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Introduction to Digital Audio (2nd Edition)

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Type: Book


by - John Watkinson

Features & Benefits


  • Expand your knowledge with this thorough treatment of digital audio for a wide range of disciplines
  • Clearly explainations require a minimum of math to allow for easy understanding
  • Get up to speed with how digital audio is used within DVD, Digital Audio Broadcasting, networked audio and MPEG transport streams

Reviews


'A comprehensive book in every respect.'
Creative Cow (www.creativecow.net)

Reviews of the previous edition:

'The best book in its category.'
Hi-Fi magazine

'An easy-to-read format with many explanatory line drawings.'
Mobile Radio Technology journal

Description


Master the basics from first principles: the physics of sound, principles of hearing etc, then progress onward to fundamental digital principles, conversion, compression and coding and then onto transmission, digital audio workstations, DAT and optical disks. Get up to speed with how digital audio is used within DVD, Digital Audio Broadcasting, networked audio and MPEG transport streams.

All of the key technologies are here: compression, DAT, DAB, DVD, SACD, oversampling, noise shaping and error correction theories are treated in a simple yet accurate form.

Thoroughly researched, totally up-to-date and technically accurate this is the only book you need on the subject.

Contents


Introducing Digital Audio; Some audio principles; Digital principles; Conversion; Compression; Digital coding principles; Transmission; Digital audio tape recorders; Magnetic disk drives; Digital audio editing; Optical disks in audio.

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Stock#: 3053
Publisher: Focal Press
Pub. Code: 0-240-51643-5
Subject: Audio
Pages: 392
Weight (lbs): 1.00
Year: © 1994
List: 44.99
Sale: $44.99


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