Introduction to Digital Audio

From Book News, Inc.
This comprehensive reference covers the principles of digital audio for engineers, students, audio professionals in a wide range of fields, and those with an interest in how their DVD player works. Beginning with the physics of sound and hearing, Watkinson (a consultant in audio, video, and data recording) explains digital sampling, error correction, noise shaping, oversampling, compression and coding. The book also covers newer digital audio technologies including super audio CDs, digital audio broadcasting (DAB), networked audio, and MPEG transport streams.Copyright © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


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Book 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.

* 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


Book Info
With this guide, you can expand your knowledge of digital audio. Provides clear explanations requiring a minimum of math. Get up to speed with how digital audio is used within DVD, Digital Audio Broadcasting, networked audio and MPEG transport streams. Softcover.


From the Publisher
All of the key technologies are here: oversampling, noise shaping and error correction theories are treated in a simple yet accurate form. DAT, DASH, DCC, CD and MiniDisc recorders are all described here along with the growing technique of audio editing on hard disks. Thoroughly researched, totally up-to-date and technically accurate, this is the only book you need to introduce the subject.


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This comprehensive reference covers the principles of digital audio for engineers, students, audio professionals in a wide range of fields, and those with an interest in how their DVD player works. Beginning with the physics of sound and hearing, Watkinson (a consultant in audio, video, and data recording) explains digital sampling, error correction, noise shaping, oversampling, compression and coding. The book also covers newer digital audio technologies including super audio CDs, digital audio broadcasting (DAB), networked audio, and MPEG transport streams. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


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