Sound
Bookshop
Glossary
of Technical Theatre Terms
Listing of over 1600 jargon terms
Resources
- "Theatre's revolution in sound design" (The Guardian, October 2008)
- Theatre podcasts (The Guardian, January 2011)
- Sound File Formats (including information on MP3)
Sound Design Paperwork (coming soon)
- System Layout
- Radio Mic Plot
- Desk Preset
Designers
- Steven Brown Head of Sound, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
- Step By Step Guide to Sound Design Mic Pool, West Yorkshire Playhouse
- Gareth Fry London-based sound designer
- Harada Sound - Kai Harada, New York
- Gareth Owen - London
General Sound
- Introduction to sound recording - Tonmeister
- Pro Sound web - massive resource for the sound industry
- Connections Listing Useful list of over 100 pinout configurations
- Testing 1212 - Glossary of sound terms
Publications
- Front of House Online - Magazine about live event audio
- Lighting & Sound International - Free Digital Edition
- Live Design
- Live Sound International Magazine
- Mix Magazine
Forums / Jobs
Manufacturers
Accessories
AmplifiersCases / Flightcases
Communications
Microphones
Mixing Desks
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Outboard/Processing
Speakers
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Suppliers / Services
- Ashcroft Services Ltd (Croydon, UK)
- Audio Light Systems Ltd (Edinburgh, Scotland, UK)
- AV Cable (USA, ship worldwide)
- BTX
- Bonza Sound Services (Surrey, UK) New and used pro-sound equipment
- Britannia Row Productions (London, UK)
- Concert Systems (Manchester, UK)
- Court Acoustics (Bideford, Devon UK)
- Discount Stage - (US, but will ship internationally) Mail order tools & accessories
- DM Audio PA Systems, radio mics, backline & DJ equipment hire. (Edinburgh, Scotland, UK)
- The Electric Company (Dundee, Scotland, UK)
- Enlightenment (Redditch, UK)
- Expression Events Lighting & Sound Hire (Southampton, UK)
- Funky Junk (UK - ProAudio new and used equipment)
- GearSource Europe (UK - Secondhand equipment)
- Glantre Engineering Ltd (Berkshire, UK)
- Gradav Theatre Services (London, UK)
- HHB Communications Pro Audio Supplies (UK)
- Live Systems - Audio and Lighting (Edinburgh, Scotland)
- LMC Audio Systems (London, UK)
- MM Productions (Colchester, UK)
- Mu-Mu (Malvern, Worcs., UK) Location recording and studio services
- Northern Stage (Oldham, Lancs)
- Orbital Sound Audio equipment hire and sales (London)
- PA Sound Hire Audio equipment hire and sales (Exeter, Devon, UK)
- PMI Hire (Surrey, UK)
- Pro Audio Europe.com (UK - New and used equipment)
- Pro Live Audio Ltd. (Midlands, UK)
- Pro Sound & Light Effects lighting & PA hire (Exeter, Devon, UK)
- Puxley (Exeter, Devon UK)
- Radio Facilities (Radio Mic hire specialists, London UK)
- Richer Sounds (Mail order & retail, UK) Good deals on domestic audio
- Richmond Sound
Design Ltd Manufacturer and developer of sound
and sound
control systems and software - RKDO Sound & Light (Kent, UK)
- Scot Audio (Central Scotland, UK)
- Snow Sound (Berlin, CT, USA)
- Sound and Light Guys Sound reinforcement and lighting services (UK)
- Sound Barrier Systems Lighting and PA hire (UK)
- Sound Exposure (UK) Pro Audio Equipment
- Soundlighting.co.uk Excellent pricing on a limited range of sound, lighting & disco kit (UK Mail Order)
- SSE Audio Group Limited (Redditch, London, Paris, Nantes)
- Stage Electrics (Bristol, Exeter, Plymouth, Birmingham, London)
- Stage Engage (Exeter, Nottingham)
- Studio Spares (UK Mail Order)
- Thomann - Excellent pricing & cheap shipping within Europe (Germany)
- TMC (Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK)
- Walker Sound (UK) PA hire
Equipment
Radio Mics
- JFMG - Radio Mic licencing in the UK
- Setting up and using Radio Mics (MM Productions)
Hardware - Recording
Hardware - External Storage
- LaCie - External hard drives
Hardware - Sound Interfaces
Productions - Sound Designs
- Wicked (London)
Sound Effects / Web sounds
- Proud Music Library
- SFX Source Sound Effects - Effects and royalty-free music
- Sound Dogs - Online Sound Effects Library
- Sound Effects Library - Online Sound database. Fully searchable
- Soundeffects.ch - Surround Sound effects and libraries
- Sound Ideas - Production Music and Sound Effects Collection
- Sound Snap - Sound effects & loops collection
- Massive Tracks Royalty-free music
- Royalty Free Music Pro
- Ultimate Sound Archive Monthly membership available
Software - Products
- Music & Sound Recording & Editing
- Adobe - Adobe Audition Multitrack software (formerly Cool Edit Pro) [Windows]
- Digidesign Pro Tools [Windows / Mac]
- Logic Studio - Apple [Mac]
- Soundtrack Pro - Apple; part of Final Cut Studio suite [Mac]
- Sibelius Software Industry standard music-scoring software
- Coda Music Technology Finale and Vivace software.
- Propellerheads - Reason & Rebirth digital studio
- Sony Pictures
Digital -
Sound Forge and Vegas Video Software
- Show Control
- CSC Sound Control Software - Popular and powerful sound playback software
- CSMD Computerised Sound Mixing Desk - Excellent economic replacement for 2 CD or Minidisk players in an amateur or small professional sound effects playback situation. Plays MP3, WMA or Wave files and has great presetting and crossfading capability.
- QLab - Event-driven media timelines for Mac OS X
- McKenzie Electronics - Gtype for Windows (controlling Cadac mixing desks)
- Richmond
Sound Design Ltd Manufacturer and developer of sound and
sound
control systems and software - SFX software from Stage Research
- Show Magic
- Show Cue System Cue playback for theatre
- Soundplant Sound playback
- Free Software for Sound Editing
- Audacity [Windows / Mac]
- FlexiMusic - Shareware sound editing
- Goldwave Shareware sound editing
Sound Processing
- Muse Receptor - Plug-in player
- Superfluxus - Mobile Rooms - 3D Audio programming
Music Technology
- Electronic Music Foundation
- Mediaspec
- Digidesign Pro Tools software
Musical Equipment Manufacturers
Organisations
- ABTT (Association of British Theatre Technicians)
- ASA - Acoustical Society of America
- ANSI: American National Standards Institute
- AES: Audio Engineering Society
- BKSTS: British Kinematograph Sound and Television Society
- ESTA: Entertainment Services and Technology Association
- IAAPA: International Association of Amusement Parks & Attractions (USA)
- ISCE: Institute of Sound and Communications Engineers (UK)
- IEEE: Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
- NAB: National Association
of Broadcasters
UK
Professional Lighting & Sound Association
Physics / Biology
- Acoustics Frequently Asked Questions
- Tone Deafness (Canadian report for NPR)
- How we hear (Brainconnection.com)
