Digital Audio Technology

A Guide to CD, MiniDisc, SACD, DVD(A), MP3 and DAT

Buch | Softcover

356 Seiten

2001 | 4th edition
Focal Press (Verlag)
978-0-240-51654-7 (ISBN)

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Explains the technology behind the major digital audio consumer products which include the Compact Disc, MiniDisc, Super Audio CD, DVD-Audio, MP3 and Digital Audio Tape. This book presents an overview of the history of audio technology and covers the principles and technologies which underpin the various formats available.

An expert team from SONY Europe explains the technology behind today's major digital audio consumer products, including the Compact Disc, MiniDisc, Super Audio CD, DVD-Audio, MP3 and Digital Audio Tape.

Beginning with a fascinating overview of the history of audio technology, this fourth edition addresses the principles and technologies which underpin the various formats currently available. Considerable technical detail is provided, with extensive use of illustrations to enhance understanding.

Audio engineers, students and hi-fi enthusiasts who want to gain an understanding of the way these technologies have been developed will find no better introduction than this authoritative guide from SONY, a forerunner in the digital audio industry.

Jan Maes

Preface; A short history of audio technology; PART ONE: PRINCIPLES OF DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; Introduction; Principles of sampling; Principles of quantization; Overview of A/D conversion systems; Operation of AD-D/A converters; Codes for digital magnetic recording; Principles of error correction; PART TWO: THE COMPACT DISC; Overview of the compact disc medium; Compact disc encoding; Opto-electronics and the optical block; The servo circuits in CD players; Signal processing; PART THREE: DIGITAL AUDIO RECORDING SYSTEMS; Outline; Video PCM-formats; Digital audio tape (DAT) format; Non-tracking digital audio tape (DAT); MiniDisc; PART FOUR: ADVANCED DIGITAL AUDIO TECHNOLOGIES; Super audio compact disc (SACD); DVD-Audio; Audio compression; APPENDICES; Error correction; Sampling theorem; Serial copy management system (SCMS); Digital audio interface format (S/PDIF-IEC958)

Erscheint lt. Verlag	27.9.2001
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	189 x 246 mm
Gewicht	660 g
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik
	Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
	Technik ► Nachrichtentechnik
	Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
ISBN-10	0-240-51654-0 / 0240516540
ISBN-13	978-0-240-51654-7 / 9780240516547
Zustand	Neuware