Introduction to Digital Audio
2nd Edition
Published on 24. July 2013
419 pages
978-1-136-11694-0 (ISBN)
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.
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.
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'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.'
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Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
File size
15,08 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-136-11694-0 (9781136116940)
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Person
John Watkinson is an independent international consultant in advanced applications of electronics to audiovisual and avionics systems. He is a Fellow of the AES, a member of the Society of Expert Witnesses, and the British Computer Society and is a chartered information systems practitioner. He presents lectures, seminars and training courses worldwide. He is the author of many other Elsevier books, including The Art of DigitalVideo, An Introduction to Digital Video, Convergence in Broadcast and Communications Media, Television Fundamentals and The Art of the Helicopter.
Content
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.
