The Compact Disc |
Contents
DIGITAL BASICS | 18 |
ANALOGTODIGITAL | 38 |
Shaping Sound in the Digital | 52 |
Copyright | |
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Common terms and phrases
A/D converter aliasing amplifier amplitude analog filter analog signal analog value analog-to-digital converter attenuated audio signal bandwidth beam binary number burst error button car stereo CD player circuit circuitry clock code word compact disc player compact disc system components decibels decoded delta modulation device digital audio digital filtering digital recording digital-to-analog converter dirt disc changers disc's surface dynamic range electrical encoded error correction FIFO Figure frequency response front panel function graph Hamming distance harmonic distortion headphone increase input laser pickup listening low-pass filter machine magnetic manufacturers maximum noise number of bits occur output oversampling parity bits perform phase shift photodiode pits and lands play produce remote control reproduced sampling frequency sampling period sampling rate scan signal-to-noise ratio sine wave sound spectrum square wave stream switch symbols tape deck total harmonic distortion track transitions turntable unit voltage waveform