Principles of Digital Audio, Sixth Edition

by Ken Pohlmann

The definitive guide to digital engineering--fully updated Gain a thorough understanding of digital audio tools, techniques, and practices from this completely revised and expanded resource. Written by industry pioneer and Audio Engineering Society Fellow Ken C. Pohlmann, "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

Genres: Nonfiction, Reference, Science, Music

816 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1985

Reviews

[Alessandro · Rating 5 out of 5]

As textbooks go, this is a comprehensive study on the origins, inner workings, and future of digital audio from one of the leading experts on the subject. Very tough to get through without proper guidance, but well worth the effort if you are serious about a career in audio.

[Lucius · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is my go-to textbook on digital audio. It's probably not the easiest thing to read, but the subject is not that easy to explain. But if you work with digital audio in any way, this is one of the few books out there which gives you a good introduction to it.

[Nathan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Best book I've found on digital audio. Very in-depth, technically written.

[Ryan · Rating 3 out of 5]

skimmed the technical areas

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[Adrian Peritore · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's a deeply comprehensive treatment of something I deal with every day. It covers a lot of math which, sadly for me, I couldn't grapple with so I'm not sure how much I actually took away from it.

[Zulf Zulf]

i want read