Principles of digital audio

Principles of digital audio

Gain a thorough understanding of digital audio tools, techniques, and practices. Principles of Digital Audio, Sixth Edition, describes the technologies behind today’s audio equipment in a clear, practical style. Covering basic theory to the latest technological advancements, the book explains how to apply digital conversion, processing, compression, storage, streaming, and transmission concepts. New chapters on Blu-ray, speech coding, and low bit-rate coding are also included in this bestselling guide.

• Learn about discrete time sampling, quantization, and signal processing
• Examine details of CD, DVD, and Blu-ray players and discs
• Encode and decode AAC, MP3, MP4, Dolby Digital, and other files
• Prepare content for distribution via the Internet and digital radio and television
• Learn the critical differences between music coding and speech coding
• Design low bit-rate codecs to optimize memory capacity while preserving fidelity
• Develop methodologies to evaluate the sound quality of music and speech files
• Study audio transmission via HDMI, VoIP, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth
• Handle digital rights management, fingerprinting, and watermarking
• Understand how one-bit conversion and high-order noise shaping work

Ken C. Pohlmann (2011) Principles of digital audio. Sixth Edition, McGraw-Hill, New York

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