Books
- Acoustics and Psychoacoustics (3rd Edition)
- Penguin Dictionary of Electronics (4th Edition)
- Acoustics and Psychoacoustics (2nd Edition)
- Penguin Dictionary of Electronics (3rd Edition)
- Introduction to human speech production
- The Voice Clinic Handbook
Acoustics and Psychoacoustics (3rd Edition)
Howard, D.M., and Angus, J.A.S. (2006). Music technology: Acoustics and psychoacoustics, 3rd Edition, with audio CD, Oxford: Focal Press. ISBN 0-240-51995-7
This textbook was written to support teaching to first year undergraduate and MSc/MA students on Music Technology degree programmes at York. It introduces acoustic and psychoacoustic principles from a musical perspective. Whilst it is aimed particularly at students of music technology, music, acoustics and psychoacoustics, it will also be of interest to studio engineers, composers, music performers, and those with a keen interest in listening to recorded and live music. The 3rd edition is updates and includes an audio CD.
Penguin Dictionary of Electronics (4th Edition)
The Penguin Dictionary of Electronics, 4th Ed, Howard DM (Ed.), 2005, ISBN 0-14101-3974
The Penguin Dictionary of Electronics provides concise definitions of the words, terms and abbreviations used in modern electronic engineering. The fourth edition has considerably enlarged on the third edition, taking into account new activities that are becoming core to electronics as we enter the 21st century including nanotechnology, modern communications engineering, audio technology and computer engineering. It builds on an already substantial track record of providing reference material in electronic engineering for teachers and pupils working in Design and Technology, lecturers and students working in electrical engineering, physics, computer engineering and music technology, as well as technicians and researchers who make use of electronic equipment and related techniques in their work.
Acoustics and Psychoacoustics (2nd Edition)
Howard, D.M., and Angus, J.A.S. (2001). Music technology: Acoustics and psychoacoustics, 2nd Edition, Oxford: Focal Press. ISBN 0 240 51609 5
Penguin Dictionary of Electronics (3rd Edition)
Tyrrell, A.M., Howard, D.M., Garner, P.E., Porter, S.J., Ward, A.E., and Wood, J. (1998). Contributions to: The Penguin Dictionary of Electronics, 3rd Edition, Illingworth, V. (Ed.). ISBN 0 14 051402 3Introduction to human speech production
Howard, D.M., and Angus, JAS (1997). Introduction to human speech production, human hearing and speech analysis, In: Speech technology for telecommunications, Westall, F.A., Johnson, R.D., and Lewis, A.V., (Eds.), London: Chapman and Hall, 30-72. ISBN: 0 412 79080 7
This textbook introduces the theories behind human speech production and perception in a form that is accessible to engineers. It is so often the case that telecommunications engineers consider the speech pressure waveform simply as another signal to be processed, when there are many advantages which could be gained from knowledge of how speech sounds are produced and the nature of the acoustic output from the vocal tract.
The Voice Clinic Handbook
Howard, D.M. (1997). Practical voice measurement, In: The voice clinic handbook, Harris, T., Rubin, J., Harris, S., and Howard, D.M., (Eds.), London: Whurr Publishing Company, 323-382. ISBN 1 86156 034 6
This handbook is written for voice professionals in the medical field who wish to set up or understand better the multi-disciplinary nature of a voice clinic. The chapter (57 pages, 35 illustrations) on practical voice measurement considers the typical range of measurement techniques applied to quantify aspects of the voice in terms of their reliability, accuracy and repeatability. It also looks at what can happen if user controllable parameters are set without at least some basic knowledge of their function.