Helps you learn the basics from first principles: such as the physics of sound and principles of hearing, then progress onward to fundamental digital principles, conversion, compression and coding and then onto transmission, digital audio workstations, DAT and optical disks. Num Pages: 432 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVX; TJK; UYU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 243 x 29. Weight in Grams: 792. . 2002. 2nd Edition. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: Introduction to Digital Audio
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Date: 2002
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0240516435
ISBN 13: 9780240516431
Binding: Soft cover
Edition: 2nd Edition
Condition: New

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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.

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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.

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