Introduction to Digital Audio

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Block Interleaving
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Channel Bits
Convolutional Interleave
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DAC Output
Disk Controller
EBU Interface
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Error Correction System
Fir Filter
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MO Disk
MPEG Layer
MPEG Transport Stream
Noise Shaping
pattern
PCM Audio
phase-locked
Played Back
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Round Window
Run Length Limits
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Stationary Head Recorders
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Sync Pattern
Thin Film Head
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Timebase Corrector
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Vice Versa

Product details

  • ISBN 9780240516431
  • Weight: 800g
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 04 Sep 2002
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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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.

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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