commentary on on the role of philosophy, and second, he is not afraid to remind us of the much ignored human dimension. In particular Rowland's treatment of the Internet is interesting and insightful, and while rightly citical of much of what has ocurred (especially the debasement of popular culture under pressure from commercial interest) he is optimistic about the genuine liberatory qualities of the net (as opposed, for instance, to broadcast TV). In my view this is an extraordinarily successful book, and hopefully raises the bar in an area where both profound thought and good writing have been rare. If you do not read any other book about the information age and the net, read this one.

This book remains one of the most relevant accounts of the development of the Web. I teach a Mass Communication course, and assign this as the text to place the Internet into a broader liberal arts context. The students find it an engaging way to understand some of the historical precedents of the Web.

For more recent perspective, magazines like Wired and Business 2.0 complete the picture.

The product was amazing, as always, with anything by Mr. Keillor. The stories brought me back to family vacations to the Northeast; sleepy-time ventures in the car while my parents drove... Garrison's voice is my favorite part about his stories. I also love that these are ONLY Lake Wobegone stories and have nothing to do with his whole radio show. (Lake Wobegone was always my favorite part anyway) :) Also, on a side not, the CD arrived on time and just as the seller said it would be. Two thumbs up. :)

Clarence Bunsen has bad (i.e. extremely funny) day, involving static, cramped hand and fear of death, ending with his leaping from a tree to frighten some children and restoring his equilibrium. Only GK could combine all those elements in one of the seasonal CDs from LW. "Me and Choir" is also excellent.