Principles of Digital AudioKen Pohlmann's Classic--Completely Updated From the basics to the cutting edge, Ken Pohlmann's Principles of Digital Audio is packed with vital information. Through three editions, this popular text has illuminated the frontiers of digital audio science. Now this completely updated and substantially revised Fourth Edition brings you the tools you need to capitalize on the explosive expansion of digital audio technologies. Widely used as a college text, and as a professional reference by computer and audio designers and enthusiasts, this comprehensive and highly readable sourcebook helps you: ⬢ Stay up-to-speed in a fast-moving field ⬢ Enter or advance a career in digital audio design, new media development, music recording, sound engineering, broadcasting, and related areas ⬢ Master the newest options in DVD, Internet and PC audio, compact disc, workstations, perceptual coding, digital radio, digital television, and more ⬢ Get insider information on new developments available nowhere else ⬢ Apply creative new insights on theory and applications ⬢ Understand complex material through crystal-clear presentations from an award-winning professor and leading digital audio engineer The premier information source in the field, Principles of Digital Audio is the #1 choice of digital audio professionals. NEW IN THIS EDITION ⬢ DVD ⬢ Internet and PC Audio Technologies ⬢ Downloadable and Streaming Music ⬢ Data Compression Standards ⬢ Multichannel Audio Coding ⬢ Digital Broadcasting ⬢ Interconnection and Networking ⬢ DSP Updates ⬢ Additional Chapters and Illustrations |
Contents
Sound and Numbers | 1 |
Fundamentals of Digital Audio | 21 |
Digital Audio Reproduction | 79 |
Copyright | |
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AES3 algorithm amplitude analog audible audio data audio signal bandwidth beam binary bit rate bit stream block broadcast bytes CD-i CD-R CD-ROM channel bits circuit clock coder coefficients compact disc compression contains CRCC D/A converter data rate decoder density detection digital audio dither Dolby Digital DVD-Audio DVD-Video encoder error correction example Figure format frame impulse response input signal interface interleaving jitter kbps laser layer light linear lowpass filter magnetic masking Mbps mode modulation noise noise shaping operation optical output oversampling parity parity bits perceptual pickup playback processing pulse quantization ratio recording reduced SACD sampling frequency sampling rate scale factor shown in Fig sound specification spectral spectrum standard stereo storage subband subcode substrate symbols Sync synchronization tape timecode track transform transmission transmitted waveform wavelength word length